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163-488: A team of heavily armed mercenaries using technologically advanced weapons break into a building called the Blaakguard Building which is revealed to house a secret cell that contains The Maker. The Maker is freed from the Blaakguard Building cell by using a device that genetically fuses the mercenaries into an imperfect impostor of himself which he leaves as a decoy. Later, Mister Fantastic and Black Panther look through

326-561: A teleportation spell, with which the New X-Men attack and defeat Belasco. Illyana succumbs to her Darkchilde persona and announces her desire to create several more bloodstones to become god-like in power. She is interrupted by the arrival of Colossus, investigating Illyana's apparent return to life. A pained Illyana rejects her brother's offers of help, and sends everyone back to Earth, before reclaiming Limbo's throne and informing S'ym and N'astirh, now once more her servants, that her next move

489-501: A 1998 interview, Lee explained his motivation: "I wasn't thinking of civil rights. I had a lot of friends who were black and we had artists who were black. So, it occurred to me... why aren't there any black heroes?" Soon after Black Panther was introduced, Marvel added two more recurring black characters: Jill Jerrold in Modeling with Millie , and Bill Foster in The Avengers . There

652-487: A 4.1/5 average rating. 95% of readers like Ultimate Invasion #2, with a 4.1/5 average rating. The entire event was released to mixed reviews from critics however, with critics giving the event an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 based on 42 reviews. In June 2023, it was reported that the end of Ultimate Invasion will lead to a new line of titles in the Ultimate Universe line. The first line of Ultimate Comics titles

815-653: A champion boxer of the early 20th century nicknamed the Black Panther and a predominately African-American armored combat unit in World War II also called the Black Panthers, the 761st Tank Battalion of the US Army. Lee and Kirby also borrow from typical pop cultural tropes of their era inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs 's Tarzan , but subvert or transform stereotypes common in the "jungle adventure" genre. The origin of

978-639: A clearly military organization, with shaven heads, rather than the attractive teenage girls previously established by Priest. In 2006, during Hudlin's run, T'Challa marries Storm of the X-Men , and she appeared as a prominent supporting character in many subsequent storylines. Readers and critics compared the wedding to the relationship of Jay-Z and Beyoncé , although they did not marry until two years later. In addition, Hudlin established T'Challa's complex friendship with Luke Cage , another prominent Black superhero created several years after Black Panther. While T'Challa

1141-441: A concise (sometimes even transparent) recap; beautifully developed character relationships; at least one cool new villain; a stunning action set piece to test our hero's skills and resolve; and a story that is always moving forward towards a definite and satisfying conclusion. That's what we should all be delivering, every single month. Don [McGregor] and company did it in only 17 story pages per issue. Qiana J. Witted points out that

1304-907: A cosmic storm, while also witnessing Howard Stark and Obadiah Stane becoming partners in running Stark/Stane together. There are also events he isn't able to prevent, such as Bruce Banner becoming the Hulk and being unable to locate the frozen body of Captain America . It's shown he has established a domed enclave called "The City" at Latveria as his seat of power as he creates a new world order. His memory log of Earth-6160's inhabitants states that Jim Hammond , Bucky Barnes , Susan Storm , Johnny Storm , and Ben Grimm are dead, Robert Grayson , Jack Monroe , Peter Parker, Hank Pym , and Janet van Dyne are "inactive", Thor and Doctor Strange are captured, and Reed Richards, Howard Stark, and Bruce Banner are "controlled" in unspecified ways. It's then shown that Howard

1467-460: A different part of Limbo. Magik found she could not teleport out of Limbo or summon her Soulsword and concluded S'ym must have destroyed it. Due to Limbo's temporal nature they discovered an older version of herself living in a castle and using Warlock in place of her Soulsword. She revealed to them that she had been trapped in Limbo for any years fighting Technarchy infected Demons and she and Worlock were

1630-446: A feline demonic creature. With Illyana back under his control, Belasco instructs her in the art of black magic in the hopes that it will further corrupt her soul. However, Illyana plots Belasco's defeat and continues to resist the dark influence on her soul. Illyana forms a mystical bond between both Storm and Cat, who were also tutored by Belasco. Belasco succeeds in creating three parts of Illyana's bloodstone pendant. Illyana creates

1793-406: A fifth arc in his Black Panther saga, titled "Panther's Vows", but it failed to get off the ground. Writer Christopher Priest 's and penciller Mark Texeira 's 1998 series Black Panther vol. 3 re-invented the character. Scholar Todd Steven Burroughs describes the new vision for the Black Panther as "a combination of Frank Miller 's Batman and South African president Nelson Mandela . Priest

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1956-419: A grade of 8.6 out of 10, asserting, " Black Panther #1 is a promising start for this new era of Coates' run. It's certainly different enough from previous incarnations. And Acuna's art ensures that the book looks better than it has since Brian Stelfreeze was drawing it. Issue #1 gives readers a fresh start with the character while also offering plenty of incentive to stick around and see where this strange odyssey

2119-515: A hundred". Before they make plans, they are ambushed by Duggary, who wounds Thor and knocks down the rest before Iron Lad fires a repulsor blast at his face. After Thor manages to the transport the group and one repository back to Stark Tower, Iron Lad uses an invention to help heal Thor as Doom finds a spider in the repository. Back in Latveria, Henri informs the Council of what happened and that Howard's son

2282-442: A major character in Black Panther's world. Storm immediately says, "I have been away from Africa far too long." Storm is called to Wakanda to protect a child from aliens. The dispute eventually involves Doctor Doom and Namor . In their renewed interactions, Storm compares Black Panther's sense of commitment and certainty to that of Magneto . The issue establishes that Storm continues to believe that someday she and T'Challa may have

2445-712: A member of Cyclops' Extinction Team, she appears in The Uncanny X-Men vol. 2 #1-20 (2012), Avengers vs. X-Men #1-12 (2012), AVX: Versus #3 (2012), and AVX: Consequences #1-5 (2012). She appears in All-New X-Men , The Uncanny X-Men vol. 3, Extraordinary X-Men , and The New Mutants : Dead Souls (2018), as a regular character. She appears in Strange Academy #1 (2020) as a teacher in Dr. Strange 's Sorcerer School. Illyana Rasputin (born Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina)

2608-451: A member of the Avengers in 1968, and has continued that affiliation off and on in subsequent decades. The storylines of the 1970s written by Don McGregor were critically acclaimed and introduced T'Challa's nemesis Erik Killmonger . However, Black Panther was a somewhat neglected character of low popularity until his reinvention by Christopher Priest in the late 1990s. Priest re-emphasized

2771-587: A meteoric rise to fame over the past decade, but also has the best long-term character arc of any hero in Marvel Comics," writing, "Magik's story powerfully shows that trauma is not necessary for growth or empowerment, but one can also not undo the trauma of their past. Instead, the path forward is to reconcile your past with your present and gain strength from the freedom you have desperately fought for. Magik's story of heroic redemption, escape from abuse, and acceptance of one's identity has given this X-Men fan-favorite

2934-401: A newly constructed, ultra-high security prison 500 ft. below sea level. She is controlled by devices that detect and prevent the use of teleportation and magic. During a visit Magik accepts the blame for her incarceration when Colossus tries to comfort her. Magik is temporarily released by Colossus and Kitty to get her help in defeating Juggernaut . Following the events of Schism , Magik

3097-536: A pantheon known as The Orisha, the term orisha , a Yoruba word for spirit or deity from Yoruba mythology , the pantheon is composed of Egyptian gods and other origins, such as Kokou , an orisha from Benin . Coates also wrote a six-issue series called Black Panther and the Crew that addresses the problem of police killings and also suggests that the Marvel universe includes a number of previously unknown superheroes from

3260-442: A paranormal dimension called Limbo , becomes a sorceress , and develops the mutant ability to create " teleportation discs." These changes were not immediately explored or explained, and for the next year she remained essentially a background character. In December 1983, the limited series Magik (Illyana and Storm) was launched, chronicling Illyana's years in Limbo, which is also her origin story. Magik #1 (December 1983)

