Magik
Sign in to saveAlso known as Illyana Rasputin, Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina, Darkchilde, Illyana Rasputina
Magik (Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina; Russian: Ильяна Николаевна Распутина) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in the Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). Illyana Rasputina is a member of a fictional species of humanity known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities, and has also possessed magical abilities as well, as a result of her interactions with the demonic supervillain Belasco.
Key facts
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.powers
- Stepping discs granting inter-dimensional teleportation and time-travel Sorcery powers Eldrich armor which deflects physical and magical attacks Soulsword which disrupts magical energies, constructs, and creatures
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.character_name
- Magik
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.image
- File:Magik (2025) issue 8 variant cover.jpg
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.caption
- Various incarnations of Illyana Rasputina/Magik as depicted on the variant textless cover of Magik vol. 2 #8 (August 2025). Art by Russell Dauterman.
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.species
- Human mutant
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.debut
- As Illyana Rasputina:Giant-Size X-Men #1(May 1975)As Magik:Magik (Storm and Illyana) #1(December 1983)
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.alter_ego
- Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.creators
- Illyana Rasputina:Len WeinDave CockrumMagik:Chris ClaremontSal Buscema
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.alliances
- Phoenix FiveNew MutantsHellionsX-MenSwordbearers of Krakoa
- Comics character<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.aliases
- The DarkchildeArchimageLightchilde
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Siberia
- Sibling
- Mikhail Rasputin
- Occupation
- superhero
- Creator
- Dave Cockrum
- Performer
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Image
- Wondercon 2016 - Magik Cosplay (25478296323).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
39 sectionsContents
- Publication history
- Fictional character biography
- Early life
- Limbo
- Return to X-Men/New Mutants
- Dawn of X
- "X of Swords"
- The Labors of Magik
- Blood Hunt
- Name
- Powers and abilities
- Teleportation
- Sorcery
- Other abilities
- Reception
- Critical response
- Popularity and impact
- Literary reception
- Volumes
- ''X-Men: Return of Magik'' - 2008
- ''What If? Magik'' - 2018
- Other characters named Magik
- Other versions
- Age of Apocalypse
- Excalibur
- Exiles
- House of M
- Shattershot
- Other
- Ultimate Universe
- ''What If?''
- In other media
- Television
- Film
- Video games
- Merchandise
- Collected editions
- References
- External links
Magik (Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina; Russian: Ильяна Николаевна Распутина) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in the Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). Illyana Rasputina is a member of a fictional species of humanity known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities, and has also possessed magical abilities as well, as a result of her interactions with the demonic supervillain Belasco.
Illyana Rasputina is the younger sister of the Russian X-Men member Colossus and X-Men enemy Mikhail Rasputin. She became a powerful sorceress due to her time imprisoned in (and later ruling) Limbo. Her mutant power, which first manifested in that Limbo, is the ability to teleport via stepping discs utilizing that dimension's magic. Following her escape from Limbo, she became part of the New Mutants. She later joined the X-Men. In 2024, Marvel debuted an ongoing series starring Magik, written by Ashley Allen with art by Germán Peralta.
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