Excalibur #123

A wild, snarling Mimic dominates this August 1998 cover, crackling with stolen mutant energy as icy constructs and raw power explode around him — the cover copy making clear he's been absorbing the abilities of every mutant he encounters. Jim Calafiore's cover art gives the character a genuinely unsettling ferocity, all bared teeth and chaotic energy. Part two of "The Search," this issue promises that Excalibur's world is about to get considerably more complicated.