Uncanny X-Men #35

Uncanny X-Men #35 was published by Marvel Comics in August 1967 during the Silver Age of comic books. At this stage, the series was struggling to find a consistent audience, and the creative team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth was tasked with maintaining the momentum of the original Stan Lee and Jack Kirby run. This issue features the team battling the Mimic, a character who briefly joined the X-Men before his power-draining abilities caused significant friction within the group, serving as an early exploration of the team's internal tensions.

The visual direction for this era of X-Men shifted away from Kirby's dynamic, cosmic aesthetic toward a more grounded, traditional storytelling style under Werner Roth, who often worked under the pseudonym Jay Gavin. Roth’s work is characterized by clean lines and a focus on character interactions. While this specific issue is not considered a major key in the series, it remains a notable example of the mid-1960s attempt to evolve the X-Men from a straightforward school for mutants into a more complex superhero team dealing with personal instability and interpersonal conflict.