Rogue remains one of the most popular members of the various X-Men team rosters, best known for her mutant powers which can sap the memories and abilities of any other mutant she touches. The X-Men movie franchise introduced the character played by actress Anna Paquin, which was widely regarded as a stripped-down and severely limited version of the original comic book character.
Most recently, Rogue married her longtime on/off flame Gambit, which paves the way for a wealth of new stories that may potentially involve children sometime in the future. Comic book fans who have stayed with the character this long know how complex a character Rogue is, due to a life story bursting with interesting facts.
10 Her Belated Origin Story
By now, most Marvel comic fans know of Rogue's origin story, even if they aren't aware of all the finer details. Unfortunately, very few realize that the full and unbridled story of the character was essentially mothballed for over a full decade, before finally being released. Rogue was originally supposed to make her debut appearance in Ms. Marvel #25.
As fate would have it, the entire series was canceled, forcing her to go on an extended hiatus. She would first appear in Avengers Annual #10, before her original scripted appearance was packed into Marvel Super Heroes #11, where she got the full origin story treatment as it was first intended.
9 Copyrighting Retconned Her Origin Story
Originally, Rogue was not a misguided character, led astray by the machinations of the ever-wily and unpredictable Mystique. In fact, she was a downright awful villain that proved to be more than a match for the X-Men, especially after drawing Ms. Marvel's powers out. It wasn't until later that her origin story would get a retcon, but not because of creative differences.
Rogue went heroic after kissing a character named Rom the Space Knight, who was licensed to Marvel by Parker Brothers in 1979. This occurred in Rom #31 and #32, but Marvel apparently went over their skis, and these issues were no longer allowed to be printed under copyright laws.
8 Her Ultimate Universe Origins
The original iteration of Rogue was a young girl who ended up being raised by her father and aunt, before her rebellious nature took over. She fled from home as a teenager, and later had an unfortunate encounter with a boy named Cody Robbins, who tried to kiss her. He ended up being thrown into a permanent coma as a result.
However, the Ultimate version of Rogue has a much different origin story. In this timeline, Rogue joined the Weapon X program in an attempt to harness her dangerous powers. It's revealed that her sexually abusive father triggered her inherent mutant abilities, which was a sharp reversal of the original character's loving father.
7 Handling Her Powers
Most fans of Rogue know that she could control her powers of absorption except under rare circumstances. This made it next-to-impossible to be intimate with anyone else, lest skin contact leave her potential lover in a coma, or worse. Several incidents have occurred over the years which gave Rogue the chance, but these were artificial.
X-Men: The End finally gave Rogue some much needed relief in the form of an alternate universe where she had finally learned how to control her powers. In this timeline, she not only got close to her longtime flame Gambit, but even had a child with him. Later, her prime universe self was able to briefly control her powers following the events of X-Men: Legacy #224, only to lose, and regain control of them once more in the recent Mr. & Mrs. X series.
6 She Took On Carol's Personality
When Rogue was recruited into the Brotherhood of Mutants by her mother figure Mystique, she used her powers in service of them, to great effect. However, she eventually came face to face with Carol Danvers, the former Ms. Marvel, and the experience would go on to change her forever.
Rogue grabbed onto Danvers and held for too long, which permanently absorbed all of her powers, but also her consciousness as well. Danvers fell into a coma, much like Cody Robbins, but Rogue was left essentially with a dual personality that nearly drove her insane. Years later, Danvers recovered from her coma, and this personality disappeared.
5 Rogue The Runaway
Both Marvel and DC have crossed paths several times over the decades, creating some interesting team-ups and crossover events in the process. One of the biggest and most ambitious creations however, was the Amalgam Universe. In this parallel reality, both universes were fused into one, as were the characters within.
Like other Marvel heroes, Rogue was absorbed into another character, specifically Gypsy, a member of one of the many powerful iterations of the Justice League. As a new hero named Runaway, she used the powers of both characters to fight alongside the JLX, a fusing of the Justice League and the X-Men teams.
4 A Death For A Death
Rogue wasn't big on killing people, as she believed in the sanctity of all life. This was part and parcel of a broader narrative the X-Men held, perhaps due to their desire to see humans and mutants co-exist in peace. Whatever the case, she wasn't prepared for the death of a supervillain by her own hands.
After temporarily absorbing Wonder Man's powers, she accidentally killed the Grim Reaper in combat. He didn't exactly rank up there with the best X-Men villains of all time, but the experience nevertheless left her shaken, as she didn't realize just how strong Wonder Man was. Later, the Reaper would be resurrected, only to murder Rogue in retaliation. Thankfully, she was revived.
3 The Sentry Connection
Longtime Marvel comics fans know of the superhero known as Sentry, a Superman-like being with an unfortunate weakness - a dark mirror image of his heroic self known as Void. This being caused a horrific catastrophe that snuffed out over a million lives in Manhattan, among other things. To compensate, he joined forces with Reed Richards and Doctor Strange to force humanity to literally forget he ever existed, vanquishing Void in the process.
Later, the character would resurface, but his eventual death caused everyone's memories of him to come flooding back. This included Rogue, who learned that the two had been intimate in the past. Apparently, Sentry was one of several characters powerful enough to resist her mutant abilities and prevent them from being effective.
2 Her Leadership Potential
While many fans of the X-Men film franchise see Rogue as a little more than a scared girl who desperately wants to rid herself of her powers and have a normal life, her comic book self is much different. There, she's fiercely devoted to her cause, despite the hardships her mutant powers have on her everyday life.
In fact, Rogue is such a good character that even Captain America thought she was worthy of a leadership role. Eventually, she became the leader of the Avengers Unity Division, an organization set up by Cap to try and reach out to mutant-kind in the wake of the war between the X-Men and the Avengers.
1 She Can Wield Thor's Hammer
It may seem odd that Rogue would be considered worthy of wielding Thor's mighty hammer Mjolnir, but it is possible. The question is, how could such a flawed person with such a tempestuous attitude ever have what it takes to swing one of the Marvel universe's most powerful weapons?
The secret lies in her powers. The What If...? comic series featured Rogue draining Thor's powers, which ended up giving her everything she needed to wield Mjolnir. Unfortunately, she went rogue (no pun intended) in the process, and had to be reminded of her responsibilities by the spirit of Thor, himself.
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