this sultry mutant shapeshifter sure
knows how to put her best face on
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the origins of Raven dark
hole otherwise known as mystique they
say you can’t imitate anybody even zebb
voice even their voice as with most
comic book characters there are often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1978 miss Marvel number 16
to 18 which was then expanded upon in
1983’s
uncanny x-men number 70 and 1994’s x-men
unlimited number 4 this mysterious
shapeshifter first appeared in disguise
in a Miss Marvel issue spying on the
titular heroine and planning her demise
at that time she’d also infiltrated
shields headquarters fooling their
security safeguards by taking on the
forms of director Nick Fury and a female
espionage agent with the goal of
stealing top-secret information
concerning the Avengers with her plan
eventually foiled mystique became a
mainstay in the x-men series while her
true origins have never been revealed in
their entirety her mysterious past was
alluded to in a dream in which she was
shown having lived back as far as 1783
as she possessed reduced aging she was
similarly revealed to have been
Wolverines lover before the Weapon X
project wiped his mind mystique
ultimately assumed the role of the
leader of the newly dubbed Brotherhood
of Evil Mutants following the disbanding
of Magneto’s original group fine for
world domination her terrorist
organization targeted prominent auntie
mutant figures you know people like you
are the reason I was afraid to go to
school as a child
eventually she was revealed to be the
mother of the x-men member Kurt Wagner
otherwise known as Nightcrawler
conceiving him with the mutant as Iselle
she did so decades earlier while she was
married to a royal named Christian
Wagner after murdering the Baron the
stress of having given birth to a baby
with blue skin and demon-like features
temporarily made her reveal her true
form labeled the demon alongside her
baby she was chased out of town until
she assumed another disguise before
dropping her baby into the river to
avoid suspicion interestingly she is
similarly mothered and abandoned another
child named Graydon Creed with the
mutant saber-tooth these harrowing
actions caused her to wander the world
before becoming lovers with a
precognitive mutant named destiny who
instructed her to one day adopt a child
named anna-marie in order to make amends
for her terrible deeds her adopted
daughter later became the x-men member
named rogue
while her lover had been shown to have
significantly aged during their time
together eventually mystique made a deal
with the government to be pardoned for
her crimes if she could help catch
magneto and go clean however after his
capture she continued to operate
independently as a mercenary causing
problems for both humanity and the x-men
over the years mystique has appeared in
various media portrayed by Rebecca
remain in 2000’s x-men trilogy she was
made the acrobatic and deadly right hand
of magneto where’s Henry mr. Irish has
been dead for some time senator but I’ve
had mystique here keep you company she
takes so many shapes
Mystique’s origin was then given a
dramatic retcon in 2011’s x-men first
class when she was shown to be far
younger than previously assumed as she
was made the childhood friend of Charles
Xavier I always believed I couldn’t be
the only one in the world portrayed by
Jennifer Lawrence in this version the
film showed how she and Magneto became
partners and as we’re left to assume
lovers perfection are you a fan of the
mysterious blue skin shapeshifter for
more in depth comic book origins about
your favorite comic book characters be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
knows how to put her best face on
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the origins of Raven dark
hole otherwise known as mystique they
say you can’t imitate anybody even zebb
voice even their voice as with most
comic book characters there are often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1978 miss Marvel number 16
to 18 which was then expanded upon in
1983’s
uncanny x-men number 70 and 1994’s x-men
unlimited number 4 this mysterious
shapeshifter first appeared in disguise
in a Miss Marvel issue spying on the
titular heroine and planning her demise
at that time she’d also infiltrated
shields headquarters fooling their
security safeguards by taking on the
forms of director Nick Fury and a female
espionage agent with the goal of
stealing top-secret information
concerning the Avengers with her plan
eventually foiled mystique became a
mainstay in the x-men series while her
true origins have never been revealed in
their entirety her mysterious past was
alluded to in a dream in which she was
shown having lived back as far as 1783
as she possessed reduced aging she was
similarly revealed to have been
Wolverines lover before the Weapon X
project wiped his mind mystique
ultimately assumed the role of the
leader of the newly dubbed Brotherhood
of Evil Mutants following the disbanding
of Magneto’s original group fine for
world domination her terrorist
organization targeted prominent auntie
mutant figures you know people like you
are the reason I was afraid to go to
school as a child
eventually she was revealed to be the
mother of the x-men member Kurt Wagner
otherwise known as Nightcrawler
conceiving him with the mutant as Iselle
she did so decades earlier while she was
married to a royal named Christian
Wagner after murdering the Baron the
stress of having given birth to a baby
with blue skin and demon-like features
temporarily made her reveal her true
form labeled the demon alongside her
baby she was chased out of town until
she assumed another disguise before
dropping her baby into the river to
avoid suspicion interestingly she is
similarly mothered and abandoned another
child named Graydon Creed with the
mutant saber-tooth these harrowing
actions caused her to wander the world
before becoming lovers with a
precognitive mutant named destiny who
instructed her to one day adopt a child
named anna-marie in order to make amends
for her terrible deeds her adopted
daughter later became the x-men member
named rogue
while her lover had been shown to have
significantly aged during their time
together eventually mystique made a deal
with the government to be pardoned for
her crimes if she could help catch
magneto and go clean however after his
capture she continued to operate
independently as a mercenary causing
problems for both humanity and the x-men
over the years mystique has appeared in
various media portrayed by Rebecca
remain in 2000’s x-men trilogy she was
made the acrobatic and deadly right hand
of magneto where’s Henry mr. Irish has
been dead for some time senator but I’ve
had mystique here keep you company she
takes so many shapes
Mystique’s origin was then given a
dramatic retcon in 2011’s x-men first
class when she was shown to be far
younger than previously assumed as she
was made the childhood friend of Charles
Xavier I always believed I couldn’t be
the only one in the world portrayed by
Jennifer Lawrence in this version the
film showed how she and Magneto became
partners and as we’re left to assume
lovers perfection are you a fan of the
mysterious blue skin shapeshifter for
more in depth comic book origins about
your favorite comic book characters be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
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