The Non-Mutant X-Man
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6 ай бұрынHistory of the Marvel Universe No. 248
The Origin and History of Calvin Rankin, The Mimic
Sources:
Origin of the Mimic
‣ X-Men 019 (1966)
‣ Marvel Comics Presents 059 (1990)
‣ Dark X-Men: The Beginning 001 (2009)
Not a Mutant, Confirmed
‣ X-Men Legacy 264 (2012)
The Non-Mutant X-Man
‣ X-Men 026-029 (1966-1967)
Vera reunites with Hank
‣ Amazing Adventures 015-016 (1972-1973)
The Mimic's Powers Mutate
‣ Incredible Hulk 161 (1973)
‣ Marvel Comics Presents 056-061 (1990)
The Siberian Base
‣ X-Force 045-046 (1995)
Onslaught Unleashed
‣ X-Men 053-054 (1996)
Mimic Working for Onslaught
‣ X-Force 052 (1996)
‣ X-Force 060 (1996)
Onslaught Defeated
‣ Onslaught: Marvel Universe (1996)
Mimic Working for Sledge
‣ X-Force 065-066 (1997)
Xavier Imprisoned by OZT
‣ X-Men 057 (1996)
‣ Onslaught: Epilogue (1997)
Bastion Confiscates Cerebro
‣ X-Men 065 (1997)
Bastion Defeated
‣ X-Men 069 (1997)
Mimic Saved by Excalibur
‣ Excalibur 122-125 (1998)
Bipolar Diagnosis
‣ Dark X-Men 001 (2009)
The Brotherhood and Cerebro Prime
‣ Uncanny X-Men 363 (1999)
‣ X-Men 083 (1999)
‣ Uncanny X-Men 364 (1999)
‣ X-Men 084 (1999)
The Brotherhood versus Machine Man
‣ X-51 001-002 (1999)
The Deal with Valerie Cooper
‣ X-51 006 (2000)
Depowered
‣ Uncanny X-Men 379 (2000)
Dark Avengers
‣ Dark Avengers 001 (2009)
The Dark X-Men
‣ Dark X-Men: The Beginning 001 (2009)
‣ Uncanny X-Men 513 (2009)
‣ Dark Avengers 008 (2009)
‣ Dark X-Men 001-005 (2009)
Omega's Condition
‣ X-Men: Legacy 264-267 (2012)
Leaving the School with Omega
‣ X-Men Legacy 275 (2012)
‣ X-Men Legacy 300 (2014)
The Death of Mimic
‣ Extermination 002-005 (2018-2019)
The Mimic on Krakoa
‣ Immortal X-Men 010 (2023)
Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
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@mgil1594 6 ай бұрын
Can You Do A Mantis Episode Next Time? Just A Question.
@ahmedhussain999 6 ай бұрын
Can you do an episode on Forget me not? I heard of him a few times before minus his origins. Thanks
@bronzeageancientone4844 6 ай бұрын
“ Exiles” and Mimic in particular was an excellent book. They really made him the character he should be in the main universe.
@bumbleguppy 6 ай бұрын
I fell in love with Exiles and have re-read it a few times. Funny enough, I was completely unaware of Mimic's main timeline adventures until I watched this video lol
@chrisvainio 6 ай бұрын
He was really good during the Onslaught story when he was overpowered and hiding in the Arctic where he couldn’t hurt anyone.
@chrisvainio 6 ай бұрын
I also have the original Exiles run!
@howlin.wolf.murphy 6 ай бұрын
I always understood MIMICS exhausting/tragic story his powers reflect his identity crisis, morality, and how his powers constantly top out he gets too OP goes insane then exile….. In EXILEs his character works and is the hero he always strived for because they are existing outside of time &space curing him of his crisis’, his powers are regulated no fear of burn out …. Basically the MIMIC powers mimics constantly where as the Exile Mimic just has to be MIMIC
@ShaunCollege 5 ай бұрын
Agreed, it was an amazing series.
@samwill7259 6 ай бұрын
Mutant or not I think you hit the nail on the head. Xavier and the mutants at large consider him one of their people. He fought, bled and sacrificed for them even if he didn't always make the right choice. Even if he is just a regular superhuman he's stood by the mutants when the going got rough and that means they stand with him back.
