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Mystique is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist David Cockrum, the character first appeared in Ms. Marvel #16 (April 1978).^[5]^[6] A member of a subspecies of humanity known as mutants who are born with superhuman abilities, Mystique is a shapeshifter who can perfectly mimic the appearance and voice of any person. Her natural appearance includes blue skin, red hair, and yellow eyes.^[7]

Typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men, Mystique has been both a supervillain and an antiheroine, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs. Stated to be over 100 years old,^[8] she commonly lives under the assumed name Raven Darkhölme,^[9] having previously used Sherlock Holmes.^[10] Mystique is the wife of Destiny / Irene Adler, the mother of the villain Graydon Creed,^[11] adoptive mother of the X-Men heroine Rogue,^[9] and the biological father of the X-Men hero Nightcrawler; conceived with her wife Destiny while in one of her male forms.^[12]^[13] Mystique has been described as one of Marvel’s most notable and powerful female antiheroes.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17].