Moira MacTaggert, as she appeared on the variant cover of House of X #1 (July 2019). Art by Mark Brooks.
Publication information
Publisher
Marvel Comics
First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #96 (Dec. 1975)
Created by
Chris Claremont (writer) Dave Cockrum (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego
Dr. Moira Kinross MacTaggert
Species
Human/Sentinel cyborg Depowered human mutant (formerly)[1]
Team affiliations
Muir Island X-Men Excalibur X-Men
Abilities
Limited reality-warping reincarnation powers
Perfect memory
Invisibility of her true nature to mutants and mutant detection devices and methods
Genius-level intellect
Dr. Moira MacTaggert (sometimes spelled MacTaggart, McTaggart, McTaggert) [citation needed], more recently known as Moira X, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #96 (Dec. 1975) and was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum.[2] She works as a geneticist and is an expert in mutant affairs. She is most commonly in association with the X-Men and has been a member of the Muir Island X-Men team and Excalibur.
For the first 44 years of publication, Moira was traditionally depicted in comic books as a supporting character to the X-Men and a human love interest for central character Professor Xavier. In 2019, as part Marvel's House of X and Powers of X relaunch of X-Men comics by writer Jonathan Hickman, Moira's backstory was fundamentally changed, revealing she had been a mutant all along, with a rare power that let her redo her life every time she died. The story set the stage for a major status quo change for X-Men comics, including the formation of the mutant nation state of Krakoa. Later still, Moira betrays the mutant cause and becomes an antagonist to the X-Men.
Moira MacTaggert has appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand, portrayed by Olivia Williams, as well as X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Apocalypse, portrayed by Rose Byrne.
^Cite error: The named reference mutant was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
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