Rogue Fact — October 22, 2026

Today's Fact

Verified against multiple independent sources. Issues cited below.

ROGUE SWALLOWED WONDER MAN WHOLE — AND LIVED WITH HIM IN HER HEAD!

The Featured Fact

Everyone knows Rogue kept Carol Danvers' powers for decades. Far fewer know her current flying-brick powerset comes from a second permanent absorption: in Uncanny Avengers vol. 1 #21 (2014), by Rick Remender & Daniel Acuña, Rogue absorbed Wonder Man — Simon Williams — completely. Because Simon is made of pure ionic energy, there was no body to let go of: she didn't borrow his powers, she took all of him.

So Wonder Man moved in. After Scarlet Witch's spell in #22 returned the other heroes' powers Rogue had stockpiled to fight a Celestial, Simon's powers — and his consciousness — stayed. For years afterward, Rogue flew and fought with Wonder Man's strength and invulnerability while he talked to her inside her own head, a full person trapped as a passenger in the woman who had absorbed him.

It took romance to evict him: in Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #22 (2017), Rogue's kiss with Deadpool finally freed Wonder Man from her body — and, in the strangest parting gift in Avengers history, she kept his powers anyway. Current Uncanny X-Men writer Gail Simone has confirmed Rogue's powers today are still "Simon's," with only a trace of Carol left.

Why It's Obscure

Rogue's powers have a body count of exactly two permanent donors. Carol Danvers is famous. Simon Williams spent years as a voice in her head and a powerset she never gave back — and most readers never noticed the swap.

2014

Uncanny Avengers vol. 1 #21 — Facing the Celestial Executioner, Rogue absorbs hero after hero — including Wonder Man, who lets her take him. Being ionic energy, he is absorbed entirely: powers and psyche. Source: Popverse, on Simone's confirmation.

2014

Uncanny Avengers vol. 1 #22 — Wanda's spell sends the borrowed powers home — except Simon's. Rogue "still retained the powers and the very essence she absorbed from Wonder Man," and loses her hard-won control of her touch in the bargain.

2015

Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #1 — On Counter-Earth, the High Evolutionary's Master Scientist strips out Wonder Man's consciousness — but not his powers. Even the partial eviction leaves the ionic powerset behind. The powers were never really hers to return.

2017

Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #22 — Rogue kisses Deadpool; Wonder Man walks free for the first time in three years of publication time — and Rogue retains his abilities regardless, restoring her classic strength, flight, and invulnerability for good. Source: CBR, "How Did Rogue Get Her Super-Strength Back?"

2025

Still Simon's powers — Writer Gail Simone confirmed Rogue's current powerset is Wonder Man's, with "a tiny bit of Carol still in her." Forty years on, the famous Ms. Marvel powers are the footnote — the Wonder Man powers are the headline.

Gallery

Art from Rogue's Uncanny Avengers era — no AI imagery, nothing mislabeled.

Uncanny Avengers art of Rogue in her green costume using her super-strength in battle — **Ionic Rogue In Action**Rogue fighting with the Wonder Man powerset — the strength and invulnerability she absorbed in Uncanny Avengers #21 and, uniquely, never had to give back.

Uncanny Avengers preview art featuring Rogue front and center with the Unity Division — **The Unity Division Era**Preview art from the run where it happened: Rogue stockpiled an army's worth of powers to stop a Celestial, and one Avenger — Simon Williams — simply never left.

Comic art of Rogue flying in her classic green-and-white costume — **Flying Brick, Second Edition**The classic silhouette — flight, strength, white streak — rebuilt on ionic energy. Same look as the Danvers years, entirely different donor.

Sources

Every claim above is verified against at least two of these independent sources.

Bullpen Bulletins

Uncanny X-Men's Gail Simone Sets the Record Straight on How Rogue's Powers Work — PopverseVerifies: Rogue absorbed not only Wonder Man's powers but his entire being in Uncanny Avengers #21 by Remender & Acuña, because Simon is made entirely of ionic energy; Simone confirms her current powers are Simon's.
How Did Rogue Get Her Super-Strength Back? — CBRVerifies: in Uncanny Avengers #21 Wonder Man allowed Rogue to absorb him; she was stuck with him; Deadpool's kiss in vol. 3 #22 freed Wonder Man, yet Rogue retained his abilities.
An Unexpected Romance Leads to a Major Uncanny Avenger's Return — CBRVerifies: against the Celestial Executioner Rogue absorbed various heroes including Wonder Man; his powers and psyche remained part of her and she used his powers as her own, with Simon providing dialogue in her head.