Funny story, I've been reading some comics lately. X-men from the 80's, Kagurabachi and Yu-gi-oh, and they usually info dump themselves just to remind readers of a plot point.

Mimic is using that wacky thing Starline gave him and nobody points it out. In these old comics, Mimic would be narrating "thank that doctor for giving me this gizmo" and an editor note pointing out to the Bad Guys miniseries.

Just sharing my random thought.