In our reality, Kurt Wagner was raised by members of a traveling circus. When the circus was bought by a Texas millionaire, the owner intended to move Wagner into the freak show. Appalled, Nightcrawler quit and made his way towards Winzeldorf, Germany, where his best friend Stefan had gone mad and brutally slain several children. Wagner found Stefan, hoping to stop his rampage, but, in the course of a struggle, unintentionally broke Stefan's neck. The villagers of Winzeldorf saw Nightcrawler and assumed him to be a demon and responsible for the child killings. They were about to kill him when they were all psionically paralyzed by Professor Charles Xavier, who had come to recruit Wagner into the X-Men. Nightcrawler joined the X-Men for years and would leave to become a founding member of the British-based team Excalibur, but eventually return to the X-Men after Excalibur disbanded.

001)		Nocturne's Reality (Old One-Eye) Appearances: 1, 41, 42 Nightcrawler is one of his world's greatest X-Men. This aged and experienced Elf sports a shaven head, goatee, and a patch over his left eye. The X-Men's field leader and Logan's best friend. He remains an active member of the X-Men as a favor to Logan and also to oversee the training of his daughter Nocturne. He tries to teach her the necessary skills to survive in the world, but thinks he might be too demanding or harsh on her with his constant pushes. If his daughter Nocturne fails in her journeys as an Exiles, Nightcrawler will be killed during a battle with the Hellfire Club at the hand of his mother Mystique.
005)		Mimic's Reality (Buddies) Appearances: 14 Kurt appears in this X-Men roster with Mimic in lead.
006)		Blink's Reality (Age of Apocalypse) Appearances: 1 Wagner was part of Magneto's X-Men who revolted against Apocalypse.  - For more on the Age of Apocalypse, please visit It Only Hurts When I Sing
008)		Trial of Phoenix (Aerial Hijinx) Appearances: 2, 3, 4 Nightcrawler was one of the X-Men who defended Jean in the Trial of Phoenix. After Wolverine was stomped into submission by Mimic, Nightcrawler and Professor X visited Logan together. With Wolverine out of the picture, Nightcrawler took on a different role at the Trial of the Phoenix and was a part of different attack squad alongisde Storm and Colossus. He engaged in battle with his daughter from another reality when she grabbed him in a headlock from behind. While ensnared, Nightcrawler teleported multiple times trying to exhaust his passenger. Though this should have rendered any other person unconscious, Nocturne is immune to such a maneuver having spent most of her childhood teleporting while riding piggyback on her father's shoulders. He was knocked out by one of T.J.'s Hex Bolts and was one of only two X-Men who weren't killed by the Dark Phoenix in this reality.
036)		Legacy (Tainted Goods) Appearances: 20 Kurt is one of many in the legion of infected Vi-Locks that dominate Earth.
039)		Iron Monarchy (Back Up) Appearances: 23 One of many mutants led by Magneto during the Mutant War when an unwavering attack was launched upon all of humanity.