Mimic Appreciation

[MIMIC616]

Avengers vs X-Men

Will the Mimic be on the side lines or in the battle?

[MIMIC616]

Two images I found via Google that don't seem to have been posted:

Logan Lubera Marvel Superhero Squad Mimic:


The site they where from would not load "Firefox can't find the server at www.comicartfans.com" so no more info... sorry!

Page 11 of this Thread and one of mine. :)

[MIMIC616]

Exiles Mimic WUPU 21 by *EvanBryce



http://browse.deviantart.com/?order=...mimic#/d484q6v

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Exiles Mimic WUPU 21 by *EvanBryce



http://browse.deviantart.com/?order=...mimic#/d484q6v

Nice find.

Love the colours.

[mimic_616]

Avengers vs X-Men

Will the Mimic be on the side lines or in the battle?

I can't see him featuring in this.

Possibly a cameo at best.

[mimic_616]

Preview of X-Men Legacy #260.1 is up: http://www.newsarama.com/php/multime....php?aid=45119

The road to Mimic's return will shortly begin!

Side note: I love the Gage's use of Rogue's power in this. If he can use her like that, I can't wait to see what he does with Mimic!

[MIMIC616]

X-MEN LEGACY #264
WRITER: Christos Gage
ARTIST: Rafa Sandoval
Cover By Mark Brooks
• Featuring Mimic And Weapon Omega!
• Weapon Omega Is A Mutant Time Bomb, Ready To Explode…And He’s Just Shown Up On The Doorstep Of The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning. How Will The X-Men Disarm Him Before He Detonates?
32 Pgs./Rated T+ …$2.99

http://marvel.com/news/story/17839/f..._solicitations

This just in, Mimic and Weapon Omega are going to be in appearing a whole issue soon! O the waiting!!!

[MIMIC616]

Preview of X-Men Legacy #260.1 is up: http://www.newsarama.com/php/multime....php?aid=45119

The road to Mimic's return will shortly begin!

Side note: I love the Gage's use of Rogue's power in this. If he can use her like that, I can't wait to see what he does with Mimic!

Even shorter now! Also, that was a great use of Rogue's powers!

[mimic_616]

X-MEN LEGACY #264
WRITER: Christos Gage
ARTIST: Rafa Sandoval
Cover By Mark Brooks
• Featuring Mimic And Weapon Omega!
• Weapon Omega Is A Mutant Time Bomb, Ready To Explode…And He’s Just Shown Up On The Doorstep Of The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning. How Will The X-Men Disarm Him Before He Detonates?
32 Pgs./Rated T+ …$2.99

http://marvel.com/news/story/17839/f..._solicitations

This just in, Mimic and Weapon Omega are going to be in appearing a whole issue soon! O the waiting!!!

No cover??

I was looking forward to seeing Mimic in action.

[limerick]

My introduction to the X-Men was by way of Marvel UK's early 1980's pocket book series.This was a pocketbook-sized black-and-white reprint title published monthly which featured two issues of Uncanny X-men per month.It started with issues #1and#2 and reprinted a fair chunk of the O5's run before being cancelled.

Due to reasons unknown two of the three Mimic covers featured Re-colouring of Calvin's Orange costume.I am unsure why this was done but there are a couple of possible reasons.

1.The colour may have been difficult or expensive to produce due to primitive printing processes(Although the orange background is basically the colour of the costume!).This may have necessitated recolouring the costume for economic reasons.Or there may have been a limit to the number of colours available.
2.To be honest,the costume was very garish in colour for early eighties Britain.This may have been an issue as colours this bright were not commonly used.Also,Mimic's Super-Adaptoid cover may have been changed as there would not have been an obvious X-Men costume on the cover

I'm going to edit those covers into the post in the next few minutes.



Here are the original Marvel U.S. Covers:

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Issue # 23 actually had the proper colouring for the costume(I don't have a scanner and have been unable to locate the cover on the Internet.Although the brightness of the orange in the costume is hugely toned done to give a very washed out look to the costume.

Incidentally,I struggled to get issue 23 at the time due to poor distribution of these pocket books in Ireland.As a result,I always believed the costume to be blue and quite similar to the X-Men basic costume.This seemed to fit in with the story as he originally arrived at the mansion claiming to want to join the team.

I realised the truth a while later when I stumbled across a copy of Uncanny X-Men # 138 in a shop somewhere down the country.This was my first U.S. X-Men comic and was a great one to pick up because it was basically a flashback issue recalling the history of the X-Men to that date.

Although the Mimic's Time with the X-Men was not recalled in detail,there was an image of Calvin in his orange costume as it was meant to be.I was a bit surprised and ,to be honest,I've always been a bit puzzled for the reasons behind it.The covers on Marvel UK books were certainly of a lower quality to the U.S. Books and it is most likely that colour reproduction was the main reason.It is a bit of a quirky thing though,something quite fitting for the character as he is very much on the fringe of the X-men historically.

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Double post hell!!!

[Gijimu]

The Weapon Omega that showing up in X-Men Legacy 264 w/ Mimic is it Michael Pointer formerly the Collective and from dark X-Men.

[MIMIC616]

The Weapon Omega that showing up in X-Men Legacy 264 w/ Mimic is it Michael Pointer formerly the Collective and from dark X-Men.

Yes, it will be Michael Pointer aka Weapon Omega.

The Mimic and Omega play off each other very nicely, since one can be in control while the other goes out of control or both!

[MIMIC616]

I got into comics during the Onslaught saga, my first introduction to the Mimic was in X-Force v1 #45 and 46.



I didn't know what to make of this character and filled him away as a generic villain.

He kept popping up in X-Force for the next couple of issues and then off into comic book limbo.

By the time Excalibur v1 #124 came around the Mimic is fighting Zero Tolerance Sentinels and is freed by Excalibur.

That one page got me interested in the character.





As well as his appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 # 363 and



X-51 # 06.