Mystique (character)

Mystique
Raven Darkhölme
Variant cover of X-Men (2019) #4.
Art by Shannon Maer.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearance
  • Cameo appearance:
  • Ms. Marvel #16 (May 1978)[1]
  • Full appearance:
  • Ms. Marvel #18 (July 1978)
Created by
In-story information
SpeciesHuman mutant
Team affiliations
Notable aliases
Abilities
  • Enhanced strength, speed, stamina, durability, flexibility, agility, and reflexes
  • Accelerated healing
  • Slowed aging
  • Shapeshifting
  • Skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
  • Expert marksman

Mystique is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, the character first appeared in Ms. Marvel #16 (April 1978).[5][6] A member of a subspecies of humanity known as mutants who are born with superhuman abilities, Mystique is a shapeshifter who can mimic the appearance and voice of any person with exquisite precision. Her natural appearance includes blue skin, red hair and yellow eyes.[7]

Typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men, Mystique has been both a supervillain and an antiheroine, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs; she has been stated to be over 100 years old.[8] Commonly living under the assumed name Raven Darkhölme,[9] and previously as Sherlock Holmes,[10] Mystique is the wife of Destiny / Irene Adler, the mother of the villain Graydon Creed,[11] adoptive mother of the X-Men heroine Rogue,[9] and the biological father of the X-Men hero Nightcrawler; conceived with her wife Destiny while in one of her male forms.[12][13] Mystique has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female antiheroes.[14][15][16][17]

Mystique appears in seven of the 20th Century Fox X-Men films: the character was portrayed by Rebecca Romijn in X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), while Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a younger version in X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019),[18][19][20] Romijn also cameoing as Mystique in First Class; in these films, Mystique is depicted as the adoptive sister of Charles Xavier.

  1. ^ Misiroglu, Gina Renée; Eury, Michael (2006). The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9780780809772.
  2. ^ Avengers & X-Men #6
  3. ^ Wolverine vol. 5 #12
  4. ^ Sabretooth and Mystique #1
  5. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Nigel (April 4, 2017). "15 Times Marvel Comics Changed To Match The Movies". CBR. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  7. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 241–242. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
  8. ^ Stated in her solo series (#17), "I wasn't born last night, or even last century, for that matter..."
  9. ^ a b Mystique Marvel Directory. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
  10. ^ Webber, Tim (March 24, 2023). "Destiny & Mystique: Centuries of Romance". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  11. ^ Brian Cronin. (Sept. 1, 2005) Comics Should Be Good! Comic Book Resources. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2008.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference :INV was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference :IGN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Kaye, Deirdre (November 29, 2021). "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic". Scary Mommy. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ WENN (May 10, 2006) 'X-Men's' Rebecca Romijn Aims to Please Male Fans Starpulse. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
  19. ^ Zumberge, Marianne (March 23, 2015). "Jennifer Lawrence Confirms 'Apocalypse' Is Her Last X-Men Film".
  20. ^ "Jennifer Lawrence on returning to the 'X-Men' series: 'I kinda f---ed myself'". EW.com.

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