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Azazel was a class 3 mutant with a demonic appearance, teleportation, superhuman agility, reflexes, stamina and a prehensile tail. He was also a member of the Hellfire Club and a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Biography[]

X-Men: First Class: High Hand[]

In 1959 Azazel alongside Riptide assisted Sebastian Shaw as he stormed mob boss Vinny Lavecchia's home in order to recruit Emma Frost to the Hellfire Club.

X-Men: First Class[]

When Colonel Hendry is in the Hellfire Club and being resistant to Sebastian Shaw's ideas to move missiles close to Russia, Azazel is summoned by Emma Frost to teleport Hendry to the Pentagon. He takes care of Shaw's submarine and begins taking them toward Russia for the next phase of Shaw's plan to start WWIII.

When Frost senses another mutant, Azazel is insistent that nobody is showing up on their radar. As a result, Azazel, Shaw and Riptide attack the Man in Black's CIA base to confront the mutants gathered there. Easily dispatching most of the agents there by teleporting them into the sky and dropping them, Azazel took down the rest with his sword skills.

As the Russians and the Americans reluctantly prepared to engage on the Cuban sea, Azazel kills the crew of one of the Russian freighters and steers it towards the diplomatic line, only for Xavier to command a Russian crewman on another ship to blow it up, Azazel teleporting away before he can be killed. During the fight against the enemy mutants, he engages Beast in a brutal fight until Beast finally knocks him out with the help of Mystique in the disguise of Shaw ordering him to stand down. Following the death of Shaw and paralysis of Xavier, Azazel joins Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.

Death[]

Azazel was killed by operatives of Project Wideawake. He and Angel Salvadore ambushed them and were killed in the firefight that followed.

X-Men: Days of Future Past[]

Mystique found an autopsy file on Azazel among those who were experimented on by Bolivar Trask.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Mutant Physiology: Azazel was a very powerful mutant who possessed the power of teleportation. He also had a demonic appearance with pointed ears, red skin and a pointed prehensile tail. Whenever Azazel teleports; he leaves behind red smoke.
    • Teleportation: Azazel could teleport to any location at great distances.
    • Superhuman Agility: Azazel was far more agile than normal humans and most other mutants.
    • Superhuman Reflexes: Azazel's reflexes were much faster than normal humans and most other mutants. He could dodge or counter any attack; such as gunfire. He was also able to dodge Havok's energy blasts twice; the latter's energy rings moving at high velocity. Azazel's reflexes were also proven to be on par with Beast's.
    • Accelerated Healing Factor: Azazel's metabolism allowed him to heal much faster, more extensively, and efficiently than normal humans and most other mutants. He can heal from minor injuries relatively easily.
    • Superhuman Longevity: Due to Azazel's accelerated healing factor; he ages much slower than normal humans and most other mutants. He had been around before World War II and by the year 1963; he still maintained the physical appearance of a man in his prime; prior to Azazel's death.
    • Prehensile Tail: Azazel could use his tail as an improvise whip; to send his opponents flying several feet away. His tail could also be used for more lethal applications.

Abilities[]

  • Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist: Azazel was a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.
  • Master Swordsman: Azazel was a highly skilled swordsman, he was able to cut down several CIA agents with little to no effort.

Weaknesses[]

  • Mortality: Despite Azazel's superhuman levels of healing, he was not immortal. As he could be killed, just like any other living being.
  • Limited Healing Factor: Although Azazel could heal incredibly fast, he did have his limits. He was unable to heal from the scars that he had received on his face, proving that there are certain injuries that Azazel could non completely heal from.

Relationships[]

Appearances/Actors[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • TheBentBullet.com, a tie-in website for X-Men: Days of Future Past, contains an article claiming that Azazel and Tempest were killed in 1963, during an ambush with the US government's Project WideAwake.

Trivia[]

  • In the comics, he is the father of Nightcrawler. This was not explored in the films.
  • In the comics, Azazel is a mutant of demonic descent, and was born in Ancient Mesopotamia. In the movie, he appears to be a Russian human mutant with demonic traits.
  • While in the comics, he access another dimension to exit into other locations, it is unknown if this is the case in the films.
  • When teleporting, he leaves a fire-like trail behind, while his alleged son Nightcrawler leaves a smoke-like trail.
  • Though not considered to be canon, the X-Men Origins: Wolverine videogame reveals that it is in fact John Wraith rather than Azazel who is Mystique's mate and Nightcrawler's father.

Gallery[]

X-Men: First Class[]

Promotion, Filming and Concept Art[]

X-Men: Days of Future Past[]

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