Rogue is Officially Leaving the X-Men To Team Up With Her Mothers
Warning: Spoilers for X-Men #12 ahead
One of Krakoa's most powerful mutants, the iconic Rogue, is leaving the official X-Men team ahead of the 2022 Hellfire Gala, instead choosing to team up with her powerful mothers Destiny and Mystique. While Rogue got her start at Marvel Comics working closely with her mothers, she quickly rebuked their villainous lifestyle, and has been at odds with them ever since.
Rogue first debuted in 1981's Avengers Annual #10 as a teenaged villain, adopted by Mystique and Destiny and working with their Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, as a formidable foe against the Avengers. Famously, Rogue stole the mind and powers of Carol Danvers, Ms. Marvel at the time, and Mystique had to let Charles Xavier take her in and care for her after the absorption impacted her psyche, leading to Rogue denouncing the Brotherhood and formally becoming an X-Man forever after.
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Since then, Rogue and Mystique have fought often and while Mystique has literally saved her daughters life on occasion, she has threatened it more often, meaning the two have had a rough relationship for years. Rogue was always closer to her other mother, Destiny, who was always the more compassionate and level-headed of Anna Marie's, but Irene died years ago and has only just been resurrected on Krakoa, allowing the fractured family the chance to finally reconnect. X-Men #12 — written by Gerry Duggan with art by Pepe Larraz — follows several different factions of Cyclops' X-Men team as they battle various foes, but it ends with the team jointly discussing membership and who will be leaving the team. Every annual Hellfire Gala the mutants of Krakoa will vote on new
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