The X-Men (vol. 1) #3 (Jan. 1964):
“Beware of the Blob!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

The X-Men (vol. 1) #3

Title: “Beware of the Blob!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1964

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman

22 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
Blob (Fred J. Dukes)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Freedom Force; X-Cell; X-Corps		403
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
elephants (details)  Elephants from the carnival Blob works at are among the people and animals Blob brings with him to attack the X-Men.	N.A.	[animal species]	N.A.	1
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
gorillas (details)  Gorillas from the carnival Blob works at are among the people and animals Blob brings with him to attack the X-Men.	N.A.	[animal species]		70
giraffes (details)  Giraffes from the carnival Blob works at are among the people and animals Blob brings with him to attack the X-Men.	N.A.	[animal species]	N.A.	2
unnamed carnival		[where Blob worked when he first met the X-Men]		3
Tex		[dressed as stereotypical cowboy gunfighter]		1
Stretcho		[had stilt-like legs]		1
Svenzaldo Zambooba		[performed as a human cannonball in Blob's circus]		1
? Zambooba		[performed as a human cannonball in Blob's circus]		1
unnamed carnival barker		[circus barker]		1
unnamed carnival owner		[business owner]		1
unnamed lariat expert		[circus performer]		1
unnamed elephant trainer		[animal trainer; circus performer]		1
unnamed high-wire acrobats		[acrobat; circus performer]		1

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The X-Men #3 (Jan. 1964) created 15 August 2012. Last modified 21 March 2014.

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