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Terrorist Crime lord Second-in-Command of theBrotherhood of Evil Mutants Magneto’s right-hand woman Member of theHellfire Club Member of the X-Men Member of Magneto's X-Men Member of Weapon X-Force Leader of the Wolverines Member of the Hand Member of the Astonishing Avengers Agent of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Mutant Task Force(guised as Dazzler) Head of the Hellfire Academy Member of Osborn's X-Men Leader of the Marauders Field leader of Freedom Force Member of the Gov.'s X-Force Member of the X-Corps(as Surge) Member of the Chevaliers(as Foxx) Member of the Mutant Underground(all formerly) Adventurer
Powers / Skills
Shape-shifting
High intellect Regeneration Agelessness Manipulation Marksmanship Robbery Acrobatics
Goals
Help Magneto complete social engineering of humans towards mutants
Defeat her enemies like the X-Men and Ms Marvel
Crimes
Destruction of property Grand larceny Fraud Espionage Mass murder Serial rape by deception Infiltration Conspiracy Assault Psychological abuse Theft Terrorism Kidnapping Torture War crimes Vandalism
Type of Villain
Manipulative Femme Fatale
“
Who am I? That, my dear, is an excellent question. Though not one easily answered.
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~ Mystique
“
Look on the bright side, Creed. Even though you just averted a world war, no one's ever gonna know about it. So cheer up -- at least your bad boy reputation is still intact!
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~ Mystique to Sabretooth.
Raven Darkholme, better known asMystique, is a major antagonist in theMarvel Universe, specifically serving as one of the secondary antagonists of theX-Men franchise and the secondary antagonist of the Carol Danvers series as Ms. Marvel. She is also the protagonist of her own self titled series.
She is a somewhat cruel and treacherous ally ofMagneto who has worked as part of theBrotherhood of Evil Mutants but has also taken over, being capable of even more radical thinking than Magneto at times. She is one of the X-Men's most deceptive and cunning enemies, happy to do what it takes to get the upper-hand and ensure mutant supremacy. This ruthlessness has been displayed when she attempted to kill her own adoptive daughterRogue and sonNightcrawler on numerous occasions being the former's arch-enemy.
Mystique is also quite happy to switch sides if it is in her interests and this combined with her formidable shapeshifting abilities, serves to make her a very dangerous opponent. She is also one of the two arch-enemies of Carol Danvers a.k.a Captain Marvel alongsideMoonstone.
Much of Mystique's past is a mystery, though it is known that she is over a century old and her earliest meeting with her lover, Irene Adler (also known asDestiny) occurred around "the dawn of the twentifith century". During the 1920s, Mystique met Wolverine, who joined her mutant crew. The two became lovers for a short time, but Mystique eventually betrayed him and the rest of her crew. Wolverine later confronted her over her betrayal, and she kicked him out of the train due to not trusting him.
Mystique would later encounter Victor Creed, also known asSabretooth, while the two were out to assassinate a scientist in East Berlin. The two became lovers, but Mystique soon faked her death to leave him. However, their brief union led to the conception of a child,Graydon Creed, whom Mystique soon gave up for adoption. She continued to monitor him as he grew up until he reached adolescence, when Mystique learned that he was not a mutant, and thus abandoned him. Graydon would grow to despise his parents and mutant-kind in general, and later became the head of the anti-mutant organization Friends of Humanity. However, he met his end when he was assassinated by a time-traveling Mystique.
Mystique later married a German noble, Baron Christian Wagner under her true name, Raven Darkholme. Learning of her husband's infertility, Mystique took several other lovers in an attempt to conceive another child; eventually, she was seduced by the demonAzazel and became pregnant with his child.
Her husband became suspicious and her father-in-law suggested a blood test to verify whether the child was his, leading Mystique to murder him. Upon giving birth to her mutant child, the locals accused Mystique and the infant to be demons and attempted to kill them both, forcing Mystique to flee and abandon her son. The infant was found and raised by a Gypsy sorceress named Margali Szardos and named Kurt Wagner.
During her time as friend and lover to Destiny, Mystique would gain a final child when she adopted a runaway mutant child named Anna Marie. Mystique and Destiny would raise the girl, during which Mystique would become the Deputy Director of the DARPA in the United States Department of Defense. She later formed her ownBrotherhood of Evil Mutants and inducted Anna Marie, now under the name Rogue, into the group. However, during a battle against the Avengers, Rogue used her absorption powers against Ms. Marvel and ended up permanently absorbing her psyche and powers.
