CATALOG RECORD
The X-Men #19
first appearance of Mimic and Vera Cantor
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Mimic (Calvin Rankin) — villain, first appearance, also origin in flashback
- Vera Cantor (Marvel) — guest, first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1966
- On sale
- February 3, 1966
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #19 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition10d [0-0-10 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic! · 20 pages
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.
Characters
Reprinted in
Fantastic! (1967), Essential Uncanny X-Men (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), The X-Men Here Comes... Daredevil The Mighty Thor (1975), X-Men Pocket Book (1981), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2009), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men Adventures (2018), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2021)