@christopherulichney 6 ай бұрын
I have thought of Mimic as the forgotten X-Man, but it seems as though he has had something of a reneasance in recent years. I have often wondered if he was the inspiration for the characters and powers of Rogue and Taskmaster. RED NORVILLE needs a video , please. As always, MAKE MINE THE MERRY MARVELITE!!!
@Allean_Adkins 6 ай бұрын
Always loved Mimic. When my daughter was young we used to play a game we called mimick. We each picked five mutants powers and battled 🤣
@johnquiett1085 6 ай бұрын
I didn't realize Mimic was around in the main 616 so long. And I know that 616 is the focus of the channel, but it would have been cool of you mentioned his variant on The Exiles.
@ericwhite1942 6 ай бұрын
I love Mimic. 1 of my favorite C stringed characters
@HaussmannComics 6 ай бұрын
I might put him down to D lol
@blaxpoitation8528 6 ай бұрын
They really haven’t used him properly. His power set is kinda OP
@HaussmannComics 6 ай бұрын
I loved him in Exiles
@hey_im_shane 6 ай бұрын
Would love a Rick Jones episode
@thepoeticbutcher3370 6 ай бұрын
….seriously; I always wondered how he was Captain America’s partner/Hulk’s partner/OG Captain Marvel’s partner & ROMs partner..
@smorillo8581 6 ай бұрын
Would be nice to see Mimic and Michael Pointer regularly in an X-Title book.
@chadwik1914 6 ай бұрын
Marvel should have just have a category of artificial or latent mutants, that sometimes have powers from xgenes or maybe even include inhuman genes. Mimics powers seem to fall in line with being an artificial or latent mutant because some external stimulation trigger a latent mutation. That would better explain characters like Mimic, Mr Sinister, Children of Tomorrow, Ms Marvel.
@Impulse7850 6 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly House Of X did say Mimic is a mutant when he was mentioned that he and Synch could replace one of Five members if necessary
@silentmonk7338 6 ай бұрын
Exactly. Whoever made this video did not do his research
@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115 6 ай бұрын
See, this is why accident-prone people shouldn't be left alone in other laboratories. 🤣
@deeznutzzz3217 6 ай бұрын
Word..ha
@blackphoenix77 6 ай бұрын
I was always a fan of Mimic, even when my only knowledge of him was a cameo appearance in an issue of What If. I'm also a fan of his Earth-12 incarnation from Exiles. Also, if Mr. Sinister can be considered a mutant without actually being born as such, so can Mimic. Ditto for Franklin Richards, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver
@thejakker6369 5 ай бұрын
Been an X-fan since the 70s and didn't know the Mimic's backstory was this detailed, complex and convoluted. Wow.😊
@homeaccount5943 6 ай бұрын
I wish you'd have mentioned Mimic in The Exiles book.
@michaelturner2806 6 ай бұрын
I just recently heard about this character from the podcast Cyclops Is Waiting For Me, which only covers the animated X-Men, and some mentions that the character Morph there might've taken some story beats from this guy in the comics.
@bigbabysld 6 ай бұрын
What made MIMIC such a bad ass is he could just steal your powers standing right next to you, at one point he defeated the whole X-MEN team. I know Morph was created for the show but was he more like Mystique in powers?
@AgentNevets 6 ай бұрын
Morph was an adaptation of long forgotten X-Man, Changeling.
@bigbabysld 6 ай бұрын
Thank you @@AgentNevets
@arrickcobell9775 6 ай бұрын
DAMN!!! My guy made the Mimic interesting! Strong work, perfectly done.
@ericbieze5971 24 күн бұрын
Thank you for creating this video; the Mimic is my favorite Silver Age X-Man
@idongesitusen5764 6 ай бұрын
I’m reading Exiles & like a lot of the characters, Mimic especially.
@RingsideRebel785 6 ай бұрын
Always liked Mimic. In my personal Marvel stories that I have written that will never see light of day, Mimic is a top guy. He's actually one of the only survivors after the X-Bomb. 😂
@metal87power 6 ай бұрын
So they used Mimic powers to enhanced future senitels shown in the X-men movie "Future PAst".
@johnpittsii7524 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the amazing video ❤
@TheOvervoid 6 ай бұрын
Born a mutant? No. Turned into a mutant or at least has enough mutant DNA to be recognised as one? Yes. I didn't know much about Mimic before this video, but now I kinda love him as I have a soft spot for fusion character.
