NIGHTCRAWLER

Real Name:

Kurt Wagner

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Quiet Council, Legionaires

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

Fuzzy Elf, Gainsborough.

Nationality:

Austrian

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, razor-edged fencing foils

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'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 (1st series) #4 and The Draco, however, make it much more confusing as to how Kurt took the name "Wagner".

Alternate Versions:

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

Check our in-depth Character entry:

NIGHTCRAWLER

Last Updated:

18th January 2023 by Monolith