Shadow Cat X-Men: Who Is Kitty Pryde?

Shadow Cat in X-Men refers to Kitty Pryde, the character also called Shadowcat who can pass through solid objects. CBS News identifies Kitty Pryde as Shadowcat, so both names refer to the same character. For broader franchise coverage, visit our X-Men page.

The name connects several details that may appear separately when readers look for Kitty Pryde. Shadowcat is the name used for her in Marvel’s 2024 Excalibur guide, which lists her among the team’s original members. The same guide describes Lockheed, a small extraterrestrial dragon, as her close companion.

Kitty Pryde is also the name used for Elliot Page’s character in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), directed by Brett Ratner, and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), directed by Bryan Singer. CBS News associates the name Shadowcat with her ability to walk through solid objects. Whether the question uses Kitty Pryde, Shadowcat or Shadow Cat, those names lead back to the character discussed here.

Kitty Pryde can pass through solid objects, an ability known as phasing. CBS News describes Shadowcat as able to walk through solid objects, establishing the power associated with her character name.

The description connects the name Shadowcat to a specific ability: passing through solid objects. It also connects that ability to Kitty Pryde, since CBS News identifies Kitty Pryde as Shadowcat. The two names in this article therefore refer to the same character and the same stated power.

Phasing is the term used here for that ability. The description of walking through solid objects gives a direct answer to what the power means, while the name Kitty Pryde identifies the character who has it. The other details covered here concern her movie portrayals, her companion Lockheed and her membership in Excalibur. Marvel’s guide uses the name Shadowcat when it lists her among the team’s original members and describes Lockheed as her close companion.

Elliot Page portrayed Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and returned as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). TheWrap also identifies Page as the third actor to portray Kitty Pryde across the first three X-Men films.

The two Page roles covered here are separated by their film titles and release years: X-Men: The Last Stand came out in 2006, and X-Men: Days of Future Past followed in 2014. In each case, the character is Kitty Pryde, also called Shadowcat. Her name and her ability to pass through solid objects are connected in CBS News’s identification of the character.

TheWrap’s description of Page as the third actor to portray Kitty Pryde across the first three X-Men films adds context to the casting. It distinguishes Page’s portrayal from the character’s earlier portrayals while establishing Page as the actor who returned to the role in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Yes, Shadowcat appears in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), with Elliot Page returning as Kitty Pryde. CBS News reported in May 2013 that Page was filming X-Men: Days of Future Past in Montreal.

The character name connects that appearance with Page’s earlier portrayal in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). TheWrap identifies Page as Kitty Pryde in both films and describes Page as the third actor to portray the character across the first three X-Men films. CBS News identifies Kitty Pryde as Shadowcat and describes her ability to walk through solid objects.

The May 2013 report concerns filming in Montreal, while X-Men: Days of Future Past is the 2014 film in which Page returned as Kitty Pryde. Those details answer both the question of whether Shadowcat appears in the film and the question of who portrays her. They also distinguish the filming report from the film’s release year.

Shadowcat’s dragon is Lockheed, whom Marvel describes as a small extraterrestrial dragon and her close companion. The description appears in Marvel’s 2024 Excalibur guide, which also lists Shadowcat among the team’s original members.

Lockheed’s connection to Kitty Pryde follows from the name Shadowcat: CBS News identifies Kitty Pryde as Shadowcat, and Marvel’s guide describes Lockheed as Shadowcat’s close companion. Marvel’s description provides both the name of the dragon and the terms used to describe him: small and extraterrestrial.

The Excalibur guide also supplies a team connection for Shadowcat. It lists her among the original members and says she and Nightcrawler recuperated on Muir Island after the Marauders attacked the Morlocks. Lockheed’s description and Shadowcat’s membership appear in the same guide, giving readers looking for her dragon a connection to the guide’s account of Excalibur as well as the name of her close companion.

