We get a new villain this time, the Mimic. This is a decent standalone story. While taking a break from their studies/training, various X-Men in civilian personalities run into Calvin Rankin, a man that, due to some weird science accident stuff, can mimic the abilities of others. This applies to knowledge, skills, and even mutant powers. He figures out who the X-Men are since he acquired the powers when near them, follows them back to their base, says he wants to join them, then throws on a ridiculous costume to fight them, because he is a massive jerk. He kidnaps Jean and lures them to a mine where there was a machine his father had made before he died that was buried. He assumed it was to make his powers permanent so his acquired shit wouldn't fade. Xavier realized it actually just removed his powers altogether so let him use it on himself. The X-Men win.
X-tra Notes: Where exactly did he get the special sunglasses to hold in the optic blasts? (I suppose technically it may be that he doesn't need them and they are just normal sunglasses, as it has been stated that Cyclops's problem is entirely psychosomatic, but at the time that wasn't the case).
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