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Professor Xavier telepathically orders his students to return to the school. Once they return to the mansion, Professor Xavier informs them that there is a new super-villain with mutant powers calling himself the Vanisher. Earlier in the day, he had robbed the national bank by using his teleportation powers to escape from the bank's security guards. Professor Xavier sends his students off on extra training missions to prepare them for the upcoming fight with the Vanisher.

Meanwhile, the Vanisher announces his intent to steal the Pentagon's defensive plans alongside his newly formed criminal organization. Professor Xavier receives word from his FBI informant, Agent Fred Duncan, that the Vanisher is preparing to make his move. The X-Men are asked to help stop the Vanisher, so Professor Xavier sends them out to Washington, DC. The Vanisher steals the defense plans from the Pentagon but is quickly surrounded by the X-Men. After a short battle, the Vanisher is able to escape with the plans.

The next day, the Vanisher appears once again and demands that he be given 10 million dollars; otherwise, he will sell the defense plans to the country's enemies. A day later, the Vanisher and his criminal army appear in front of the White House to pick up their money, but find the X-Men waiting for them, instead. Professor Xavier appears from behind his students and uses his powers to prevent the Vanisher from teleporting away by making him lose his memory. With their leader rendered harmless, the criminals are easily defeated by the X-Men.

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The X-Men are shown racing to meet Professor X after he has "called them" telepathically. The Beast jumps from the roofs and lands onto a moving train to get to the mansion first. Angel is waylaid by a mob of women who want autographs and kisses from the X-Men star. Marvel Girl helps him out by telekinetically moving the women off of Warren and onto the marquee of a nearby movie theater. Angel reminds Jean that Professor X has warned her not to strain her powers. Angel then lifts Jean up and flies her off towards the mansion. Meanwhile, Iceman and Cyclops notice a wall collapsing onto a construction crew. Cyclops turns on his visor to full intensity and blasts the wall to fine powder. The crew thanks the duo and they quickly head off to the mansion. They catch a ride there in an ice cream truck at Iceman's request.

Inside the mansion, Professor X commands the X-Men to enter and assemble. Once they are all inside, he projects mental images onto the wall to show them their next mission. He reveals that the Vanisher is their intended target and "shows" them what was mentally witnessed by the professor earlier in the day. The Vanisher is seen talking to policemen and inquiring about where the Metro National Bank as he intends to rob it. The police say there is no law against intentions and direct him to the bank. After he robs the bank at gunpoint, the police tell him to freeze, but he vanishes into thin air.

The teller is left yelling, ironically, for the police. The professor ends his mission briefing. Iceman uses the moment to play a joke on the team and shoots snowballs at them. Marvel Girl hurls the ice right back at him, and he makes an ice shield to block them. Professor X tells the team to stop. He says that their battering tactics will be useless on the Vanisher and directs them to train in the Danger Room.

Inside the Danger Room, Professor X sends missiles toward Angel, who thinks the test is "a snap". Xavier then shoots another missile at him and says to pretend that the missile is the Vanisher: his task to catch it before it eludes him, which Warren fails to do. Professor X tests his heart and blood pressure to help him train better. The Beast steps up next and jumps over mechanical arms that appear out of the floor. He unknowingly jumped over them into a hole that opened in the floor. The Beast strains himself to stop before falling entirely down the hole. He jumps out as Marvel Girl gently brings him down with her powers.

Meanwhile, at the Pentagon, the Vanisher appears. The guards ask for his permits, and he states that he needs no permits since "Mutants (Homo superior)" is destined to replace the human race. The Vanisher disappears and shows up in a conference room suddenly. Colonel Hendershoot and a general are discussing defense plans. The Vanisher tells them that they need to hold onto the plans as he will soon be stealing them from the Army in a few days. He then proves his powers by vanishing suddenly. The Vanisher is later seen being catered to by a large number of criminals from the underworld. They tell him that they are behind him and cheer for him. He announces that he has set his plan, to make the most daring move in the history of crime, in motion.

In the Danger Room, the X-Men continue their training. Marvel Girl holds a giant ball in the air using her mind. She begins to tire, and Cyclops comes to her aid. He blasts the ball with his beams before it crushes her, which she thanks him for. Iceman is jealous and decides to play a prank on Cyclops. He sends an ice-horse sliding at him, since Cyclops was such a gallant prince.

Professor X sends out a mental communication to FBI Agent Duncan. Duncan puts on a device that allows him to easily talk to Professor X via his thoughts. Duncan relays the Vanisher's plan to steal the defense documents. Professor X then sends the team off to stop the Vanisher. They are transported in a McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane to look for the Vanisher.

