Magik
Illyana Rasputin
Created by Len Wein & Dave Cockrum
First Appearance
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
Appearances
676
Primary Team
New Mutants
Debut Era
1970s
Colossus's little sister, kidnapped to the demonic dimension of Limbo as a child and returned as a teenage sorceress wielding the Soulsword. Illyana is both mutant and dark sorceress, constantly fighting the demonic corruption within her. Her story is one of the X-Men's most tragic — a child robbed of innocence who became something terrifying and magnificent in equal measure.
Appearances Over Time
Series
Most Appearances By Series
The New Mutants (1983) 58 issues
The Uncanny X-Men (1981) 46 issues
Uncanny X-Men (2013) 42 issues
X-Men (2024) 34 issues
New Mutants (2009) 29 issues
X-Men (2021) 28 issues
All-New X-Men (2013) 28 issues
New Mutants (2020) 28 issues
Uncanny X-Men (2012) 23 issues
Extraordinary X-Men (2016) 18 issues
Events
Event Participation
Inferno (1989) 3/14
Utopia (2009) 1/4
Necrosha (2009) 4/13
Second Coming (2010) 6/22
Schism (2011) 1/12
Age of X (2011) 1/6
X of Swords (2020) 14/23
First Appearance
Giant-Size X-Men #1
1975
First X-Men Appearance
The New Mutants #1
March 1983