As we celebrate Mother’s Day let’s look at some of the most malicious moms of comics. These mothers don’t just give out tough love, they became mortal enemies of their children. Spare the flowers for these crazy matrons. Let’s start with the most ruthless mother to ever mystify, manipulate and murder (attempted) the X-Men:
Mystique
Raven Darkholme is the actual mother of Nightcrawler and Graydon Creed and foster mother of Rogue. Raven abandoned baby Kurt an as an infant. Kurt has attempted to make peace and learn why his own mother could leave him to die but Raven only gives him cruel coldness. Kurt actually got off easy compared to Mystique’s other kids.
Graydon Creed is the human child of Raven and Victor Creed aka Sabretooth. Upon learning her child is not a mutant, Raven abandons him. Creed grew up to hate his parents and mutants. He eventually led the mutant hate group, Friends of Humanity and became a political player. Mystique assassinated Creed at the height of his great political success.
Rogue was adopted by Mystique and Destiny and trained to run missions in her new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Rogue permanently absorbed Ms. Marvel’s powers and psyche. The tortured and mentally unbalanced Rogue turned to Professor X for help and she joined the X-Men. Years later Raven infiltrated the X-Men, joined the team, betrayed them and even shot Rogue, led the Marauders in the hunt for a mutant miracle baby. Mystique’s betrayals and attacks were all part of an endgame based on predictions in Destiny’s Diaries. Raven saved Rogue from a virus and all the psyches she has absorbed. It was tough love but Mystique’s manipulations saved her foster daughter.
Scarlet Witch.
Wanda Maxmimoff created children from Mephisto’s soul after marrying the Vision. Martial life with a synthezoid was not happily ever after. The children spell broke and it broke Wanda’s heart and mind. The longtime Avenger went insane and “disassembled” the Avengers, wiped minds and rewrote the reality crowning Magneto as King of a new mutant dominant Earth then decimated the mutant race with massive de-powering and erasing the gene.
It was later revealed Wanda was a pawn of Doctor Doom and her children were reborn. Wiccan and Speed are good sons, great heroes. Wanda helped restart the mutant race and is hero again.
Talia Al Ghul
Evil runs in the family. Batman’s ex-lover and mother of his child raised Damian to be the ultimate killer and heir to the Demon. Raised in the League of Assassins, Damian eventually dueled and defeated his mother for the chance to finally meet his father.
Talia was the mastermind behind Leviathan, an evil organization formed to oppose Bruce Wayne’s Batman Incorporated, placed a bounty on Damian’s head and unleashed her son’s clones against him. Heretic (a giant monster of a clone) stabbed and killed Damian. Talia then killed the Heretic, destroyed Wayne Tower and poisoned Batman before eventually getting killed. Talia and Damian are both resurrected. The current Robin is an anti-hero and Talia is still Ra’s Al Ghul daughter following her father’s insane agendas.
Just imagine having moms like these?
So do your chores, eat your veggies, listen to their advice and tell mom you love her. Happy Mother’s Day.
By Editor