Character Glossary

NIGHTCRAWLER

Real Name: Kurt Wagner Universe/Timeline: Marvel Universe Current Status: Active Additional Status Info: X-Men Categorization: Mutant Aliases: Fuzzy Elf, Gainsborough Nationality: Austrian First Appearance: Giant Sized X-Men #1

Powers and Abilities:
peak human agility and reflexes, prehensile tail, cling to any surface, access to the Brimstone Dimension allows teleportation and a light-sapping field that combines with his indigo fur to enable him to blend in with shadows, razor-edged fencing foils

Affiliations:
X-Men, Excalibur, X-treme Sanctions Executive

Notes:
Kurt's first origin told how he was found in his dying parent's arms, which would explain how he came by his last name. The more recent revelations about his past in X-Men Unlimited #4 and The Draco, however, make it much more confusing as to how Kurt took the name "Wagner".

Check also the Nightcrawler Spotlight

Entry by: Monolith
Last Updated: 7/18/2006

Previous Page

[To the Top]