3423-510: A perennial theme. Black Panther vol. 5 launched in February 2009, with Hudlin, again scripting, introducing a successor Black Panther, T'Challa's sister Shuri. According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Black Panther (2005) #1 was the 27th best-selling comic book in February 2005. Tyler Huckabee of IGN included Hudlin's Black Panther comic book series in their "10 Best Black Panther Comic Books" list, stating, "Reginald Hudlin's run

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3586-477: A permanent marriage, but this must be deferred because of T'Challa's exclusive commitment to his nation. The last 13 issues of Priest's series (#50–62) saw the main character replaced by a multiracial New York City police officer named Kasper Cole , with T'Challa relegated to a supporting character. This Black Panther, who became the White Tiger , was placed in the series The Crew , running concurrently with

3749-417: A political comedy--but Priest's central insight was that T'Challa isn't actually a superhero in the ordinary sense," but rather a monarch. He also says that the first issue of the run makes no sense at first reading, and requires a continuing interpretation of future issues. He argues that this is unique in mainstream superhero comics. Black Panther #25-27 (December 2000-February 2001) reintroduce Storm as

3912-761: A runaway tractor. At six years old, Illyana is abducted and brought to the United States by Arcade , who uses her and several other hostages to coerce the X-Men into opposing Doctor Doom . She is rescued and brought back to the X-Mansion. Shortly thereafter, Illyana is called to the Limbo dimension by Belasco , who seeks to bring forth the Elder Gods to rule Earth. She is raised there, frequently bullied and tormented by Belasco's underling S'ym . To free himself, Belasco needs to fill

4075-474: A separate, independent line within Marvel as the rest of the company went bankrupt around it. So, he was given a lot of leeway to write the story he wanted to, and what came out was one of the greatest runs on any comic ever." Cultural critic Douglas Wolk agrees that Christopher Priest's run established the canonical version of the character, although: "The tone of Priest's run was wildly different from any other Black Panther stories before or since--it's basically

4238-463: A soul dagger. Illyana attempts to complete the process and destroy those who wished to interfere, but Rockslide thwarts her, and causes Illyana's human memories of her friends and life among the X-Men to return to her. Although only a part of Pixie's soul was taken, Pixie is now capable of performing magic, the hole in her soul having been filled with black magic . Since Belasco had sealed his castle from her own magic and powers, Illyana teaches Pixie

4401-538: A spider gets affected by its radioactive waves, it tries to bite Peter only for the Maker to the smack it and contain its corpse, preventing him from obtaining powers. On Earth-6160 , the Maker has been altering history and averting the origins of many of its heroes. He places Loki on the throne of Asgard with Thor bowing to him and shattering the Bifröst , delays a rocket launch so that Reed Richards ' crew wouldn't fly into

4564-472: A stepping disc she has to use Limbo as a midway point before she can teleport to an alternate location. Rasputin has succeeded in teleporting herself across continents, from one continent to another, and even interplanetary and intergalactic distances on occasion. Unlike most teleporters in the Marvel Universe, she can teleport through time as well as space. She has teleported moments, days or centuries into

4727-572: A stop to the fight by announcing that Oracle and Deathbird will both be her mentors and the New Mutants left back to Krakoa. Sunspot staying behind to spend more time with Cannonball. After this she went on many more missions with the New Mutants to bring more Mutants to Krakoa, and developed a fondness for teaching and mentoring, training the islands youth at the Akadamos Habitat, teaching Magic at Strange Academy , and forming her own version of

4890-445: A thousand times better than I. He just about makes up the plots for these stories. All I do is a little editing. Roy Thomas has made claims that support Lee's version of events, while Kirby is supported by his wife and prior artwork. In 1963, Lee and Kirby included a black character, Gabe Jones , in the ensemble cast of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos , and Lee encouraged artists to include black characters in crowd scenes. In

5053-537: A thousand years had passed inside. Hulk mentions how he once asked if one month was a thousand years in The City, then would three months be three thousand years inside it, with the Maker responding that "some secrets are mine and mine alone". The group speculates they have two years until it reopens, and on what to do with America and the Union due to the power vacuum created by Stark's absence. Magik suggests they split it up, with

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5216-646: Is T'Challa , and he is the son of the previous Black Panther, T'Chaka . He is the king and protector of the fictional African nation of Wakanda , a technologically advanced society drawing from a supply of vibranium , a fictional metal of extraordinary properties. Along with possessing enhanced abilities achieved through ancient Wakandan rituals of drinking the essence of the heart-shaped herb, T'Challa also relies on his proficiency in science, expertise in his nation's traditions, rigorous physical training, hand-to-hand combat skills, and access to wealth and advanced Wakandan technology to combat his enemies. The character became

5379-736: Is "an INTERNATIONAL player who's equally at home at the Davos Conference in Switzerland, meeting with Colin Powell in D.C., kicking it in Harlem with Bill Clinton and Al Sharpton , and brokering deals off the coast of Cuba with Fidel Castro and Prince Namor ." While the possibility of conflict with Namor and Atlantis appeared briefly in Priest's earlier stories, Hudlin made the power rivalry between T'Challa and Namor, as well as Doctor Doom and Latveria ,

5542-536: Is "probably the definitive run of Black Panther. This is where Wakanda stopped being backstory and started being a living, breathing place, with geography and politics and history that all contributed to its depth and beauty. It's also where a bunch of what's going on the screen started: Priest introduced Everett K. Ross and the Dora Milaje almost immediately in his first issue. Priest had been separated from Marvel for several years before coming back to write this book under

5705-461: Is a power upgrade, but Dormmamu pulls her into Limbo, and demonstrates that her newfound ability to effortlessly summon Limbo energies is destroying Limbo. Dormmamu later pulls the entire Uncanny team into Limbo, intending to kill them in front of Magik before he kills her. They fight back and Illyana absorbs all of Limbo's mystic energy, causing it and its creatures to disappear. She sends the X-Men back to Earth, and travels back through time to become

5868-550: Is a prison where some work is being done. As he instructs him to build the Immortus Engine, he introduces Howard to Earth-6160's version of Reed Richards, who is wearing a Doctor Doom -like mask and suit. In the far future, the clones are assembled by Kang , accustomed with his own Iron Man-like suit, who plans to finally end the Maker. As Howard and Reed Richards are finishing the Engine, Reed tells Howard that he knows secrets about

6031-657: Is a unique mix of black magic and white magic. Belasco taught her Black magic, while she learned white magic from Ororo Munroe. On Earth, Rasputin demonstrates astral projection , sensing mystical presences, scrying , and casting very simple spells. She uses magic of a seemingly greater strength than she could previously use in Earth's dimension. Since absorbing Limbo and becoming Doctor Strange's disciple, her magic on Earth has been considerably stronger, such as when she used spells she learned from Doctor Strange to destroy advanced Sentinels . The more Rasputin uses her magical power,

6194-451: Is about to give the Engine to the Maker. He remarks that the original Engine was made by someone else, most likely the Maker from the past, with the Maker remarking that maybe he'll take it to his past self and then will make his own Engine, continuing the loop. Howard then tells him he's grown tired over having to choose between either him or Kang, so he has Reed shut down the shield surrounding The City to allow Kang and army to arrive and seal

6357-487: Is eventually freed from her restraints by Pixie , and Illyana and her rescue team return to Earth. In a reversal of fortune, Pixie is kidnapped by Project Purgatory , and Magik returns to Limbo with the New Mutants to rescue her. While in Limbo, the New Mutants encounter the Inferno Babies - mutants who were taken as infants by the government and raised and trained in Limbo. This now-adult team attacks and overwhelms

6520-537: Is extreme, even by X-Men standards. Though she finds her ability to hope has been crushed, Illyana's saving grace is that she does everything in her power to keep her friends safe from harm. No longer trusting herself, she surrounds herself with good people and puts her faith in them, instead. For anyone who has been made to feel like a lesser person for the abuse they've undergone, Illyana is a surprisingly poignant character. Her continuous struggle against her evil impulses might not always work out to everyone's advantage, but

