X-Men (vol. 1) #55 (Apr. 1969):
“Where Angels Dare to Tread!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Sam Grainger

X-Men (vol. 1) #55

Title: “Where Angels Dare to Tread!”

Feature: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1969

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, Sam Grainger

Number of Pages: 5

16 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (lead character)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Charlie		NYPD [escorted Tony Stark to airport; saw many super-hero events]		11
crooks (details)  Warren (as "the Avenging Angel") thwarts an unidentified gang of thieves (different from the Grady Gang he thwarted earlier in the same story), who are trying to rob the Atomic Entegy Institute.		[criminal]		1
Alma		[rented room to Angel (just prior to him joining X-Men)]		2
The Grady Gang		[gang]		1
Big Albert (Albert)		The Grady Gang		1
Atomic Research Center		[1st app: The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #3 (July 1963)]		3
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned)  Quote: "Winter 1963: A waiting world still basks in ignorance of names it will shortly idolize... names like the Beatles, Barbra Streisand, the Amazing Spider-Man and perhaps, the Avenging Angel!"	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Beatles (mentioned)  Quote: "Winter 1963: A waiting world still basks in ignorance of names it will shortly idolize... names like the Beatles, Barbra Streisand, the Amazing Spider-Man and perhaps, the Avenging Angel!"	Transcendental Meditation	[musical group]	Associated Television	114
Barbra Streisand (mentioned)  Quote: "Winter 1963: A waiting world still basks in ignorance of names it will shortly idolize... names like the Beatles, Barbra Streisand, the Amazing Spider-Man and perhaps, the Avenging Angel!"	Jewish	[actress; singer]		211

This publication is also known as: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #55.

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