@fredmonroe6042 6 ай бұрын
Altered human according to the Marvel TTRPG published by TSR in the 80s
@trexadvent4726 6 ай бұрын
Can you do history of the characters mentioned in this video? How many Marvel characters is similar to Mimic besides Super-Adaptoid? Can you do history of Super-Adaptoid?
@kraken8255 5 ай бұрын
O wow, that's insane I never knew he existed. Thanks for the info on him
@matthewtobar3049 6 ай бұрын
YESSS I love Mimic
@coyotestarship7412 6 ай бұрын
Love that old school artwork❤
@philmartinez1872 6 ай бұрын
Love Mimic
@danielmedina3692 5 ай бұрын
Awesome review man
@vincentfranklin17 6 ай бұрын
This character has such a tragic history!
@jamesmichael561 5 ай бұрын
This video is awesome! I always wondered who this guy was when I was a kid.
@akkelly5601 6 ай бұрын
Awesome job as always! How about long shot.
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
Can you do history of the Beyonder, Crossfire, Living Laser, Iron Monger, Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo, Whiplash, Ultimo, Darkhawk, Union Jack, Annihilus, the Badoon and the Broods?
@trexadvent4726 5 ай бұрын
Since you did the History of the Mandarin and Fin_Fang_Foom, can you do history of Ultimo as well as the Shang-Chi villain known as the Death_Dealer?
@sureshots98 6 ай бұрын
Mimic has had it pretty rough. Giving him the mutant respect is the least we can do for the guy.
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
How long till you finish doing White Tiger: legacy of the Tiger by doing the history of Ava Ayala White Tiger who's the daughter of Hector Ayala? Can you do the history of Intelligencia in honour of the She-Hulk Disney Plus show?
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
Can you do history of the A-Force, U-Foes, Excalibur team, the Ultimates team, Starjammers, Alpha Flight, the Annihilators, the Invaders, the Squadron Supreme, Doom Maidens, the Midnight_Sons, Young Avengers, Dark Avengers, Masters of Evil, the Thunderbolts and the Champions?
@solonsaturngaming3727 6 ай бұрын
I Love Mimic and sad to hear he's a Non-Mutant when imo I think he still is but eh who would I know when Marvel say's so? lol
@alessandrobaggi6129 6 ай бұрын
Ghost Rider Danny Ketch, please, if you haven't already done it. 🙏
@charlesjohnson536 6 ай бұрын
'THIS CHANNEL IS EXCELSIOR' 👍 ..
@kilroywashere513 6 ай бұрын
A friend of mine Jeff’s older brother has a copy of the Marvel Universe Handbook of the dead and inactive, and it was published after mimic had died when he did, and I found out about how Mimic came back through a article in a Wizard magazine later, and so did Jeff, and that comic had Mimic listed in there with his origin and everything, and again how died, and again this was written after he had died, and this was before marvel brought him back later on, and I have seen the KZfaq video of the comic where Ahab speared what he thought was cyclops, but I read on Mimic’s details on the marvel comics database about him, and was revealed on there💁🏻♂️.
@trexadvent4726 5 ай бұрын
Are you going to do history of Ironheart, M'Baku, Namora, Attuma and Shuri as the Black Panther since they played a major role in the Black Panther Wakanda Forever movie?
@drmiteshtrivedi 5 ай бұрын
Mimic would be a great intro villain for MCU X-MEN. Basically a Criminal Mystery/Drama where he would commit crimes with the powers he copied, drawing attention to super heroes. This forces the X-men to emerge to neutralize him but not without ushering in anti-hero sentiment. A political drama could be tied with Captain America where Mutant Registration Act is introduced with Boliver Trask getting the contract for initiation of the Sentinel program.
@trexadvent4726 5 ай бұрын
Can you do origin of the Grim Reaper, Quicksilver, Devondra, Sentry, Mr Immortal, Captain Universe, Dreadknight, Deathcry, Blizzard, Starhawk, Flerken, Whirlwind, Chemistro, Whiplash, Ronan the Accuser, Ego the Living Planet, the Living Tribunal and Palibok the Power Skrull along with Avenger-X and the Protector?
@aleclobel2953 6 ай бұрын
You should do an episode about the marvel character slapstick
@j-tv8890 6 ай бұрын
Anyone remember Logans best friend morph from the 90s tv show?
@sophiawilson8696 6 ай бұрын
Copycat, Morph, Synch, Ch, Mystique.
