Mystique facts for kids
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Variant cover of X-Men (2019) #4.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Cameo appearance: Ms. Marvel #16 (May 1978) Full appearance: Ms. Marvel #18 (July 1978) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont (writer) Dave Cockrum (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Raven Darkhölme |
| Species | Human mutant |
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| Notable aliases | Jean Grey Professor Charles Xavier Nick Fury Storm Raven Wagner Leni Zauber Valerie Cooper Mallory Brickman Ronnie Lake Holt Adler Surge< Foxx Amichai Benvenisti Risty Wilde Janice Lincoln William Riva Victoria Snow Lonnie Lincoln |
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Mystique (whose real name is Raven Darkhölme) is a famous character from Marvel Comics. She first appeared in the Ms. Marvel comic books in 1978. Mystique is a mutant, which means she was born with special powers.
Her main power is shapeshifting. She can change her appearance and voice to look and sound exactly like anyone else. Mystique's natural look includes bright blue skin, red hair, and yellow eyes.
Sometimes, Mystique fights against the X-Men, acting like a supervillain. Other times, she acts more like an antihero, doing good things for her own reasons. She is very old, over 100 years! Mystique is the mother of the X-Men hero Nightcrawler and the adoptive mother of the X-Men heroine Rogue.
Mystique is known as one of Marvel's most important and powerful female characters. You might have seen her in the X-Men movies. Rebecca Romijn played her in the first three films, and Jennifer Lawrence played a younger version in later movies.
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Mystique's Amazing Powers
Mystique is a powerful mutant with the ability to change her body's cells. This lets her shift her appearance to look like other people or even animals. She can also perfectly copy anyone's voice.
At first, Mystique could only change her looks. She couldn't gain the powers of the people she copied. She also couldn't change her overall body size. But over time, her powers grew stronger. Now, she can change her body mass to match the person she is copying.
Shapeshifting Beyond People
Mystique's shapeshifting isn't just for copying people. She can also make her body look like clothes or other objects. This includes things like glasses, zippers, ID cards, and even handbags. In one comic, she even turned part of her costume into a working blaster gun!
Because she can constantly change and renew her body's cells, Mystique stays young even though she has lived for over a century.
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Enhanced Abilities
Mystique's powers became even stronger after being exposed to radiation. Now, she can change her body to gain certain physical traits when she needs them. For example, she can give herself night vision, wings on her back, or sharp talons on her fingers or toes. She can also create natural body armor.
She can even flatten herself almost completely, like a sheet of paper, to glide on air. Mystique can move her vital organs to avoid getting hurt by gunshots. She can also make herself almost invisible by blending into her surroundings. She has even changed herself into a small child. She can also hide items in pouches she creates under her skin.
Healing and Other Skills
After she was brought back to life by a group called the Hand, her powers got even better. She can now hide her scent from those with super senses. She can also change her shape in bigger ways, like turning her limbs into tentacles or sharp blades. She can even shrink herself down to the size of a dog.
Mystique's body heals very quickly from injuries. She can also become resistant to poisons. Her powers make her immune to diseases, give her extra agility and strength, and stop her from aging.
Mystique is also a very smart planner. She is skilled in martial arts and knows a lot about computers. She is good at finding and using advanced weapons. She is a talented actress and can speak over fourteen languages. Her mind is hard to read, and she uses devices to block others from reading her thoughts. Because she has pretended to be so many people for so long, she can often tell when someone else is pretending to be someone they're not, just by watching their body language.
Mystique has gathered many resources over her long life. She has safehouses around the world with strong security. She also has a variety of weapons and gadgets. One of her special tools is the Changeling, a very advanced stealth ship that can become invisible and fly very fast. This ship has powerful weapons, surveillance systems, and a computer for analysis.
