Codename: Rogue
Name: Unrevealed
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 120 pounds
Group Affiliation: X-Men
Previous Affiliation: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (2nd incarnation)
First Appearance: Avengers Annual #10
Known Relatives: Raven Darkholme (foster mother), Kurt Wagner (foster
brother), Graydon Creed (foster brother)
Known Allies: Remy LeBeau, Joseph (Magneto), Professor Charles Xavier
Known Enemies: Onslaught, Bastion, Phalanx
Powers: Rogue has the mutant ability to drain a person of their energy,
powers, mind and feelings. This power is activiated through tactile
touch and to this day, Rogue herself is unable to control it. However,
when Ms. Marvel occupied Rogue's mind, Ms. Marvel was able to control
the ability and touch others (but only happened once, when Ms. Marvel/Rogue
touched Psylocke's shoulder). After asborbing Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel
completely, Rogue gained five additional powers: flight, super-strength,
invulerability, a "seventh sense" and the ability to breath
in space.
Origin: Very little is know about Rogue previous to the first time
she used her mutants powes on her boyfriend, Cody. This first power
drain and put him in a coma. Her father threw her out, and Raven Darkholme
(Mystique) adopted her. For a long time (persumably 3-5 years), Rogue
was trained by Mystique and Destiny in the use of her powers. This
training didn't help her control them so she can touch others. All
it really did was allow Rogue to prevent the personalities she absorbed
from taking over her mind. She joined the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
(lead by Mystique, and was AFTER the Brotherhood tried to kill Senator
Kelly), and met up with Ms. Marvel. Ms. Marvel and Rogue fought, leaving
Rogue...hungry for revenge. On a bridge, Rogue ambushed Ms. Marvel
and held on to Danvers until she gave up. Ms. Marvel stopped, but
it was because she wasn't in her body anymore. Ms. Marvel's entire
being had been merged with Rogue's. This second personality drove
Rogue mad, pushing her to speak with Professor Charles Xavier for
help.
Xavier could not do much for her, she was welcomed into his home,
and joined the X-Men, who were not to happy to have this villainess
join their ranks. Then, Xavier told his X-Men that if they refused
to help even one mutant, they would be betraying the cause. The X-men
reluctantly agreed and soon came to trust Rogue. Shortly after she
joined, Rogue was necessary in returning Colossus to his human form
after he had been ambushed by Pyro and Avalanche. By using her powers
to take his mutant power, Rogue effectively "turned" him
in flesh and blood. After Rogue received a call from one of Carol
Danver's old friends, she flew to the SHIELD helicarrier to break
him out. (This friend was a Hellfire Club troopers and had been captured
by a double agent that was in SHIELD guise.) Seeing the carnage reaked
on the helicarrer, Nick Fury ordered that Rogue be brought in. To
do so without killing her, the US government hired Forge to create
a device called the Neutralizer that would, in a sense, make mutants
human. When Henry Peter Gyrich took the weapon, he aimed it at Rogue,
but Storm got in the way and received the blast. Storm no longer was
the Windrider.
Later, during the Mutant Massacre, Rogue attempted to throw the Marauder
Scrambler, but the two mutants cancelled each others' powers. Rogue
was vulnerable and Harpoon took advantage of that. Harpoon hurled
a energy harpoon at Rogue and Shadowcat took the noble path and phased
Rogue out of the way. However, Shadowcat took the harpoon (while still
in phased form) resulting in locking Kitty in her phased form. Right
after the Mutant Massacre, Rogue and the three other remaining X-Men
tried to warn Dazzler of the Marauders. Little did they know that
one had already struck the mutant songbird. The Marauder Malice had
possessed Dazzler and when the X-Men arrived to contact Dazzler, it
switched bodies. Rogue was the second to get possessed and "announced"
what a threat the X-Men were. Remember, this was all on Malice's accord.
After Storm was able to force Malice out of her host body, Rogue and
the X-Men (except for Wolverine and Storm) flew to Muir Island to
protect the survivors of the Mutant Massacre and train for further
attacks by Marauders or their kind.
The team worked well together, but were forced to sacrifice themselves
in Dallas when the Adversary came to this plane of existance. The
X-Men and Freedom Force (a government team of super villians that
included Mystique, Blob, Destiny, Pyro, Spiral, Crimson Commando,
Supersabre and Stonewall.) tried to defeat the cosmic force, but the
X-Men were forced to go alone while Freedom Force stayed behind. The
X-Men (now with Storm (with powers), Wolverine, Madelyne Pryor and
Colossus) fought the Adversary in his citadel, where Rogue absorbed
part of his arcane magicks. Using one of Forge's spells, the X-Men
were able to seal the Adversary away, but at the cost of their lives.
BUT! Roma, the Guardian of the Omniverse, resurrected them as a reward
for their sacrifice. The team moved their base of operations to the
Reaver's base in Australian Outback and gained a crystal called the
Siege Perilous that would keep the X-Men from having to kill their
enemies.
