Comics:X-Men Vol 1 129

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"God Spare the Child..."

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X-Men Vol 1 #129
January, 1980

Editor-in-Chief

Jim Shooter

Cover Artists

John Byrne, Terry Austin, John Costanza

Writers

Chris Claremont, John Byrne

Pencilers

John Byrne

Inkers

Terry Austin

Colourists

Bob Sharen

Letterers

Tom Orzechowski

Editors

Roger Stern

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X-Men #128

X-Men #130

We'll contact those mutants, just as Xavier plans to -- only the Hellfire Club will get there first, and recruit them -- by hook or by crook. And if, along the way, we manage to acquire -- or eliminate -- some of the X-Men, so much the better.

-- Sebastian Shaw

Appearing in "God Spare the Child..."

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Storm (Ororo)
  • Wolverine
  • Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
  • Nightcrawler
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Supporting Characters:

• Phoenix / Lady Jean Grey (Jean Grey)
• Katherine "Kitty" Pryde (First appearance)
• Banshee (Sean) (Leaves Team)
• Moira MacTaggart
• Havok (Alex Summers)
• Polaris (Lorna Dane)
• Multiple Man (Jamie)
• Carmen Pryde (First appearance)
• Theresa "Terri" Pryde (First appearance)

Villains:

• Hellfire Club (Inner Circle) (First appearance)
  • White Queen (Emma Frost) (First appearance)
  • Black King (Shaw) (First appearance), (Appears in shadow only)
  • Harry Leland (First appearance), (Appears in shadow only)
  • Donald Pierce (First appearance), (Appears in shadow only)
  • Jason Wyngarde
  • Hellfire Club Soldiers (First appearance)
  • Hellfire Knights (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Unnamed malt shop owner and patrons

Locations:

• Muir Island
• New York
  • New York City
    • Hellfire Club Mansion|The Hellfire Club
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      • Danger Room
• Illinois
  • Deerfield
    • Family Pryde's Home

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, ver. 2
• Hellfire Knight power armor
• Cerebro

Vehicles:

• SR-71 Blackbird
• Hellfire Hovercraft
  
  

Synopsis for "God Spare the Child..."

Professor X comes back to the mansion. The group look for a new mutant Kitty Pryde, when the White Queen and the Hellfire Club come to take her but end up capturing the X-Men instead.

Notes

• Banshee left the team after last issue because of damage sustained to his voice/power during X-Men #119.
• Each Hellfire Knight is equipped to fight a single X-Man.
• Refers to X-Men #128 in regards to Proteus.
• Refers to X-Men #125 and X-Men #126 in regards to Jean Grey's perception that she is in the 18th century, events caused by Jason Wyngarde.
• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]
  

Trivia

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Recommended Reading

• This is the start of the first Hellfire Club storyline, and leads directly into the Dark Phoenix Saga. The plot covers this issue through #137.

Links and References

• Uncanny X-Men at Wikipedia
• Uncanny X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• Uncanny X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 06/16/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #7 - See for further referencing
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #3 - See for further referencing