With blue fur, glowing yellow eyes, pointed ears, three-fingered hands, a prehensile tail and an appearance often compared to a demon, Nightcrawler looks like someone straight out of a supernatural horror story. Yet behind that frightening exterior lives one of Marvel Comics' most compassionate, humorous and spiritually grounded heroes.

The comment that once would have started an argument no longer owns your emotions. The delay that once would have sent you into panic now sends you into prayer. The disrespect that once would have made you seek revenge now meets a boundary and a calm response. The disappointment that once would have caused you to shut down no longer has the same power over you.

A young alien stranded on Earth chose the appearance of a Black teenage boy, befriended two human siblings and tried to figure out how to survive on a planet he did not completely understand while searching for a way home.