I could be here all day listing the X-Men characters who have become fan favorites, but Illyana Rasputin / Magik has been something special. Her unique character design and her infectious energy, not only in the comics but in movies and games like Marvel Rivals, have earned her quite a lot of fans. The popularity of Rivals even led to her getting her first solo comic series in over twenty years, which became a smash success before ending rather suddenly this past September.
The fandom around Magik became impossible to ignore this week… because of a new comic that has courted a lot of controversy. Her role in the ongoing Age of Revelation event has already brought a lot of ups and downs: she was believed to have died in the X-Men’s raid on a SHIELD prison, but the demonic Darkchild side of her kept her alive and running a Severance-like corporate hell. This week’s X-Men: Age Of Revelation Marvel Infinity Comic #4, written by Tim Seeley with art by Philip Sevy, filled in some of the gaps of how Magik survived, showing her landing in Limbo and being taken over by Darkchild.
