Did you know Chris Bachalo is very good at drawing Illyana Rasputina, aka Magik? Maybe you didn’t because you came up in the 1990s and fell off comics and you only remember Bachalo as the Generation X guy. OK, well, picture Husk but taller and a demon anime princess with a huge Final Fantasy sword.
Did you know Bachalo is very good at drawing weird little guys? That should come as no surprise; he’s been doing that throughout his career.
So what if I told you there’s a new Bachalo cover that features both Illyana and a bunch of cherubic-looking li’l demons, some of whom have their own widdle weapons? Well, you’d probably be hype.
BEHOLD, this variant cover to Realm of X #1, the upcoming Fall of X series by Torunn Grønbekk and Diogenes Neves in which Magik and Dani Moonstar do Thor stuff!
Gaze upon the Demon Princess of Limbo in all her glory, and get the basic issue deets below.
Realm of X #1
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Diogenes Neves (CA) Stephanie Hans
Leaping straight from the astonishing events of this year’s Hellfire Gala, the unlikely team of Magik, Mirage, Marrow, Dust and Typhoid Mary find themselves stranded in … Vanaheim? And what’s even more confusing, the locals seem to believe they hold the key to fulfilling a prophecy that can either raise the realm to riches — or cause it to fall to ruin. With Magik’s powers malfunctioning and a mysterious figure amassing power on the outskirts of the realm, these X-Men are going to have to band together if they want to stay alive long enough to find their way home!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 23, 2023
$4.99
Dan Grote is the editor-in-chief of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Winston Wisdom.
