Sunday, May 20, 2007

New X-Men #37 - Marvel


Well, it looks like Magik, Illyana Rasputin, may be back. We don't know for sure yet, but the new X-men have a precog on their team, Blindfold. It's a dark night and our heroes are gathered around the hearth telling ghost stories. Well, Blindfold steps up and starts telling the story of Magik. Everybody thinks she must have read some of the mission files or something. But then she starts talking about Belasco. About how he was banished from Limbo. But then he sensed Illyana in the worlds of light above him. So he decided to make the trek back to Limbo, and take over the land from the sorceress that had been ruling it. She also took the name Magik, but, she wasn't the original. This one was Amanda Sefton. It turns out that Belasco's anger was enough to give him the edge in power over the pretender. And he defeated her and banished her. And with his rule resumed in Limbo now, it became a much darker place. He was still mad because he could no longer sense his apprentice. But he could smell her on the students that now inhabited Xaviers. So really, Blindfolds story was a warning. Because Amanda was defeated 2 days ago, and now Belasco would be coming after them. Great story by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost. This book is really the prelude to the Quest for Magik. We also have a new penciller this issue, Skottie Young. He's got a pretty unique style to him. It's kind of hard to explain. You really have to see it to understand what I'm saying. Anyways it was a nice prelude, and I think the story-arc will prove to be very interesting.