Magik (Illyana Rasputina)
Magik | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | As Illyana Rasputina: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975) As Magik: Magik (Storm and Illyana) #1 (Dec. 1983) |
Created by | Illyana Rasputina: Len Wein Dave Cockrum Magik: Chris Claremont Sal Buscema |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Illyana Alexandria Nikolaievna Rasputina |
Species | Human mutant |
Team affiliations | X-Men New Mutants Hellions Phoenix Five |
Notable aliases | Darkchilde Darkchild Lightchilde Redflag #133 The Darkchilde Archimage |
Abilities |
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Magik (Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina) (Russian: Ильяна Николаевна Распутина) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted most often in relation to the X-Men, and first appeared in the comic book Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975).
Magik is the younger sister of the
Magik was one of the victims to succumb to the Legacy Virus, which led to her being absent from the majority of regular publication until her resurrection in 2007.
Anya Taylor-Joy portrayed Illyana Rasputin in the 2020 film The New Mutants.
Publication history
Illyana first appeared in
In December 1983, the
In The Uncanny X-Men #303 (1993), she dies of the
Fictional character biography
Illyana Rasputin (born Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina) was born in the Ust-Ordynski
At six years old, Illyana is abducted and brought to the United States by Arcade, who uses her and several other hostages to coerce the X-Men into opposing Doctor Doom. She is rescued and brought back to the X-Mansion.[7]
Shortly thereafter, Illyana is called to the
Belasco succeeds in creating three parts of Illyana's bloodstone pendant. Illyana creates the Soulsword and takes over Limbo as its new ruler. While wielding the Soulsword she manifests horns, a tail and fangs. She banishes Belasco from Limbo[14] and claims S'ym as her servant. She then returns to Earth a decade older, although no time has passed on Earth since her kidnapping.[8] She subsequently joins the New Mutants.[3]
Magik misguides one of her teleportation discs through the space-time continuum and strands herself and
A strange armor begins to appear on her body each time she wields the Soulsword. The armor appears only on one of her shoulders and arms at first,
Because of the mystic bond she shares with the Shadowcat from the Limbo dimension, the Soulsword passes on to Earth's Shadowcat in England. It embeds itself in a stone near Excalibur's lighthouse headquarters, waiting for Shadowcat to claim it and become its new wielder.[25] After a conflict with the necromancer Gravemoss, the Soulsword is acquired by Amanda Sefton,[26] who would claim Illyana's mantle as Magik, ruler of Limbo and wielder of the Soulsword.[27]
Illyana returns to Russia where she lives with her parents for some months until they are murdered by the Russian government to secure Illyana's abilities to defeat a psionic being known as the
Not long afterwards, Illyana contracts the Legacy Virus, and dies in the X-Mansion, despite all efforts to save her made by Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert.[29]
Illyana's spirit returns
Belasco eventually deposes Amanda Sefton and, after seeing Illyana reappear during the 2005 "House of M" and realizing he carries a torch for her, creates a powerful spell to return her to him. The spell pulls forth the remaining essence of Illyana still held within Limbo's dimension, taking shape as the Darkchilde, the semi-demonic version of Illyana corrupted and transformed by dark magic. Belasco is not satisfied with his creation, claiming that it is not the true Illyana Rasputin (due to her lack of Illyana's soul) and banishes her to the outer parts of Limbo.[33]
Illyana, now with her Darkchilde persona, discovers some of the teenage
Although only a part of Pixie's soul was taken, Pixie is now capable of performing magic, the hole in her soul having been filled with black magic. Since Belasco had sealed his castle from her own magic and powers, Illyana teaches Pixie a teleportation spell, with which the New X-Men attack and defeat Belasco.[33]
Illyana succumbs to her Darkchilde persona and announces her desire to create several more bloodstones to become god-like in power. She is interrupted by the arrival of Colossus, investigating Illyana's apparent return to life. A pained Illyana rejects her brother's offers of help, and sends everyone back to Earth, before reclaiming Limbo's throne and informing S'ym and N'astirh, now once more her servants, that her next move is to reclaim her soul.[33] Motivated by her friendship with Shadowcat and love for Colossus, Illyana tries to reclaim her soul through love and teleports to the Xavier Institute, only to find it destroyed and abandoned.[35]
