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Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is a fictional character a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe. He has been associated with both the X-Men and Excalibur originally appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum he debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). During the X-Men: Second Coming storyline Nightcrawler is killed in an attempt to save Hope Summers in X-Force Vol.