1st appearance of the Blob, an invulnerable mutant

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Beware of the Blob!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman; Professor X detects a new mutant and sends the X-Men to investigate; They arrive at a carnival and encounter the Blob, a very fat sideshow attraction who can bounce bullets off of his malleable hide as well as anchor himself to the earth and become immovable; The X-Men bring him back to the mansion as a potential member but the Blob spurns their invitation and returns to the carnival; Realizing that the Blob knows their secret, the X-Men lure him back to the mansion where Xavier wipes his memory. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

This book came from a small collection of silver age comics sitting in a box since the early 70’s. The owner had neatly stamped his name “John Pimenow” on the back cover of each book and occasional on the inside, on an ad page that had