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    • Dave Cockrum originally created Nightcrawler while he was in the United States Navy, stationed at Guam. He recounted: "I sat up one night in the middle of a typhoon because it was too noisy to sleep, so I stayed up and thought up this character. Originally, Nightcrawler was a demon from Hell who had flubbed a mission, and rather than go bac… See more

    Overview

    Nightcrawler is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in … See more

    Fictional character biography

    Kurt Wagner was born with certain unusual physical characteristics, but his power of self-teleportation did not emerge until puberty. Margali Szardos, a sorceress and a Manouche Roma queen, allegedly found Kurt an hou… See more

    PublisherMarvel Comics
    First appearanceGiant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975)
    Created byLen Wein (writer) · Dave Cockrum (artist)
    Alter egoKurt Wagner
    Powers and abilities

    Kurt Wagner is a mutant whose primary mutant power is the ability to teleport himself, his clothing, and a certain amount of additional mass from one point to another virtually instantaneously. He does this by disp… See more

    Family relations

    X-Men writer Chris Claremont had intended to reveal that Nightcrawler was the son of Nightmare early in his run. Roger Stern recounted, "It happened when I was the writer of Dr. Strange, back when writers were still o… See more

    Characteristics

    Nightcrawler is a mutant born with fine blue-black fur covering his body, two fingers with an opposable thumb on each hand and only two toes, each longer than a normal human being's, on each foot and a third toe-like proj… See more

    Reception

    Nightcrawler has received positive reception as a comic book character and as a member of the X-Men. Nightcrawler was ranked as the 133rd-greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine. IGN also … See more

    Other versions

    In the Age of Apocalypse miniseries, Nightcrawler is similar to his Earth-616 counterpart, but much darker and more violent, and he carries two sabers at all times, denoting his skills as a swordsman. Another im… See more

     
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  1. Originally, Marvel established that Nightcrawler was the son of Mystique and a German nobleman named Baron Christian Wagner. As the story goes, Mystique was forced to flee Wagner's home when the local villagers discovered her baby had blue skin, and Nightcrawler was found and adopted by the sorceress Margali Szardos.
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    Nightcrawler was first introduced in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975) and there was no mention of who his parents were. His demonic appearance, tail, and blue fur were simply a product of his mutant biology. The character was created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, with Chris Claremont taking over scripting duties after Wein’s departure.
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    As far as Marvel fans know, Nightcrawler is the biological son of Raven and the teleporting mutant named Azazel. The origin story told in UXM #428 revealed that Raven was seduced by Azazel while she was pretending to be human and married to Baron Wagner and that the stress of childbirth caused her control to slip, revealing her mutant form.
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