The X-Men (vol. 1) #27 (Dec. 1966):
“Re-Enter: The Mimic!”
by Roy Thomas, Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

The X-Men (vol. 1) #27

Title: “Re-Enter: The Mimic!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1966

Publisher:
Written by: Roy Thomas
Art by: Werner Roth, Dick Ayers

36 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)		Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Excalibur; Metro College; The Exiles; X-Men		169
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Vera Cantor		[long-time girlfriend of Hank McCoy (Beast)]		45
Puppet Master (Phillip Masters)		[biologist; craftsman]		183
bank robbers (details)  In NYC, Bobby and Hank hear of a bank robbery nearby. They change into Iceman and Beast and go to stop the robbery, but Spider-Man has already captured the robbers.		[occupation]	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises , etc.	1
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters		[high school]		373
Ted Roberts		Metro College [Cobalt Man's brother; dated Jean Grey]		9
Cerebro	N.A.	[Xavier's mutant-finding machine, given sentience by Bastion]		9
Zelda Kurtzberg		[Iceman's former girlfriend]		14
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Empire State University		[college/university]		173
Metro College		[college/university]		3
The Defender	N.A.	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #27 (Dec. 1966)]		1
unnamed falcon	N.A.	falcon [trained falcon of Scarlet Witch and/or Quicksilver]		1
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (flashback cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (flashback cameo)  The Torch is in Puppet Master's flashback contemplating a recent defeat by the Fantastic Four. Also, Prof. X says maybe the X-Men will be able to recruit the Torch while on Metro College campus.	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (flashback cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) (flashback cameo)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Fantastic Four (flashback cameo)		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Changeling (Kevin Sydney) (behind the scenes)  Factor Three is an ominous but mostly remote threat behind some of the events in this issue. Although not yet revealed, Kevin Sidney is leading Factor Three's efforts, on behalf of Mutant-Master.		Factor Three; X-Men		23
El Tigre (Juan Meroz) (behind the scenes)  The X-Men arrive back in New York after their battle with El Tigre in San Rico. Among them is an injured Warren/Angel, who was hurt during the battle with El Tigre.	Mayan	[became an avatar of Quetzalcoatl]		5
The Daily Bugle (behind the scenes)  Spider-Man catches 2 bank robbers. Iceman wonders why Spidey took pictures of the crooks, unaware that in his secret identity as Peter Parker, he is a photographer for the Daily Bugle.		[major NYC newspaper; Peter Parker's employer]		699
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini) (mentioned)  It is revealed that the Puppet Master has learned the identity of the X-Men's leader: Charles Xavier. He was told this by his sometime ally, the Mad Thinker.		Triumvirate of Terror (leader)		108
Ralph Roberts (mentioned)  Jean Grey talks to Ted Roberts, asking if there's a reason he drives himself so hard in athletics. He says there is: No matter what he does, he feel like he is in the shadow of his brother, Ralph.		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)		9
The Avengers (mentioned)  Prof. X astrally contacts Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in Romania, taking brief break from being Avengers. Xavier invites them to join X-Men. They decline, saying they're dedicated to Avengers.		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (mentioned)	mutant supremacist	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1964)]		644
Factor Three (mentioned)  Prof. Xavier tells X-Men that with Cerebro he has detected a great new menace. X-Men try recruiting new members to face the manace. Issues which follow this one reveal this menace is Factor Three.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1967)]		44

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