Guest-starring Madelyne Pryor, the GOBLIN QUEEN! The Goblin Queen comes to Magik for help to retain control of Limbo. But what kind of threat requires two queens of Limbo to defeat it? And what kind of trouble can Magik and the Goblin Queen get into together?!
Rated T+
Magik #6 is yet another shining example of the exemplary work that Ashley Allen is doing with Illyana Rasputina on this book. Each issue delves deeper and deeper into Illyana's interiority and explores what motivates and troubles the character. This book is by far one of the most definitive runs to feature Illyana Rasputina as Magik, and it is refreshing to see how Illyana is being characterized by a competent and capable writer who understands her the way that Ashley Allen does. Read Full Review
Allen is really giving Illyana an opportunity to explore multiple different angles of her personality. There is so much going on in her life that a series centered around her could easily feel like a bit of a haphazard cluttering of different elements. Thankfully,Allen is doing a remarkable job of keeping it all very tightly defined around a single psycho that pulls everything together in its own kind of appealing gravity. Read Full Review
It was an absolute joy to see Maddie Pryor back as the ruler of Limbo. Illyana going back to Limbo willingly certainly wasn't what I expected from this run, so it was a lot of fun to see, especially when she's there to help Maddie. Read Full Review
This was a fantastic 1-off issue, with strong character development for both Magik and Madelyne Pryor. Moreover, it finally justifies the move to have Magik give up rulership of Limbo to the Goblin Queen after previous stories failed to do so and treated the whole thing as a joke rather than as something that has serious consequences, as they should have done from the start.
The issue does not get a 10 solely because the art is not up to the high standard of the first 5 issues with the fill-in artist, but that is hardly enough to bring it down.
I was disappointed with this issue. It felt like a filler issue, and an opportunity to put the Goblin Queen and Magik together should have been epic. Instead, it just came off awkward. I'm not sure how someone screws up a Magik mini-series, but in only 6 issues, this has really gone downhill. I'm going to stick it out for the final two issues.
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Resurrecting Madelyne Pryor was one of Marvel's worst decisions of the last few decades. It completely eradicated the impact of Inferno and gave us a Goblin Queen without sense or purpose. For this reason alone, the story doesn't work. And then there's the art, which is not the worst I've ever seen, but also not great.
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