BLOODY BESS
Before she romanced Nightcrawler, Bloody Bess was a telepathic member of the Crimson Pirates, a group of mercenaries that debuted in UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #384 by Chris Claremont and Adam Kubert. Years after their first encounter with the X-Men, Nightcrawler encountered the Crimson Pirates again when they tried to capture a powerful young mutant. Their subsequent swordfight left Bloody Bess infatuated with him.
When Bloody Bess unintentionally unleashed the Shadow King, she telepathically reached out to Nightcrawler to help her deal with the malicious psychic entity called in NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) #5 by Claremont and Todd Nauck. Bess greeted Nightcrawler with a kiss, then saved his life before he led the fight against the Shadow King.
After teaming up to free everyone the Crimson Pirates’ boss, Voge, had taken captive, Nightcrawler and Bess enjoyed a brief relationship and vacationed together. However, they effectively split up when Bess devoted her time to rescuing the other captive Crimson Pirates and Nightcrawler returned to the X-Men in NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) #12 by Claremont and Nauck.
