There was the problem, too, as noted, that he just had too many powers. Weird looking, with a prehensile tail, fingers and toes that could grip any surface, strength, agility, glowing eyes—and, oh yes, teleportation. That last one accompanied by a sulfer-and-brimstone effect. Then we found out his blue/black skin was really fur. And, finally, that he was “invisible in shadow”. (At one point Roger Stern commented that Kurt was like Green Lantern’s ring, constantly being able to do things he couldn’t last issue.). When the Stark image inducer became part of the play set, Shooter complained that it was being used too much as a super power itself.

One of my self-assigned mandates on the book was to downplay these aspects, tho I was not entirely successful. Right near the end of my run I finally surrendered, and decided to play Kurt pretty much as Daffy Duck.

(I used the “invisible in shadow” bit when I introduced Manta, as a way of demonstrating her power. Chris chose to write something else, and a unique character was lost.)