Who Is Magma? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Magma is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla, with over 1,545 comic issue appearances. Magma can transform into molten rock & has control over the Earth. She was one of the New Mutants, but left to join the Hellions. She has since been a teacher at the Xavier Institute and rejoined her teammates from the New Mutants.

Who is Magma?

Origin Amara's story as the princess of a hidden Roman-like empire starts unlikely. It all started when the New Mutants accompanied Nina DaCosta , Sunspot's mother, on her latest archaeological expedition. Wolfsbane , Sunspot, Psyche & Cannonball had been playing in the jungle as a make-shift Danger Room . When they decided to return to the boat, Psyche foolishly dived into the water saying she would swim back. However, Psyche had forgotten about the piranhas in the river, so Cannonball flew across the river picking her out of the water on the way. As he didn't have much control over his power of flight, they both crashed into the bank on the other side of the river. There, they were accosted by a group of young native Amazonian girls. They were all dark skinned with black hair, wore animal hides roughly cut into bikini-like outfits.

Key facts

Magma is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Road to... Rome ?". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,545 recorded issue appearances, Magma ranks among the most featured characters in comics.