Rogue Only Joined the X-Men Because of One Avenger
In the current state of Marvel Comics continuity, Rogue has become an iconic member of the X-Men and could never be replaced as one of the team’s main members–a position that wouldn’t have been made possible without the influence of one Avenger.
While she is a well-known mutant hero now, Rogue made her explosive debut as a terrifying villain in Avengers Annual #10 by Chris Claremont and Michael Golden. During that storyline, Rogue is working for Mystique and is sent on a mission to use her powers to dismantle the Avengers. Rogue is a mutant with the power to drain the life force from people she touches as well as absorb the power of any superhuman she comes into contact with, mutant or otherwise. Using this ability, Mystique sends Rogue to drain the power and life force from Carol Danvers aka Ms. Marvel (before she took on the name Captain Marvel). Rogue drained Carol and left her for dead, then used her powers to battle the entire Avengers team. However, while Rogue did absorb Captain Marvel’s powers, she also took a fraction of her consciousness, causing a piece of Carol to exist within Rogue’s psyche.
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In Captain Marvel #5 by Kelly Thompson and Carmen Carnero, Carol Danvers found a way to escape an alternate, post-apocalyptic world after defeating the villainous Nuclear Man who was that world’s ruler. Before she did so, Captain Marvel was held prisoner by Nuclear Man along with a number of other powerful women from Earth-616, including Carol’s old enemy, Rogue. While they were initially pitted against each other, Captain Marvel and Rogue found a way to work together to stop Nuclear Man and escape his world while saving everyone else who was
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