50 years of Magik: ComicsXF talks about what makes Illyana Rasputina great

Fifty years ago this May, Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina made her first appearance in Marvel Comics’ Giant Size X-Men #1. Created by writer Len Wein and artist David Cockrum, Illyana is a young Russian female mutant with the power to create stepping discs she can use to teleport people and objects. She also has been the…

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On Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1, or: That Ain’t Jean Grey

Last week, our team got together to talk about Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Adam Kubert’s X-Men anniversary special Giant-Size X-Men (Vol. 3) #1, wherein Avengers superfan and now forced-into-mutantdom-by-the-MCU Kamala Khan started a time-traveling journey through the X-Men’s greatest hits as she was chased by the empty shell of Legion’s leftover multiple personalities. While…

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