While in Limbo, Illyana attacks various demons in her search for the Bloodstone amulet. Her activities are noticed by
The X-Men arrive at the castle; Nightcrawler finds Illyana chained to a pillar. At her direction, he stabs her with Pixie's soul dagger, re-releasing the Soulsword inside of her. Witchfire completes the set of Bloodstones via another portion of Pixie's soul and releases the Elder Gods.[38] Illyana and the other mutants hold back Witchfire and the Elder Gods. Using a combination of magic and the powers of the Soulsword and Souldagger, Illyana and Pixie remove one of Pixie's bloodstones. The Elder Gods are swept back to their dimension, along with Witchfire and the remaining bloodstones. Pixie's Souldagger merges with the bloodstone that was pried loose by Ilyana. Saddened by the loss of her and Pixie's remaining bloodstones, Illyana teleports the mutants back to the X-Base, and they convince her to stay with them.[39]
However, the younger mutants are still very distrustful of her. Illyana seems to have undergone a personality change since her return from the future, becoming more detached emotionally in most cases, possibly due to the further loss of most of her soul.[40]
Later, Cyclops sends Illyana to team up (unknowingly) with X-Force to locate Wolverine and teleport them to Alcatraz to rescue any mutants taken prisoner by Norman Osborn's forces. Along with Pixie, they teleport all the X-Men from San Francisco to their new home, Utopia.[41]
When
In a reversal of fortune, Pixie is kidnapped by
Magik is placed in the X-Brig 2, a newly constructed, ultra-high security prison 500 ft. below sea level. She is controlled by devices that detect and prevent the use of teleportation and magic. During a visit Magik accepts the blame for her incarceration when Colossus tries to comfort her. Magik is temporarily released by Colossus and Kitty to get her help in defeating
Following the events of Schism, Magik is selected to be a member of Cyclops' "Extinction Team."[50] Despite this status, she remains a prisoner. She is only released from the X-Brig for missions, and while in the field, her suit contains lethal fail-safes that prevent her escape.[51]
Illyana is chosen as one of the "Phoenix Five," a group of X-Men granted additional powers by the
It is eventually discovered that Magik along with Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto and Colossus were actually infected with nano-sentinels by Dark Beast, after the incident with the Phoenix Force, and that was the real cause for their broken powers or sudden upgrade.[59] She has since regained total control over her powers and was able to recreate Limbo.[volume & issue needed]
She later helps Doctor Strange defeat the Empirikul, a science cult focused on destroying magic in every dimension.[60]
Magik is employed by Karma to lead a new New Mutants team along with Wolfsbane, Rictor, Strong Guy, Prodigy and Boom-Boom.[61]
When an eco-terrorist group attempted to use the Man-Thing as a weapon against humanity, the part of Ted Sallis within the creature attempted to stop the threat by summoning the demon lord Belasco, who he had previously made a deal with to gain the insight necessary to crack the super-soldier serum. Instead, this ritual summoned Illyana, who offered to release Sallis from the Man-Thing with the warning that this would leave Man-Thing a creature of instinct who could endanger the world. Sallis accepted that he had to remain in Man-Thing, but Illyana not only helped stop the group that had unleashed Man-Thing as a weapon, but later summoned Belasco so that Sallis could punish the demon for his role in Sallis's fall.[62]
Dawn of X
After the formation of the mutant sovereign state of Krakoa, Magik is granted the rank of Captain in the Quiet Council.[63] She joins Sunspot and the other New Mutants in travelling to Shi'ar space, aboard the Starjammers vessel, to locate Sunspot's best friend Cannonball. Magik and the rest of the New Mutants are arrested once the Starjammers arrive at a space station to rob a highly valued object, having been believed to be behind the attempted thievery.[64] The New Mutants are quickly bailed out by Cannonball's wife, Smasher, under the order that they are to protect Deathbird in transit to the Shi'ar homeworld to instruct her niece in the way of rule.[65] The team where attacked by the Death Commandos who Oracle had ordered to keep Xandra of the throne, Magik excitedly several of them all knowing she wasn't human and therefore wasn't in violation of Krakoa's laws. With Deathbird's help they defeated them all and took control of their ship. Once they arrived on Chandilar they ambushed Oracle for trying to have them killed leading to a fight between the New Mutants and the Imperial Guard. Xandra put a stop to the fight by announcing that Oracle and Deathbird will both be her mentors and the New Mutants left back to Krakoa. Sunspot staying behind to spend more time with Cannonball.[66]
