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· Comics / Marvel / X-Men
13/ The Asgard story puts another version of that problem in front of her. The Enchantress interferes with Illyana's escape attempt, scatters the other New Mutants, and separates out her dark side to use against her friends. Even Illyana's...
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12/ Then there's Darkchilde. The horns, the changes to her body, the armor, and the way Limbo responds to her make her internal struggle visible. It can get ugly. New Mutants #30 puts Kitty in the position of having to reach Illyana when sh...
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11/ The Demon Bear story shows why this team needs her. Dani is badly injured, and Illyana protects the operating room with magical wards while the others fight. When Magma is being transformed, Illyana uses the Soulsword to free her. Sam i...
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10/ New Mutants #14 brings her properly into that team, and now she's trying to exist around other young people again. They have their own problems, but Illyana has an entire history she's reluctant to explain. Some of them are uncomfortabl...
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9/ Her mutant ability and her sorcery also aren't interchangeable. The stepping discs are her mutant power. They take her through Limbo, and the time differences there make them a lot more complicated than an ordinary trip from one location...
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8/ The ending of the miniseries is important because defeating Belasco still leaves her with a choice. She has the power to kill him. She doesn't. She recognizes what giving herself over to that would mean, and she refuses to finish becomin...
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7/ The Soulsword is a huge part of why I love this character. She creates it from her own life force. Considering how much of her story is about somebody taking control of her soul, that matters. This weapon comes out of Illyana herself, an...
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6/ And Illyana does learn from Belasco. That's part of what makes the whole thing so uncomfortable. She learns the magic of the person hurting her. She becomes capable in the place that trapped her. Meanwhile, the people trying to protect h...
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5/ Storm and Cat give her different ways of surviving. Storm still has a place for life and growth in that world. Her garden and the magic she teaches Illyana offer something beyond what Belasco wants for her. Cat is much harsher. She teach...
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4/ The four-issue Magik: Illyana and Storm series goes into what Belasco actually did to her. He takes pieces of her soul and makes bloodstones. His plans for her involve corrupting her and using her for his own ends. This starts while she'...
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3/ Uncanny X-Men #160 is where her life gets completely fucked up. The X-Men encounter Belasco in Limbo and try to get everybody out. Kitty reaches for Illyana. They almost have her. Then Belasco gets her, and the child they were trying to...
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2/ She starts out so far away from all of that. In Giant-Size X-Men #1, Illyana is Piotr's little sister back home in the Soviet Union. When she's in danger from a runaway tractor, he uses his armored form to save her. Before she's a sorcer...
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1/ Spoilers through the end of the Muir Island Saga, including the original Inferno. That's where I'm at in my X-Men reading, so that's where this stops. Magik might actually be my favorite X-Men character. She's definitely in my top three....
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9/9 There's also the short Hulk story in Marvel Comics Presents #78, where Selene tries to get his attention and discovers he's perfectly willing to refuse her. It's a smaller encounter than the X-Men conflicts, but it gives her arrogance a...
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8/9 By Inferno, Selene is still involved in the Inner Circle's dealings. In New Mutants #73, the kids see the club talking with N'astirh while the city is in chaos. The discussion includes Selene's Amazonian interests, which immediately mak...
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7/9 The pursuit of Rachel then draws the Hellfire Club and X-Men into another confrontation. Selene hasn't decided to leave her alone. In #208, she uses the ground itself to restrain Rogue while the Inner Circle tries to claim Rachel. Then...
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6/9 Rachel eventually decides Selene needs to die. Their fight in Uncanny X-Men #207 brings Nicholas Damiano's death back into it. Selene even remembers his name, then uses Rachel's failure to remember it to taunt her. Remembering the peopl...
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5/9 The Kulan Gath story shows another side of how she operates. When Manhattan is transformed by his magic, Selene is an old enemy with her own plans. Opposing him doesn't make her trustworthy. She uses a magical disguise to exchange her a...
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4/9 That comes together in Uncanny X-Men #189. Rachel and Amara spot Selene in Manhattan and follow her to the Hellfire Club. They sneak inside, but the building is prepared for people with powers, including telepaths. Rachel can't depend o...
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3/9 When Selene reaches New York, Rachel Summers becomes another target. In Uncanny X-Men #184, Rachel is already trying to survive in a time that isn't her own, and Selene pursues her. Nicholas Damiano, who helps Rachel, is killed by Selen...
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