Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, she first appeared in the comic book Ms. Marvel #16, published in 1978. Mystique is a member of a subspecies of humanity known as mutants who are born with superhuman abilities. A shapeshifter who can mimic the appearance and voice of any person with exquisite precision, and her natural appearance includes blue skin and yellow eyes, she is typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men. Throughout most of her history, Mystique has been a super-villain, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs. She has commented that she is over 100 years old. Mystique is the mother of the villain Graydon Creed and the X-Men hero Nightcrawler, and adoptive mother of the X-Men heroine Rogue.