The X-Men (vol. 1) #40 (Jan. 1968):
“The Mark of the Monster!”
by Roy Thomas, Don Heck, George Tuska

The X-Men (vol. 1) #40

Title: “The Mark of the Monster!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Don Heck, George Tuska

24 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
Frankenstein's Monster (Robot)	N.A.	[created by an alien race as ambassador, but went berzerk]		1
Professor X (Kevin Sydney)		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Cerebro (details)  X-Men use a portable Cerebro device to try to find Frankenstein's Monster robot, but it doesn't register on the device.	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
unnamed museum staff		[saw Warlock's body return to crypt in museum]		1
Dr. Powell		[led Arctic expedition that found Frankenstein robot]		1
scientists (details)  Various unnamed scientists are featured. They have discovered location of actual Frankenstein's monster in arctic. They bring monster to NYC museum, awaken it. It attacks them.		[occupation]		1
The Museum of the City of New York (details)  Identified as the "City Museum of New York."		[museum]		2
unnamed curator		[curator]		1
unnamed guard		[couldn't stop X-Men going to Frankenstein robot in Museum]		1
unnamed freighter captain		[Frankenstein's Monster Android stowed away on his ship]		1
unnamed alien race (flashback)	alien	[sent Frankenstein's Monster robot to Earth as ambassador]		1
Frankenstein's Monster (cameo)  The actual Frankenstein's Monster is seen in flashback. Also, a robot copy of the monster is this story's featured villain.		First Line; S.H.A.D.E....  Seven Soldiers of Victory [Uses name Frankenstein in tribute to his creator.]		990
NYPD (talked to, but not seen or heard)  The curator of the City Museum of New York called the police (NYPD) when he heard noise from when the Frankenstein's Monster robot woke and started rampaging.		[police department]		1,396
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (someone disguised or dressed as)  The "Professor Xavier" who appears in this issue is later revealed (retconned) to be Changeling, masquerading as the Professor, while the Professor prepares for Z'nox invasion.	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Victor Frankenstein (mentioned)	Lutheran	[creator of the Frankenstein Monster]	Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones	156
Dorothy Gale (mentioned)  As they embark on mission to find Frankenstein android, Angel tells his teammates if this works out, he'll be looking for the "yellow brick road" the next time he goes on vacation.	Protestant	[farmer; student]	George M. Hill Company; Arrow, etc.	270
Mary Shelley (mentioned)  Many refererences directly to Mary Shelley herself and to her novel "Frankenstein," as well as to the original Frankenstein's Monster.		[wrote "Frankenstein"]		39

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