X-Men (vol. 1) #56 (May 1969):
“What Is... the Power?”
by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, Tom Palmer

X-Men (vol. 1) #56

Title: “What Is... the Power?”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1969

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Neal Adams, Tom Palmer

Number of Pages: 15

10 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.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
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
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	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
Alex Summers	Catholic (lapsed)	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Dark Descendants; Magistrates; Old Landon College; Starjammers; X-Factor; X-Men [Cyclops' brother]		592
The Living Monolith (Ahmet Abdol)	Egyptian classical religion: Cult of the Living Monolith (leader)	Children of the Sun (leader); The Twelve		46
Cerebro (details)  Jean Grey uses a portable Cerebro device to track Alex Summers.	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Children of the Sun (details)  Living Monolith's worshipful servants, not identied by name as "Children of the Sun", which is a name the group will later go by.	Egyptian classical religion/Cult of the Living Pharoah	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #54 (Mar. 1969)]		29

This publication is also known as: The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #56.

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