The X-Men (vol. 1) #31 (Apr. 1967):
“We Must Destroy...the Cobalt Man!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, John Tartaglione

The X-Men (vol. 1) #31

Title: “We Must Destroy...the Cobalt Man!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1967

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, John Tartaglione

33 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
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts)		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)		9
Candy Southern		Archer College; The Defenders (leader)		66
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Bernard the Poet (Bernard)	Zen beatnik	[latent mutant, alters perceptions of others]		8
Ted Roberts		Metro College [Cobalt Man's brother; dated Jean Grey]		9
Zelda Kurtzberg		[Iceman's former girlfriend]		14
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Metro College		[college/university]		3
Stark Industries		[company]
Coffee A Go-Go		[coffee shop original X-Men hung out at]		10
Never-Say-Diner		[near Metro College; early X-Men and friends ate there]		1
Monkee's Paw		[former pizza place, turned into disco nightclub]		1
Roberts Research, Inc.		[owned by Ralph Roberts (Cobalt Man)]		4
Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)  Iron appears in one panel, but he does not really "appear" in the story. He is pictured in this panel merely to explain that he is away, unavailable to defend his factory from Cobalt Man. Many refs.	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Changeling (Kevin Sydney) (behind the scenes)  Factor Three is an ominous but mostly remote threat behind some of the events in this issue. Although not yet revealed, Kevin Sidney is leading Factor Three's efforts, on behalf of Mutant-Master.		Factor Three; X-Men		23
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (mentioned)  Prof. X commends Angel, Iceman & Beast on a successful Danger Room test; also commends their recent victories against Banshee, Ogre, Super-Adaptoid and Warlock, despite the team having lost Mimic.	Catholic	Factor Three; Generation X (teacher)...  X-Corps (leader); X-Men		1,340
Ogre (Brian Dunlap) (mentioned)  Prof. X commends Angel, Iceman & Beast on a successful Danger Room test; also commends their recent victories against Banshee, Ogre, Super-Adaptoid and Warlock, despite the team having lost Mimic.		Factor Three; The Thunderbolts		15
Mimic (Calvin Rankin) (mentioned)  Prof. X commends Angel, Iceman & Beast on a successful Danger Room test; also commends their recent victories against Banshee, Ogre, Super-Adaptoid and Warlock, despite the team having lost Mimic.		Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Excalibur; Metro College; The Exiles; X-Men		169
Super-Adaptoid (mentioned)  Prof. X commends Angel, Iceman & Beast on a successful Danger Room test; also commends their recent victories against Banshee, Ogre, Super-Adaptoid and Warlock, despite the team having lost Mimic.	N.A.	A.I.M.; Heavy Metal		72
Warlock (mentioned)  Prof. X commends Angel, Iceman & Beast on a successful Danger Room test; also commends their recent victories against Banshee, Ogre, Super-Adaptoid and Warlock, despite the team having lost Mimic.	primal-indigenous; Arthurian; occult/sorcerer	[born 10,000 years ago]		37
Cerebro (mentioned)  Prof. Xavier tells the X-Men that with their recent victories, and because Cerebro has not detected any more emissaries of Factor Three in the country, he is giving the X-Men the weekend off.	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
The Avengers (mentioned)		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Factor Three (mentioned)  Prof. Xavier tells the X-Men that with their recent victories, and because Cerebro has not detected any more emissaries of Factor Three in the country, he is giving the X-Men the weekend off.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967)]		44
The United Nations (mentioned)  Warren's childhood friend Candy Southern meets him and tells him that she has obtained a job a the U.N. Building and has been taking night classes at Archer College.		[1st app: Captain Marvel Adventures #78 (Nov. 1947)]		118
Archer College (mentioned)  Warren's childhood friend Candy Southern meets him and tells him that she has obtained a job a the U.N. Building and has been taking night classes at Archer College.		[Angel's girlfriend Candy Southern took night classes there]		2

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