Calvin Rankin

*Real Name: Calvin Montgomery Rankin
*Current Alias: Mimic
*Aliases: Cal
*Relatives:
**Ronald Rankin (father, deceased)
*Affiliation: Partner of Omega; formerly X-Men (Jean Grey School member), Osborn's X-Men, Brotherhood of Mutants, Excalibur, former partner of The Blob
*Base of Operations: Mobile; formerly Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York; Siberia, Russia
*Identity: Public Identity
*Citizenship: American
*Marital Status: Single
*Occupation: Adventurer, former student
*Education: College graduate
*Gender: Male
*Height: 6'2"
*Weight: 225 lbs
*Eyes: Brown
*Hair: Brown
*Unusual Features: Calvin gains features based on the powers he is mimicking, such as Angel's feathered wings and Beast's enlarged hands and feet
*Origin: Mutate, possibly a mutant
*Universe: Earth-616
*Place of Birth: Passaic, New Jersey
==Powers and Abilities==
Mimic admitted to believing he had some latent powers since birth, due to his father experimenting on him before his birth. Caliban could sense Mimic as "like a mutant".
Power Mimicry: Mimic is able to copy the knowledge, skills, and powers of every individual within a certain range of him; different sources list this as anywhere from several feet to a mile radius. This applies to both superpowered and "normal" abilities, as shown when he duplicated athletic skill on the football field in high school. He has shown the capacity to manifest numerous powers at the same time, and since he also absorbs knowledge, he can immediately use copied powers with the same skill level as the original owner. However, he occasionally shows difficulty in juggling multiple powers, and his body can be overloaded by absorbing too many at once. Usually Mimic loses his duplicated abilities once out of range of the owner, but, theoretically, due to the length of time spent with them, his body permanently retains the powers he mimics.
Over time, he permanently gained the ability to use the powers of the original X-Men and Professor X.
*Angel's wings
*Beast's physiology, including enhanced strength and agility
*Cyclops' optic blasts
*Iceman's cryokinesis
*Jean Grey's telekinesis
*Professor X's telepathy
When interacting with normal humans, Mimic is able to duplicate their skills, personality traits, and intelligence. Thus, when in the vicinity of athletes, he gains superior athletic abilities, and, when in the presence of a scholar, not only does his knowledge expand but so does his potential to learn.
At one time or another, Mimic duplicated the powers of Beast, Iceman, Jean Grey, Angel, Professor X, Cyclops, Banshee, Hulk (attempted), Wolverine, Cable, Warpath, Sunspot, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Colossus, Omega, and X-Man.
Category:Characters
Category:Mimicry
Category:Mutates