Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin

Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin steps onto the page in X-Men #63 (1997), a Copper/Modern Age creation from the collaborative talents of Scott Lobdell, Ben Raab, and Carlos Pacheco, published under the Panini UK banner. Her catalog footprint is small but intriguing, with appearances that place her in the company of heavy hitters like Logan, Cannonball, Sam Guthrie, and Jason Wyngarde. The titles she turns up in — including New Mutants: Truth or Death and the Shang-Chi collections — hint at a character who crosses corners of the Marvel universe in unexpected ways. For collectors chasing the full picture of Panini UK's distinctive corner of Marvel publishing across the late '90s and into the 2000s, she's a quietly fascinating find.