![]() This version of her was “the Darkchylde,” a perfect name for a metal band. ![]() On occasion, when tapping into the full power of the sword, Magik even gets horns and tail really rocking an ‘80s heavy metal album cover look. Since Illyana created the Soulsword while she briefly ruled Limbo, whoever else wields the weapon also rules that dimension. She quickly becomes a one of the main cast of New Mutants.ĭuring her years in Limbo, Illyana develops the power to create a magical weapon out of her own being called the Soulsword. The demon lord Belasco also tutors Illyana in the art of black magic, although he also attempts to corrupt her soul in order to create a series of magical “bloodstones.” She eventually gets free of Belasco, and goes back home to Earth, at the exact same time she left it. Her dimension’s version of Storm trains her in the ways of magic Limbo’s version of Kitty Pryde trains her in swordplay. There, she develops her mutant ability of creating teleportation discs. Although she is gone for only a few minutes of “Earth time,” it’s actually a full seven years in the Limbo dimension. At age six, she still had not developed her mutant powers. Belasco, one of the demonic lords of the Limbo realm, kidnapped the young Illyana. Illyana’s transformation from kindergarten-age adorable sibling to teenage sorceress began in Uncanny X-men #160 in 1982. And ultimately, gave her one of the coolest weapons in all of comics - the Soulsword. But in 1983 she got a major character upgrade, and a power boost that made her more powerful than most of the Marvel mutants. She’d appear only sporadically over the next few years. ![]() His young sister eventually got the first name Illyana. This was how fans met Colossus, a later mainstay of the X-Men. We saw her in just a few panels, when her big brother Peter turned his skin into metal and saved his younger sibling from a runaway tractor trailer. She first appeared as an unnamed child in Giant Size X-Men #1 back in 1975, the issue that revitalized the entire X-Men franchise. ![]() You’ve all heard of Jean Grey, right? But right up there with Jean in terms of wild back stories is Illyana Rasputin. Most of the X-Men characters have pretty wild comics histories you can’t sum up quickly. ![]()
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