Why Nightcrawler Deserves His Place Among The Greats It’s easy to confine Nightcrawler to the role of support. However, that’s a gross underestimation of what he brings to the X-Men.

Just like on Earth-616, the teleporting Nightcrawler and berserker Wolverine were best friends on Earth-6160, Marvel's epic new Ultimate Universe.And just like on Earth-616, the Ultimate ...

Nightcrawler hides and begins reciting a prayer as Wolverine mows down his attackers in the Opposition. He’s then confronted by Colossus, who appears out of nowhere wielding a massive machine gun.

Nightcrawler has been a member of the X-Men ever since the initial reshuffle of the team back in Giant Size X-Men #1. This new team heralded the start of the X-Men’s climb from a forgotten and ...

And yet, according to legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont, the most powerful member of the team isn’t Magneto, Jean Grey, or Wolverine, it’s Kurt Wagner, better known as Nightcrawler.