Illyana "Magik" Rasputin Appreciation

[yanapryde]

Thank you!!! Now maybe my friends will shut up about calling her Nightcrawler with a sword outside Limbo. .

(raises eyebrow) Nightcrawler with a sword?

Uh...this guy?

Mister Buckler of the Swashes?
You be sure to tell your "friends" that Illyana is much more than Nightcrawler "with a sword", and that they should get to know Nightcrawler better before making ignorant comparisons.
I suppose they think Wiccan is just the Scarlet Witch....but with a red cloak?

[Selphy]

I just finished Magik over the weekend and I loved it. I'm really dying to continue reading more from that list you guys gave me but next up is New Mutants Vol 2-7 which are $15-$20 each. That's expensive =/

And it doesn't help that D3 comes out tomorrow

[244]

Uh...this guy?

You get the idea.

He does swing a sword from time to time but he's not generally known for it.

[dr.maikel]

Illyana rejected Quire's offer. I mean, "ripping him apart like a bear does to a baby goat" is a sure sign she doesn't want him.

Thats teasing to keep him interested.

[244]

Thats teasing to keep him interested.

I don't know, she does come off as asexual.

[Selphy]

Is Return of Magik worth reading? And where does it fall in the timeline that was posted up several pages ago?

[244]

Is Return of Magik worth reading? And where does it fall in the timeline that was posted up several pages ago?

"Return of Magik" is a collection of various stories from each of these issues:

http://www.comicvine.com/x-men-unlim...ide/37-110284/
http://www.comicvine.com/new-x-men-t...ude/37-107611/
http://www.comicvine.com/x-men-divid...and/37-185347/

The first one takes place as an aftermath of the Morlocks Massacre story arc. The second is a prologue from the "Quest for Magik" story arc. the third takes place after "Quest for Magik" and before X-infernus. If you only want to read the Magik related story parts and don't want to spend more than ten dollars on all three of the issues I've linked, then "Return of Magik" is the right choice. X-men Unlimited and X-men Divided We Stand are both series with self contained short stories.

[MuhollandDriver]

Is Return of Magik worth reading? And where does it fall in the timeline that was posted up several pages ago?

It is a collection of stories. The first one is one of my favorite stories with Illyana and her brother. When it was released, it sold out at comic book stores.

Buy it for the cover, if anything!

[NielsVanEekelen]

It's also collected in the X-Infernus collection in its entirety, though, so if you're getting it that way...

[MuhollandDriver]

It's also collected in the X-Infernus collection in its entirety, though, so if you're getting it that way...

Speaking of that, I looked at a graphic novels sales chart from bookstores. Did you know that X-Infernus still sells decently today? Pretty cool stuff!

[BlackJack]

Does anyone know or care to speculate as to whether Limbo is utlized by Illyana Rasputins from alternate Earths? This question came to mind when reading some old issues of Exiles that featured an alternate Magik. It made me wonder a few things:

1.) Is Earth 616 Magik the only Illyana to suffer the fate of being kidnapped as a child and corrupted by Belasco? Out of the few alternate Magik's depicted (Earth 4210 -Exiles, AoA, Shattershot, etc) have any of them explicitly been written as using Limbo as a halfway point or being abducted/corrupted by Belasco as a child?

2.) This brings another question. Are there alternate versions of Belasco? I would suspect not - otherwise wouldn't Limbo be filled to the brim with alt-Belascos fighting each other for supremacy?

3.)The Belasco side thought..erm...aside...it seems that if alternate Illyana Rasputins had access to limbo, we would run across the same problem....millions of Illyana's bumping into each other in Limbo, and millionsof "critters" trying to figure out which one of them is their queen.

4.)Furthermore, if all Illyana Rasputins have the potential of Earth 616's Magik to rule Limbo why didn't Belasco just replace our Illyana with another when she de-aged/unwrote herself from existence during the Inferno mess?

So many thoughts. Anyone have any commentary?

[Havok83]

Haha, man I love Illyana. As everyone sees the PF and are either in fear, awe or terror, she's smiling and loving whats to cme next

[yanapryde]

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Script: Niels van Eekelen
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Script: Niels van Eekelen
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Script: Niels van Eekelen
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