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X-Men '97's Take on Morph Is Already Making Bigots Mad
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Resident Comic Book Guy here...
Morph was originally introduced in X-Men #35 in 1967 under the name "Changeling":
https://gocollect.com/comic/x-men-35
He took the appearance of Professor X and remained in the book until #42 (1968) where he was killed off as Xavier.
https://gocollect.com/comic/x-men-42
After bringing him back for the 1992 Animated series under the name Morph ("Changeling" was taken by DC comics for their human/animal shapeshifter), and the comic book adaptation of that series (where he is also killed off), the current version was introduced in 1995 as part of the "Age of Apocalypse" alternate timeline.
https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/12386/x-men_alpha_1995_1
Morph is a mimic who can change his appearance to match anyone, male or female, similar to Mystique, who for years was assumed to have been Nightcrawler's mother, but was recently revealed to have been his father (X-Men Blue: Origins #1)
https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/111680/x-men_blue_origins_1_2023_1
Following 60 years of comics is pretty much a soap opera.
I'm thinking of the mechanics of a shape-shifter being pregnant... like, if they switched genders would the fetus just get stuck inside between organs and die, or would it cease to exist? Would the shape-shifter be able to take on a male outward appearance while maintaining a uterus? Or would they just not shift for 9 months?
Much simpler, I suppose, for the shape-shifter to father a child.
Questions we've been asking for thousands of years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir
@jordanlund
Mystique, who for years was assumed to have been Nightcrawler’s mother, but was recently revealed to have been his father (X-Men Blue: Origins #1)This is literally what South Park revealed in season two about Cartman’s father. The person we know as Eric’s mother was actually his father.