Uncanny X-Men #29: Asshole Saves The Day

The X-Men are trying to enjoy a bit of time off by skating on a pond. Scott is off by himself angsting about his eyes. Mimic is being an ass. You know, a normal day at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Unfortunately Cyclops blasts a bit of a mountain and alerts the thing lurking beneath: The Super Adaptoid (An Avengers villain, a robot made by AIM that can copy the abilities of others, it currently has the powers of Captain America, Hawkeye, Wasp, and one other Avenger that I'm forgetting). Anyway, we head back to the school where Mimic mouths off to Xavier one last time and finally the Prof decides "why the hell did I invite you here, get the hell out". Mimic leaves, then the Super Adaptoid attacks! It wants to turn them all into Super Adaptoids to follow him and rule the world. It beats everyone, but then Mimic comes back, was going to let it turn him into a super adaptoid until Cyclops tells him it would just make him a slave, then beats it by deducing that if it tries to copy him it will short circuit itself since his power is artificial, and burns out his own powers doing it. He's back to being a normal boy, but now he understands the Power of Friendship™.

X-tra Notes: Oh thank god Mimic is gone. I'm not against interteam conflict, but it needs to be a situation where one side isn't so clearly in the wrong. Mimic is just constantly an ass. Also the whole reveal at the end where he comes back cause he was going to beat them up again only to then win and suddenly realize that they were all friends is just... man. No, you were just a giant ass. One good deed doesn't make you suddenly friends.