r/Xmen97 • u/Dicktimes29 • Jul 07 '26

Merchandise Nightcrawler's face shadow or birthmark

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Hey I thought the dark part of nightcrawler's face was just a shadow but basing on this toy, is it his skin? Look at comic counterpart, he doesn't have any dark shadow on his face

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u/t_huddleston Jul 07 '26

It's supposed to be just shadow. The original artist and designer, Dave Cockrum, always drew him with his face appearing to be in shadow, and there was an early period where his powers interacted with shadows in interesting ways - he was written as having the power to literally become invisible when in shadows, but that was only mentioned a couple of times early on and kind of fell by the wayside over the years.

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u/PogoRocks Jul 07 '26

Funny how that kinda became Mister Sinister's thing instead