On my second read through of X-Men #4, I noticed Rogue's hair changed color when she borrowed Psylocke's power. Not the skunk stripe, but all the brown hair turned purple. And the effect faded when Psylocke ran out of power to borrow, so by the time Storm rescued Rogue, she was back to brunette.
It struck me as a little strange. I mean, Rogue's hair didn't seem to go black from borrowing Northstar's speed for that train sequence. She hasn't sprouted a Mohawk in the past when she borrowed from Storm. But her skin does usually sprout fur when she swiped Nightcrawler's powers (check out the cover to Uncanny X-Men 194 sometime, I'm too lazy to post it here). But her hair didn't change color.
It's always been inconsistent, though. In X-Men Evolution she'd sprout considerable body hair if she touched Sabretooth, but not Nightcrawler. And she's never grown a tail like Kurt, even though that is a power of his. At least as much as Wolverine's (bone) claws are. Incidentally, if Rogue borrows only a certain portion of someone's abilities now, how does that work for something like claws? Do Logan's get shorter until she's done, then spontaneously grow a lot?
It's curious to me the change would be so specific. That it would only affect her brown hair, that her facial features or something else wouldn't shift as well.
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