Nocturne (Talia Wagner)

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Nocturne
Blink #4 (June, 2001)
Created byJim Calafiore[1]
In-story information
Alter egoTalia Josephine "T.J." Wagner
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsExiles
New Excalibur
Brotherhood of Mutants
X-Men
Abilities

Nocturne (Talia Josephine "T.J." Wagner) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the reality-hopping Exiles and formerly associated with New Excalibur.

Fictional character biography

Nocturne is from an

Nightcrawler[1] and the Scarlet Witch.[2] She is based on Jim Calafiore
's "Professor W's X-Men" entry of the X-Men Millennial Visions 2000 one-shot.

Life in the X-Men

T.J. grew up around the X-Men and under her father's care, while her mother remains a member of the

Armageddon and using his telekinetic powers to move Wolverine's paralyzed arms to impale Cyclops.[3]

Exiles

Main article: Exiles

At twenty years old, Nocturne is taken by the

Mystique. So Nocturne becomes a member of the reality-hopping Exiles.[4]

Over the course of the Exiles' first adventures, Nocturne develops a romantic relationship with teammate John Proudstar/Thunderbird, who is the former horseman, War, for his reality's Apocalypse. By the time the team is trapped for a month on a Skrull-dominated alternate Earth, Nocturne is pregnant with Thunderbird's child. However, John is horribly wounded during his efforts to repel Galactus during that mission, and is left behind when the team moves to the next reality.[5] Nocturne later miscarries the baby; it is unclear whether the miscarriage is natural, or whether she terminated the pregnancy herself. Although devastated by the loss of Thunderbird, Nocturne remains a competent member of the Exiles and eventually regains much of her sunny demeanor.

Cover to Exiles #1. Nocturne is in the lower left corner. This is the first appearance of Nocturne on a cover to a comic book. Art by Mike McKone.

Nocturne, and the Exiles, go to the main Marvel Universe where they meet the

Havok's cancelled wedding.[6] The Exiles team up with the X-Men against an evil Havok from the Mutant X universe, who shares a body with the good Havok. After Havok is subdued, the Timebroker arrives to personally eliminate the Mutant X Havok's consciousness. During this mission Nocturne meets this version of Nightcrawler, whom she accidentally calls "Dad" at first. The demeanor of the main Marvel Universe Nightcrawler is very similar to that of the Nightcrawler from Nocturne's reality, so the two develop a close bond that resembles a father-daughter relationship.[7][8]

After a few more missions the Exiles come back to the Marvel Universe, and are given a new teammate,

Beak of the X-Men has to go with the Exiles and Nocturne has to stay behind in the main Marvel Universe.[9]

Brotherhood/Return from Mojoworld

Nocturne then infiltrates

Spiral, and opens a portal to the X-Men's Danger Room, where they were reunited with the X-Men.[11] However, this is a trap set by Spiral who was in more control of her body than thought, leaving a portal open to allow Mojo to cross over as well. Mojo turns the X-Men into X-Babies and sends his "Exile Legal Eagles" after them, but they manage to overpower his forces anyway. The group is re-aged, and Nocturne remains with the X-Men for the time being.[12]

House of M

During the House of M reality, Nocturne is sought by Callisto's Marauders for having royal Magnus blood (because she is an alternate reality daughter of Scarlet Witch, a fact she doesn't remember due to her extradimensional origin which left her amnesiatic), but is protected by Psylocke and Marvel Girl. Marvel Girl allows Nocturne to possess her in order to keep her out of the Marauders' reach, but Nocturne ends up taking control, and in a confused daze, flies away. Psylocke pursues, eventually culminating in a telekinetic blade battle, which Psylocke wins. This allows Marvel Girl's own consciousness to resurface. The three of them fight off the Marauders together and later help Captain Britain and Meggan prevent reality from being destroyed.[13]

New Excalibur

Main article: New Excalibur

Nocturne next appears in

Sage, Dazzler, Captain Britain, and Pete Wisdom.[14][15]
During her time with New Excalibur, Nocturne developed the ability to possess people without knocking them unconscious.

She also suffered a

Heather
's reality so Heather can keep track of Nocturne's health as she continues to recover from her stroke.

Return to the Exiles

Nocturne made a brief appearance in the final issue of Exiles vol. 2 seemingly having completely recovered from her stroke. She, along with the current team of Exiles, Morph, and Heather briefly merges with the Crystal Palace as a female version of Kang explains the nature of the universe. Also she takes charge of the current team of Exiles while Blink is off to recruit another group of superheroes.[20]

Powers and abilities

Like her

father, T.J. has a radically unique physiology. She has blue fur covering her body, three fingers per hand, two toes per foot, and a retractable[3]
prehensile tail.

