It's been recently revealed Nightcrawler will return to X-Men comics this December, after having passed away in April, 2010. How, you ask? Well, calling it a return is somewhat misleading. Kurt Wagner remains deceased. Kurt Darkholme, hailing from the alternate universe commonly referred to as Age of Apocalypse (AoA), has been alive and well for several decades.
In this universe, Professor Xavier is deceased and the archvillain Apocalypse reigns supreme, enforcing a natural culling of the weak to catalyze Darwinian evolution. The X-Men, led by Magneto, represent most of the minimal resistance to Apocalypse's power.
In 2011, Earth-616 (the main Marvel universe), Xavier is alive and well, though mutants have become an endangered species, numbering less than 200. Though the X-Men normally refuse to kill, their survival as a species is at risk to the point that Wolverine leads a clandestine force of assassins committed to removing threats before they make themselves known.
Recently, the title "Uncanny X-Force" illustrates the team's struggle to prevent the rise of Apocalypse, who's presence may be inextinguishable (coincidentally convenient for a monthly comic book title). To that end, our heroes journey to the AoA (yes, it's an alternate dimension, but, yes, with the right resources, you can do that) in essentially a reconnoissance mission. Here, we see versions of legendary mutants just slightly unlike those we are familiar with, including versions of the deceased Nightcrawler and Jean Grey.
Though months away, Marvel promotes a roster for December's Uncanny X-Force featuring Kurt Darkholme and lacking a certain James Howlett (i.e. Wolverine). How that comes about, we've yet to find out. Writer Rick Rememder writes some of the best X-Men stories being published right now, though, and I'm confident it will make a great story. Either way, here's to the return of our favorite Fuzzy Elf (or something like that)!
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