48. Magik #1 to 4 ... Marvel ...

Well, we are back to the world of Marvel. Is there any doubt? Hehehe! This is a 4-issue limited series during the time when limited series were the rage and they were generally slightly more expensive than the regular comics. However, as there were not that many spin off, total titles or even big publishers, such books become a mini event of itself

I remember being a new X-Men fan and seeing this on back issue lists but so much more expensive than cover price that I wondered when I would ever be able to afford this! Now I could but that's because I got them off the dollar bin after their popularity fell off the charts

So basically this comic is about Magik - Illyana Rasputin, the younger sister of Colossus who is a mutant teleporter and sorceress. Here is a quick rundown of her back ground. Basically she is young like pre-teen when she got caught up in the world of the X-Men. However, before big brother can take her home to Russia, they got stuck in a mysterious islands that had teleportational discs and before you know it, a demon from another realm named Belasco has nabbed Illyana

The X-Men sought to save her and Kitty did but she sort of lost her grasp of Illyana for like the fraction of a second between dimensional gates but that was all it took. Why? Because those discs move people through time and space and a kiddie Illyana became a teenager in that split second

In the main X-Men book and New Mutants, Magik's story was not disclosed. This limited series then tells the story of what happened and what happened is this. When Belasco got a hold of little Illyana, he saw within her the potential to convert her to his dark causes and started training her in the dark arts hoping to corrupt her

All the while, in that dimension, some of the X-Men went through only to be trapped there, died in fights like Wolverine or grow old and potentially die there without ever returning to their world like Storm. But would Illyana stay loyal to Belasco? This is the question

Of course modern day readers knew her to be a mainstay in the Mutants but back then no one knew the future and that's what made this such an important read

Good storyline, enough character development and workmanlike artwork

Ratings: 7/10