6683-474: Is from an African nation that was never colonized, Cage is a street-level New York superhero of a vastly different culture. Hudlin explores these differences in the interactions between the two heroes. Hudlin's run introduces greater connections with the history of African-American culture; for example, in his world Malcolm X met with the previous Black Panther, T'Chaka , Like Priest, Hudlin emphasizes Black Panther's power and independence; as he puts it, T'Challa

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6846-582: Is heading." In 2021, John Ridley wrote a new five-issue Black Panther series. According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Black Panther (2021) #1 was the 10th best-selling comic book in November 2021. Magik#Earth-6160 Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina ( Russian : Ильяна Николаевна Распутина) is a fictional character, a comic superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum ,

7009-633: Is her first cover appearance as young Illyana, her second full appearance and the first time she get the name Magik. Magik #2 (Jan. 1984) is her first cover appearance as adult Magik. Immediately following the end of the series, she was added to the cast of the New Mutants , appearing regularly in that comic from The New Mutants #14 (April 1984), the first cover appearance of adult Magik in costume, to The New Mutants #77 (July 1989), in which she returns to her family in Russia after having reverted to childhood. As

7172-462: Is more traditionally superhero-esque in nature than many other titles on this list, featuring costumed villains and super guest stars like the X-Men and Namor. It also introduces a number of characters who've become key players in the Black Panther's life (like his sister Shuri) and tells what has now become the definitive origin story." Douglas Wolk observes that the most well-known moment in Hudlin's run

7335-437: Is necessary for stable societies. The Maker arrives, welcoming Howard as part of his Council and as the new ruler of the Union. He asks the Maker what the "real work" is that they do. In the present, Howard and Tony board their helicopter to head back to Stark Tower. Tony suggests to his dad that he should make the logical choice and fight them. One day ago at The City, the Maker takes Howard inside as he tells him that this section

7498-510: Is no documentation to establish the veracity of either claim to originality, by 1966 Kirby is thought to have been largely plotting the book on his own and explaining the stories to Lee when the pages arrived in the Marvel offices. In a 1968 interview, Lee said: Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need no plot at all. I mean I’ll just say to Jack, ‘Let’s let the next villain be Dr. Doom’… or I may not even say that. He may tell me. And then he goes home and does it. He’s so good at plots, I’m sure he’s

7661-528: Is selected to be a member of Cyclops' "Extinction Team." Despite this status, she remains a prisoner. She is only released from the X-Brig for missions, and while in the field, her suit contains lethal fail-safes that prevent her escape. Illyana is chosen as one of the "Phoenix Five," a group of X-Men granted additional powers by the Phoenix Force . After Ms. Marvel is defeated by Rogue , Magik appears and gags

7824-493: Is still a damaged soul, as Illyana declares anyone normal and "untouched by darkness" to be ill-suited to rule Limbo. Due to their objections Illyana offered to take Rahne and Dani with her to witness the handover of power. This was invaded by an army of demons led by S'ym, who wanted to take Limbo for himself and had his own weapon which was able to disarm Magik's soulsword. The four women were forced to flee back to Krakoa but Magik's portal failed and they found themselves stranded in

7987-773: Is the Iron Man of this Earth, with his teenage son Tony Stark working at Stark/Stane. He and Obadiah are called to The City for a international event of incorporated nation-states, with both men representing the North American Union. Also in attendance are an "enlightened" Hulk and fellow monks from the Children of the Eternal Light, Sunfire , Viper , and Silver Samurai representing the Harada-Yoshida Alliance of Hi No Kuni, as well as Colossus , Magik , and Omega Red of

8150-499: Is the first black superhero in American mainstream comic books ; very few black heroes were created before him, and none with actual superpowers. These included the characters in the single-issue, low distribution All-Negro Comics #1 (1947). Waku, Prince of the Bantu, who starred in his own feature in the omnibus title Jungle Tales , from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics and

8313-449: Is the one that built the Engine. At Stane's funeral, Tony gives Howard condolences for his loss. Howard tells Tony that he's going away for a while. Earlier in Latveria, Howard talks to Emmanuel da Costa of the Society of South America. While giving his condolences for Obadiah's death, Emmanuel mentions that Obadiah was usually the one who handled such meetings as Howard feels puzzled during

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8476-450: Is the wedding of Black Panther and Storm, and contends that the "mutual admiration leading to matrimony seemed to come out of nowhere," that neither have much in common "besides being superheroes with somewhat formal speech patterns and connections to Africa and divinity," and that while "one is a champion of a cross-sectional group, the other is a monach of a physical nation." Hudlin co-wrote issue #7 with Jonathan Maberry , who then became

8639-559: Is to reclaim her soul. Motivated by her friendship with Shadowcat and love for Colossus, Illyana tries to reclaim her soul through love and teleports to the Xavier Institute, only to find it destroyed and abandoned. While in Limbo, Illyana attacks various demons in her search for the Bloodstone amulet. Her activities are noticed by Mephisto , Blackheart , Satannish , Dormammu and Hela . Belasco's daughter, Witchfire appears during

8802-700: The Bandung Conference . In 2017, the Africanfuturist writer Nnedi Okorafor wrote the series Black Panther: Long Live the King . In February 2018, Christopher Priest, Don McGregor, and Reginald Hudlin each contributed one story to the Black Panther Annual #1. In spring 2018, Coates wrote a new Black Panther series. Titled The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda , this is a space opera . According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Black Panther (2018) #1

8965-530: The Dell Comics Western character Lobo , the first black person to star in his own comic book. Previous non- caricatured black supporting characters in comics include U.S. Army infantry private Gabriel Jones of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos . In a guest appearance in Fantastic Four #119 (February 1972), the Black Panther briefly used the name Black Leopard to avoid connotations with

9128-479: The Enchantress , Forge , Spiral , and Heka-Nut. A routine trip through Limbo goes awry, leaving the New Mutants stuck in Limbo. To open an escape route for her teammates, Illyana embraces her demonic nature and opens a colossal teleportation disc between Earth and Limbo, which N'astirh holds open, triggering an invasion of Earth by demons from Limbo . Ashamed of herself, she flees into Limbo, and decides to end

9291-653: The Russian X-Men member Colossus and X-Men enemy Mikhail Rasputin . She became a powerful sorceress due to her time imprisoned in (and later ruling) Limbo . Her mutant power, which first manifested in that Limbo, is the ability to teleport via stepping discs utilizing that dimension's magic. Following her escape from Limbo, she became part of the New Mutants . She later joined the X-Men. The character has been featured in various Marvel-licensed products, including video games , animated television series , and merchandise. Anya Taylor-Joy portrayed Illyana Rasputin in

9454-456: The Shadow King , and Rachel Summers . Since her revival, Rasputin is able to lower her psionic shields. Due to Belasco creating the magical bloodstones with their souls, Rasputin has a psychic bond with X-Man Kitty Pryde . Because of this, a similar connection could be considered between Rasputin and Storm . Alex Schlesinger of Screen Rant said that Illyana Rasputin has "not only seen

9617-507: The Ultimate Comics universe created by Brian Michael Bendis . Originally, Donny Cates was going to write Ultimate Invasion , as it follows up on his inclusion of the Maker in his Venom run, but after he got into a severe car accident, Hickman was brought on board as the new writer, ultimately going in a different direction. Cates was given a special thanks in the credits of the first issue. Hickman, in an interview, said "[Revisiting

9780-539: The 2020 film The New Mutants . llyana Rasputin debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975), created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum . Her first name was not revealed until The Uncanny X-Men #145 (May 1981). For the first eight years of the character's existence, she was an infrequently appearing background character known as Colossus' little sister. The means of changing this was set in The Uncanny X-Men #160 (August 1982), in which she ages seven years while in

