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Issue: Magik 1 Date: Dec-83 Story: Little Girl Lost (23 pages) Feature Characters: Illyana Nikolaevna Rasputin (Magik) Regular Characters: alternate Ororo, alternate Kitty (Cat) Guest Stars: Piotr Nikolievich Rasputin (Colossus), Ororo Munro (Storm), Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler), Katherine "Kitty" Pryde, Logan (Wolverine) Villains: Belasco and Limbo demons Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Louise Jones Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Illyana is Peter's little sister; a mutant, and consort to a devil. Flashback (to Uncanny 160), where the X-Men rescue Illyana from Limbo. Belasco catches hold of her, for what seems a few seconds to the X-Men, but which for her was six years in Limbo. Belasco plans to use her as an instrument for his elder gods, to take over the universe. Storm and Kitty from a different timeline have become a sorceress and a warrior in Limbo, but they are unable to help Illyana as Belasco takes part of her soul, corrupts it, and makes it into a Bloodstone, inserting it into a pentagram amulet and giving it to her. Storm takes Illyana to her sanctum and enters her mind, but finds the dark part of her soul already too strong to be defeated. Cat, whom Belasco has made truly cat-like, wants to kill Illyana, to prevent him ever using her. But Storm decides to take her as an apprentice, to teach her to fight Belasco. She shows her the oak tree she grew from an acorn she made as the beginning of her sanctum, and teaches her to use her astral form, and see the life-force in all things. She also sees the potential for evil in her own and in Storm's souls. During the lesson, a year passes. Cat attacks Storm and takes Illyana, promising her a way home. Issue: Magik 2 Date: Jan-84 Story: Cold Iron: Hot Blood (23 pages) Feature Characters: Magik Regular Characters: alternate Ororo, alternate Kitty (Cat) Guest Stars: alternate Colossus (deceased); Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, Wolverine Villains: Belasco and Limbo demons including S'ym, alternate Nightcrawler Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Louise Jones Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Cat beats off a demon. Magik, fleeing another one, falls through a disk and finds herself in another room, where Colossus's dead body hangs. S'ym nabs her; Cat rescues her, takes her into Limbo's version of the Savage Land, shows herself to be part animal, and starts training her to be a fighter. She and Ororo argue about how best to defeat Belasco: steel or magic. Three years pass. When Cat sees Magik is ready, they enter Belasco's citadel. Cat kills the twisted Nightcrawler, takes Magik to Belasco's altar, and tries to phase her back to earth. But Belasco catches them, makes Cat even more feline, and takes Magik as his apprentice. She does not fight him, but makes the second Bloodstone herself. Ororo is forced to make plans to destroy Magik. Issue: Magik 3 Date: Feb-84 Story: Soulquest (23 pages) Feature Characters: Magik Regular Characters: alternate Ororo, alternate Kitty (Cat) Guest Stars: New Mutants Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane Villains: Belasco and Limbo demons including S'ym Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Ron Frenz Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Louise Jones Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Two years later, Magik is corrupted. She transmutes a pet into a demon, and Cat kills and eats it. Cat tries to talk to her, but she blasts her with a spell. Then she makes a "good" pentagram, as Ororo taught her, and tries to make an acorn. But it explodes with corruption. Ororo's astral form appears; she promises aid. Magik realizes she can control the stepping discs. She ports her bed away, which is crashed into by the New Mutants' Saab (see New Mutants 14), which quickly disappears. Magik moves in time and finds Ororo, in her prime, killing Belasco, and becoming just like him. Belasco isn't really dead, since he rules Limbo, but Ororo is now his servant, since she corrupted herself by trying to kill. Magik returns to the present and finds Ororo fighting Belasco again. Cat attacks Ororo; Magik fights and kills her. Belasco wants Magik to help him form the third Bloodstone, from the dying Ororo's corrupted soul. Issue: Magik 4 Date: Mar-84 Story: Darkchild (23 pages) Feature Characters: Magik Regular Characters: alternate Ororo Guest Stars: Ka-Zar, Shanna the She-Devil (as statues); X-Men Kitty Pryde, Wolverine, Colossus, Psylocke, Nightcrawler; New Mutants Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane, Magma Villains: Belasco and Limbo demons including S'ym, alternate X-Men: Colossus, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Kitty Pryde; Dherk of Atlantis, Queen Leanne of Lemuria (as statues) Other Characters: Nikolai and Mrs. Rasputin Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Sal Buscema Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Ken Feduniewicz Editor: Louise Jones Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Magik stabs Ororo to death, rather than use her soul in a Bloodstone. She ports away from Belasco, buries Ororo in her grove, and is attacked in turn by Ororo's risen corpse, Colossus, her parents (who don't recognize her full-grown), and