COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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New Mutants 14
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1015891002
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Owner:
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bagofleas
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
LOOK!! It's a Two-eyed-no-horned-nonflying-purple-people-eater!!!!!
Published: 4/84
Sal Buscema and Tom Mandrake art
Story Title: Do you believe in... Magik?
Summary:
Illyana Rasputin contemplates her past. Her 7 years spent in Limbo under the demon Belasco. Her escape & return to earth, where only a year had passed. The medallion she holds with 3 of the 5 bloodstones necessary to allow Belasco and the Dark Ones to enter earth & decimate it. She knows he will come for it & her eventually. She doesn't really feel comfortable talking about it with anyone except for Kitty Pryde, her friend & room mate.
Snow begins to fall & the New Mutants, out early from class, play around in it. They decide to throw a party for the Prof, who is missing Lilandra terribly. They include Illyana in the effort. A demon named S'ym is keeping an eye on Illyana from the shadows.
At dance class, they get Stevie Hunter to help out as well. Doug Ramsey shows up looking for Kitty Pryde, who is on a mission with the X-Men, then leaves. The group goes to the mall & loads up on supplies for the party.
Back at the mansion, the Professor is confronted by S'ym. Xavier tries a mental stun blast to no effect & gets knocked out for his troubles!
The others arrive back & Illyana goes to search for the Prof while they get things ready for the party. She is attacked by S'ym & in her fear & panic, she teleports the others through Limbo & into the room. This is from her mutant powers. She does not want anyone to know about her sorcerous powers yet.
Sam blasts him. No good. Bobby hauls off with his best punch. No good. Even Rahne gives it a shot. Uh uh. Dani then reveals a spirit form of whatever S'ym might be afraid of. Turns out to be Belasco & a possible future version of Illyana as the Darkchild.
S'ym runs in terror & Magma brings up a fissure & buries him in molten lava. Apparently to no effect either.
Stevie tries to drag Illyana to safety & reach the X-Men for help, but her bad knee gives out & S'ym catches up to them.
Now Illyana awakes & decides she has no choice but to use her sorcery to overcome S'ym. Initially, nothing works, but she is drawing him in through his anger until he thinks he will win. Then she brings out her Soulsword, which she has nearly killed him with before, and lays it to his throat.
She gives him the choice to live & serve her instead of Belasco. He agrees & she makes him leave until she needs him. She then uses a subtle spell to wipe Stevie's memories of her use of sorcery.
Later, the X-Men arrive back from their mission just in time for the party, where Illyana dances with the Prof, who finds that his legs have apparently fully recovered!
Doug Ramsey shows up & reveals to Kitty that he has been accepted to the Massachusetts Acadamy. Not good. It's run by the Hellfire Club, but Kitty doesn't know how she is gonna tell him without revealing that they are all mutants.
Continued in Uncanny X-Men #180 in my X-Men set...
Then back here for #15...
Personal Notes:
I had been wondering how Illyana Rasputin was gonna fit into this series. I didn't really know much about her at this point other than that she was Colossus' sister.
I was always very interested in occult themes & magic. This issue started to show me how these ideas would possibly fit into a Mutant storyline. I was enthralled.
Demons, sorcery & an awesome spiritual sword! I would never have guessed this out of Illyana.
This could get REALY interesting...
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