9943-625: The Avenger before teleporting her into Limbo, trapping her and terrifying Rogue. Following the defeat of Cyclops, Magik and the other former members of the Phoenix Five are reported to have fled. Magik joins Cyclops' team of X-Men at the New Xavier School at the old Weapon X facility. The Phoenix apparently has damaged Magik's powers, like it apparently did to the other five; Illyana initially thinks her ability to channel increased energies from Limbo

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10106-626: The Beatrix Medallion with five bloodstones. The bloodstones are created by corrupting Illyana's soul, with a new stone appearing as her corruption deepens. She is rescued and tutored in the practice of white magic by that dimension's version of Storm (who turned to magic when her mutant powers waned). Finding the use of magic abhorrent, Limbo's version of Shadowcat , known as Cat, kidnaps and trains Illyana in hand to hand and sword combat. Cat, along with Illyana, storms Belasco's citadel. They are overwhelmed by Belasco who further transforms Cat into

10269-449: The Black Panther because I realized I had no blacks in my strip. I'd never drawn a black. I needed a black. I suddenly discovered that I had a lot of black readers. My first friend was a black! And here I was ignoring them because I was associating with everybody else." Lee, in contrast, claimed he created the character because, in the mid-1960s, he wanted to include more African and African-American characters in Marvel Comics. While there

10432-502: The Black Panther had been misused in the years after his initial creation by Lee and Kirby. Priest believed Black Panther was generally considered a dull "also-ran" with no evident powers. To reinvent the character, he emphasized Black Panther's role as a monarch of a technologically advanced independent nation, and hence one of the most powerful figures in the Marvel universe. Influenced by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller , he aimed to introduce moral ambiguity and political complexity to

10595-403: The Black Panther in a self-titled series, bringing in the character's co-creator Jack Kirby —newly returned to Marvel after having decamped to rival DC Comics for a time—as writer, penciler, and editor. However, Kirby wanted to work on new characters and was unhappy at being assigned a series starring a character he had already worked with extensively. He left the series after only 12 issues and

10758-525: The Danger Room and calls out to her, realizing that something is wrong when she does not feel any emotions, and returns to Limbo. Witchfire has conquered Limbo and Magik's armies during her absence. Claiming everything that Belasco ever owned, Witchfire captures Magik, takes her bloodstone and adds it to the amulet. The X-Men arrive at the castle; Nightcrawler finds Illyana chained to a pillar. At her direction, he stabs her with Pixie's soul dagger, re-releasing

10921-704: The Dark Riders. In the 2020 " X of Swords " storyline, Magik is one of nine Krakoan Mutants chosen by Saturnyne to fight against Krakoa's sister island Arakko in a tournament in Otherworld . She prepares by training Cypher in swordfighting. In the tournament she is twice pitted against Pogg-Ur-Pogg. The first time iss an arm wrestling match in which he easily beats her due to his Hulking strength. In their second fight she outsmarts him by realizing "Pogg" means "sword" in Arakkii, and allowing him to swallow her so that she can pull

11084-458: The Darkchilde, the semi-demonic version of Illyana corrupted and transformed by dark magic. Belasco is not satisfied with his creation, claiming that it is not the true Illyana Rasputin (due to her lack of Illyana's soul) and banishes her to the outer parts of Limbo. Illyana, now with her Darkchilde persona, discovers some of the teenage New X-Men being attacked by a horde of demons. After aiding

11247-538: The Death Commandos who Oracle had ordered to keep Xandra of the throne, Magik excitedly several of them all knowing she wasn't human and therefore wasn't in violation of Krakoa's laws. With Deathbird's help they defeated them all and took control of their ship. Once they arrived on Chandilar they ambushed Oracle for trying to have them killed leading to a fight between the New Mutants and the Imperial Guard. Xandra put

11410-678: The Dora Milaje are beautiful teenage girls who are, officially speaking, the Panther's potential wives. Dora Milaje is said to translate from Hausa to "adored ones." Priest made the Panther god another form of the Egyptian goddess Bastet , originally depicted as a black cat . The Priest-Texeira series was under the Marvel Knights imprint in its first year. Priest's initial concept was inspired by Batman but also one of Batman's nemeses, Ra's al Ghul ,

11573-402: The Elder Gods and return the bloodstones belonging to Magik and Pixie, thus restoring their souls. Confronted by Cyclops afterward, Magik admits to putting the world in danger and manipulating the X-Men for the sake of a personal vendetta against the Elder Gods. Cyclops decides that she must be restrained. While she remains unrepentant, she accepts his decision. Magik is placed in the X-Brig 2,

11736-500: The Maker as he claims that he'll go to the one place where he can call his own. Despite their attacks, he escapes. Before the Maker departs, he asks Mister Fantastic if he would erase him from existence if he could, with Mr. Fantastic telling him "yes". The Maker remarks that he'll "keep that in mind". On Earth-6160, 15-year old Peter Parker and Liz Allan arrive at a demonstration of the Isotope Genome Accelerator. When

11899-456: The Maker came to each of their locations and stole items from each one, concluding that he's building something. Meanwhile, the Maker awakens Miles Morales . He claims that they have a shared history of being from Earth-1610 and tries to convince him to leave. Without success, he states that the offer still stands, giving him a blank card as he disappears. Moments later, the Illuminati confront

12062-564: The Maker explains that he is not of this Earth and that he can only be taken down at the height of his power. He then proceeds to show Howard the Immortus Engine, a time machine which he used to reshape Earth-6160. When Howard exclaims that because of his actions more will come after him, the Maker removes his helmet to show a missing part of his head from a earlier attack, stating it will take time for him to heal after he rearranged some of his organs, lamenting his amnesia. He goes on to state to Howard that he needs him because of his theory that Howard

12225-474: The Maker is. Howard asks what the Rasputins are doing there, since they are the "enemy". Emmanuel then states his surprise that he doesn't know how the meetings work. Hulk explains that the world leaders operate together in a manufactured war economy in which each power bloc takes turns in playing the role of a rogue state , as the Maker's philosophies state that perpetual global peace is impossible and conflict

12388-485: The Maker missed. When Reed asks if he will call himself Iron Man, Tony responds that it was his father's name and that he'll go by Iron Lad until he comes up with a better one. The epilogue showcases them discovering the frozen body of Captain America with the letter written by Howard overlayed, telling Tony that he has grown tired and that it's never too late for him to change the world. "You just have to fight. And you just have to win". Two weeks have passed since The City

12551-418: The Maker was still reshaping the world, he used the Engine to visit the far future to see what became of his empire, only to be greeted by Kang who gave him his injury and told him he is "witnessing his origin". Back in the present, Howard shuts off the damper of the Engine, intending on taking down both Maker and Kang, and an explosion erupts, knocking out both armies. Meanwhile at the Maker's castle, Reed steals

12714-405: The Maker's incomplete Engine contemplating whether he is making another prison for himself. Before The City's power conduit surges and is closed off, Howard takes off Kang's mask to reveal his face, reacting with disappointment. One week later, the Maker's Council gathers to discuss what has become of The City and their leader. Lord Ra mentions that when The City was sealed for a month the first time,

12877-424: The Maker, such as where he came from and how he shaped the world. With the Immortus Engine finished, Reed suggests a feedback mechanism to account for it to be able to traverse back and forth through time. As Howard asks him how long he's been trapped, Reed remarks he gave up keeping track of time after the Maker continued to feed him misleading hints and tells Howard he cannot run from who he is. One week later, Howard

13040-508: The Marvel Universe and café society." In Coates's first storyline, titled A Nation Under Our Feet , T'Challa faces a popular uprising against his monarchy. At the conclusion of the story, Wakanda is reformed into a constitutional democracy, with the Black Panther continuing as a figurehead king rather than a ruler. This series introduces a new version of The Crew , now including Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight , and Manifold . According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Black Panther (2016) #1