After this she went on many more missions with the New Mutants to bring more Mutants to Krakoa,[67] and developed a fondness for teaching and mentoring, training the islands youth at the Akadamos Habitat,[68] teaching Magic at Strange Academy,[69] and forming her own version of the Dark Riders.[70]
X of Swords
Magik was one of nine Krakoan Mutants chosen by Saturnyne to fight against Krakoa's sister island Arakko in a tournament in Otherworld. The first thing she did to prepare for this tournament was train Cypher in Sword fighting.[71] For the actual tournament she was pitted against Pogg-Ur-Pogg, twice. The first time was an arm wrestling match in which he easily beat her due to his Hulking appearance and massive physical advantage.[72] In their second fight she outsmarted him by realising Pogg means sword in Arakkii and allowing him to swallow her so she could pull the actual Pogg-Ur-Pogg, a tiny Goblin, out of his armour.[73]
The Labours of Magik
Magik decides she does not want to balance her teaching jobs and being a captain of Krakoa while also being queen of Limbo and wanting to transcend her traumatic past she decides to distance herself from Limbo. Needing a new ruler for the demonic dimension, Magik—over the objections of her fellow New Mutants—offers to
Powers and abilities
Teleportation
Magik has the
When Illyana called for a stepping disc she had to use Limbo as a midway point before she could teleport to an alternate location. Magik has succeeded in teleporting herself across continents, from one continent to another, and even interplanetary and intergalactic distances on occasion.[81]
Unlike most teleporters in the Marvel Universe, Magik can teleport through time as well as space. She has teleported moments, days or centuries into the past or future.[16][82][80] Especially early on, she had difficulty modulating this ability and would often inadvertently travel through time and space when intending to teleport only through space.[16][20] The greater the distance over which she teleported, the greater the possible margin of error in terms of her arriving at the point of time she intended.[citation needed]
After Illyana absorbed all of Limbo, the stepping discs ceased to exist; now when Illyana teleports, hellish images of ghosts, dragons, or other supernatural creatures appear.[83]
Sorcery
Magik is the sorceress supreme of her Limbo dimension.[84]
In Limbo, Magik is able to cast any magic spell that Belasco could, having had access to his store of sorcerous knowledge. Her sorcery is a unique mix of black magic that she learned from Belasco and white magic she was taught by an alternative-reality Ororo Munroe.[85]
On Earth, her magic was limited to astral projection, sensing mystical presences, scrying, and casting very simple spells.[85][86] In X-Infernus, she uses magic of a seemingly greater strength than she could previously use in Earth's dimension.[37] Since absorbing Limbo and becoming Doctor Strange's disciple, Illyana's magic on Earth has been considerably stronger, such as when she used spells she learned from Doctor Strange to destroy advanced Sentinels.[87]
Eldritch armor
The more Magik uses her magical power, the more mystical armor appears on her body, in addition to demonic features such as horns and hooves. The armor deflects or limits attacks, both physical and magical.[21] Illyana's armor also provides protection from the Transmode Virus.[24] The armor also provides Illyana with super-strength, which she displayed by being able to toss the giant demon S'ym off of her several feet.[88]
Soulsword
The Soulsword was created by Illyana Rasputin during her imprisonment in Limbo. Illyana magically caused her own life force energy to manifest before her. Once this happened she cast her hand into a pool of eldritch energy and imagined a weapon in her mind. When she withdrew her hand she was holding the Soulsword, created from her own soul.[14] A simple looking blade upon its origin, it develops intricate designs and forms upon itself the more Illyana uses it, becoming more powerful with each use.[89][90]
Magik's Soulsword disrupts magical energies, constructs, and creatures. It also augments the power level of any magic user who holds it.
