Azazel (Marvel Comics)

Azazel
Azazel
	Azazel
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #428; (August 2003)
Created by	Chuck Austen; Sean Phillips
In-story information
Species	Devil
Team affiliations	Hellfire Club
Notable aliases	Satan; Beelzebub; Beliar
Abilities	Paralyzing bolts projection; Prehensile tail; Shapeshifting; Teleportation; Telepathy; Night Vision; Spell casting; Mind control; Immortality;

Azazel is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chuck Austen and Sean Philips, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #428 (August 2003). He belongs to the subspecies of humans named mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. He is the father of the X-Men's Kiwi Black^[1]^[2] and was originally the father of Nightcrawler as well until that was retconned in 2023.

The character was played by Jason Flemyng in the film X-Men: First Class (2011) and by Eduardo Gago Munoz in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

^ Hunt, James (October 6, 2017). "Marvel's Mutant Families". Den of Geek. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
^ Thompson, Jonathan (August 1, 2018). "Pret A Teleporter: 20 Things About Nightcrawler Only Real X-Men Fans Know". CBR. Retrieved October 11, 2022.

[1] Hunt, James (October 6, 2017). "Marvel's Mutant Families". Den of Geek. Retrieved October 11, 2022.

[2] Thompson, Jonathan (August 1, 2018). "Pret A Teleporter: 20 Things About Nightcrawler Only Real X-Men Fans Know". CBR. Retrieved October 11, 2022.

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