13203-911: The New Mutants movie adaptation became an infamous quamire, the meteoric rise of actress Anya Taylor-Joy (who played Magik in the film) has helped make the character famous on a mainstream stage." Drew Swanson of Game Rant asserted that the tragic backstory of Illyana Rasputin in Marvel's Midnight Suns turned her into a "standout character" who would become a "fan-favorite addition" to Insomniac Games ' X-Men games . Multiple fans have cosplayed Illyana Rasputin through time. In 2022, American influencer Olivia Pierson cosplayed Illyana Rasputin alongside American media personality Kim Kardashian to celebrate Halloween. According to Marvel Comics, X-Men: Return of Magik #1 sold out in September 2008. According to Diamond Comic Distributors , X-Men: Return of Magik #1

13366-503: The New Mutants. While the rest of the team is captured, Magik escapes to Earth with Karma and Pixie. After hiding the Soulsword inside Karma, Magik teleports the rest of the X-Men to Portal Epsilon, Project Purgatory's gateway to Limbo, for what the X-Men believe to be a rescue mission. They arrive just as Limbo's Elder Gods breach the gateway to Earth. Karma releases Legion 's mind with the soulsword, freeing him to use his powers to destroy

13529-609: The Party, but the new name did not last. The character's name was changed back to Black Panther in The Avengers #105, with T'Challa explaining that renaming himself made as much sense as altering the Scarlet Witch 's name, and he is not a stereotype. Avengers writer Roy Thomas said that the Black Panther name "had more resonance," but that the political implications limited the character's prominence. Co-creator Stan Lee recounted that

13692-584: The Rasputin family, the rulers of the Eurasian Republic. The Maker greets them as a wormhole opens up, with clones of Captain America, Giant-Man, Thor, Vision , and the Wasp attacking The City. Obadiah suits up and fights the attackers until he is killed by a Vision clone. The others slay most of them as Howard falls unconscious. The Maker later wakes up Howard and informs him that Obadiah is dead, along with being shown

13855-627: The Soulsword and takes over Limbo as its new ruler. While wielding the Soulsword she manifests horns, a tail and fangs. She banishes Belasco from Limbo and claims S'ym as her servant. She then returns to Earth a decade older, although no time has passed on Earth since her kidnapping. She subsequently joins the New Mutants . Magik misguides one of her teleportation discs through the space-time continuum and strands herself and Mirage in ancient Egypt. There, Illyana meets Storm's ancestor Ashake, an Egyptian priestess. Together, they defeat an evil sorcerer, Heka-Nut, who sought an ancient mystical sword called

14018-400: The Soulsword during her imprisonment in Limbo. She magically caused her own life force energy to manifest before her. Once this happened she cast her hand into a pool of eldritch energy and imagined a weapon in her mind. When she withdrew her hand she was holding the Soulsword, created from her own soul. A simple looking blade upon its origin, it develops intricate designs and forms upon itself

14181-412: The Soulsword inside of her. Witchfire completes the set of Bloodstones via another portion of Pixie's soul and releases the Elder Gods. Illyana and the other mutants hold back Witchfire and the Elder Gods. Using a combination of magic and the powers of the Soulsword and Souldagger, Illyana and Pixie remove one of Pixie's bloodstones. The Elder Gods are swept back to their dimension, along with Witchfire and

14344-763: The Soulsword. Illyana returns to Russia where she lives with her parents for some months until they are murdered by the Russian government to secure Illyana's abilities to defeat a psionic being known as the Soul Skinner . Illyana then returns to the X-Mansion to live with her brother and the other X-Men. Not long afterwards, Illyana contracts the Legacy Virus , and dies in the X-Mansion, despite all efforts to save her made by Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert . Illyana's spirit returns to Colossus, who had recently returned to

14507-535: The Sword of Bone using Magik's Soulsword. Ashake helps Illyana and Mirage return to the present, with Mirage's memory of the incident erased in the process. A strange armor begins to appear on her body each time she wields the Soulsword. The armor appears only on one of her shoulders and arms at first, but appears on more of her body each time that she wields the sword. Illyana's skill as a sorceress grows, and she battles other beings with mystical powers such as Baba Yaga ,

14670-534: The United States with Shadowcat and Nightcrawler following the disbanding of Excalibur. When investigating odd occurrences inside the Mansion, Colossus locates one of the stepping disks that Illyana had magically bound to the school. He is transported to a pocket world, which holds a memory imprint of Illyana. Illyana's memory convinces him to make one final sacrifice. When the cure for the Legacy Virus turned out to need

14833-511: The actual Pogg-Ur-Pogg, a tiny Goblin, out of his armor. Magik decides she does not want to balance her teaching jobs and being a captain of Krakoa while also being queen of Limbo and wanting to transcend her traumatic past she decides to distance herself from Limbo. Needing a new ruler for the demonic dimension, Magik—over the objections of her fellow New Mutants—offers to Madelyne Pryor of her past connection to Limbo and because, like Magik, she too has survived painfully traumatic experiences and

14996-458: The artists in this period incorporated African American popular culture of the era, such as T'Challa wearing a "modified version of the gold-chain outfit worn by singer Isaac Hayes for the Watts, Los Angeles, community benefit concert that was released as the 1973 documentary film Wattstax ." Though popular with college students, the overall sales of Jungle Action were low, and Marvel relaunched

15159-427: The best character arc in Marvel Comics." Deirdre Kaye of Scary Mommy called Illyana Rasputin a "role model" and a "truly heroic" female character. Sara Century of Syfy referred to Illyana Rasputin as one of the X-Men's most "surprisingly popular characters," saying that Rasputin is a "brave, dynamic character whose hope was crushed out of her by a much older man when she was only a child. The trauma she underwent

15322-478: The bi-weekly anthology series Marvel Comics Presents (issues #13–37, Feb.–December 1989). The story takes place in South Africa . In the view of critic Todd Steven Burroughs, "'Quest' attempts to show how oppressive apartheid is for everyone involved." McGregor later teamed with artist Dwayne Turner in the square-bound miniseries Black Panther: Panther's Prey (September 1990 – March 1991). He conceived

15485-571: The bloodstone locket. Because of the mystic bond she shares with the Shadowcat from the Limbo dimension, the Soulsword passes on to Earth's Shadowcat in England. It embeds itself in a stone near Excalibur 's lighthouse headquarters, waiting for Shadowcat to claim it and become its new wielder. After a conflict with the necromancer Gravemoss, the Soulsword is acquired by Amanda Sefton , who would claim Illyana's mantle as Magik, ruler of Limbo and wielder of

15648-607: The building's rubble and see the imposter disintegrating. One week later, the Maker infiltrates the Baxter Building to obtain a dossier that documents the origins of Earth-616's heroes, while inadvertently waking up Franklin Richards in the process. The next day at the Necropolis, Mister Fantastic informs his fellow Illuminati members Black Bolt , Black Panther, Doctor Strange , Iron Man , Namor , and Professor X . They each state

15811-400: The captive clones that survived. The Maker explains to Howard that they were a group of temporal suicide bombers from the future, as a group of people are herded in that the Maker believes are the clones' genetic ancestors. The Maker has the group of innocents vaporized, with the clones disintegrating soon after. When Howard expresses concern over how the Maker could be taken out in the same way,

15974-455: The character first appeared in the Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). llyana Rasputin is a member of a fictional species of humanity known as mutants , who are born with superhuman abilities, and has also possessed magical abilities as well, as a result of her interactions with the demonic supervillain Belasco . She is known under the codename Magik . llyana Rasputin is the younger sister of

16137-678: The character has been disputed by both Kirby and Lee, with both claiming the impetus for the idea. However, both of the creators have said they were motivated by general humanistic and inclusive values, rather than any social or political awareness of the Civil rights movement . Kirby claimed sole credit for creating the character in The Comics Journal #134 (February 1990), stating that he realized an absence of Black characters in his comics, and believed that they should be added for "human reasons". In another interview, Kirby declared: "I came up with

16300-484: The character in the first season of the animated series What If...? (2021), which was released after his death. The Black Panther film was a notable critical and popular success. Letitia Wright 's character Shuri , who had appeared in previous MCU films, took on the Black Panther mantle in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), following Boseman's death in 2020. The name Black Panther predates

