Magma (real name Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla; also known as Alison
Crestmere) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books
published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by Chris
Claremont, John Buscema, Glynis Wein and Bob McLeod, and first appears
in the series New Mutants, and is also associated with various
X-Men-related comics. Like all the other New Mutants, Amara originally
appeared as a young mutant aspiring to become a hero. Amara, a mutant
with the ability to generate lava, joins the New Mutants and becomes
Magma.Magma debuted in The New Mutants #8 (October 1983), appearing in
that title regularly through The New Mutants #57 (November 1987), in
which she departs the titular supergroup to join their rivals, the
Hellions. Along with the other New Mutants, she appeared as an
occasional supporting character in Uncanny X-Men, with issue #189
(1985) as a salient issue featuring her conflict with Selene at the
Hellfire Club. After her being dropped from the regular cast, The New
Mutants featured two Magma solo stories, occupying the entirety of The
New Mutants #62 (April 1988) and The New Mutants #81 (November 1989).
The latter was a fill-in issue written while she was still a regular
cast member.Magma appeared infrequently during the 1990s, but did take
part in the "Child's Play" crossover through X-Force #32-33 and New
Warriors #45-46 (1994). In X-Force #87-90 (1997), Magma appeared as an
antagonist to her former teammates, but her villainous personality was
short-lived as she returned to her affiliation with the X-Men in
semi-regular publication in New Mutants vol. 2 #3-4, #7-8, #11 and #13
(2003-2004) and as a team member in X-Treme X-Men #34-46 (2004). Magma
then featured prominently as a member of the 198 remaining mutants on
earth in the limited series X-Men: The 198 #1-5 (2006) and then in
Young X-Men #1-6 (2008) until returning to regular monthly publication
in New Mutants vol. 3 #1 (2009) wherein she remained as a regular
character through issue #50 (2012).Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians
Aquilla) hails from the fictional country of Nova Roma ("New Rome"), a
colony of the Roman Republic reportedly founded shortly after the
death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The colony is hidden in the Amazon
Rainforests of modern Brazil and was ruled until recently by the
immortal witch Selene. Amara is the daughter of Lucius Antonius
Aquilla. He was presumably a member of the historical gens Antonia
which claimed descent from Anton, son of Hercules. Growing up in Nova
Roma, she had curly blonde hair, and wore a traditional white Roman
toga.
Crestmere) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books
published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by Chris
Claremont, John Buscema, Glynis Wein and Bob McLeod, and first appears
in the series New Mutants, and is also associated with various
X-Men-related comics. Like all the other New Mutants, Amara originally
appeared as a young mutant aspiring to become a hero. Amara, a mutant
with the ability to generate lava, joins the New Mutants and becomes
Magma.Magma debuted in The New Mutants #8 (October 1983), appearing in
that title regularly through The New Mutants #57 (November 1987), in
which she departs the titular supergroup to join their rivals, the
Hellions. Along with the other New Mutants, she appeared as an
occasional supporting character in Uncanny X-Men, with issue #189
(1985) as a salient issue featuring her conflict with Selene at the
Hellfire Club. After her being dropped from the regular cast, The New
Mutants featured two Magma solo stories, occupying the entirety of The
New Mutants #62 (April 1988) and The New Mutants #81 (November 1989).
The latter was a fill-in issue written while she was still a regular
cast member.Magma appeared infrequently during the 1990s, but did take
part in the "Child's Play" crossover through X-Force #32-33 and New
Warriors #45-46 (1994). In X-Force #87-90 (1997), Magma appeared as an
antagonist to her former teammates, but her villainous personality was
short-lived as she returned to her affiliation with the X-Men in
semi-regular publication in New Mutants vol. 2 #3-4, #7-8, #11 and #13
(2003-2004) and as a team member in X-Treme X-Men #34-46 (2004). Magma
then featured prominently as a member of the 198 remaining mutants on
earth in the limited series X-Men: The 198 #1-5 (2006) and then in
Young X-Men #1-6 (2008) until returning to regular monthly publication
in New Mutants vol. 3 #1 (2009) wherein she remained as a regular
character through issue #50 (2012).Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians
Aquilla) hails from the fictional country of Nova Roma ("New Rome"), a
colony of the Roman Republic reportedly founded shortly after the
death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The colony is hidden in the Amazon
Rainforests of modern Brazil and was ruled until recently by the
immortal witch Selene. Amara is the daughter of Lucius Antonius
Aquilla. He was presumably a member of the historical gens Antonia
which claimed descent from Anton, son of Hercules. Growing up in Nova
Roma, she had curly blonde hair, and wore a traditional white Roman
toga.
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