Other abilities
Illyana has formidable psionic shields, which block anyone from reading her mind, even such powerful
Due to Belasco creating the magical bloodstones with their souls, Illyana has a psychic bond with X-Man
Collection
- After being out-of-print for a few decades, the series was collected as a hardcover graphic novel titled X-Men - Magik: Storm & Illyana and released in Dec. 2008.
Title | Material collected | Publication Date | ISBN |
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X-Men - Magik: Storm & Illyana (144 pages)
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Magik #1-4 | April 2008 | 9780785184553 |
Reception
Critical reception
Sara Century of Syfy referred to Magik as "one of the X-Men's most surprisingly popular characters," asserting, "Illyana's story often involves her teetering on the edge between good and evil. She is a character who has been forced to make no-win choices since her early childhood, and those decisions have gone on to define much of her arc. However, Illyana is also a brave, dynamic character whose hope was crushed out of her by a much older man when she was only a child. The trauma she underwent is extreme, even by X-Men standards. Though she finds her ability to hope has been crushed, Illyana's saving grace is that she does everything in her power to keep her friends safe from harm. No longer trusting herself, she surrounds herself with good people and puts her faith in them, instead. For anyone who has been made to feel like a lesser person for the abuse they've undergone, Illyana is a surprisingly poignant character. Her continuous struggle against her evil impulses might not always work out to everyone's advantage, but the fact that she continues to try even when all hope seems to be lost is still inspirational."[100]
David Harth of
Alex Schlesinger of Screen Rant wrote, "The powerful mutant Magik, sister of the long time X-Men member Colossus, has not only seen a meteoric rise to fame over the past decade, but also has the best long-term character arc of any hero in Marvel Comics. First introduced in 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1 as the young, unnamed sister of Piotr Rasputin, Illyana was eventually kidnapped and brought to America by the villain Arcade before she was taken to the realm of Limbo by the evil demon lord Belasco. Since then Magik has dealt with the trauma she experienced at the hands of Belasco and his henchman S'ym in Limbo, losing her soul, and becoming the Queen of Limbo. [...] Magik's story powerfully shows that trauma is not necessary for growth or empowerment, but one can also not undo the trauma of their past. Instead, the path forward is to reconcile your past with your present and gain strength from the freedom you have desperately fought for. Magik's story of heroic redemption, escape from abuse, and acceptance of one's identity has given this X-Men fan-favorite the best character arc in Marvel Comics."[102]
Michileen Martin of
Accolades
- In 2014, BuzzFeed ranked Magik 12th in their "95 X-Men Members Ranked From Worst To Best" list.[104]
- In 2015, Entertainment Weekly ranked Magik 33rd in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.[105]
- In 2018,
- In 2019, Sideshow included Magik in their "Marvel's Most Masterful Witches" list.[108]
- In 2019,
- In 2020, Scary Mommy included Magik in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.[111]
- In 2020,
- In 2021, Screen Rant ranked Magik 1st in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The New Mutants" list.[115]
- In 2021, Looper included Magik in their "Marvel's Most Powerful Magic Users" list.[1]
- In 2022, Sportskeeda ranked Magik 3rd in their "5 most powerful comic characters with magic abilities" list.[86]
- In 2022, Screen Rant included Magik in their "10 Most Powerful X-Men" list,[116] and in their "15 Most Powerful Marvel Magic Users (Who Aren't Doctor Strange)" list.[117]
- In 2022,
Literary reception
Volumes
X-Men: Return of Magik - 2008
According to Marvel Comics, X-Men: Return of Magik #1 sold out in September 2008.[120][121] According to Diamond Comic Distributors, X-Men: Return of Magik #1 was the 128th best selling comic book in September 2008.[122][123]
What If? Magik - 2018
According to Diamond Comic Distributors, What If Magik #1 was the 115th best selling comic book in October 2018.[124][125]
Matt Lune of
Other versions
Age of Apocalypse
In the
Earth-6160
During the "
Excalibur
