The X-Men 1963 #69 - 7.5 - $45.00

Really nice. I'd give this an 8.0 if there wasn't a small impression of some writing on the cover.

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.

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.

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

• Menace of the Mimic! - 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). Cover sketch can be found on http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com
• Lo! Now Shall Appear-- the Mimic - Panel 1 of page 20 cut to make room for Statement of Ownership, which appears at bottom of page.
• Statement of Ownership - Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 339,506