What IS Kittys natural state?
This question is actually a bit hard to answer because of differing opinions and differing sources of information. The question of Kitty’s natural state starts back during a period called “The Mutant Massacre”. Before this period, Kitty was in a naturally solid state and would have to concentrate to phase her body through solid objects. But, during the mutant massacre, one of the Mauraders (a nasty bunch of villians that were slaughtering the Morlocks, an underground band of mutant outcasts) named Harpoon was shooting an energy harpoon at the X-men’s Rogue when Kitty saw her team mate in danger and threw herself in front of Rogue. The spear had a highly adverse effect on Kitty. Something in the makeup of the weapon reacted with Kitty’s mutant powers. Kitty could no longer become solid and her state started to deteriorate quickly to the point that she was going to discorporate forever. Kitty ended up in a tube in a mist-like state and the X-men put out a call for help from the geniuses
