Tessa actively takes part in the heroics. Kwitney doesn’t sideline Tessa because she’s in a wheelchair. One thing that meant the world to me as a disabled reader was Kwitney’s inclusion of Tessa, a mutant who uses a wheelchair.

Marie is friendly and funny, and she’ll be ride-or-die for her friends. She starts to trust that she can be around people without hurting them.

But Marie grows closer to Remy, and later the other mutants she’s trapped with, and begins to open up more. Especially after her disastrous kiss with her ex-boyfriend Cody put him in a temporary coma. Marie’s voice sounds familiar to her voice in the comics, complete with her well-known catchphrase “sugar.” Marie is fiercely independent, She’s used to relying solely on herself, and staying distant from other humans. Kwitney’s characterization of Marie is one of the best parts of Rogue: Untouched.

Kwitney balances the feeling of carefree young love with the overwhelming stress both Marie and Remy are under. Remy and Marie play off each other well, and their flirtation is a lot of fun to read. When Remy enters the narrative, Rogue: Untouched really begins to hit its stride with character interactions. Now it’s up to Marie to learn how to use her powers and save her newfound friends. Lead by the villainous Góngora, the group plans to sell Remy and other mutants as slaves. If she joins she’ll receive room, board, and training for her mutant powers.īefore Marie can even consider Lucretia’s offer, her involvement with Remy gets her kidnapped by a group of evil mutants. A mysterious, glamorous woman named Lucretia Borger offers Marie the chance to join her organization. However, Remy isn’t the only new addition to Marie’s once-routine life. Through interacting with Remy, Marie learns that she also has mutant powers the power to temporarily take on other mutant’s powers.

Marie invites the stranger to stay with her, learning that his name is Remy LeBeau, former heir to the Thieves Guild. But when a stranger shows up at the diner and she breaks up a fight between him and two small-town bullies, her life turns upside down. Barely scraping by on what she earns at her waitressing job, Marie wants to save up enough money to attend university and leave her small Mississippi town behind for good. Anna Marie (who goes by Marie), has been on her own since her mom disappeared. Rogue: Untouched joins previously published Domino: Strays, and Elsa Bloodstone: Bequest, releasing on the same day as Rogue: Untouched, as part of the Marvel Heroines line. Rogue: Untouched is written by Alisa Kwitney and published by Aconyte Books, an imprint of Asmodee Entertainment.

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