NIGHTCRAWLER

Real Name:

Kurt Wagner

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

X-Men (Louisiana)

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

Fuzzy Elf, Gainsborough, Spider-Man VIII, Creepy Crawler.

Nationality:

German

First Appearance:

Giant-Size X-Men #1

Powers & 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

Affiliation:

Excalibur, X-Men, X-treme Sanctions Executive, Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Quiet Council of Krakoa, Legion of X, N-Men

Notes:

Kurt Wagner was raised in the circus by his adopted mother, Margali Szardos, after she supposedly found him as an infant in a dying woman's arms, as relayed in Uncanny X-Men Annual #4. Nightcrawler's connection to Mystique was first hinted at in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #142. In X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #4, Kurt learned Mystique was once married to Baron Christian Wagner. His birth revealed she was a mutant, forcing her to flee the baron. Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #428 claimed Kurt's birth father was Azazel, conceived with Mystique during an affair in the baron's household. X-Men Blue: Origins #1 finally established Mystique and Destiny were Kurt's biological parents. Destiny gave birth to him after Mystique sufficiently shaped her genes to mimic a male reproductive system and some of Azazel's traits. This was part of a long-term scheme by Destiny to deceive Azazel about Kurt's parentage.

Beginning with Uncanny Spider-Man #1, Kurt follows in the footsteps of Peter Parker, Ben Reilly, Mattie Franklin, Mac Gargan, Otto Octavius, Miles Morales, and Miguel O'Hara as Spider-Man VIII.

Alternate Versions:

NIGHTCRAWLER (597), NIGHTCRAWLER (Ultimate), NIGHTCRAWLER (AoA) and WAGGONER, KURT.

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NIGHTCRAWLER

Last Updated:

25th March 2025 by Monolith