Nightcrawler’s Full Backstory Revealed This Fall In ‘X-Men Blue: Origins’ #1
by Tom Smithyman
While the recent events in Marvel Comics’ Fall of X storyline may have raised a number of questions, one longstanding mystery will be solved this fall in X-Men Blue: Origins #1. The one-shot will give the definitive origin story for Nightcrawler.
Until now, the story of Nightcrawler’s birth has been shrouded in rumors, speculation and lies. While an affair between Mystique and Azazel led to Kurt Warner’s birth, Mystique’s true love, Destiny, also played a key role. Their romance has apparently impacted mutantdom for the centuries. When the pair reunited on Krakoa, they became two of their species’ most prominent leaders.
Marvel is promoting the couple’s love through the book’s variant cover, illustrated by Russell Dauterman. Si Spurrier writes the special issue, which is illustrated by Wilton Santos and Marcus To.
“Mystique, she’s fascinating and wonderful and would be an utterly unlikable character if it weren’t for the fact that everything she does is purely and pragmatically focused on love,” Spurrier said. “That redeems so much — this idea that she and her wife have this centuries-old romance that is so overwhelming that it threatens to destroy not only everybody around them but also each other. They keep coming together and smashing together and then going away and coming back.”
X-Men Blue: Origins #1will be on sale November 29, 2023.
