History
Jay Thomas was a human pretending to be mutant superhero living in New York City with his step-brother Benny and half-brother Aiden.[4] Taking the alias of Daycrawler while his brother named himself Marvel Guy, the two boys joined group of teenage vigilante mutants that did not answer the call to join their "fellow" mutants at Krakoa.
On their first mission, the team intercepted a robbery by the Hell's Belles, a group of depowered mutant criminals. During the fight, Marvel Guy and Daycrawler (who had used his teleportation to retrieve the loot) confronted Vague. After the battle the vigilante teenagers were questioned by the X-Men about refusing to come to Krakoa. After explaining that they could not come to Krakoa yet, Daycrawler teleported the team away to evade the approaching cops susceptible to enforce Kamala's Law, a ban on teenage vigilantism. That very night, the team went to a Gateway to Krakoa thinking the technology they wielded would help them go through but were unable to pass.[3]
During an attempt to stop the Hell's Belle from breaking out of prison, Jay declared that his new hero name to be Nighty-Nightcrawler due to him finding Daycrawler to be a terrible name.[2]Personality
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Alien technology that enables Jay to teleport. Modified by Carmen to make a "bamf" sound and produce smoke.[5]
- Pieces of Magneto's helmet that block telepathy.[6]
Transportation
Notes
- The Children of the Atom are patterned after existing members of the X-Men, in his case, Jay-Jay is based on Nightcrawler, with whom Jay-Jay even shares the "Bamf!" teleportation sound effect. Jason's costume also emulates Nightcrawler's physical features, namely hands with only three digits and two-toed feet.