The X-Men (vol. 1) #42 (Mar. 1968):
“The End...Or the Beginning?”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Herb Trimpe

The X-Men (vol. 1) #42

Title: “The End...Or the Beginning?”

Feature: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men!

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1968

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, Herb Trimpe

6 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) (lead character)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
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
Living Diamond (Jack Winters)		[foster father of Cyclops]		4
X-Men (details)  Cyclops joins Professor Xavier, going to his new school, becoming the first member of the fledgeling X-Men team.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Mark Twain (mentioned)  Professor Xavier references a quote by Mark Twain: "The report of my death was an exaggeration."	Presbyterian	[writer]		106

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