X-Men #69 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1971

About X-Men #69

Reprints the first appearance of Mimic from X-Men #19, as well as content from #16. Sal Buscema cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Menace of the Mimic!

Characters: X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Beast; Angel]; Mimic

Pencils: Marie Severin (cover sketch); Sal Buscema (signed)

Inks: Sal Buscema (signed)

Letters: Morrie Kuramoto

Notes: Sources for letters credit are The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009). Copy of the cover sketch can be found on http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com

STORY DETAILS

(2 Stories)

Title: The Supreme Sacrifice

Characters: X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Bolivar Trask; Master Mold; Sentinels

Synopsis: With the X-Men captured, Xavier heads back to investigate a fallen Sentinel to try and figure out what stopped it. The X-Men escape and battle the Sentinels but it is the timely intervention of Professor X and the self sacrifice of Dr. Trask that stops Master Mold and saves the day.

Pages: 20.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby (layouts); Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: Lo! Now Shall Appear-- the Mimic

Characters: X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Zelda Kurtzberg; Vera Cantor; Mimic [Calvin Rankin]

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.

Pages: 19.660

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Panel 1 of page 20 cut to make room for Statement of Ownership, which appears at bottom of page.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	2	5	5	5	11	8	16	20	21	33	30	36	52	18	12	0	0	283
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	10
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	3	6	6	5	11	10	16	21	22	34	30	37	53	19	12	0	0	294

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