#19

Synopsis

Bobby and Hank tussle with mysterious Calvin Rankin, who beats them by mimicking their powers. Calvin then has an encounter with Jean at a restaurant. Realizing he is dealing with the X-Men, Calvin follows Jean home and asks to join them. Once he has absorbed all of their powers, he battles them and captures Jean. The team follows him to his hideout deep in an old mine. Mimic uses his powers to uncover a machine his father built that will allow him to keep the combined powers for good. Xavier allows Mimic to use the machine which doesn't give him powers but strips his mimic powers away.

Notes

Reprinted in

• The X-Men #69— minus 0.3 page.
• Marvel Masterworks #7
• Marvel Special #8
• Essential Uncanny X-Men #1— black and white
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #1
• Fantastic! #36— Black and white. Reprints pages 1-11
• Fantastic! #37— Black and white. Reprints pages 12-20. A 'new' splash page is a paste-up of previously reprinted panels.
• HIP Comics #1924
• Los Hombres X #19
• Hit Comics #24
• Strange #19
• Spidey #35
• Marvel Klassik #9
• The X-Men Omnibus #1
• The X-Men Here Comes... Daredevil The Mighty Thor #[nn]
• X-Men Epic Collection #1
• The X-Men #7
• Marvel History #[8]
• Essential Uncanny X-Men #1 [Third Printing]— black and white
• Marvel Origins #60

Credits

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colours

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen, Artie Simek

Editor

Stan Lee

Alterations

Marie Severin

Characters

• Marvel Girl
• Calvin Rankin
• Mimic
• Jean Grey
• Hank McCoy
• Bobby Drake
• Scott Summers
• Warren Worthington III
• Beast
• Angel
• Iceman
• Cyclops
• Vera Cantor
• Professor X
• Blackie Barker
• Zelda Kurtzberg
• Charles Xavier

Other printings & variants