Shortly after Inferno, Ms. Marvel (remember, she's still in Rogue's
mind) took over after Rogue had a fit over Ms. Marvel's horrible fashion
sense. Gateway sent the X-Men to New York, where they fought a merge
of Nimrod and Master Mold. Supposedly immune to electronic objects,
Rogue tought that taking out the huge robot would be child's play.
However, the robot was able to see Rogue and knocked her for a loop.
The rest of the X-Men appeared on the scene and helped defeat the
huge robot. The head survived and Psylocke was able to solidify another
conciousness in the head, which was Nimrod. Dazzler threw the Siege
Perilous behind Master Mold and hoped it would suck in their enemy.
However, Master Mold grabbed Rogue as well, pulling her in with itself.
Dazzler tried to save her but Rogue pushed to her get Master Mold
into the portal. So, Rogue was the first of the X-Men to fall.
When Rogue passed through the Siege Polaris, she awoke in Australia
with only her original mutant ability. It also turned out that the
Ms. Marvel persona was gone forever. Ms. Marvel had regained her body,
but she was controlled by the Shadow King. Ms. Marve| came to Australia
to find and kill Rogue (under the Shadow King's orders), but Rogue
absorbed Gateway's powers, and teleported to the Savage Land. Ms.
Marvel caught up with her, and the two fought it out. When the two
were in close proximity, Rogue would regain her flight, invulnerability,
and super-strength. When one was truimphing over the other, the loser
would start to decay. The two knocked each other out cold, and Magneto
found the two. He killed Ms. Marvel, and Rogue permanently regained
her other powers. Rogue remained in the Savage Land until Magneto
killed Zaladane. After that, she headed for Muir Island in hopes of
getting back with the X-Men. Instead, she found herself in the grip
of the Shadow King, who forced her to fight her old friends, the X-Men
and X-Factor.
After regaining most of the former X-Men together, Professor Xavier
split up the team into two subgroups: Blue and Gold. Rogue joined
Blue along with Cyclops, Jubilee, Wolverine, Psylocke and Gambit (whom
she fell in love with rather quickly). The Blue Team's first mission
was in Genosha, where she faced Magneto and his Acolytes. The X-Men
were ambushed and captured. Using a genetic procedure made by Dr.
Moira MacTaggart, Magneto "brainwashed" the X-Men into following
him. The process failed whenever the mutants used their powers and
Rogue was the first to break the brainwashing. After the X-Men escaped,
they saw Asteroid M burn up in the atmosphere, Magneto along with
it. Little did they know that Magneto had survived thanks to the sacrifice
of an Acolyte. Rogue was part of the strike team that would inflitrate
Avalon and defeat Magneto once and for all. Xavier was able to mindwipe
Magneto, but not before Wolverine's adamantium was ripped out by the
Master of Magnetism.
Right before the crystalline wave from the M'Kraan struck, Rogue and
Gambit kissed, and Gambit was put into a coma. Also, Rogue took a
secret from Gambit's mind, that links him to Mr. Sinister. She left
with Iceman, and they traveled to Seattle, where Gambit caught up
with them. He confronted Rogue, but nothing he said could change her
mind of taking a leave of absense from the X-Men. She met up with
X-Man, and helped him defeat the X-Cutioner, who was after Rogue for
accidently killing Cody with the first manifestation of her powers.
Then, she moved back to the South, where she was attacked by Bastion's
minions. She was saved by a much younger Magneto, and the two teamed
up to help fight Onslaught and the Sentinels. When they returned to
the X-Men, Gambit and Rogue had a fight over Rogue's love. Well, we
have seen the AoA Rogue and Magneto get together and be able to touch
each other. Will we see that same thing in our universe? YES! In the
Christmas Uncanny X-Men, Magneto was able to use the Z'ozz chamber
to nullify Rogue's powers, thus letting her touch others! YEAH!
Not the only surprise, for Rogue was nearly assimilated by the Phalanx
while saving the Shi'ar from the technological menace. After defeating
the Phalanx, the X-Men returned to Earth, but crashlanded in Antarctica.
There, they discovered that they were in the lair of Magneto and Nanny
was their hostess. Nanny now had a power dampener installed inside
her, so the X-Men could not escape. Rogue's memories from Gambit began
to appear again and Gambit tried to confront her. Well, being a virgin
all her life (wow) and having that tactile touch power of hers, has
prevented Rogue from knowing...human sensuality. NOT ANYMORE! Gambit
and Rogue supposedly got it on while Rogue was powerless. This boosted
Rogue's love for Gambit until she found out what he did...
Well, it turns out that Gambit gathered the Marauders, that group
of assassins that kill most of the Morlocks. This revelation was brought
up by Erik the Red, who "mentally raped" Rogue to bring
this evidence to the X-Men. Well, Rogue was pissed with Remy and dropped
him in the snow outside the Citadel. Oh, we find out that Erik the
Red was really Magneto.