I really liked that bit in the Excalibur run. Near-invisible in darkness, absolutely perfect spatial sense--why don't writers ever work those aspects of his powers into stories?
Nightcrawler could be absolutely terrifying if he and the writers chose to go in that approach. Hell, I'd be down for a horror series told from the viewpoint of the people he's after. Looks like a demon, near invisible, acrobatic, teleports, brimstone, religious streak -- he doesn't even have to -do- anything to scare people shitless.
Actually no. Better idea. Kurt Wagner, agent of an ancient god. MOON NIGHTCRAWLER.
Yeah, I don't think enough writers draw attention to how many superheroes are basically horror monsters picking off henchmen from the shadows.
Apparently that's become part of some of the recent Batman video games but I assume that's not from the villain's perspective.
Suddenly realizing your gang has vanished and then seeing your terrified face reflected in Spider-Man's giant eyes is scary enough. The only thing worse than only seeing Nightcrawler's eyes and teeth before he jumps you is getting a clear look at him.
Oh, that's not the best part. The best part is when they find their gang friends dangling from a lamp post by their leg or just out cold on the ground and they never heard a thing. One after the other, the lone gang member finds their pals...indisposed. Eventually they realize they're the last one.
Of course, it's worse if it's the Punisher. Then they're just finding corpses. THAT'S horror movie stuff.
They've gone back and forth about the invisibility stuff over the years. I remember Byrne saying in an interview that he thought it was stupid, so he avoided using it during his run. And at least one of Kurt's Marvel Handbook write-ups tried to pass it off as just "his dark fur makes good camouflage" rather than being an actual power. I like the idea of tying it into his teleportation, which makes it seem a little less random.
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I think the Alan Davis Excalibur run further explained that he is, without realising it, partly phasing into the dimenion he teleports through.
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Nightcrawler could be absolutely terrifying if he and the writers chose to go in that approach. Hell, I'd be down for a horror series told from the viewpoint of the people he's after. Looks like a demon, near invisible, acrobatic, teleports, brimstone, religious streak -- he doesn't even have to -do- anything to scare people shitless.
Actually no. Better idea. Kurt Wagner, agent of an ancient god. MOON NIGHTCRAWLER.
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Apparently that's become part of some of the recent Batman video games but I assume that's not from the villain's perspective.
Suddenly realizing your gang has vanished and then seeing your terrified face reflected in Spider-Man's giant eyes is scary enough. The only thing worse than only seeing Nightcrawler's eyes and teeth before he jumps you is getting a clear look at him.
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Of course, it's worse if it's the Punisher. Then they're just finding corpses. THAT'S horror movie stuff.
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