The following characters appear in Volume I: Agatha Heterodyne and The Beetleburg Clank. Note that the page numbers used in the published version of Volume I are not visible in the online versions. The first hosted page (the one featuring the Professor) is #6. The chronology may be useful for identifying page numbers.
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| Phil Foglio | Page 6 ✣ | Not seen again until Volume VI. Note that he is somewhat outside continuity, telling the story which is about to take place. This narrative device will be hinted at again when we see him much later in Sturmhalten. |
| The Winslow | Page 6 ✣ | |
| Agatha Heterodyne | Page 7 ✣ | |
| The Other | Page 9 ✣ | At least, that's the best guess. Only those sneaky Foglios know for sure. |
| Moloch von Zinzer | Page 10 ✣ | |
| Omar von Zinzer | Page 10 ✣ | |
| Mr. Tock | Page 15 ✣ | |
| Hugo Glassvitch | Page 16 ✣ | |
| Silas Merlot | Page 18 ✣ | |
| The Goldfish | Page 19 ✣ | |
| Boris Dolokhov | Page 21 ✣ | |
| Baron Klaus Wulfenbach | Page 21 ✣ | |
| Gilgamesh Wulfenbach | Page 21 ✣ | |
| Tarsus Beetle | Page 21 ✣ | |
| Hive Engine | Page 30 ✣ | |
| Punch | Page 46 ✣ | When he was still known as "Adam Clay". |
| Judy | Page 47 ✣ | As "Lilith Clay". |
| Barry Heterodyne | Page 56 ✣ | As Agatha recalls him in her dream. |
| Zudok | Page 79 ✣ | First named here. Might have appeared earlier. |
| Stosh | Page 85 ✣ | First named on this page. |
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