While in her Raven persona, Mystique adopts the identity of deceased German secret agent Leni Zauber. Her earliest attested appearance dates back to the years around 1900, when she lived in a male guise as a 'consulting detective' who established a romantic relationship with the her reality's version of Irene Adler - biographical details which imply she is in fact Sherlock Holmes. Mystique's origins remain unknown - her shapeshifting powers mean that her true age remains enigmatic, and her gender identity may be equally fluid. Marvel #18 (June 1978) and first cover appearance in The Avengers Annual #10 (1981).Ĭlaremont, a former X-Men writer, has said that he originally intended Mystique and Destiny to be Nightcrawler's biological parents (with Mystique having morphed into a male body for the act of conception), but Marvel didn't agree, because at that time the Comics Code Authority prohibited the explicit portrayal of gay or bisexual characters. The character's true appearance was revealed in Ms. Chris Claremont saw Cockrum's design, dubbed the character 'Mystique', and, with Cockrum's permission, set her in Ms. Mystique appears in seven of the 20th Century Fox X-Men films: the character was portrayed by Rebecca Romijn in X-Men (2000), X2 (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 Dark Phoenix (2019). Mystique has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female antiheroes. Mystique is the mother of the X-Men hero Nightcrawler and the villain Graydon Creed, and the adoptive mother of the X-Men heroine Rogue. 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. Her natural appearance includes blue skin, red hair and yellow eyes.

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. Created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, the character first appeared in Ms. Mystique ( Raven Darkhölme) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant.

Enhanced strength, speed, stamina, durability, flexibility, agility, and reflexes.

Reborn shadow beast shifters