Comics:X-Men Vol 1 36

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Holy Hannah! It's Hank and Bobby...putting on an exhibition! They must be planning to ask for donations when they're finished!

-- Scott Summers

Appearing in "Mekano Lives!"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men

• Cyclops ("Cyke")
• Marvel Girl (Jean "Jeanie" Grey)
• Angel (Warren)
• Beast (Henry "Hank" McCoy)
• Iceman ("Bobby" Drake)

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Regal - Tom's father

Villains:

• Mekano (Tom Regal) - (First appearance)
• Factor Three

• "Master"

Other Characters:

• Two unknown burglars
• Miss King - welfare case worker
• Bill, Sam & Charlie - police officers
• Unknown construction workers and foreman
• Unknown New Yorkers

Locations:

• New York

• Westchester County

• Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

• New York City

• Lower East Side welfare center
• Midtown construction site
• Greenwich Village

• Washington Square Park
• Memorial Library

• Central Europe

• Factor Three's hideout in the Alps

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, version 1
• Cerebro

Vehicles:

• Professor X's private jet
• Professor X's Rolls-Royce
  
  
  

Synopsis for "Mekano Lives!"

Beast catches two burglars in the mansion and knocks them senseless. Afterwards, the X-Men hook them to a machine so they forget everything they saw. However, they find themselves incapable of going to Professor X's aid because they have no money for plane fare. They try to get a loan, and get turned down. They try to do construction work, but they aren't part of the union. Hank and Bobby try doing circus stunts for cash in Washington Square Park, but then Mekano appears, declares he's going to destroy the new library, and claims the X-Men as accomplices! They battle, the library gets trashed a little, but as Mekano tries to get away his grip slips and he starts plunging to his death. Marvel Girl telekinetically stops him, and he gives up. Mr. Regal arrives on the scene, learns his son was trashing the library for attention, and forgives him - and gives the X-Men some cash for their help, enough to get to Europe!

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]
  

Trivia

• The 5th and 6th panels in this story are misplaced sequentially and should be swapped for story continuity.
• Iceman states that he has used up too much "ice-power" to break out of his handcuffs, yet he remained in his ice-body during the entire story.
• Jean Grey seems to have trouble keeping Mekano afloat with his heavy metal frame, but was able to easily maneuver a steel girder at a construction site.
• The X-Men receive a loan of $1500 from Mr. Regal and this apparently is enough for the five of their plane tickets to Europe and still recover their towed Rolls-Royce.

See Also

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Recommended Reading

• This is vaguely connected to the Factor Three storyline which runs between X-Men #28 and X-Men #39.

Links and References

• None.