Mystique (character)
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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]
Mystique Raven Darkhölme | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
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(inspired by Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) |
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Species | Human mutant |
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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.