During Excalibur's "Cross-Time Caper" storyline, the team encounters a childlike version of Illyana, clothed in the regalia of Doctor Strange, who runs an organized crime cartel in partnership with her friend Shadowcat. When Alistaire Stuart and a near comatose Rachel Summers are threatened by the authorities, Illyana grants them sanctuary; however, she merely intends to use her guests in a bid for dominance over the world. When the authorities once more attempt to search Illyana's apartment, an altercation occurs and she is shot dead but merely resurrects into her fully demonic form. That world's Captain Britain and Psylocke arrive on the scene to help stop Illyana. Psylocke psychically restores Phoenix, who performs an exorcism on Illyana and restores her to her human state.[134]
Exiles
Illyana from Earth-4210 is also a member of
House of M
Not a true alternate earth as such, House of M is a temporary recreation of Earth-616 by the Scarlet Witch in which mutants are dominant on Earth. Magik is a member of a S.H.I.E.L.D. squadron of young mutants called the Hellions. Like most of the other Hellions, she eventually joins the side of the New Mutants, a team being groomed as future leaders, in fighting the establishment of the House of M in Japan. This version of Magik teleports to Limbo before the Scarlet Witch restores reality to its former state.[135] This results in Belasco's resurrection of Illyana in Earth-616.[volume & issue needed] In this reality, she can speak Japanese.
Shattershot
In the Shattershot crossover, a reality was shown in which Illyana was regressed in the same way as in
Other
In another reality in which Illyana is an adult, her son is trapped in an incorporeal form. She makes a deal with Mephisto to provide him with a body, at the cost of all mutants' lives, but her son ultimately rejects the offer.[137]
What If?
- In "What If? the X-Men Had Stayed In Asgard?" Illyana is one of the New Mutants who chooses to remain in the Realm Eternal. She eventually replaces the Enchantress as Asgard's supreme sorceress and assumes a secondary role as liaison between her teammate Danielle Moonstar, the new ruler of Hel, and Asgard.[138]
- In a 2006 issue of What If...?, Magik is a member of a Soviet version of the Fantastic Four known as "The Ultimate Federalist Freedom Fighters."[volume & issue needed]
- In a 2018 issue of What If? Magik Became Sorcerer Supreme? envisions Illyana as recently freed from Limbo seven years older and wanting nothing to do with the X-Men and runs away before coming to the attention of Doctor Strange.[139]
In other media
Television
- Illyana Rasputin appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Red Dawn".[140] Additionally, a possible future version appears in the episode "Time Fugitives" as part of a vision that Cable has.
- Magik was intended to appear in Wolverine and the X-Men before the series was cancelled.[141]
Film
Illyana Rasputin / Magik appears in The New Mutants, portrayed by Anya Taylor-Joy as a young adult and Colbi Gannett as a child.[142] This version was sold into child slavery, is at odds with terrifying creatures called the Smiling Men, and is accompanied by Lockheed.
Video games
- Illyana Rasputin appears as a non-playable character (NPC) in X-Men Legends, voiced by Jeannie Elias.[citation needed]
- Magik appears as an unlockable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[143]
- Magik appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes,[144] voiced by Tara Strong.[145]
- Magik appears as a playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.[146]
- Magik appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Fight.[147]
- Magik appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[citation needed]
- Magik appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Revolution.[148]
- Magik appears as a playable character in Marvel's Midnight Suns,[149] voiced by Laura Bailey.[citation needed] This version is a graduate of the Xavier Academy, former member of the X-Men, the ruler of Limbo, and a member of the titular Midnight Suns.
- Magik appears in Marvel Snap.[150]
- Magik will appear in Marvel Rivals.[151]
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External links
- Magik (Illyana Rasputin) at the Marvel Universe wiki
- UncannyXmen.net spotlight on Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin
- Marvel Directory entry on Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin
- Sorceress Supreme - an Illyana Rasputin fan site Archived 2 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Magik on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki