History of Rogue (X-Men)

[Music] what's up my comic comrades X-Men 97 has put the X-Men and mutants back in the spotlight in a very big way and if you've been watching the show you know that's because it's one of the best projects Marvel Studios has ever done full stop well in the first season one of the best and most important characters has been Rogue she's been an absolute beast and when we put up our recent poll on our community page you all definitely agreed because you chose an episode on her over cable bishop and the big bad Bastion so today as promised we're going to dive into Rogues history starting with her origin then jumping to her important story arcs powers and abilities and reading recommendations and for those of you who are wondering what polls I'm talking about we want to bring you guys the content you're looking for so we post various show updates and content polls on our YouTube Community page here on variant's Main Channel this allows you all to tell us what content you most want to see next it's something we're going to be doing a lot more of both here on YouTube and on our social media so jump into the conversation let us know what you're digging or not now as for rogue she was created by Chris claramont and Michael golden and first appeared in Avengers Annual issue 10 in 1981 a couple important things to know about her right off the bat is that Rogue is the adopted daughter of Mystique and was initially a member of the Brotherhood of evil mutants before switching sides and joining the X-Men which really gives her relationship with Magneto and X-Men 97 a bit more context in any case she's a mutant that fights on the side of good as one of the most recognizable and love members of the X-Men anyway while rogue's first official appearance was an Avengers annual 10 in 1981 1 she was originally set to appear in M Marvel 25 in 1979 but the M Marvel book was canceled which sheld rogue's debut for 2 years and once she did arrive on the scene like most Comic characters we wouldn't get her origin story until later so let's start with how we met her in Avengers annual 10 for setup and then we'll jump to her origin in Classic X-Men Issue 4 in her first appearance she was introduced as a bad girl and had just defeated Carol danver's Captain Marvel draining her of her poers and memories which put her in a com to State this caused Professor X and Spiderwoman to check on her and Professor X learns via his telepathy that Captain Marvel was attacked by an as salent named Rogue elsewhere we see Captain America being thrown through a bench as we see Rogue is the one who just did this to him saying poor little cap you never had a chance darling I possess all of Miss Marvel's memories so I know how you fight how you think that made it easy to catch you off guard more importantly I possess her power when I touch you as I did her I'll absorb your power and memories as well any flesh to flesh contact no matter how slight will suffice for the transfer but I think this is so much more fun as she kids is Captain Marvel to take his memories and power she goes on to say I have to be careful this time remember my training if I lose control again stay in contact too long like I did last time in San Francisco with Miss Marvel the transfer will become permanent so if you were ever wondering why Rogue is so strong and has the ability to fly that's because she touched Carol Danver so long that she permanently absorbed her powers meaning Rogue is essentially capped a Marvel with the power to drain people and absorb their power just by skin-to-skin contact now you may be asking why is Rogue doing this why is she taking out Captain America well that's because we we find out she's working with Mystique as we see her disguise herself to attack an unsuspecting Iron Man with a device that basically immobilizes him she then tells Iron Man I am Mystique I lead the Brotherhood of evil mutants you might call Rogue my Protegé she then radios her saying Rogue Iron Man has been neutralized proceed with plan a rogue then says copy Mystique it'll be my pleasure and Mystique says Iron Man I pity your friends shellhead like you and Captain America they'll never know what hit them at this point we see Rogue take on Spiderwoman and Thor Thor obviously would naturally be able to handle her very quickly but as he grabs her and tries to throw her she's able to touch his face which grants her the power of Thor at which point she solos Thor vision and even Wonderman we find out that Mystique has been using Rogue to do this so she could break out her fellow mutants from Riker's Island and with the Avengers immobilized no one can stop them it was a brilliant plan and a fantastic first outing for rogue and this is where we could jump to our first look at her backstory But first you guys know we love us some comiccons and today's sponsor fan Expo knows how to do them right in fact we're heading to their upcoming Fan Expo Dallas in just a few weeks Fan Expo Dallas is a 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good as a cat and he starts chasing her playfully saying come here kitty cat as he goes into to kiss her but she says cut it out I'm having fun don't ruin it as she throws him over her shoulder Freddy says kissing doesn't ruin anything kissing's fun meet me at the cliff later she says no I can't now you go home Freddy he says so you're saying you'll be there Mystique comes in Touching rogue's shoulder saying Rogue darling Rogue says you were spying on me Mystique says I've warned you you must be strong and stay away from boys you know you can't touch them Rogue puts her hands over her ears saying shut up shut up shut up I can have boys I can have whatever normal girls can have I want to love I want to play so clearly Rog and Mystique have had this conversation before which is the real reason why she didn't let Freddy kiss her as we see this is clearly affecting her as it would anyone as Rogue runs away Mystique says your power is special it can be used to help us there's a mission we need you for you can do more important things than play Rogue says you don't understand I don't want to go on any Mission I want to be normal I want to play there is nothing more important to me Mystique yells stay