16463-602: The creative team. African-American writer-editor Dwayne McDuffie said of the Jungle Action "Black Panther" feature: This overlooked and underrated classic is arguably the most tightly written multi-part superhero epic ever. If you can get your hands on it ... sit down and read the whole thing. It's damn-near flawless, every issue, every scene, a functional, necessary part of the whole. Okay, now go back and read any individual issue. You'll find seamlessly integrated words and pictures; clearly introduced characters and situations;

16626-508: The creature attempted to stop the threat by summoning the demon lord Belasco, who he had previously made a deal with to gain the insight necessary to crack the super-soldier serum. Instead, this ritual summoned Illyana, who offered to release Sallis from the Man-Thing with the warning that this would leave Man-Thing a creature of instinct who could endanger the world. Sallis accepted that he had to remain in Man-Thing, but Illyana not only helped stop

16789-458: The death of one mutant, he secretly gave his life, so nobody else would have to die like Illyana did. Colossus is later resurrected by an alien race. Belasco eventually deposes Amanda Sefton and, after seeing Illyana reappear during the 2005 " House of M " and realizing he carries a torch for her, creates a powerful spell to return her to him. The spell pulls forth the remaining essence of Illyana still held within Limbo's dimension, taking shape as

16952-416: The demonic invasion by assuming rule of Limbo. However, her teammate Rahne Sinclair persuades her against this, and she instead gives up her demonic powers by creating a massive stepping disc that banishes the demons back to Limbo, then throws her Soulsword in after them to seal the portal shut. Afterwards, the New Mutants find a seven-year-old Illyana inside the husk of her eldritch armor. She still possesses

17115-440: The dome shut with them inside. The Maker lambasts Howard, telling him that he is the reason why the world is the way it is and that Howard can ether run and hide or fight inevitability, as his choices make no difference. He remarks that Maker is wrong, that he has a third choice and is going to take it. As the two armies fight, Maker and Kang fight each other, with the Maker stating he remembers who he is. A flashback shows that when

17278-666: The fact that she continues to try even when all hope seems to be lost is still inspirational." David Harth of Comic Book Resources stated, "She looks great, with her anime-inspired costume and giant swords making her a memorable visual. The magic side of Marvel is pretty much just her, Doctor Strange, and Scarlet Witch, and she's a more fun character than either of them. Magik has got it all: she's powerful, entertaining, looks cool, and can handle herself in battles against supervillains, demons, and dark gods." Kofi Outlaw of ComicBook.com stated, "The character has been gaining more and more mainstream appeal in recent years – and even though

17441-403: The final few Black Panther issues. The Crew was canceled with issue #7. In 2005, Marvel began publishing Black Panther vol. 4, which ran 41 issues (April 2005 – November 2008). It was initially written by filmmaker Reginald Hudlin (through issue #38) and penciled by John Romita, Jr. (through #6). Hudlin said he wanted to add " street cred " to the title, although he noted that the book

17604-464: The first 13 issues. Critic Jason Sacks has called the arc "Marvel's first graphic novel ": [T]here were real character arcs in Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four [comics] over time. But ... "Panther's Rage" is the first comic that was created from start to finish as a complete novel. Running in two years' issues of Jungle Action (#s 6 through 18), "Panther's Rage" is a 200-page novel that journeys to

17767-591: The following issue in August of the same year. He made subsequent guest appearance in Fantastic Four Annual #5 (1967) and with Captain America in Tales of Suspense #97–99 and Captain America 100 (January – April 1968), the Black Panther journeyed from the fictional African nation of Wakanda to New York City to join the titular American superhero team in The Avengers #52 (May 1968). He appeared in that comic for

17930-453: The following issue, written by Don McGregor , with art by pencilers Rich Buckler , Gil Kane , and Billy Graham , and which gave inkers Klaus Janson and Bob McLeod some of their first professional exposure. The critically acclaimed series ran in Jungle Action #6–24 (September 1973 – November 1976). One now-common format McGregor pioneered was that of the self-contained, multi-issue story arc. The first, "Panther's Rage", ran through

18093-472: The following news of international events during this period of upheaval, it's stated that on Hi No Kuni, a mysterious incident occurred in which a car explosively collided with a bicycle on the street, putting the driver is in serious condition while the bicyclist escaped without a scratch. There are also breakouts of regional infighting in the Upper and Lower Kingdoms and supposedly an insurgence occurring against

18256-660: The founding of the Black Panther Party in October 1966, though not the black panther logo of the party's predecessor, the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). Scripter Stan Lee denied that the comic, which pre-dates the political usage of the term, was, or could have been, named after any of the political uses of the term "black panther", including the LCFO, citing "a strange coincidence". The Black Panther

18419-431: The four stand before a frozen Captain America as Iron Lad states that getting him out will be a complicated process. Iron Lad works to persuade Sif into helping them as he states Thor is supposed to be the true king of Asgard, which confuses him. Doom explains that the Maker comes from another universe and made Earth-6160 in his image by averting the origins of its heroes, and that they are working to undo his changes by using

18582-436: The future, becoming more detached emotionally in most cases, possibly due to the further loss of most of her soul. Later, Cyclops sends Illyana to team up (unknowingly) with X-Force to locate Wolverine and teleport them to Alcatraz to rescue any mutants taken prisoner by Norman Osborn's forces. Along with Pixie, they teleport all the X-Men from San Francisco to their new home, Utopia. When Hope Summers and Cable return to

18745-653: The gathering. After explaining that Emperor Sunfire does not speak when he has his mask on, Lord Ra only speaks when the Sun is up, and Lord Khonshu only speaks when the Moon is up, Emannuel goes on to explain protocols regarding some attendants, introducing Howard to Henri Duggary of the European Coalition as Hulk asks about the meaning of the attack. He is told there is no word about it yet, then giving his condolences to Howard. Magik demands information on who attacked them and where

18908-590: The group that had unleashed Man-Thing as a weapon, but later summoned Belasco so that Sallis could punish the demon for his role in Sallis's fall. After the formation of the mutant sovereign state of Krakoa, Magik is granted the rank of Captain in the Quiet Council. She joins Sunspot and the other New Mutants in travelling to Shi'ar space, aboard the Starjammers vessel, to locate Sunspot's best friend Cannonball. Magik and

19071-473: The group voting to decide on how to go through with it. At Stark Tower, Reed gives Tony the Maker's broken Immortus Engine, the secret files he kept, and a letter written by Howard before he went through with his plan. Tony asks if Howard is dead, with Reed responding that he can't give him a definitive answer. Tony remarks he's going to need a suit. As he builds a new suit with the Engine built into it, Tony remarks that they have work to do as there were some things

19234-468: The heart of the African nation of Wakanda, a nation ravaged by a revolution against its king, T'Challa, the Black Panther. "Panther's Rage" also introduces T'Challa's nemesis Erik Killmonger , a rival for the throne of Wakanda who recurs in subsequent series. Rebecca Wanzo, a scholar of African-American literature, describes "Panther's Rage" as "the first major step in decolonizing the character." The cast of

19397-450: The idea of Ultimate Comics] couldn't be replicating or revisiting what Brian did in the original Ultimates - creating a streamlined, modernized version that would eventually become the spine of the MCU , and it certainly couldn't be what I did, which was a final chapter of a pre-existing universe. We also thought the very idea of Ultimate Comics needed to be inverted from what the original universe

19560-737: The identity of Mr. Okonkwo, an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and becomes the owner of a small diner to be close to the people. He fights street crime and various enemies of Daredevil, in this case relying on his own athletic ability and without the traditional Black Panther powers and Wakandan technology. He also confronts a new version of the Hate-Monger , a Silver Age emblem of bigotry who represents contemporary racist and anti-immigrant ideology. A new Black Panther series written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze

19723-500: The importance of Wakanda as an independent and technologically advanced African nation. Priest also introduced the Dora Milaje , Black Panther's female bodyguards. In subsequent series written by Reginald Hudlin , T'Challa married Storm of the X-Men and she featured prominently as a supporting character in stories of this period. The Hudlin stories emphasize Black cultural pride, and achieved greater commercial success. In Hudlin's era,