Her agility, balance, bodily coordination and flexibility are at superhuman levels. She can move in manners that surpass those of an Olympic level gymnast, and has a bone structure allowing great flexibility. She can remain in a crouched position for a long time and perform contortionist-type feats without causing any damage to her spine. She has an ability to cling to surfaces with her hands and feet in a manner similar to Nightcrawler. Her fur provides near-invisibility when in the shadows, and she has excellent vision in dark conditions.

Nocturne's powers include the ability to enter and

possess another person's body for up to 12 hours; the experience usually leaves the other person comatose for up to 24 hours. Nocturne can also fire "hex bolts," destructive projectiles made up of extradimensional energy from the dimension through which Nightcrawler teleports.[2]

Nocturne also has a degree of latent telepathy, but it was only usable to any degree when enhanced by a Cerebro machine.[4] She does not appear to possess any abilities related to her mother's reality alteration abilities, but the "hex bolts" that she derives from her father are named after her mother's powers in homage.

Reception

  • In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Nocturne 46th in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.[21]
  • In 2018,
    CBR.com ranked Nocturne 9th in their "8 X-Men Kids Cooler Than Their Parents (And 7 Who Are Way Worse)" list.[22]

Other versions

Relations

Nocturne has strong relationships with many of her fellow X-Men, including her "aunt" Kitty Pryde and her boyfriend James Proudstar, her reality's Thunderbird. She is also very close to her father, Nightcrawler. Due to her being the daughter of Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch she is part of a very large and complex family. Below is a list of her known relatives:

  • Nightcrawler
    (father)
  • Scarlet Witch (mother)
  • Destiny (paternal grandmother)
  • Mystique
    (paternal grandfather)
  • Jakob Eisenhardt (maternal great-grandfather, deceased)
  • Edie Eisenhardt (maternal great-grandmother, deceased)
  • Erich Eisenhardt (maternal great-great-uncle, deceased)
  • Magneto (maternal grandfather)
  • Joseph (maternal great-uncle, Magneto-clone, deceased)
  • Ruth Eisenhardt (maternal great-aunt, deceased)
  • Magda Lehnsherr Eisenhardt (maternal grandmother, deceased)
  • Anya Lensherr Eisenhardt (maternal aunt, deceased)
  • Abyss
    (paternal half-uncle)
  • Kiwi Black
    (paternal half-uncle)
  • Graydon Creed (paternal half-uncle, deceased)
  • Zaladane (maternal half-aunt, deceased on Earth-616
    )
  • Polaris (maternal half-aunt)
  • Quicksilver
    (maternal uncle)
  • Crystal
    (maternal aunt)
  • Luna Maximoff
    (maternal cousin)
  • Wiccan
    (maternal half-brother)
  • Speed
    (maternal half-brother)
  • Rogue
    (foster paternal aunt)
  • Margali Szardos
    (adopted paternal grandmother)
  • Amanda Sefton (adopted paternal aunt)
  • Stefan Szardos (adopted paternal uncle, deceased)
  • Django Maximoff (adopted maternal grandfather, deceased)
  • Marya Maximoff (adopted maternal grandmother, deceased)
  • Vision (stepfather)

Collected editions

References

  1. ^ a b X-Men: Millennial Visions (August, 2000)
  2. ^ a b Exiles #4
  3. ^ a b Exiles #42
  4. ^ a b c Exiles #1
  5. ^ Exiles #8–10
  6. ^ Uncanny X-Men #425–426
  7. ^ Exiles #28–30
  8. ISBN 978-0-7864-2500-6
    . Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  9. ^ Exiles #46–48
  10. ^ X-Men #161–164
  11. ^ Uncanny X-Men #460
  12. ^ Uncanny X-Men #461
  13. ^ Uncanny X-Men #462–465
  14. ^ Justin Jordan (June 3, 2005). "Ww Philly: X-Men: The Shape of Comics to Come". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  15. ^ Jonah Weiland (October 18, 2005). ""New Excalibur" #1 Brings Back Britain's Premiere Superhero Team". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  16. ^ New Excalibur #16
  17. ^ New Excalibur #20
  18. ^ X-Men: Die by the Sword #1–5
  19. ^ Exiles #100
  20. ^ Exiles vol. 2 #6
  21. ^ June 09, Darren Franich Updated; EDT, 2022 at 12:31 PM. "Let's rank every X-Man ever". EW.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Webber, Tim (2018-04-09). "8 X-Men Kids Cooler Than Their Parents (And 7 Who Are Way Worse)". CBR. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  23. ^ Shawn Hill (August 9, 2004). "X-Men: The End: Book One #1". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  24. ^ New Mutants Annual #6. Marvel Comics.

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