Rogue eventually abandoned the Brotherhood and joined the X-Men in the hopes that Charles Xavier could assist her. Mystique, believing her adopted daughter had been brainwashed, launched a rescue attempt, but Rogue stopped her and explained that she had joined the X-Men due to believing Xavier could help heal her psyche. Though reluctant, Mystique allowed Rogue to remain with the X-Men. However, she would continue to oppose the X-Men as one of their greatest enemies.
Mystique was responsible for founding the Freedom Force and functioned as their leader for a time; however, she was driven into a state of depression when Destiny was killed on a mission. At one point, Mystique seemingly allied with the X-Men, but betrayed them and defected to the Marauders, injuring and abducting Rogue in the process. However, it was revealed that all of this was an attempt by Mystique to save Rogue's life after reading Destiny's diary.
She killsMister Sinister and purges Rogue of the Strain 88 virus using the Messiah baby; however, Rogue is disgusted by Mystique's actions to the point of trying to kill her, though this fails. She later joinsNorman Osborn'sDark X-Men and was seemingly killed by Wolverine, though she was later revealed to have survived.
During the events ofAXIS, Mystique would take on the role of hero, joining Magneto in battling theRed Skull'sRed Onslaught form. Like the other heroes and villains, Mystique underwent a moral inversion due to a spell cast byScarlet Witch andDoctor Doom and thus fought against the inverted Avengers and X-Men. During this confrontation, Mystique fought against Nightcrawler and Rogue and attempted to convince them to defect from evil, but this failed. At the conclusion of the arc, however, Mystique was restored to her original, villainous persona.
Alternate Versions[]
Ultimate Mystique.
Ultimate Comics[]
In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Mystique is a member of the Brotherhood and a former lover of Charles Xavier, whom she holds a deep resentment for due to him leaving her forEmma Frost. She teams up with Forge and helps releaseMagneto from his imprisonment in the Triskelion building, assuming his place in the prison cell. She is later replaced by Mastermind and Stacy X and participates in the attack on the Ultimate's headquarters in order to recover the corpse of Scarlet Witch. During the battle, she impersonates Black Widow to distract Tony Stark before being knocked out by the Wasp. She later impersonated Rogue and joined Sabretooth in seeking out Jean Grey. After Sabretooth killed Jean's love interest, she attacked him while telling Mystique to leave.
Xavier has a cat whom he named after Mystique on Emma's suggestion after the cat partially wrecked his office.
Mystique is a supporting antagonist inX-Men: The Animated Series. She is the mother of Graydon Creed and Nightcrawler, both of whom she abandoned. She is also Rogue's foster mother, having taken her in as a teenager when she was disowned by her father for her mutant abilities. She trained her in how to use her mutant abilities and instructed her to steal Ms. Marvel's powers, an event that later caused Rogue to defect to the X-Men. Mystique functions as the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants and servedApocalypse for a time. At one point, she attempted to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly but was foiled by Gambit.
InX-Men: Evolution, Mystique isMagneto's ally and the leader of the Brotherhood. In the past, Mystique accidentally lost her infant son, Kurt Wagner, after attempting to flee from Magneto with him. She adopted Rogue and attempted to recruit her into the Brotherhood by turning her against the X-Men, but this failed. She also took on a human form and became the principal of Bayville High School under the name Raven Darkholme in order to monitor Xavier's students. She later gained an altered appearance and abilities after being exposed to Magneto's power-enhancing machine. She helps bringApocalypse back, but was turned to stone, and seemingly destroyed when Rogue shoved her off a cliff. However, she later returned as one ofApocalypse's Horsemen before being restored to normal.
Wolverine and the X-Men[]
Main article:Mystique (Wolverine and the X-Men)
Mystique appears inWolverine and the X-Men as one of Magneto'sAcolytes. She has a romantic past with Wolverine, with Wolverine having saved her from being enhanced by the Weapon X program. Wolverine slowly recalls these memories while working with Mystique to free Maverick's daughter, Christie Nord. She first appears in theGreetings from Geonisha posing as Angel to find out what the X-Men were up to until Logan saw through the disguise. Mystique then started turning Storm, Emma Frost, and Iceman to confused each member of the X-Men until she revealed her self to Logan and battle him until she decided to break up her fight. Later, when Nightcrawler return to warn the X-Men, Mystique turn into Logan and then captured and brought him back to Geonisha. InBattle Lines, Mystique posed as a scientist to infiltrate the MRD Facility to get into the Omega Sector and then turned intoColonel Moss and met with Dr. Kavita Rao who was a mutant named Tildie Soames who was placed in a seal box.