away from that boy or you'll be sorry Destiny then comes out saying I would advise caution Rogue is not like us she's different she may be a mutant but she will reject our mutant Brotherhood when she understands that we Embrace some darker ways we are then taken to the cliff where Freddy asked to meet and like he said she showed up she then starts swinging on a rope that's hanging from a tree over a cliff which Freddy previously warned her not to do has only boy swing on it but rogue's like that's about to change as she starts swinging she decides to joke around saying oh save me save me at which point Freddy catches her in his arms and goes to kiss her again she pushes his face away saying no he says oh why not you take risks everywhere else I dare you she then stares at him for a second before grabbing the back of his head pulling him in for a kiss but what Freddy didn't know is that he was basically about to receive the kiss of death because mid kiss his eyes start to roll to the back of his head and he passes out as Rogue in horror says to herself a kiss a kiss is such a gentle thing one could feel like one is falling spinning spiraling away and with that kiss she gains all of Freddy's memories The Good The Bad and The sad as she cries next to his unconscious body the captions then tell us for her to know someone is to rip his mind out possess it spit it out again this is not and never will be loved not for rogue a kiss is not a gentle thing she cries for a long time mourning the normal life she'll never have she cries till she feels his memories fading and knows soon he will have his mind back and revive Freddy will wake up and wonder what happened as he will always wonder why that feisty girl named Rogue kissed him once and would never ever speak to him again as we see Freddy slowly wake up with Rogue running away back home to Mystique this story was later retold in X-Men unlimited Issue 4 where pretty much the same exact thing happened but this time before she met mystique and with a boy named Cody who she put in a coma after they kissed and from here Mystique would continue to raise rogu so she could use her for her evil plans like using her abilities to defeat the Avengers and break the Brotherhood of evil mutants out of jail sometime after this Rogue starts going rogue as she can't control her thoughts powers or emotions anymore so much so not knowing what else to do or where else to turn she heads to the X Manion to seek the help of Professor X and X-Men 171 she literally walks right up to the X-Men's front door knocks and when Colossus opens it he sees Rogue saying you raising his fist to her she falls to the ground saying don't hit me please I don't want to fight I need the X-Men's help I got to have it or I'm as good as dead she's invited inside and storm says her name is Rogue a member of the Brotherhood of evil mutants through direct physical contact she absorbs the abilities and memories of others Professor X asks what do you want she says you're a telepath Xavier you tell me he says I cannot effectively read your mind you possess two diametrically opposed thought patterns one of them is alien it's causing an interference pattern thus I am unable to penetrate she then tells him that the Persona I absorbed from Carol ders when I absorbed her powers last year I didn't intend the transfer to be permanent it was an accident it's driving me crazy Professor you've got to help me kitty Pride says you've got some nerve After all you've done Rogue says my powers are out of control the slightest touch triggers the transfer it's getting so I don't even know which thoughts or memories or feelings are mine I tried to make Mystique understand but she wouldn't listen she was certain we could work things out on our own I love her professor she's like a mom to me but I knew she was wrong I turned to the ex men even though we're enemies because you're my only hope and Professor X being the good man that he is ultimately tells the X-Men I have questioned Rogue at Lan and I am convinced of both her need and her sincerity therefore I have decided to admit her not only to the school but to the X-Men as a probationary member storm and several of the X-Men are not happy about this but whatever Charles says is Law and of course not only would she join the X-Men she would prove herself over time to become one of the greatest members in the team's history and just like that we have her origin but now it's time to move move into story arcs and publication history all right so obviously after joining the X-Men Rogue would have a huge career being a vital member of the team and because of this she's had a ton of great story arcs so much in fact there's no way we could run through them all but we're going to highlight some of our favorites first up we have Wolverine and Rogue in Japan this happened directly after Rogue joined the X-Men on a probationary period in X-Men 171 in the very next issue X-Men 172 we see that Logan is in Japan about to marry Lady maraco of Clan yida so of course since Wolverine is getting married the X-Men head to Japan to attend his wedding but obviously things don't go according to plan as The Silver Samurai and Viper crash things once this happens it's eventually left up to Rogue and Wolverine to stop Silver Samurai and Viper allowing Rogue to show her worth and how she's really reformed and she proves this by the end of issue 173 after Wolverine defeats Samurai but once Viper SE Silver Samurai defeated and on the ground she becomes enraged and shoots Rogue sees this and quickly jumps in front of the blast to Shield Wolverine Wolverine then catches Rogue in his arms with her saying I guess I ain't as invulnerable as I thought so much for a brilliant career Wolverine says don't talk stupid my healing Factor can save you she says no you need to save that for yourself if I absorb your powers Wolverine you may die he says my risk besides who's going to stop me as he touches her face so she can absorb his healing factor and heal from the deadly wound this was a major turning point for rogue and the X-Men as she had just joined the team two issues earlier and she already proved that she's willing to sacrifice herself for her fellow X-Men cementing her as a member of