Yes, Kitty Pryde is an original member of Excalibur, listed as Shadowcat in Marvel’s 2024 guide to the team. The guide also says Shadowcat and Nightcrawler recuperated on Muir Island after the Marauders attacked the Morlocks.

Marvel uses the name Shadowcat for the team member, while CBS News identifies Shadowcat as Kitty Pryde. Those names connect the Excalibur listing to the character portrayed by Elliot Page in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Marvel’s guide also describes Lockheed as Shadowcat’s close companion and as a small extraterrestrial dragon.

The guide’s account places Shadowcat with Nightcrawler on Muir Island during their recovery following the attack on the Morlocks. Its list of original members separately establishes her place in Excalibur. Together, those details explain why a search for Kitty Pryde may lead to the name Shadowcat in material about the team and her companion Lockheed.

Kitty Pryde first appeared alongside Emma Frost in Uncanny X-Men #129, the 1980 issue credited by Marvel to Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Marvel’s history of Emma identifies the issue as Kitty’s introduction too, placing their connection at the beginning of both characters’ published histories. The publisher’s anniversary reading list describes Kitty receiving offers from Xavier’s institute and Emma’s Massachusetts Academy, making her education an immediate point of conflict between competing mutant organizations.

Marvel’s character biography supplies the personal circumstances behind that choice. Kitty is a Jewish teenager from Deerfield, Illinois, already capable of taking college courses at thirteen and a half. Her emerging mutation brings severe headaches, and one episode ends with her passing through her bed and bedroom floor. Emma approaches her family before Xavier arrives, giving the school offers a direct connection to powers Kitty has only just discovered.

Those details give readers a specific starting point beyond the movie appearances. Begin with issue #129 for Kitty’s arrival and the rival recruitment efforts, rather than assuming Shadowcat was already her established identity when she entered the series.

Kitty becomes Captain Kate in Marauders (2019), commanding a ship that transports mutants to the island nation of Krakoa. Marvel’s April 27, 2020 introduction explains why a boat matters in a world with mutant gateways: some governments prohibit their citizens from entering the new homeland. The crew provides passage for people those restrictions leave stranded, while the surrounding trading operation brings Krakoa’s valuable medicinal flowers into countries outside its agreements.

Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw establish the Hellfire Trading Company, with a port in Hellfire Bay supporting commerce with humanity. Marvel names Storm, Bishop and Iceman among Kate’s crew, and credits the series’ creative team with Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, Federico Blee and Russell Dauterman. The opening arc takes the operation to Madripoor, giving Kate’s captaincy a defined mission and setting rather than simply another costume or codename.

Marvel’s separate account of women leaders also records Kitty’s work as a teacher and headmistress before discussing this rescue role. That career helps explain the shift from the young recruit to an adult responsible for other mutants. For this chapter of her history, look for Marauders (2019) #1 and the name Captain Kate.

Shadowkat is the spelling Marvel announced for Kate Pryde’s transformation during Fall of X in 2023, accompanied by a costume designed by Peach Momoko. The publisher revealed the change at MegaCon Orlando and published its announcement on April 1. Its description explicitly connected the new outfit to Kitty’s ninja training, giving the visual redesign a reason within her established background rather than presenting it as an unrelated replacement character.

The announcement placed Shadowkat in Gerry Duggan’s X-Men after that summer’s Hellfire Gala, with a changed ensemble following the event. Marvel listed X-Men #25 for August 2, crediting Duggan as writer, Stefano Caselli as artist and Joshua Cassara as cover artist. Momoko’s costume design also appeared on a design variant cover, separating her contribution to the character’s appearance from the issue’s interior art credit.

Marvel’s accompanying list of earlier names included Sprite, Ariel, Red Queen and Captain Kate. Those names belong to different phases of Kitty’s comics career, which explains why searches can produce several labels for her. Use Shadowkat when identifying the announced 2023 redesign, while keeping Shadowcat as the familiar name used elsewhere in this article and in the older Excalibur material.