UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #31

Ted Roberts’ brother Ralph became the Cobalt Man for the very first time in this issue. Ralph Roberts was a former employee of Stark’s Industries who left the company when Tony Stark would not divulge the secret to Iron Man’s costume. He then created Roberts Research Lab and experimented with cobalt amongst other things. One day, Ralph would visit his younger brother Ted who was attending Metro College along with Jean Grey . Ted and Ralph were very competitive and challenged each other to a pole vaulting contest. Ralph was injured when his stick broke and hit his head.…