In X-Men Blue: Origins #1 we learn that the previous Nightcrawler story – Mystique playing the wife of Baron Christian Wagner, only to have an affair with the mutant immortal Azazel and birth ...

X-Men Origins: Blue published today from Marvel Comics does just what it had been threatening, rewrites the already repeatedly rewritten origins of Nightcrawler, as the child of Mystique. It has been ...

SPOILER ALERT: The following article contains minor spoilers for X-Men: Apocalypse. If you haven’t seen the film yet, and don’t wish to know any details, please click away to another one of our ...

Kurt Wagner’s relationship with Mystique and Destiny has long been a messy, divisive one–but as the current era of X-Men comics is more explicit about their queer family, this week it righted the ...

Chris Claremont toyed with the idea of making the Doctor Strange villain Nightmare into Kurt’s dad. But he preferred his second option for Nightcrawler’s origin. His idea was that Mystique had ...

AZAZEL is a demonic-looking mutant and leader of the Neyaphem, he was banished to a dimensional void due to his appearance. Becoming bitter at what he considered "Normal-looking" mutants, AZAZEL began ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Marvel’s rumored interest in Azazel could open a dark new corner of the MCU, connecting X-Men lore, Mystique, Nightcrawler, mutant mythology, and even the multiverse. With fan speculation around names ...

After 40 years, we finally know the original Marvel Comics plan for the connection between X-Men Nightcrawler and Mystique. Marvel Comics has finally made good on an idea that’s over 40 years old. In ...