the team immediately but this is far from from the only time that Rogue would sacrifice herself to save her teammates and the rest of the world when X-Men 246 rolled around the mutants would go up against the master mold a gigantic Sentinel that's able to create more Sentinels and then in issue 247 we see Rogue making the ultimate sacrifice yet again and at this moment in time Rogue has been taken over by the Carol Danver Persona and at the end of X-Men 247 Rogue gets trapped by The Sentinel tentacles with her saying he's grabbed me Metals too tough can't bust loose dazzler blast him dazzler replies I can't let me cut you free she says that's what he wants don't you see it's a waste of time and energy saving me Rogue says psylock hear my thoughts tell Ally forget about me destroy mastermold this is our only chance do it dazzler does it saying my Force beam must have blown them both through the crystal no please no she's gone so again Rogue made the ultimate sacrifice not wanting dazzler to waste time with saving her Rogue is a boss always willing to do what needs to be done even if that means the cost of her life now because this is Comic she would obviously not die we would actually find out what happened to her and where she went in X-Men 269 we learn that she is spat out from The Siege perilous a mystical gate to the Multiverse she ultimately landed in the Savage land and this is where she would get one of her more iconic and Fan Favorite looks Her Savage Land look now while she's in the Savage land she's attacked by a zombie looking Carol Danvers because remember she's been linked to Carol damers ever since her first appearance as she stole her powers permanently by accident Danvers has been a part of Rogue for a very long time and why Rogue was dressed like Captain Marvel in the story line I talked about a bit ago go as I went over earlier she did go to Professor X for help in X-Men 177 to help her deal with all these side effects of absorbing Captain Marvel's Powers so while Professor X was able to help her out a bit it didn't make the problem completely go away and in X-Men 269 she's forced to face Carol in a weird way coming face to face with her but ultimately Magneto showed up intervening she wouldn't completely lose Carol Denver's abilities until the Messiah complex story now I know a lot of you are probably like are you going to touch on a relationship with Gambit that is a huge part of her character and a fan favorite so if you want to know how her relationship went down with Gambit their first date how they got married check out our history of Gambit episode because these two episodes merge together perfectly now trust me like I've already said there's no shortage of great Rogue story lines like divided they fall from X-Men 348 the Messiah complex story line the Manifest Destiny story where Rogue attempts to gain control over her powers in overall life again then there's the hunt for Xavier where the X-Men split into two different teams to hunt and find Xavier there's also the epic fight between Rogue and Moonstone which is the dark Miss Marvel in Utopia there's so much to talk about but alas we have to move on to powers and abilities and then some reading recommendations Rogue is one of the most powerful mutants in complex the fact that her main ability enables her to steal anyone's powers and memories makes her extremely threatening all she has to do is touch her opponent and then she has all of their powers and memories she could touch Mr Fantastic and have his Brilliance gaining his knowledge home girl can even absorb multiple powers from different people at the same time put it this way in uncanny Avengers issue 21 when a Celestial was going to destroy the world The Avengers were like what do do we do and Rogue says it's simple you all just have to give your powers over to me at which point she does becoming a onew woman Avenger having all of their damn Powers going to space to face a Celestial which she eventually defeats she also had help from Sentry and Thor but nonetheless she absorbed almost all their powers and then went to go fight a Celestial like I'm coming for you or how about this we all know that the Scarlet Witch is easily one of the most powerful characters in all of comics well in uncanny Avengers issue 14 Rogue approach is Scarlet Witch thinking she's going into a bloodlust State again about to cast the no more mutant spell she did in House of M but Rogue who had previously absorb Wolverine's powers and now has his bone claws goes right up to Scarlet Witch and stabs her in the stomach but before the Scarlet Witch dies she asks Rogue why Rogue says you're too dangerous to live and Scarlet Witch asks what does that make you as she dies falling off a cliff what I'm saying is Rogue is not to be messed with she killed the Scarlet Witch she's also known for having flight and super strength as she had permanently absorbed Captain Marvel's Powers she also did the same thing with Sunfire but lost all these powers during the Messiah complex all in all she's essentially one of the X-Men's Heavy Hitters being very threatening to opponents as they don't want her to touch them for obvious reasons and I'm glad they've been giving her some justice in X-Men 97 remember that episode where she came storming in on General ross' base throwing tanks around like they were soda cans yeah she's a beast but how about some reading recommendations check out Avengers Annual issue 10 X-Men 171 through 173 2004's Rogue solo series The Uncanny X-Men 269 The Uncanny Avengers issue 1 the Age of Apocalypse storyline and Messiah complex that should be enough to get you all started but that wraps up our history of Rogue friends she's one of the best mutants to ever join the X-Men and a character we're excited to see further develop in the Marvel Universe but what do you guys think of Rogue and what's your favorite thing about the character let us know down in the comments and if you dig this episode make sure to like and share it with others it really helps us grow other than that we'll see you next time when we talk about all things comments [Music] [Music]

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Length: 17min 11sec (1031 seconds)

Published: Thu May 16 2024