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The Nightcrawler News

A very significant (and Queer) piece of X-men comics canon has *finally* been established via retcon.

Cee R.
2 min readJan 12, 2024
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OK — this news is for the really nerdy-nerds.

Especially the Queer ones. And the ones who love X-Men. And specifically the ones who adore Nightcrawler.

…So, me. Basically.

Anyway. A very significant piece of comics canon has finally been established via retcon.

(Fandom notes:

Canon is the ‘official’ part of the film/book/comic series/whatever.

Retcon is where parts of the canon are rewritten, with the retconned version becoming canon going forward.)

The short version (trust me — this is the short version,) goes something like this:

Once upon a time there was a beautiful blue baby mutant with a tail named Kurt (…the mutant was named Kurt, not the tail. The tail wasn’t sentient, and, as far as I know, did not have a name 😅)

Kurt, known as Nightcrawler, could also teleport with a BAMF! noise. Because he is awesome.

After many adventures — including time as a fully-fledged member of the X-Men — it was…

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Cee R.
Cee R.

Written by Cee R.

Writer, poet, (book) blogger @ dorareads.co.uk , Queer, weird, & a tad peculiar. Bookish rebel. Welsh as a tractor on the M4. Buy me a coffee @ ko-fi.com/ceearr

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