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Javaman

(62,534 posts)
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 08:21 AM Aug 2017

The origin of Super Villains: Mystique (comics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystique_(comics)

Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)[5] is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, she first appeared in the comic book Ms. Marvel #16, published in 1978.[6]

Mystique is 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, and her natural appearance includes blue skin and yellow eyes. She is typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men.

Throughout most of her history, Mystique has been a supervillain, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs. She has commented that she is over 100 years old.[7] Mystique is the mother of the villain Graydon Creed, the X-Men hero Nightcrawler,[8] and adoptive mother of the heroine Rogue.[5] She is forced to abandon Nightcrawler, but raises Rogue for a number of years, and the two women have mixed feelings towards one another.[5]

Mystique appears in six of the X-Men films: she was portrayed by actress Rebecca Romijn in the first three installments, while Oscar winning actress Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a younger version of the character in X-Men: First Class (in which Romijn has a cameo), X-Men: Days of Future Past,[9] and X-Men: Apocalypse.[10] In 2009, Mystique was ranked as IGN's 18th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.[11]
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