X-Men (vol. 1) #56 (May 1969):
“The Flying A-Bomb!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Sam Grainger

X-Men (vol. 1) #56

Title: “The Flying A-Bomb!”

Feature: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men!

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1969

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

Number of Pages: 5

11 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
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Alma		[rented room to Angel (just prior to him joining X-Men)]		2
Fred		[husband of Angel's landlady (in pre-X-Men days)]		2
Tom (cameo)		[witnessed Angel flying high over Manhattan]		1
unnamed co-pilot (cameo)		[witnessed Angel flying high over Manhattan]		1
crooks (mentioned)  The vial that Warren (Angel) took from an unnamed group of thieves last issue builds toward a dangerous atomic chemical explosion.		[criminal]		1

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

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