Back at the Pentagon, a group of armed men guard the defense plans. Then the Vanisher appears and grabs the documents before vanishing. He is then seen down the hall where a group of men attempt to tackle him to the ground, but he vanishes right out of their hands! Next, the Vanisher exits the building and is met by the X-Men, who have just arrived. They tell him to stop, and the Angel grabs him. The Vanisher drops the documents, and the Beast recovers them.

The Vanisher then snatches them back from the Beast, but Cyclops blasts them out of his hands! Marvel Girl telekinetically grabs the documents and flies them around out of reach. The Vanisher sprays sleeping gas at Jean, and she falls to the ground. The Vanisher grabs the documents. Iceman fires an ice-fist at him, but it is too late as he has already disappeared. The team regroups and heads home.

The next day, the newspaper reads that the Vanisher has the documents and that the X-Men failed to capture him. Then a TV announcer states that the Vanisher plans to give the documents to communists, unless the government pays him 10 million dollars tax-free. The team bickers about their recent battle, and Professor X advises them that he will accompany them to their next battle. He also advises the government of his plan on how to stop the Vanisher.

The time comes to battle the Vanisher, and this time it is on the front lawn of the White House. The Vanisher tells the X-Men to leave him. Professor X confronts him and tells him that he is a mutant as well. He says he is directing his powers at him. The Vanisher suddenly realizes that he cannot vanish, and he even has forgotten why he is there and who he is! The criminal mob that was with the Vanisher attacks. The X-Men easily stop their advance. Iceman covers them in a hole Cyclops creates, while Marvel Girl points their weapons at themselves. Angel then rounds up the last of them. The army moves in and takes over. Professor X congratulates the X-Men on a job well done!

Appearing in "The First Evil Mutant!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
X-Men #40

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

Jack O'Diamonds (Jack Winters) (First full appearance) (Name revealed) (Origin revealed) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

NYSP
- Marv (Name revealed)
- Unnamed Police Officer
Vanisher (Mentioned in narration)
Three unnamed medical personnel (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

Mutants
Humans (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
  - United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    - New York (Main story and flashback)
      - Sunset Orphanage (Referenced)
      - Westchester County
        North Salem
        Salem Center
        Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      - Unidentified Nuclear Power Plant (Main story and flashback)
      - Unidentified Hospital (Only in flashback)
    - Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
    - New Jersey (Mentioned)
    - Pennsylvania (Mentioned)

Items:

Synopsis for "The First Evil Mutant!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
X-Men #40

Continued from last issue....

Young Scott Summers has been lured to the home of Jack Winters, a mutant with incredible mental powers, who intends to use him to rule over mankind. With the police seeking out Scott, Winters uses his mental powers to teleport them away. While they manage to elude the police, they do not escape the notice of Professor X as their travels are picked up by his prototype mutant detector Cyberno, however, the signal is lost before the Professor can pinpoint it.

Jack and Scott are teleported to a nearby nuclear plant where he intends to use nuclear energy in the plant to boost his powers. Jack explains to Scott that one night not long ago, he broke into a chemical lab to steal something of value so that he can pay off his gambling debts, when grabbing a beaker of radioactive material it exploded in his hands. Surviving and considered lucky to be alive, Jack was released from the hospital where he found that the explosion activated his latent mutant abilities endowing him with mental powers and another power to his damaged hands. Finishing his story, Jack reveals that the explosion had turned his hands into a diamond.

Rechristening himself Jack O'Diamonds, Jack theorizes that greater exposure to radiation would turn the rest of his body into a diamond as well. Before they can go further, they are approached by Charles Xavier who warns them to cease their criminal activities with his mental powers. Jack orders Scott to kill the Professor with his optic blasts, but the frightened boy cannot bring himself to kill another with his mutant powers.

Calling the boy a coward, Winters decides to tackle Xavier on his own, pitting his mental powers against that of Xavier. This story is continued next issue...

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References

↑ Uncanny X-Men 2 "put at the disposal of the X-Men by the Department of Special Affairs" - narrator. Nov 1963, pg. 13.

[1] Uncanny X-Men 2 "put at the disposal of the X-Men by the Department of Special Affairs" - narrator. Nov 1963, pg. 13.

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Amazing Adventures Vol 3 3

Appearing in "No One Can Stop the Vanisher!"

Synopsis for "No One Can Stop the Vanisher!"

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Appearing in "The First Evil Mutant!"

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