The X-Men (vol. 1) #19 (Apr. 1966):
“Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!”
by Stan Lee, Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin), Dick Ayers

The X-Men (vol. 1) #19

Title: “Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1966

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin), Dick Ayers

Number of Pages: 20

19 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Excalibur; Metro College; The Exiles; X-Men		169
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Zelda Kurtzberg		[Iceman's former girlfriend]		14
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
teenagers (flashback)  students at Calvin Rankin's high school		[high school student; occupation]		100
Project Alpha/Omega (flashback)  Mimic's father Dr. Ronald Rankin is shown in flashback working for "Project Alpha/Omega." New stories published many years later established this was Weapon X, or a predecessor of Weapon X.		[1st app: Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #72 (Mar. 1991)]		270
Ronald Rankin (flashback)		[Mimic's father]		6
Blackie (flashback)		Maggia		5
construction workers		[occupation]		1
New York City Public Library		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #19 (Apr. 1966)]		1
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)  Prov. Xavier tells the X-Men after their recent great performances in combatting Sentinels and Magneto, they have earned a vacation.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Sentinels (mentioned)  Prov. Xavier tells the X-Men after their recent great performances in combatting Sentinels and Magneto, they have earned a vacation.	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245

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