Dave Cockrum - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:05:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dave Cockrum - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Welcome to the X-Men, Santa Claus; hope you survive the experience! https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/19/welcome-to-the-x-men-santa-claus-hope-you-survive-the-experience/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55272 The X-Men count among their number some of the most powerful mutants ever, including omega-level telepath/cosmic being Jean Grey, elemental Earth goddess Storm, and a short, hairy dude with knuckle knives. But one of the most powerful mutants ever has never donned the blue and gold of an X-Men uniform: Santa Claus. With comic sales...

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]]> 55272 On Dave Cockrum’s Birthday, Nightcrawler and the Importance of Swashbuckling https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/11/on-dave-cockrums-birthday-nightcrawler-and-the-importance-of-swashbuckling/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43852 Nov. 11 was the birthday of Dave Cockrum. In his honor, it’s also the unofficial birthday of Nightcrawler, the demon turned fuzzy elf Cockrum first dreamed up during a storm in Guam before bringing him to the X-Men, where he lavished love upon the swashbuckling version of the character.  By all accounts, there’s lots of...

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]]> 43852 Through Nightcrawler, Dave Cockrum Showed His Mastery Of The Craft In Uncanny X-Men #147 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/12/through-nightcrawler-dave-cockrum-showed-his-mastery-of-the-craft-in-uncanny-x-men-147/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 20:01:05 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35244 November 11th was the birthday of longtime X-Men artist Dave Cockrum, who passed away in 2006. In his honor, it’s also the unofficial birthday of his favorite mutant, Nightcrawler.  I like Nightcrawler quite a bit. But I’m pretty sure Cockrum loved him more. Cockrum created a version of the character years before he became a...

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]]> 35244 Entry 066 – Nightcrawler https://comicsxf.com/2017/03/16/entry-066-nightcrawler/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:06:53 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=1491 Art by Alan Davis Name: Kurt Wagner Code Names: Nightcrawler First Appearance: Giant Sized X-Men #1 (Oct ‘75) Powers: Teleportation, prehensile tail, being a great acrobat Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Excalibur About If there is one thing the X-Men stand for, it is equality. They believe in the dream of a world where people aren’t judged by the color...

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