Illyana Rasputin in War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men
Yeah, your mistake, Sabretooth--never trust it when Illyana looks like a damsel in distress, that’s probably exactly when she has a plan to make you pay.
Illyana Rasputin in Uncanny X-Men #188
Showing your sword to your family for the first time is a big moment in a teen girl’s life. You never know how they’re going to react.
Some people get shocked, other people get ready to do something about it.
From Uncanny X-Men (2019) #20 by Matthew Rosenberg & Salvadore Larocca
Love seeing casual Illyana. And wondering how many eyebeam jokes she’s already made wearing those shades and sitting next to Scott.
From Uncanny X-Men (2019) #20 by Matthew Rosenberg & Salvador Larocca
This is why (despite loving the team-up) I’ve always had a bit of an issue of Illyana apprenticing with Strange under Bendis. She has been very well-schooled in the arts arcane since Limbo, but she gets treated too easily as a novice at them.
Now, that doesn’t mean she knows as much magic as him--I’ve always liked to see the Sorcerer Supreme as someone who knows every kind of magic, or near enough (treating the title as a set of powers that can be handed to anyone is dumb; there, I said it, alternate future Sorcerer Supreme Tony fricking Stark, or for that matter Billy Kaplan who is awesome but uses his powers without much learning)--but Illyana is a specialist, probably the greatest, in the magics related to Limbo.
I’m not sure how long Stephen studied with the Ancient One for? Regardless, Illyana’s seven years of training (mystical with Belasco and Ororo, and physical with Kat) came with demons to punish her when she didn’t learn right or fast enough. Bet the Ancient Nice Guy didn’t have a S’ym.
And like Stephen wisely says, her development as a non-traumatized human lagged behind a bit.
From Uncanny X-Men #190-191 by Chris Claremont & John Romita Jr.
Who’s a bad-ass sword girl in any era or setting? You know who. Rhymes with Shmillyana Shmrasputin.
Originally from Uncanny X-Men #190-191 by Chris Claremont & John Romita Jr.
Illyana’s not red, she’s just visiting the queen of the Hellfire club whose lights are all that color.
By Victor Ibanez
Source: twitter.com
Dramatic campfire lighting does Illyana no disfavors.
And it’s good to have Roberto back home. We’ll have to wean him off having Avenging Guys as reference points, though.
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men, by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
New Mutants reunions warm my heart.
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men, by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
That’s the risk of having Illyana on your team. Scott used to have infinite back-up plans, but with a Russian, teleporting witch around being awesome all the time, he got lazy.
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men, by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
The Soulsword is Illyana’s alone to wield, but she originally created it to take revenge, and it still has a soft spot for wronged people trying to get their own back.
From Uncanny X-Men #632/13, by Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larroca & Guru-eFX
“Look, I would totally be a ruthless soldier in your little mutant war, but my friend just said she need me, so I’m gonna drop everything. Toodles.”
Illyana is very loyal to her friends.
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1 (Uncanny X-Men #635), by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
Magik don’t wait for no one!
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1 (Uncanny X-Men #635), by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
The Carnage-ized X-Men
Variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #643 (21) by Declan Shalvey
Source: twitter.com
I’ve never been the biggest fan of Hope Summers, aside from that time Dani punched her, but I’ve got to say...
she’s growing on me, I like the way she thinks!
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1 (Uncanny X-Men #635), by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
“Seriously, team leader, what was I supposed to do, NOT drop everything to help out my BFF?”
Incidentally, this is exactly as I see Illyana—most of the time she’s a loyal and very useful squad member, but really she just follows her own priorities. Working with the people she respects towards the goals they share just happens to be a big one, but as ruler of a hell dimension guarding the world against invasions by demons and elder gods, she sometimes has bigger things to worry about. And her close friends being in trouble? Maybe not on the same world-ending level, but it still trumps most other things for her.
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1 (Uncanny X-Men #635), by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg
Is anyone reading the main War of the Realms book who can tell me if Dani and/or Illyana showed up there?
From War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1 (Uncanny X-Men #635), by Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Peréz & Rachelle Rosenberg