19886-497: The last two Mutants alive. She got a message from the demons offering her safe passage home for herself and her friends on the condition that she leaves her weaker older self, the two Magik's laugh in the demons face. The next day the whole Horde of demons comes in, giving the younger Illyana one more chance to accept his offer. Instead the older Illyana made her own offer, a one on one, winner takes all fight with their leader S'ym. To everyone's stock he agrees and seems to immediately get

20049-878: The legitimacy of monarchy in Wakanda and articulate a more democratic vision. Black Panther is the first Black superhero in American mainstream comics. The character is also an early example of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. He has made numerous appearances in various television shows, animated films, and video games. Chadwick Boseman portrayed T'Challa in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 's films: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He also voiced alternate versions of

20212-472: The meeting and reveals she is the current owner of Illyana's Bloodstone amulet and vows to take her father's place as ruler of Limbo. Back at the X-Men's base in San Francisco, Pixie accidentally discovers Magik's Soulsword is hidden inside Nightcrawler. Sensing its presence, Illyana teleports in and reclaims her sword, transforming from the Darkchilde into her Magik persona. She strikes Colossus when he enters

20375-449: The memory log on Earth-6160's heroes while he is trapped in The City. Tony reveals the Maker helped Loki kill Odin and steal Thor's birthright. Thor agrees to help them, with Sif states that she will stick around. Moments later, the four make it to the Maker's castle in Latveria. They enter a room filled with different repositories. Sif speculates that each one must contain a relic of a stolen life, with Doom stating each one "holds around

20538-431: The more Illyana uses it, becoming more powerful with each use. Her Soulsword disrupts magical energies, constructs, and creatures. It also augments the power level of any magic user who holds it. The Soulsword generally has no physical effect, but disrupts even the most powerful magic as it passes through. Since Rasputin's resurrection, the Soulsword seems to affect psychic beings like Legion's personalities, whereas in

20701-456: The more mystical armor appears on her body, in addition to demonic features such as horns and hooves. The armor deflects or limits attacks, both physical and magical. Her armor also provides protection from the Transmode Virus . The armor also provides Rasputin with superhuman strength, which she displayed by being able to toss the giant demon S'ym off of her several feet. Rasputin created

20864-402: The mutants against the demons, she uses a spell to immobilize them and steal a portion of Pixie 's soul, in the hopes of creating both a bloodstone and a new Soulsword, as Illyana felt Pixie had the most innocent of souls present. Anole breaks free from Illyana's confinement and dispatches her. Pixie's soul extraction is partially successful however, creating one part of a bloodstone pendant and

21027-460: The mysterious leader of a League of Assassins. Priest believed this "fearsome African warrior" would simply be too intimidating for the Marvel universe. Priest says the device of Ross's character contributed greatly to his ability to write the series: "I realized I could use Ross to bridge the gap between the African culture that the Black Panther mythos is steeped in and the predominantly white readership that Marvel sells to." He added his opinion that

21190-460: The name was inspired by a pulp adventure hero who had a black panther as a helper. Jack Kirby's original concept art for Black Panther used the concept name Coal Tiger. Influences on the character included historical figures such as 14th-century Mali Empire sultan Mansa Musa and 20th-century Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey , as well as Biblical figures such as Ham and Canaan . Other scholars have identified precursors such as Harry Wills ,

21353-440: The new Queen of Limbo. During the " Blood Hunt " storyline, Magik saves a Siberian village from a group of vampires led by a vampire version of Ilya Muromets . Illyana Rasputin possesses the mutant ability to teleport herself and others through time and space from one location to another. She initially did this by summoning what she calls "stepping discs," which were part of a dimension known as Limbo . When she calls for

21516-519: The new writer, joined by artist Will Conrad. Both T'Challa and Shuri fight Doctor Doom , alongside members of the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, in the six-issue miniseries Doomwar (April – September 2010). Doomwar introduces the Midnight Angels, an armored division of the Dora Milaje. In this period, T'Challa has given up his powers and has been replaced by his sister. At the conclusion of

21679-551: The next few years. During his time with the Avengers, he also made solo guest-appearances in three issues of Daredevil , and fought Doctor Doom in Astonishing Tales #6–7 (June & August 1971), in that supervillain 's starring feature. He received his first starring feature with Jungle Action #5 (July 1973), a reprint of a story in The Avengers #62 (March 1969) that focused on Black Panther. A new series began running

21842-401: The past or future. After Rasputin absorbed all of Limbo, the stepping discs ceased to exist; now when she teleports, hellish images of ghosts, dragons, or other supernatural creatures appear. Illyana Rasputin is the sorceress supreme of her Limbo dimension. In Limbo, she is able to cast any magic spell that Belasco could, having had access to his store of sorcerous knowledge. Her sorcery

22005-542: The past the sword only affected magical creatures and spells. The only exception to this has been Kitty Pryde , who can still be cut by the Soulsword even when Pryde is using her phasing power to become intangible. Rasputin can make her Soulsword appear and vanish at will. After Avengers vs. X-Men , she has used her Soulsword against physical beings, including a Sentinel. Furthermore, Illyana Rasputin displays formidable psionic shields, which block anyone from reading her mind, even such powerful telepaths as Professor X ,

22168-452: The present during the 2010 " X-Men: Second Coming " storyline, Bastion begins eliminating all mutant teleporters to trap the mutant population on Utopia. While trying to bring Hope and Cable to Utopia, Illyana is fired upon by one of the Purifiers with a supernatural weapon that opens a portal to Limbo that she cannot control; she is drawn into the portal by a cluster of demonic tentacles. She

22331-534: The protégé of a past version of Doctor Strange , explaining that she needs a greater understanding of magic, so as to better control her mutant powers. It is eventually discovered that Magik along with Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto and Colossus were actually infected with nano-sentinels by Dark Beast, after the incident with the Phoenix Force, and that was the real cause for their broken powers or sudden upgrade. She has since regained total control over her powers and

22494-449: The remaining bloodstones. Pixie's Souldagger merges with the bloodstone that was pried loose by Ilyana. Saddened by the loss of her and Pixie's remaining bloodstones, Illyana teleports the mutants back to the X-Base, and they convince her to stay with them. However, the younger mutants are still very distrustful of her. Illyana seems to have undergone a personality change since her return from

22657-486: The rest of the Council that they will pin the destruction on Stark as, while they were the ones who fired the laser, his family's company built the satellite. One week later, a news report states that thousands of lives were lost in the Manhattan area as the newsman lists a few names on a database that are speculated as having perished, which includes but are not limited to Emily Osborn , Norman Osborn , and May Parker . In

22820-453: The rest of the New Mutants are arrested once the Starjammers arrive at a space station to rob a highly valued object, having been believed to be behind the attempted thievery. The New Mutants are quickly bailed out by Cannonball's wife, Smasher , under the order that they are to protect Deathbird in transit to the Shi'ar homeworld to instruct her niece in the way of rule. The team where attacked by

22983-473: The rest of the group. She was woken up by her younger self who was still Balisco's apprentice, she told her where her friends were being held and performed a spell to summon someone who could help, bringing Collosus to them from Krakoa much to the older Illyana's dismay. Arriving at the Red King's castle where the others were being held, Magik took great pleasure in defeating a weaker version of Belasco, this inspired

23146-436: The role of Black Panther and leadership of Wakanda was also temporarily given to T'Challa's sister Shuri while he was briefly in a coma. The Black Panther comics became particularly commercially successful in 2016, partly as a result of the literary fame of their writer, the journalist and essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates . The first issue of his series was the best-selling comic book of that month. Coates's series call into question

23309-522: The rule of Lord Ra and Lord Khonshu . The newsman speculates on Tony Stark's motive for the attack, while stating the public may never know why he did it, and that he has presumably perished in the blast. What they don't know is that Tony secretly survived along with his allies, suggesting the forming of a resistance effort against the Council. Ultimate Invasion is a four-issue Marvel Comics limited series written by Jonathan Hickman , drawn by Bryan Hitch and colored by Alex Sinclair, which reintroduces

