This is for the Comics Fans among us! Especially the X-Men’s fans!
Of her real name, Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina, Magik first appeared in the comics the X-MEN in May 1975.
Her story really developed in the 80s with her own limited series “Magik” and multiple appearances in different series such as “New Mutants”, “Nightcrawler” and “The Uncanny X-Men”.
Throughout the Nightcrawler series, she was shown wearing a Michael Jackson T-shirt rather than her X-Men uniform.
No surprise there as Michael Jackson’s music was everywhere when the comic was made. The aim was to keep the readers close to reality and what was very popular in the 80s? Michael Jackson of course.
And decades later, Magik comes back in the latest X-MEN #20 and she is still a Michael Jackson fan!
In the recent arc of X-Men, The Brood has begun to act out of line, attacking and infecting innocents. However, this shouldn’t have been the case as their new ruler was the benevolent Broo. Through Broo, a truce was forged as he could control the hive mind with little strain on his part. But to be sure, Jean Grey and Magik went to check on him, only to find that when conscious he was very much in control. To prove it, he had his Broodlings dance the dance from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, igniting Illyana Rasputin’s love of the musician.
It’s official! We have finally a Michael Jackson fan in the superhero world!!
This Easter-egg in the new comic gives X-Men’s fans a continuity of the character that they discover back in the 80s.
In 2020, the movie “The New Mutants”, Magik was played by Anya Taylor-Joy and who knows, maybe the character will come back to the big screen wearing a Michael Jackson T-shirt! That would be so cool!