@Nightwacther203 Ай бұрын
Awesome
@chengfu7063 Ай бұрын
Almost the first shapeshifter it's a shame that Disney just can't get it right stories like these could carry the real X-Men through and through and if the current comic book Developers on completely insane as well
@martinmcneal2778 5 ай бұрын
I felt like Mimic could have had his own comic series like Taskmaster. One idea that I would like is if he had to fight someone stronger than himself and he would have to take a beating to eventually copy his opponents power and mix it with the strength he already has to beat them. His powers also aren't strictly bound to Mutants. He's been known to copy powers from beings like the Hulk, Thing and I believe Spider-Man so he could expand his arsenal
@evanabbott2737 5 ай бұрын
Wow, I haven’t seen this character since I was a kid in the 90’s. 🤔
@bombyouup62 6 ай бұрын
I wonder if any mutants get there powers from farting. Who knows that flask could of been a fart inside.
@trexadvent4726 5 ай бұрын
Can you do origin of the Brood, the Gladiator, Hyperion, Star-Splendor, Havok, Vulcan, Jackal, Stingray, Quasar, Squirrel_Girl, Ultimus, Kly'bn, Kitty Pryde, Yotat, Dr.Faustus, Annihilus and Tryco Slatterus the Champion of the Universe?
@trexadvent4726 6 ай бұрын
What do you think is the best thing about Mimic? Which one of the powers he copied do you think is the best?
@ensabahnur7657 6 ай бұрын
Always loved Calvin & hopefully(doubtful) they give him the zhine he truly deserves!
@trexadvent4726 5 ай бұрын
Which one of the powers of the founding members of the X-Men do you think suited Mimic? Besides The X-Men, Which team was Mimic the best in?
@derp-construction3341 6 ай бұрын
I cant believe that with the thousands of comic books i have read, i have never come across this guy before. 😮
@Angellisable 6 ай бұрын
Loved Mimic
@paulgallimore7082 6 ай бұрын
I had forgotten all about Mimic
@fredmonroe6042 6 ай бұрын
Thanks
@jackieanderson9408 6 ай бұрын
This was sweet 🎂
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
Did Mimic appear in any of the X-Men animated movies or TV Shows?
@CyclopsWasRight616 5 ай бұрын
The list of non-mutant X-Men is at least 10 or 11 at this point. It's like doing a video about Nightcrawler and calling him "The Blue One".
@sophiawilson8696 6 ай бұрын
Do Spitfire next!
@RobertDW1 5 ай бұрын
Was the Mystique in Wolverine and the X-Men actually Mimic? It was weird that the one that looked like Mystique can not only look like the X-Men but can also mimic their powers.
@impureneighbour9792 2 ай бұрын
Y’know, Mimic would make a good ally to Mister Sinister.
@jerryminta9678 6 ай бұрын
I think we need a video detailing the original 5 X-Men's time in the present day Marvel Universe.
@SG-js2qn 6 ай бұрын
I only knew the old Lee / Kirby Mimic.
@jalenikezeue4114 Ай бұрын
😮 he's basically The precursor of Taskmaster
@pauldesigncomics2625 6 ай бұрын
How did he mimic the adamantium claws? That isn’t a natural physical attribute of Wolverine’s
@alancarnell2747 6 ай бұрын
Listen you....😊
@lisaroberts8556 6 ай бұрын
The Claws of Wolverine are natural. The Adamantium Bonding is not .
@sophiawilson8696 6 ай бұрын
Claws are!
@FuglyStick 4 ай бұрын
Oh comics: "A set of unique circumstances result in an accident that give a person superhuman abilities" powers are taken away, then just a few weeks later "a set of unique circumstances result in an accident that give the person the EXACT SAME powers they had before."
@jakeproven256 6 ай бұрын
Oh Mimic is from New Jersey, where I'm from by the way! 👍
@rodneycarson6964 5 ай бұрын
They should have Mimic be the "Joker" version of Mr. Sinister
@MytrekFleetwood 6 ай бұрын
Hes a mutant now.
@HenryCovert 6 ай бұрын
Mimic Rules
@WhatWouldVillainsDo 5 ай бұрын
Makes me think about Bruce Banner hes a Mutant even before ge became the Hulk but was tge result if his father who expramented on his self and passed down to Bruce.