23472-519: The story arc is almost entirely Black. The second and final arc, "Panther vs. the Klan", ran as mostly 17-page stories in Jungle Action #19–24 (January – November 1976), except for issue #23, a reprint of Daredevil #69 (October 1970), in which the Black Panther guest-starred. The subject matter of the Ku Klux Klan was considered controversial in the Marvel offices at the time, creating difficulties for

23635-543: The story, Doom steals Wakanda's supply of vibranium, and T'Challa destroys all of it in response. T'Challa then accepts an invitation from Matt Murdock, the superhero Daredevil , to become the new protector of New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. He became the lead character in Daredevil beginning with issue #513 (February 2011), when that series was retitled Black Panther: The Man Without Fear . Under writer David Liss and artist Francesco Francavilla , he takes on

23798-462: The upper hand, however immediately after he stabs her she reveals she is bonded to Warlock and used the stab to remove the techno-organic virus from S'ym and his allies. After watching her defeat S'ym once and for all the team went further into Limbo, finding themselves in a fairytale world based on Alice in Wonderland , they were ambushed by guards of the Red King (Balisco) and Magik was separated from

23961-404: The wall they realise S'ym is being helped by another version of Magik created by Limbo because the original spent to much time on Earth and neglected her duties. Magik allows her doppelganger to think she has the upper hand so Madelyne can defeat her while she is distracted. This causes the two to merge together making Illyana once again powerful enough to send them home. Madelyne to finally becoming

24124-449: The world of Black Panther. Priest also envisioned the series as a political satire, comparing it to The West Wing . In Priest's characterization, T'Challa actually joined the Avengers in order to spy on them, protecting Wakanda's national interests. Ta-Nehisi Coates has said that Priest "had the classic run on Black Panther, period, and that's gonna be true for a long time." Jim Dandeneau of Den of Geek also states that Priest's

24287-465: The younger Illyana to undo her spell turning the fairytale world back into Balisco's castle. Illyana said goodbye to her younger self who was happy to know she would eventually become strong enough to escape and once again the group set forth further into Limbo. After months of waiting in a cave while she continued training Madelyne, the group stages an assault on the castle hoping to take Limbo back from S'ym. While initially successful, when they get inside

24450-793: The younger sister of Colossus and a member of the New Mutants, she also sporadically appeared as a guest star in Uncanny X-Men . In The Uncanny X-Men #303 (1993), she dies of the Legacy Virus . Other than flashbacks and alternate realities, she was absent from regular publication for most of the 1990s, though she does appear as a time-traveler in The New Mutants: Truth or Death #1-3 (1997). After being resurrected by Belasco , she returned to regular publication in 2007, in New X-Men #38-41 (2007), X-Infernus #1-4 (2009), X-Men: Hellbound #1-3 (2010) and New Mutants vol. 3 #1-29 (2009-2011). As

24613-563: Was - we wanted this to be something that could really only exist in the comic space: a new way of thinking about, and enjoying, a new version of the Marvel Universe . I'm pretty happy to say that it feels like we’ve accomplished those things and we’re very excited for everyone to get to read it." Audience reception to Ultimate Invasion has been highly positive. On the League of Comic Geeks website, 97% of readers like Ultimate Invasion #1, with

24776-507: Was able to recreate Limbo. She later helps Doctor Strange defeat the Empirikul, a science cult focused on destroying magic in every dimension. Magik is employed by Karma to lead a new New Mutants team along with Wolfsbane, Rictor , Strong Guy , Prodigy and Boom-Boom . When an eco-terrorist group attempted to use the Man-Thing as a weapon against humanity, the part of Ted Sallis within

24939-501: Was announced in October 2023, with: Later, other comics were announced: Black Panther (character) Black Panther is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist-coplotter Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #52, published in July 1966. Black Panther's birth name

25102-587: Was born in the Ust-Ordynski Collective farm , near Lake Baikal , Siberia , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union to Nikolai Rasputin and his wife Alexandra Natalya Rasputina. The 2006 comic mini-series Colossus: Bloodline established that the family was descended from Grigori Rasputin and a Romani woman named Elena. Illyana's two older brothers, Mikhail Nikolaievitch Rasputin and Colossus (Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin) are also mutants . Colossus' superhuman powers manifest while saving Illyana from

25265-524: Was launched in 2016 and concluded in 2021. Coates was previously a correspondent for The Atlantic and won the National Book Award for his essay Between the World and Me . As Todd Steven Burroughs writes, "The announcement that Ta-Nehisi Coates––the writer whom Toni Morrison called the heir to novelist and essayist James Baldwin ––was going to write a new, ongoing Black Panther title shook both

25428-411: Was not necessarily or primarily geared toward an African-American readership. As influences for his characterization of the character, Hudlin has cited comic character Batman , film director Spike Lee , and music artist Sean Combs . The Black Panther comics that Hudlin wrote sold much better than any previous series featuring the character, including Priest's. In Hudlin's series, the Dora Milaje are

25591-616: Was replaced by Ed Hannigan (writer), Jerry Bingham (penciler), and Roger Stern (editor). Black Panther ran 15 issues (January 1977 – May 1979). Because the series was discontinued, the contents of what would have been Black Panther #16–18 were published in Marvel Premiere #51–53. A four-issue miniseries , Black Panther vol. 2, (July – October 1988) was written by Peter B. Gillis and penciled by Denys Cowan . McGregor revisited his Panther saga with Gene Colan in "Panther's Quest", published as 25 eight-page installments within

25754-424: Was responsible for his injuries. Hulk gives his condolences to Henri as he claims that Tony "has given them North America". Iron Lad and Doom see an Stark/Stane space station about to fire on Stark Tower, as Hulk states to Duggary that they intend to frame Tony and his allies as terrorists in a false flag attack. The space station fires as Tony uses the Engine built into his armor to teleport the group. Hulk states to

25917-483: Was sealed. Richards has taken up the name of Doom as he and Iron Lad spring Thor from his cell in Asgard. When they reach Mjolnir, they find it guarded by the prison's warden Sif and a few Asgardian soldiers. As Iron Lad attacks, Thor calls Mjolnir to him as he defeats the remaining soldiers. Thor then teleports himself, Iron Lad, and Doctor Doom away from the prison with Sif caught in the process. Moments later at Stark Tower,

26080-500: Was some debate at Marvel, with Lee wondering how far to go with the commercially-risky introduction of a Black superhero in that era. In the first version of the cover for Fantastic Four #52, Kirby drew the Black Panther wearing a cowl that exposed his face. In the published version, the cowl became a full face-mask. Previews in other comics did not show the cover at all, indicating that Lee was hesitant. Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four #52, published in July 1966, and

26243-486: Was the 5th best-selling comic book in May 2018. Oliver Vestal of ComicsVerse gave Black Panther (2018) #1 a score of 97%, writing, " Black Panther #1 made for a strong start to the series. Ta-Nehisi Coates uses thorough world-building to establish a plot and characters. Daniel Acuña uses a mix of blurry and clear details and a dark palette to reflect the tone of the issue." Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave Black Panther #1

26406-502: Was the best-selling comic book in April 2016, while #2 was the 9th best-selling comic book in May 2016. The first issue received positive reviews from Comics Beat and IGN . Critics found the second issue compelling and unusual, but enigmatic. In Coates' second storyline, Avengers of the New World , Wakanda's mythology was expanded, showing the panther goddess Bast as a member of

26569-500: Was the first Black creator to become an editor at Marvel. Inspired by the Eddie Murphy film Coming to America , Priest and his artists returned to the fundamental sovereignty of Wakanda. He revisited Erik Killmonger and other characters introduced in "Panther's Rage", together with new characters such as State Department attorney Everett Ross and the Dora Milaje , the Panther's female bodyguards. In their original characterization,

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