Nightcrawler - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:25:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Nightcrawler - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Nightcrawler BAMFs into some hot, new, pirate-y looks from the Redesigning team https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/nightcrawler-bamfs-into-some-hot-new-pirate-y-looks-from-the-redesigning-team/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55551 Mein Gott! The Redesigning team has finally gotten to the fuzzy blue elf, the teleporting swashbuckler, the Draco himself, Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler!

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]]> 55551 Battle of the Atom: An Angels and Demons Thing https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/29/battle-of-the-atom-an-angels-and-demons-thing/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48762 Nightcrawler is a constant in the world of X-Men. Here are some stories where he isn’t. Ranked This Episode

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]]> 48762 Battle Of The Atom: Friendly Neighborhood Nightcrawler with Anna Peppard https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/21/battle-of-the-atom-friendly-neighborhood-nightcrawler-with-anna-peppard/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43957 Spider-Man and Nightcrawler are our blue and red wall-crawlers but did you know they have teamed up? You did? Well so did Anna Peppard who joins us this week to Bamf all over this place. Ranked This Episode: Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 Marvel Team-Up #89 Amazing Nightcrawler

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]]> 43957 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 Kieron, Baby, Make It Kurt So Good in Immortal X-Men #7 https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/13/kieron-baby-make-it-kurt-so-good-in-immortal-x-men-7/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43453 As Judgment Day rages on, Nightcrawler carries the world on his shoulders and searches for the one ray of hope that might save the world. Optimism! Immortal X-Men #7 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel, lettered by Clayton Cowles and designed by Tom Muller, Jay Bowen and Kieron...

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]]> 43453 More Like the Ass-tral Plane, amirite, in Legion of X #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/06/more-like-the-ass-tral-plane-amirite-in-legion-of-x-3/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:01:34 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41894 There are demons in all of us — but if you’re a resident of Krakoa, that can often be a very literal problem. As Pixie traps the body-hopping Skinjacker and tracks down his body, Nightcrawler and Zsen head through the Astral Plane to find a lost god, only for both cases to collide in Legion...

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]]> 41894 A Legion Of Moving Pieces In Legion Of X #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/08/a-legion-of-moving-pieces-in-legion-of-x-2/ Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41387 The Legionnaires have only just been founded but they have a number of cases on their hands. A skinjacker running amok, a mischievous god on the loose, and Mother Righteous wheeling and dealing her way across Krakoa. Are any of these related? All signs point to yes. Can Nightcrawler and the Legionnaires keep track of...

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]]> 41387 Battle Of The Atom: Circus Crimes https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/06/batttle-of-the-atom-circus-crimes/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41320 Listen folks, this one has everything you want from those BotA Boyz: religion, art, making fun of Daddy Chris, circus crimes and incest. It’s always fun to talk about Nightcrawler. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #83-85 (The Soul Sword Trilogy) Nightcrawler vol 3 #7-12 (The Winding Way) Nightcrawler vol 4 #1-4

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]]> 41320 Legion Of X #1 Challenges Readers, But Is The Book Up To The Challenge? https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/25/legion-of-x-1-challenges-readers-but-is-the-book-up-to-the-challenge/ Wed, 25 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41067 The Way of X has been discovered, and that way is the Spark. Now the Spark must be protected, and out of a station located on the Astral Plane, tucked inside Legion’s mind, Nightcrawler has formed a new policing force to keep the Spark alive. The Legion of X’s first major mission? Arakko’s missing a...

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]]> 41067 CXF Book Report: I Did The Reading For Legion Of X #1 So You Don’t Have To! https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/24/cxf-book-report-i-did-the-reading-for-legion-of-x-1-so-you-dont-have-to/ Tue, 24 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41013 Mutants have history. Ridiculous amounts of history. Despite the friendly, reassuring #1s emblazoned on these new X-Comics we’re getting, don’t be fooled — that history’s going to be coming up again, and again, and again. While every writer tries to be as welcoming to new readers as possible, there’s only so much they can do...

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]]> 41013 The Multiverse According to ComicsXF! https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/05/the-multiverse-according-to-comicsxf/ Thu, 05 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40498 With the looming release of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness serving as the latest entry in pop culture’s recent obsession with multiverses and realities alternate, parallel and multiple, we asked our ComicsXF writers to share their thoughts about their favorite alternate reality from across the wide multiverse of stories!  Earth-1610: The Ultimate Universe...

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]]> 40498 Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/08/kurt-wagner-nightcrawler/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39916 GOLD SILVER BRONZE Kurt Wagner is many things. He’s a mutant born in Bavaria with unique physical features: blue fur, a prehensile tail, pointed ears, fangs, and three-fingered hands and feet. He’s a teleporter and a trapeze artist. He’s the adopted son of a Romani sorceress and the biological son of a shapeshifter and a...

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]]> 39916 Onslaught Preys On Krakoa In Way Of X #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/18/onslaught-preys-on-krakoa-in-way-of-x-5/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32818 The Third Law of Krakoa. “Respect this sacred land.” It should be known to all, but they still had to make it a law. Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartagila and Clayton Cowles examine it in Way Of X #5. Jude: I do not like this comic, not because it’s a bad comic, because objectively...

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]]> 32818 WMQ&A Episode 166: Way of Q with Bob Quinn https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/29/wmqa-episode-166-way-of-q-with-bob-quinn/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30217 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 166: Way of Q with Bob Quinn Way of X artist Bob Quinn joins the show to talk about his OC Soft Serve, the Hellfire Gala, jumping from video games to comics and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where...

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]]> 30217 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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