CHARACTERS

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30th October 2003

Belasco

First appearance: Ka-Zar (1st series) #11
First Limbo appearance: Uncanny X-Men #160

All Limbo related appearances: Magik #3, Uncanny X-Men #160, Magik #1-4, Cable (2nd series) #13-14, Excalibur #103, X-Men Unlimited #19, X-Men Black Sun #1-2, 5

Powers: human sorceror transformed into a demonic state by his godly sponsors, possessing vast mystical ability enabling him to project destructive blasts, teleport, corrupt bodies and souls, bestow power onto others, transmogrify living things, mesmerize his victims, and makes him virtually indestructible save from a strike from his own sword

S’ym

First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #160

All appearances: Uncanny X-Men #160, New Mutants (1st series) #71, Magik #2-4, New Mutants (1st series) #14, 17, 29, 32-34, New Mutants Special Edition #1, New Mutants (1st series) #43, 47, 50, 52, Marvel Super-Heroes (2nd series) #1, New Mutants (1st series) #61, 65, Uncanny X-Men #231, X-Terminators #1, Uncanny X-Men #234, New Mutants (1st series) #67, 70-72, X-Terminators #4, Avengers (1st series) #300, New Mutants (1st series) #72-73, Excalibur #39, Cable (2nd series) #14, X-Men Unlimited #19, X-Men Magik #2-4

Powers: demon with incredible strength, endurance, and resilience, infected with the transmode virus that allows him to change shape, rebuild his body from scrap, and infect others with the virus

alternate Storm (Ororo Munroe)

First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #160
Last appearance: Magik #4 (mercy-killed by Illyana)

All appearances: Magik #3, Uncanny X-Men #160, Magik #1-4

Powers: sorceress of white magic, utilizing it to perform a variety of spells including astral projection, force bolts, healing, teleportation, and the manipulation of elements

alternate Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #160
Last appearance: Magik #2 (killed by Cat)
Reappeared and killed again: X-Men Unlimited #19 (killed by Belasco)

All appearances: Uncanny X-Men #160, Magik #2, X-Men Unlimited #19

Powers: peak human agility and reflexes, prehensile tail, teleportation, control over the inter-atomic bonding between molecules allows him to cling to any surface, light-sapping field and indigo fur enable him to blend in with shadows, razor-edged fencing foils

Note: Writer Ben Raab made several continuity mistakes regarding the Soulsword’s origin and the Magik limited series. The evil Nightcrawler counterpart being alive is just the tip of the iceberg. A possibly explanation isn this case though could be that it’s just another Nightcrawler who Belasco forced into his service.

Cat (Katherine “Kitty” Pryde)

First appearance: Magik #1
Last apppearance: Magik #3 (killed by Illyana)

All appearances: Magik #1-3

Powers: partially transformed into a cat-like state with claws and certain feline features, carries throwing shuriken, bola, daggers, and a blade able to deflect magic

Magik I (Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin)

First appearance: Giant Size X-Men #1
First Limbo appearance: Uncanny X-Men #160
Last appearance: Uncanny X-Men #303 (succumbed to the Legacy Virus)

All Limbo related appearances: Uncanny X-Men #160, Magik #1, New Mutants (1st series) #71, Magik #2-4, New Mutants (1st series) #14, 17, 24-25, 29, Secret Wars II #1, New Mutants (1st series) #30, 32-34, New Mutants Special Edition #1, New Mutants (1st series) #43-44, 46-47, 50-52, Marvel Super-Heroes (2nd series) #1, New Mutants (1st series) #60-61, 65-66, Uncanny X-Men #231, Power Pack #40, New Mutants (1st series) #67-71, X-Terminators #4, New Mutants (1st series) #72-73

Powers: soul-link with Limbo allows her to command the stepping disks native to the dimension, opening portals that use Limbo as a stepping stone between different points in time and space, utilized a scryring pool to view events outside of Limbo, manifest mystical armor that shields her from harm, and can summon her Soulsword that disrupts magical spells and can steal the soul essence of others

N’astirh

First appearance: Power Pack #40
Last appearance: Uncanny X-Men #242 (powers overloaded by Storm)

All appearances: New Mutants (1st series) #71, Power Pack #40, 42, X-Terminators #1, New Mutants (1st series) #71, X-Factor #32, Uncanny X-Men #236, X-Terminators #1, X-Factor #34, X-Terminators #2, Uncanny X-Men #239-241, X-Factor #36, X-Terminators #2-3, New Mutants (1st series) #71, X-Terminators #3-4, Avengers (1st series) #300, New Mutants (1st series) #71-72, X-Terminators #4, New Mutants (1st series) #72, X-Factor #37, Uncanny X-Men #241, X-Factor #37, Uncanny X-Men #241-242, Excalibur #6, Uncanny X-Men #242

Powers: demon sorceror able to generate mystical energy as force bolts and protective shields, increase his size and strength, regenerate his injuries, summon forth evil within humans to convert them into demons, and fly with his own wings, techno-organic virus mutated him so that he can rebuild his body from scrap, channel energy, and infect others with the transmode virus

Goblyn Queen (Madelyne Pryor-Summers)

First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #168
First Limbo appearance: Uncanny X-Men #234
Last appearance: X-Factor #38 (commits suicide)
Reappeared: X-Man #5 (psionic ghost given form by Nate Grey)
Last appearance: Cable (2nd series) #76 (again a psionic ghost on the astral plane)

All Limbo related appearances: Uncanny X-Men #234, 236, 238-241, X-Factor #37, Uncanny X-Men #241-242, Excalibur #6, Uncanny X-Men #242, X-Factor #38

Powers: black magic awakened and shaped her latent powers to tap into her small portion of the Phoenix Force and manifest telepathy, psychokinesis, and transmutation powers that draw forth the physical and mental evils of others

Crotus

First appearance: X-Terminators #1

All Limbo appearances: X-Terminators #1, New Mutants (1st series) #71, X-Terminators #1-4, Excalibur #7

Powers: average demon with no special abilities

Darkoth (Major Desmond Pitt)

First appearance: Fantastic Four (1st series) #142
First Limbo appearance: Excalibur #38

All Limbo related appearances: Excalibur #38-39

Powers: altered human to resemble a demon from Balkan legends, promethium laced skeleton and cybernetic body parts giving him increased strength, durability and stamina

Magik II (Amanda Sefton / Jimaine Szardos)

First appearance: X-Men (1st series) #98
First Limbo appearance: X-Men Unlimited #19

All Limbo related appearances: X-Men Unlimited #19, X-Men Black Sun #1-5, X-Men Magik #1-4

Powers: wield the spells of the Winding Way, letting her create mystical shields and force bolts, sense natural and magical phenomenon, and manipulate elemental aspects of her environment, wields the Soulsword and stepping disks of the Darkchylde to cleave through spells and magical beings, command the souls of the living, and teleport over vast distances using Limbo as a stopping point

Vitchen

First appearance: X-Men Magik #1

All Limbo related appearances: X-Men Magik #1-4

Powers: demon with hooves, horns, increased strength, endurance and resilience, and limited magical abilities