She ordered her to open it but it's revealed the box was designed not to open and then knock out Dr. Rao and contacted Magneto and said they needed help.
The Super Hero Squad Show[]
Mystique impersonates Black Widow to gain access to the Helicarrier and eventually the SHIELD headquarters in order to steal the infinity fractals secured there. In a fight with Iron Man she used her Black Widow form to convince the other squad members to attack him saying he is the impostor. She is revealed to the heroes when she is struck in the head with Thor's hammer, causing her powers to go crazy and making her take on mixed-mated forms of other heroes/villains (such as using Modok's head and abomination's legs). When she regains her senses, she traps the squad heroes in a force field as Doom arrives. however, the villainess Screaming Mimi was really the SHIELD agent Songbird in disguise and helped free the heroes. Mystique was then arrested by SHIELD and has not been seen in season one since. While disguised as Black Widow, nearly all the squad members were showing romantic feelings for her, giving her a multitude of chocolates and flowers and Tony even asking her out to an Italian restaurant. During her fight with Tony, she did reveal she likes Italian food. Her appearance is her comic book form, although a more cartoony style to match the rest of the series. Also in this episode, she takes on the forms of Iron Man (complete with his suit's features), Falcon, Silver Surfer (complete with the board, although unable to stand on it), Thor, Captain America, and even Hulk (although this made her seriously clumsy due to not being used to Hulk's size and weight, although Wolverine jokes the stumbling is an improvement). She was voiced by Lena Headey.
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers[]
Mystique appears inMarvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, working as a mercenary. She is hired by the Red Skull to retrieve several DISKs, and does so by posing as Pepper Potts in order to take them from the children. She was voiced by Masumi Asano.
Mystique is a major character in theX-Men film series where she serves as a major antagonist in the first three films (2000-2006) as a secondary antagonist, the tritagonist ofX-Men: First Class and a major anti-villain inX-Men: Days of Future Past. She's portrayed by Rebecca Romijn in the original trilogy and later by Jennifer Lawrence in the rebooted timeline.
Mystique has made appearances in variousX-Men video games. She is a boss villain in theX-Men arcade game and disguises herself as various characters throughout the game.
Powers and Abilities[]
Mystique's shape-shifting abilities in action.
Mystique has the ability toshape-shift intoanyone she chooses, even those of the opposite gender and is well versed in all manner of both armed and unarmed combat.
These powers combined serve to make her a stealthy opponent capable of tracking many, however, it is not as effective against Wolverine, as she cannot disguise her scent without aid - she also suffers from the limit that she can not transform into non-humanoid forms. In the comic book canon, it is stated that Mystique's brand of shape-shifting is far more advanced than most, in that she can alter herself on a genetic level, leading to the additional powers ofregeneration andimmunity to age.
Her control over her own biology even allows her to copy certain powers tied to physical stature such as physical fortitude. Mystique's physical changes extend to her being functionally male while in a male form and able to get others pregnant or having children who are born inheriting whatever looks one of her aliases had at the time of conception.
Mystique's age and experience have led her to become one of the more crafty Brotherhood mutants, a trait gained entirely through time and effort and not through a mutated brain of any kind. Mystique's power-set combined with her cunning and need to assume new persona's to infiltrate high-security areas has to lead to a well-maintained charisma Mystique uses to endear herself to and manipulate others.
With just a few exceptions, nearly all her "friends" and family are easily traded in-and-out of familiarity to her based entirely on how useful they are to her. Her need to remain as socially adaptable as she is physically adaptable has lead even Mystique to become lost in her own cons occasionally.
Trivia[]
Prior to her prominent position in the X-Men's rogue gallery, Mystique was the main foe of super-heroine, Captain Marvel and a serious foe of Nick Fury.
In the originalMs. Marvel comics, Mystique was called by her real name, Raven Darkholme.
Writer Chris Claremont, co-creator of Mystique and main-stay writer forX-Men comics originally envisioned Mystique in an open lesbian relationship with her team-mate Destiny. Marvel, however, did not want the subject mentioned and so Mystique and Destiny were never openly shown as being in a romantic relationship. None the less, most fans still caught onto Claremont's undertones and he has canonically confirmed to fans that the two were an item.
Mystique and Destiny were married twice. The first time ending with Destiny's death, and the second occurring after her resurrection later. The first wedding was only implied, whereas the second was shown in a special comic about their remarriage.
While Mystique can change her sex using her power, she primarily identifies as female, therefore making them in a lesbian relationship.
Mystique was ranked #18 on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains list.
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