The X-Men 1963 #3 - 4.5 - $525.00

• First app: Blob

Professor X detects a new mutant and sends the X-Men to investigate. They arrive at a carnival and encounter the Blob, a very fat sideshow attraction who can bounce bullets off of his malleable hide as well as anchor himself to the earth and become immovable. The X-Men bring him back to the mansion as a potential member but the Blob spurns their invitation and returns to the carnival. Realizing that the Blob knows their secret, the X-Men lure him back to the mansion where Xavier wipes his memory.

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• Beware of the Blob! - Brodsky inks per The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987) Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009) Nick Caputo, Bob Ford and the original indexer. Steve Whitaker previously credited Paul Reinman and Carl Gafford credited Frank Giacoia.
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