| Image Inducer | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Name: | Image Inducer |
| Students: | Kurt Wagner |
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| First appearance: | Strategy X |
The Image Inducer is a technological object used by superhumans or mutants with unusual appearances to disguise themselves as normal human beings.
History[]
The Image inducer was created by Professor Charles Xavier for Kurt Wagner. Wagner was born with blue fur and a tail, and was always ostracized from society. Xavier wanted him to live a normal life among other teenagers. The inducer's main drawback is that it only generates a look, but cannot hide the feel of the person's skin; nor can it hide anything, not within the range of a normal human being. This becomes a problem for Nightcrawler; if anyone actually touches him, they can feel his fur, or if he lets his tail move, it appears outside the holographic image. [1]
Toad once stole the device in order to impress Wanda Maximoff with a better appearance. [2] Xavier offered to provide an inducer for Hank McCoy after he became Beast, but McCoy declined. [3]
In the Comics[]
In the past, mutants seen using the image inducer are:
- Beast
- Nightcrawler
- Angel/(Archangel)
- Marrow
- Artie
- Leech
- Skin
- Deadpool
Notes[]
- In The Comics, the image inducer was created by Iron Man at Stark Enterprise and given to Nightcrawler. It looked like a cell phone instead of a watch.