Magik (vol. 1) #3 (Feb. 1984):
“Soulquest”
by Chris Claremont, Ron Frenz, Tom Palmer

Magik (vol. 1) #3

Title: “Soulquest”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1984

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Ron Frenz, Tom Palmer

19 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Illyana Rasputin (lead character)	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (details)  Storm of an alternative timeline whose X-Men stayed in Limbo (Earth-8280) is a major character.	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Belasco	sorcerer; worshipped Elder Gods; degenerated into demon	[kidnapped Illyana Rasputin to Limbo]		36
demons (details, pg. 1-4, 16-19, 22)  Miscellaneous unnamed demons in Limbo.	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
The Squidge (9-panel cameo, pg. 1-3)	N.A.	[rodent-like creature Illyana practiced magic on]		1
S'ym (3-panel cameo, pg. 17, panels 3-5)	demon	[servant of Belasco, then Magik (Illyana)]		63
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 3)	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 3)	Native American religion (Cheyenne) / Teutonic paganism	Mutant Liberation Front; Native American...  The New Mutants; X-Force; X-Men; Young X-Men (teacher)		470
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 3)	Presbyterian	Excalibur; The New Mutants...  X-Factor; X-Force		576
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 3)	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
The New Mutants (1-panel cameo, pg. 12, panel 3)		[1st app: Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982)]		1,022
Kitty Pryde (alternative reality version)  Cat of an alternative timeline whose X-Men stayed in Limbo (Earth-8280) is a major character.	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Larry Niven (behind the scenes, pg. 11, panel 4)  Illyana Rasputin: "Oh! A light circle-- Cat called them 'stepping discs,' from a novel she read. They transport you through Limbo in both space and time." In Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #160, Kitty Pryde (later known as "Cat" in Limbo) compared the light circles in Limbo to "Larry Niven's stepping discs."	agnostic	[wrote Ringworld, Known Space]		7
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 2)  Illyana Rasputin: "With Cat and Belasco's pet monster S'ym patrolling the citadel, I can't sneak about. I need a way to move instantly from place to place-- like Nightcrawler when he teleported. Those spells exist, but Belasco keeps them secret."	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (mentioned, pg. 3, 5, 13)  (pg. 1) Illyana: "I thrill to Belasco's voice... He is... a demon-mage in the service of the Dark Ones, the Elder Gods of Earth..." (pg. 6-7) Illyana: "I can still feel the power-- some within me, most waiting beyond the gate-- where the Dark Ones dwell... Belasco didn't count on this, I bet-- that his dark gods would like me a much as him..."	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Dark Ones (mentioned, pg. 1, 6-7, 22-23)  (pg. 1) Illyana (narrating): "I thrill to Belasco's voice... He is... a demon-mage in the service of the Dark Ones, the Elder Gods of Earth..." (pg. 6-7) Illyana: "I can still feel the power-- some within me, most waiting beyond the gate-- where the Dark Ones dwell... Belasco didn't count on this, I bet-- that his dark gods would like me a much as	demons	[alien race]		17
X-Men (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  Illyana Rasputin (narrating): "...Kitty Pryde... I can never forget that what's happened to her is my fault-- as are the deaths of most of fellow X-Men, including my beloved brother, Piotr Nikolievitch." There are other references to the X-Men. The team itself is not seen, except in the alternative timeline form of Story (Ororo) and Cat (Kitty Pryde), the remaining X-Men team members in Limbo.		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Elder Gods (mentioned, pg. 1)  Illyana Rasputin (narrating): "I thrill to Belasco's voice, his touch, his very presence. He is my lord and master -- a demon-mage in the service of the Dark Ones, the Elder Gods of Earth -- and I, his willing apprentice."
saber-toothed cats (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 1)  Illyana Rasputin (narrating): "When I was little, Cat fought a tiger, armed withonly her dagger. The beast was three times her size, with two heads and huge sabre-teeth." llyana here refers to the time, shown in Magik #2, when Cat (Kitty Pryde of Limbo) killed a two-headed saber-toothed tiger in a barren part of Limbo.	N.A.	[animal species]		10

Cover Date: February 1984 Publisher: Marvel Story Note: Magik: Illyana and Storm Limited Series. Number 3 of 4-issue limited series starring Illyana Rasputin (known as "Magik" of the New Mutants) and Storm of the X-Men. Story 1: Soulquest Pages: 23 Credits (as printed) Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Ron Frenz Finisher: Tom Palmer Letterer: Tom Orzechowski Colorist: Glynis Wein Editor: Louise Jones Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter Cover Cover Price: 60¢ Cover Artist(s): Ron Frenz (pencils) and Tom Palmer (inks) Cover Blurb(s): word balloon spoken by Belasco: "My love or Storm's life, Illyana -- CHOOSE!"; From the X-Men; #3 in a Four-Issue Limited Series Featured on Cover: Illyana Rasputin, Storm (other-dimensional), Belasco Shown in Corner Box: Illyana Rasputin

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