
Favorite Fictional Characters, #140: Nightcrawler
When Marvel resurrected the X-Men in 1975, they moved from the concept of teenage students to older, more seasoned mutants from around the globe. The seminal Giant-Size X-Men by Wein and Cockburn appropriated a very raw Wolverine into the X-universe, rescued Banshee from the slush pile of the original series, and gave us three compelling original characters who would prove durable mainstays of the team: Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler. Of these, Nightcrawler has probably be