Bamfs are also a race of creatures described as small
imp-like versions of Nightcrawler, which accompany him wherever he goes. They first appeared in the first
Nightcrawler miniseries in 1985, and became a regular fixture of X-Men comics in the early 2010s.
Earth-5311 In
Uncanny X-Men #153,
Kitty Pryde tells a
fairy tale to six-year-old
Illyana Rasputin, which includes a race of creatures called "Bamfs", described as small
imp-like versions of Nightcrawler. A Bamf enters the story after catching sight of Pirate Kitty, with whom he falls in love. He subsequently joins Kitty's team and aids in taking down Princess Jean (the counterpart of
Jean Grey).
Earth-616 In the 1985 miniseries
Nightcrawler, Nightcrawler is sent to another universe identical to Kitty's fairy tale, where he encounters the Bamfs. Nightcrawler discovers that female Bamfs differ from the males in that they are taller, resembling female versions of himself. The male Bamfs are lecherous, flirtatious, and skirt-chasing, making them rather tiring company in the presence of females. During the establishment of the
Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Bamfs infest the school after
Beast accidentally opens a portal to their home reality. The Bamfs are later revealed to be demons and the children of a giant
maggot and a
changeling taking the form of a
lamprey. The Bamfs were abandoned in the brimstone plains of Hell before being rescued by
Azazel, who used his blood to transform them into imp-like forms resembling him. ==Powers and abilities==