Magik (comics)

Magik
New Mutants Vol. 2 #15 variant cover. Art by Arthur Adams.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(As Illyana Rasputin): Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975) (As Magik): New Mutants #14 (April 1984)
In-story information
Alter ego	Illyana Nikolaevna Alexandria Rasputin
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	X-Men New Mutants Hellions Phoenix Five
Notable aliases	Darkchylde, Lightchylde, Redflag #133, the Darkchilde Archimage
Abilities	Inter-dimensional teleportation Magic manipulation Wears mystic armor Use of Soulsword

Magik (Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina - typically anglicized to Rasputin) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most often in relation to the X-Men. She first appeared in the comic book Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975).

Magik is the younger sister of the Russian X-Man Colossus. She is a member of a fictional sub-species of humanity known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Her natural mutant power is the ability to teleport. She also is a capable sorceress.

Illyana first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975), though her first name was not given until Uncanny X-Men #145 (May 1981). For the first eight years of the character's existence, she was an infrequently appearing background character. The means of changing this was set in Uncanny X-Men #160 (August 1982), in which she ages seven years while in a paranormal dimension called Limbo, became a sorceress, and develops the mutant ability to create "teleportation discs." These changes were not immediately explored or explained, and for the next year she remained essentially a background character.

In December 1983, the limited series Magik (Illyana and Storm) was launched, chronicling Illyana's years in Limbo. Immediately following the end of the series, she was added to the cast of the New Mutants, appearing regularly in that comic until New Mutants #77 (July 1989), in which she returns to her family in Russia after having reverted to childhood. As the younger sister of Colossus and a member of the New Mutants, she also sporadically appeared as a guest star in Uncanny X-Men.

In Uncanny X-Men #303 (1993), she dies of the Legacy Virus. Other than flashbacks and alternate realities, she was absent from regular publication for most of the 1990s, though she does appear as a time-traveler in New Mutants: Truth or Death #1-3 (1997). After being resurrected by Belasco, she returned to regular publication in 2007, in New X-Men #38-41 (2007), X-Infernus #1-4 (2009), X-Men: Hellbound #1-3 (2010) and New Mutants (vol. 3) #1-29 (2009-2011). As a member of Cyclops' Extinction Team, she appears in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 2) #1-20 (2012), Avengers vs. X-Men #1-12 (2012), AVX: Versus #3 (2012), and AVX: Consequences #1-5 (2012). She appears in All-New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3), and Extraordinary X-Men as a regular character.