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
What would happen if Mimic tried to copy the powers of X-Men villains like Master Mold, Nimrod, Mojo, Apocalypse and Mister Sinister?
@thelegendx1984 6 ай бұрын
He's in the realm of spider-man i guess, getting powers through random circumstances
@rezsurfer2808 6 ай бұрын
I had this friend who liked comics like me... he said Mimick is not a mutant. I say he is. Rogue is a mutant, he is they got the similar powers. How is her a " power" yet his not
@claytonjacobs4098 6 ай бұрын
Mutants are born with powers. He got his thru an accident, hence NOT a mutant.
@silentmonk7338 6 ай бұрын
Actually you both are wrong. Mimic has been retconned to a mutant. Mimic is a mutant with the power of mimicry like Sync and Gideon the external. Secondly Rogue is not a mimic and does not have the same powers as Mimic, Sync or Gideon. Rogue is a mutant that absorbs life force, traits, characteristics and pysche of a living being. This is not power mimicry
@claytonjacobs4098 6 ай бұрын
Retcons are just shitty writers not paying attention or changing things to fit their own narrative regardless of what has been established.
@jean-paulgagnon8479 5 ай бұрын
Mutant is as Mutant does. His powers come from mutation even if the ability to absorb those powers doesn't.
@MichaelJohnson-kx3ln 4 ай бұрын
Mutates should also be able too join the x men, like they join avengers ranks.
@sosmooth13 6 ай бұрын
Marvel history can be so complicated lol. Changes and redos all over the place.
@zupaman 6 ай бұрын
Mimic is a Mutant as stated in House of X #5
@roryparker3436 5 ай бұрын
Hmm. Since Mimic has spent time around Moira...does he unknowingly have her ability?
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
What would happen if Mimic tried to copy the luck powers of Domino or the Phoenix Force itself?
@robertsimon2885 4 ай бұрын
Isn't there a variation of Mimic who's more beloved?
@ErnestMoore-mz7hh 5 ай бұрын
Never heard of the mimic
@Jamesalec63 6 ай бұрын
Mimic, maybe not a mutant, but his abilities are somewhat a mutation of something overly different. Perhaps there's something involved in his father's work from an alien source to his powers, which could explain his powers? There are a race that mimics dna of humans' abilities, and some gain special abilities from science and mimic four individuals' powers and create a super powerful alien called Super Skull. So maybe Mimics' father uses Skulls dna and formed a chemical that somehow developed a mutation in Mimics' body it is possible that his has limited shape shifting abilities and never knows this, and due to his potential mutant dna a different evolutionary trigger has merged him with a Skull dna, plus something else has to come. A surprising evolutionary leap of a new chapter of alien human dna and mutation. Mimics is a walking dna laboratory?
@bryfunkenstein 6 ай бұрын
Theres actually a bunch of non mutant xmen....
@jasonbedell3530 5 ай бұрын
Super Adaptoid = Amazo.
@noneyabidness9644 6 ай бұрын
I never liked how marvel tries to differentiate those who are mutated from those born with mutations. Both are equally mutants.
@elonmartin5065 5 ай бұрын
Norman waves is on ocean
@Glitch-qj3nj 6 ай бұрын
Beast non mutant x man too
@raymondbermudez555 6 ай бұрын
I think not every Marvel superpower-ed character has to be a mutant. Mimic, Gwenpool or Ms Marvel do not need to be mutants to matter.
@snoopy4749 6 ай бұрын
He desperately needs a Marvel Legend
@Lord123 5 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure he is a mutant. This was addressed in Excalibur.
@carlosfontanez1835 6 ай бұрын
But mimic confirmed to be a mutant
@sophiawilson8696 6 ай бұрын
When?
@carlosfontanez1835 6 ай бұрын
@@sophiawilson8696 it's was confirmed in house of x by Jonathan Hickman and storm is officially omega level mutant as well
@carlosfontanez1835 6 ай бұрын
Also it's was 3 years ago
@tko3779 5 ай бұрын
He practically created a firm of the mist coulda made him an Inhuman
@quentinfogger5755 6 ай бұрын
What do you think Mimic would have been like if he was born a Mutant and stayed with the X-Men?
@fbauzo024fb 6 ай бұрын
Wonder where hes been in krakoa
@lisaroberts8556 6 ай бұрын
Fucxx Krakoa!
@CorbinLeonard-rp4et 6 ай бұрын
Is mincic a inhuman
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