Question: when does nightcrawler find out mystique is his mother
Answer: In 2003 , it was revealed that although Mystique was married to a wealthy German , Herr Wagner , Nightcrawler 's father was Azazel , a member of a race of demonic - looking mutants known as the Neyaphem which date back to Biblical times that were banished to another dimension by a race of angelic mutants .