nightcrawler
Noun
Meaning
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
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Despite the facade of a mutant paradise, Nightcrawler (who intends on becoming a Genoshan resident) soon learns from Dust that Magneto is an oppressive ruler who unfairly incarcerates Genosha mutants who do not abide by his rules.
Nightcrawler quickly disables his former friend, and shoves him into an incinerator, killing the once noble hero.
Nightcrawler is quickly overwhelmed by Drake's avatars, but eventually forces Iceman into a factory boiler room, where there's not enough moisture in the air for him to effectively use his powers.
Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers, and Nightcrawler form Excalibur, premiere super hero team of the United Kingdom!
In particular, “Nightcrawler” is the twitchy offspring of two 1976 masterpieces: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s “Network” and Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s “Taxi Driver.”
With the X-Men believed dead, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, and Rachel Summers left for England to form opened a major branch of the X-Universe (and the omniverse) that recently played a major role in the X Of Sword event.