demonized X-Men. Belasco catches and tortures her; the dark side of her soul creates the third Bloodstone, and he abandons her in a winter wilderness until she learns her lesson. She takes shelter beside Ororo's oak, which is strong with her magic. She tries again to make an acorn; again it bursts with corruption. The oak crumbles to dust. Magik creates a sword from her soul's essence. She interrupts Belasco planning to attack Ka-Zar, burns his books, and becomes more demonic while he reverts to human. She realizes this, and refuses to kill him, rejecting the bloodlust. Belasco escapes, vowing vengeance. Magik rules Limbo, but she chooses to return to earth. To the X-Men, no time has passed (Uncanny X-Men 160), and they are surprised to find her grown. She joins the New Mutants. Issue: Fallen Angels 1 Date: Apr-87 Story: Runaway (22 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot (Roberto da Costa), Warlock, Siryn (Theresa Rourke Cassidy), Multiple Man (James "Jamie" Madrox), Chance Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Magneto and the New Mutants: Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Magma, Cypher, Magik, Mirage, Karma; Prof. Xavier (in a photo); Dr. Moira MacTaggert Villains: Blob, Toad, Vanisher (in flashback) Other Characters: Emmanuel and Nina da Costa (in photos) Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Kerry Gammill Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: The New Mutants play soccer, and Roberto's team is beating Sam's. Rahne looks on, and Warlock eats a dandelion. Magneto frets about being schoolmaster and calls Moira. She, Siryn, and Jamie fly over to help. Sam falls on Roberto on the playing field; Roberto uses his power and tosses him into a tree, badly hurting him. Everyone is angry at Roberto, who stalks off, friendless and ashamed. He tries to talk to Magneto but stumbles across his personal files and reads a critical evaluation of himself. (Magneto is concerned about Roberto's arrogance and ties to the Hellfire Club: irony.) Roberto, convinced he is evil, runs away, leaving a note behind. Only Warlock decides to go out and find him. Roberto wanders the streets of New York alone, with no money. Chance is a runaway from a religious cult that makes children beg money (read: Moonies). She is mugged; Roberto comes to her rescue, but his powers fail him. Issue: Fallen Angels 2 Date: May-87 Story: I'll Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low Road: And I'll Get to Sunspot before Me (22 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Don, Bill Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Magneto and the New Mutants: Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Magma, Cypher, Magik, Mirage, Karma; Dr. Moira MacTaggert; Sam Spade (as a template for Warlock) Villains: Vanisher, Ariel Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Kerry Gammill Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Roberto and Chance are being mugged (last iss.); Ariel helps Chance escape, abandoning Roberto, but Warlock arrives and rescues him. Siryn and Jamie take a portable Cerebro and go to look for Roberto. Roberto is convinced he is a villain, and decides to steal to buy food. Unfortunately, the first door he busts down is that of a church. The minister tries to help, he runs, but other thugs burst in and start robbing the church. Gomi arrives with his lobsters Don and Bill and stop them, then continue their mission to find Roberto and Warlock. A Jamie stumbles across them, just as Gomi invites them all to join Vanisher's club. Siryn arrives and chases Vanisher away. All follow Ariel to the Beat Street Clubhouse, but when Siryn goes through the same door, she finds herself in a seafood restaurant. Issue: Fallen Angels 3 Date: Jun-87 Story: Every Card Is Wild (22 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Don, Bill; Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith) Regular Characters: Guest Stars: X-Factor's Marvel Girl (in a poster), Iceman, Beast Villains: Vanisher, Ariel Other Characters: Ramon Lipschitz, Tadashi Fujita (in flashback) Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Marie Severin Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Bill Oakley Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Ariel convinces Roberto, Warlock, and Jamie to join the Fallen Angels, a club for failed teenage superhero run by Vanisher. Ariel and Chance bring back (stolen) food Siryn and Jamie search the seafood restaurant for Roberto (last iss.), then sit down for a bite to eat. Gomi explains that his lobsters are cyborgs, built by two college students, who experimented on him, too, trying to recreate the original Marvel Girl. He has a TK force beam, but no control. Ariel is an alien with the ability to bend space, opening doors to anywhere. Vanisher sends her to retrieve Boom Boom from X-Factor. Hank, for one, is not displeased to see her go. Siryn and Jamie finally find them. Ariel takes everyone outside. Issue: Fallen Angels 4 Date: Jul-87 Story: A Devil among the Angels! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Don, Bill; Boom Boom, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Vanisher, Ariel Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Kerry Gammill Inks: Val Mayerik Letters: L.P. Gregory Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Ariel has taken them all to a prehistoric planet. Vanisher vanishes while the rest battle dinosaurs; Sunspot has more strength than he knew and beats them off, then knocks himself out. Ariel and Chance leave him lying there, and Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur defend him. The group falls all over themselves making a fire to roast dinosaur. Boom Boom is infatuated with Jamie. The Cerebro unit identifies Ariel and Chance as mutants. Ariel welcomes Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur to the group; these are the mutants she was looking for. Issue: Fallen Angels 5 Date: Aug-87 Story: Lost and Found (23 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Don, Bill; Boom Boom, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Vanisher, Ariel Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Joe Staton Inks: Val Mayerik Letters: Bill Oakley Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Everyone's powers are strangely doubled. Ariel expands the Beat St. Clubhouse into an adjoining loading bay, large enough to house Devil Dinosaur. Vanisher sends everyone out to scavenge food, so the T. Rex doesn't get hungry. Ariel tells Chance that there are no mutants on her world, which is why she has collected the Fallen Angels. They beg food, steal a purse, and return to Vanisher. Moon Boy takes Devil Dinosaur out to likewise bring tribute. One of Jamie's dupes has gone rogue; Boom Boom tries to talk to him, but he gets hit by a messenger bike. Jamie realizes he has been feeling faint because one of his dupes has been apart for so long. They talk; the dupe wants to have his own life. Devil Dinosaur arrives and accidentally steps on Don. Issue: Fallen Angels 6 Date: Sep-87 Story: The Coconut Grove (23 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Don (deceased), Bill; Boom Boom, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Vanisher; Coconut Grove people including Unipar, Ariel Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Joe Staton Inks: Val Mayerik Letters: Bill Oakley Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Roberto comforts Gomi over the loss of Don; Bill is angry and attacks the sorrowful Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur; Siryn breaks it up. Gomi in infatuated with Siryn. Everyone's mutant power fritzes out, including Warlocks mutant ability to feel compassion. He attacks Boom Boom, and Gomi defends her. Jamie's dupe has an independent reading on Cerebro; he is now fully autonomous. Vanisher thinks they're under attack, so Ariel takes them all to her planet: Coconut Grove, a party world. Issue: Fallen Angels 7 Date: Oct-87 Story: Triple Cross (23 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Bill; Boom Boom, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Cannonball (in flashback) Villains: Vanisher; Coconut Grove people including Unipar, Ariel Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Kerry Gammill Finisher: Tom Palmer Letters: Bill Oakley Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Ariel's people give the Fallen Angels new clothes, but Chance rejects their hospitality. Boom Boom blows the seat out of Roberto's pants; he controls his anger and walks away. Ariel tells Chance that the ability to convince people of things is a family trait; she is a descendent of the Ariel in Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Boom Boom displays her mutant power, and a native makes a fuss over her. She revels in the attention, especially since her father beat her when she used her mutant power. Vanisher calls the Fallen Angels together. Jamie insists that Ariel and Chance are mutants whose powers are manifesting; everyone else's powers go wild, then stop. Gomi realizes Chance's mutant ability modifies those around her. Unipar and the Coconut Grove people take all the mutants into custody, including their former agents Chance and Ariel. Issue: Fallen Angels 8 Date: Nov-87 Story: Grownups and Children (24 pages) Feature Characters: Sunspot, Warlock, Siryn, Multiple Man, Chance; Gomi, Bill; Boom Boom, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Vanisher; Coconut Grove people including Unipar, Ariel Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jo Duffy Pencils: Joe Staton Inker: Tony DeZuniga Letters: Bill Oakley Colors: Petra Scotese Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: The Coconut Grove civilization has lost the ability to mutate, so it has captured the Fallen Angels, including Boom Boom, upon whom they have conducted painful experiments. They want to isolate the x-factor that causes mutations and extract it for their own people. They take Jamie next, killing one when he resists (two remain). Bill comes to the rescue, knocking out the guard and using the keys to free Gomi, who frees the rest, even Ariel. Boom Boom, Warlock, and Chance take the Cerebro unit to find Roberto; Chance gains some control over her double-or-nothing power. The renegade Jamie chooses to sacrifice himself and merge back into Jamie, to strengthen him. Unipar and his people fight the Fallen Angels, until Ariel uses her power to convince him to let them go. She returns with them to Beat St. Roberto and Warlock return to the New Mutants; Siryn and Jamie stay to help the Fallen Angels back onto the straight and narrow.
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