Originally, Marvel established that Nightcrawler was the son of Mystique ... are so great that she's able to transform herself from female to male on a genetic level, taking on attributes of ...

Mystique Revealed She Was Nightcrawler’s Mother in the ’90s After Chris Claremont left the X-Men world in 1991, writer Scott Lobdell took over. In 1994’s X-Men Unlimited #4, by Scott Lobdell ...

For years, it's been understood that Nightcrawler's mother is Mystique, while his father is the demon Azazel. But X-Men Blue: Origins #1, Mystique confesses that Azazel is not Nightcrawler's ...