Azazel (Marvel Comics)

Azazel
Azazel
Azazel
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceUncanny X-Men #428
(August 2003)
Created byChuck Austen
Sean Phillips
In-story information
SpeciesDevil
Team affiliationsHellfire Club
Notable aliasesSatan
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).

  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.