Magma (comics)
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Magma on the cover of New Mutants #3 (2003). Art by Joshua Middleton.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Mutants #8 (October, 1983) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont Bob McLeod |
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| Alter ego | Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla |
| Species | Human Mutant |
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| Notable aliases | Allison Crestmere |
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Magma (real name Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla; also known as Alison Crestmere) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics series New Mutants, also associated with various X-Men-related comics. Like all the other New Mutants, Amara originally appeared as a young mutant aspiring to become a hero. Amara, a mutant with the ability to generate lava, joins the New Mutants and becomes Magma.
Magma was created by author Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod, and debuted in New Mutants #8 (October 1983), appearing in that title regularly through New Mutants #62 (1988). Along with the other New Mutants, she appeared as an occasional supporting character in Uncanny X-Men, with issue #189 (1985) as a salient issue featuring her conflict with Selene at the Hellfire Club. After departing the New Mutants to return to her homeland of Nova Roma, Magma appeared infrequently during the 1990s, but did take part in the "Child's Play" crossover through X-Force #32-33 and New Warriors #45-46 (1994). In X-Force #87-90 (1997), Magma appeared as an antagonist to her former teammates, but her villainous personality was short-lived as she returned to her affiliation with the X-Men in semi-regular publication in New Mutants vol. 2 #3-4, #7-8, #11 and #13 (2003-2004) and as a team member in X-Treme X-Men #34-46 (2004). Magma then featured prominently as a member of the 198 remaining mutants on earth in the limited series X-Men: The 198 #1-5 (2006) and then in Young X-Men #1-6 (2008) until returning to regular monthly publication in New Mutants vol. 3 #1 (2009) wherein she remained as a regular character through issue #50 (2012).
Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla) hails from the fictional country of Nova Roma (New Rome), a colony of the Roman Republic reportedly founded shortly after the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The colony is hidden in the Amazon Rainforests of modern Brazil and was ruled until recently by the immortal witch Selene. Amara is the daughter of Lucius Antonius Aquilla. He was presumably a member of the historical gens Antonia which claimed descent from Anton, son of Hercules. Growing up in Nova Roma, she had curly blonde hair, and wore a traditional white Roman toga.
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