Magik Battle

Well, Avengers vs X-men 2 came out last week and I'd just like to say, no matter how obvious, I totally furking called this. Can't wait for the fight itself to be fleshed out in their VS title. If nothing else it should be a visual treat.

I tried doing two new colouring styles here, but the second one (the one I'd have to do on a tablet) didn't really pan out. First one was only a marginal improvement, I think, but it did teach me a few things.

Illyana Rasputin, on the right, is the sister of Colossus of the X-men, the big metal man if you're just familiar with the films. He's considerably more amazing in the comics. I'm not honestly sure what her mutant ability is, all I know is she's a magician, she was raised by one of many Marvel devils, Belaasco, who was the first Marvel devil I ever saw (New X-men, Pixie shivved him, Skottie Young drew it). Well, she's since taken over as ruler of Limbo, put the universe in danger to restore her soul (Her recent time on New Mutants was amazing), owns a soul sword (kills magic), and is currently residing in a prison on Utopia as a threat, only being utilized when Cyclops's Extinction Team needs to be deployed, mostly to control the destructive force that is her brother now that he's taken on the power of the Juggernaught.

Dr. Strange was once the Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel Universe, which basically meant he protected it from the worst of the worst demons and mystical mumbo jumbo. He used to be one of the most powerful beings there were, until he abused the power and his title got revoked. Now he's just someone with the accumulated knowledge of the Sorcerer Supreme, and as such is still one of the more powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, and he's currently serving on the New Avengers line up. He had one story arc to focus on him, which was amazing, and has used the Crimson Bands of Cytorrak pretty much every time he's appeared to restrain whoever the furk showed up, which are the red things surrounding him shown above. He's also currently serving on the Defenders, which really needs a solid story arc in it's corner moving forward as opposed to a bad one and some character specific stories.