Rogue (comics)

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Character biography

Early life

Rogue does not remember anything about her biological parents, although this is later revealed in the comics ("Rogue"# 1-6). She use to live with her family in the area of the fictional county of Caldecott in Mississippi for a few years, when she decided to run away from her house becaused of her aunt, who used to called her "Rogue" because of her behavior, became very strict with her. Some time later, Rogue, still a child, was found living alone in a remote, wooded area, wielding a shotgun by a woman, who was actually a mutant, Mystique, who had come looking for Rogue because Mystique's partner, Destiny, a psychic, had foreseen that she would be important. Mystique soon became Rogue's unofficial foster mother.

Related Topics:
Mississippi - Mystique - Destiny

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During that time she befriends with Cody Robbins, who impulsively kissed her and, at that moment, Rogue's powers first emerged. Upon skin-to-skin contact, Rogue fully absorbed Cody's consciousness, memories, strengths and weaknesses. Cody fell into a coma from which he never awoke. Rogue was so confused and overwhelmed by the experience that she, too, collapsed. She even believed she was Cody for a while. The two were found days later by a group of locals looking for them. Rogue was revealed to be a mutant and was pursued by the community, who named her "Rogue" too becaused of the threat she represented to them.

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Mystique and Destiny, professional criminals, raised Rogue for "close to a decade" and trained her to be a member of their villainous team, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Rogue fought with that team for a while, fighting many superheroes including the X-Men, Rom, Dazzler, and the Avengers, and was a devastating enemy to them all. During this time she encountered the superhero Ms. Marvel (a.k.a. Carol Danvers). Rogue and Ms. Marvel fought and, through prolonged contact throughout which Carol fought valiantly to retain her consciousness, Rogue absorbed Carol's alien-based powers and memories permanently. As a result, Rogue gained incredible strength, near-invulnerability, the power of flight, and a rarely-used "seventh sense" power that worked as a very mild sense of ESP, although this last ability has been largely forgotten.

Related Topics:
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - Rom - Dazzler - Ms. Marvel - A.k.a. - ESP

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Rogue has never been able to control her absorption power. Any skin-to-skin contact activates her mutant power, whether she wants it to or not. She found she had residual memories of some of the people she had absorbed. After having absorbed Ms. Marvel and gaining her personality and powers permanently, she began to go through a life-changing period. While she was now "remembering" the more normal childhood Carol Danvers had lived and seeing the wrong-doings of Mystique and her team for what they were, she was also feeling as though she was losing her own personality in the mix of residual memories, among which Carol's would sometimes take over. She began to more and more dislike the life she was leading, yet feared losing herself forever in the memories of others she had absorbed.

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X-Men

Desperate, she turned to Professor Charles Xavier and the X-Men (X-Men #171). Xavier's charity towards all mutants led him to welcome her into his home, regardless of his team having previously fought Rogue and in spite of the X-Men's own strong disagreements. He psychically examined her and immediately invited her to join the X-Men and live there at the mansion.

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Her initial months with the team were rough and some of the team even threatened to leave if she was allowed to stay, but Professor Xavier reminded them of their ideals as X-Men and they gave her a chance. She first earned Wolverine's trust by saving the life of his fiancée and, over time, eventually earned the respect of all the X-Men and became a valued and trusted member of the team.

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As an X-woman, Rogue's life improved, but she continued to struggle with Carol Danvers' residual personality and this continued until Rogue was pulled through a device called the "Siege Perilous," where she was stripped of her powers for a time and the device helped her to strip the remaining portions of Carol's personality that haunted her. Rogue ended up powerless in the Savage Land, where she was taken in by Magneto. The two briefly toyed with romantic implications, but nothing came of the relationship. When Rogue regained her powers, she returned to the X-Men.

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While she was gone, a new member had joined the X-Men. Rogue and Gambit were immediately attracted to each other and quickly fell in love. Cody Robbins, the first person to fall victim to Rogue's powers, was later killed by Gambit's ex-wife Belladonna. Rogue and Gambit's relationship has been strained, much thanks to her inability to control her absorption power, and his dishonesty, but they have stayed together, regardless.

Related Topics:
Gambit - Belladonna

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It was eventually revealed that Mystique had two sons, the now-deceased anti-mutant politician Graydon Creed, and Rogue's long-time teammate, Nightcrawler. Rogue and Nightcrawler consider themselves to be siblings, although the revelation has not particularly altered their friendship.

Related Topics:
Graydon Creed - Nightcrawler

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Rogue recently lost her Carol Danvers powers, but gained Sunfire's after absorbing them when he was dying.

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