History Comicbook / Inferno

* LowerDecksEpisode: The first issue of the three part Avengers crossover with this storyline is almost entirely centred on the Avengers' butler, Jarvis. And it is awesome.

* ItAmusedMe: During the crisis, the Jason Macendale Hobgoblin confronts N'Astirh and demands power in exchange for his soul. N'Astirh promptly laughs his ass off, declares his soul worthless, but decides to give him what he wants anyway because of what he did.

The story had a sequel in 2009 by the title of "X-Inferno" featuring the "darkchylde" Illyana once again. It was also revisited during the massive ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'' event in 2015, depicting an AlternateUniverse where the Inferno never ended.

'''Synopsis:''' Although extended to affect several Marvel titles, this was basically an ComicBook/{{X-Men}} crossover. It was made for two reasons: first, to solve the dangling plotline regarding Jean Grey's clone, Madelyne Pryor, and secondarily, to finally do ''something'' with the plotline of ComicBook/IllyanaRasputin (Colossus' sister) which had been teased for years. Pryor was a Jean Grey lookalike that Cyclops ''just happened'' to meet shortly after Jean Grey's death. They married and had a baby. However when Marvel decided to bring Jean back to life and have her and Cyclops star in a new title (XFactor) suddenly the character was unnecessary and made Cyclops look bad for "running away from his wife" (actually he had intended to return to her, but she had vanished by then.) This story revealed that Pryor was indeed a clone of Grey from the start, created by the villain Mister Sinister since he wanted a baby born from the two of them, as it was predicted it would be the only one who could permanently destroy Sinister's archfoe, the mutant villain Apocalypse. The revelation drove Pryor mad.

* DieForOurShip: Madelyne, obviously.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Madelyne, again.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Madelyne.

* HeroicSacrifice: Magik's "Darkchylde" story arc in ''Inferno'' is reminiscent of Jean's in ''TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', except that at the end, she comes face to face with her younger, innocent self. Faced with the choice of staying as she is or returning to that innocent childhood, Illyana sends her child-self forward through time so that she will never become Magik, and therefore Darkchylde, and thereby [[RetGone un-creates herself]].

* {{Magitech}}: A central part of N'Astirh's plan involved using a computer to cast hundreds of spells at once, blackmailing [[ChildProdigy Whiz Kid]] to do it. N'Astih would later merge with the computer himself after becoming infected with S'ym's techno organic virus.

* TakingYouWithMe: Madelyne tries to destroy the X-Men, baby Nathan, and X-Factor with a single massive burst of power in a last-ditch attack. When this fails thanks to the {{Tank}}s on both teams, she locks Jean's mind to hers and tries to drag her at least into death with her. Jean is saved by the timely arrival of a portion of the [[DeusExMachina Phoenix Force]].

* RedSkiesCrossover: None of the non-mutant heroes involved ever found out [[IncrediblyLamePun what the Hell]] all that was about with the exception of SpiderMan, who had a few issues dedicated to the crossover. This became important to the history of the second Hobgoblin, who was merged with a demon during this event. Said demon would eventually leave the Hobgoblin to become the villain Demogoblin.

As for Illyana, she had the mutant power of opening portals to the dimension called Limbo - which was a type of Hell. She was captured by its ruler, the sorcerer Belasco, who raised her for the purpose of sacrificing her to his mysterious gods, but Illyana defeated him - leaving ''her'' the ruler of limbo, whether she liked it or not. She joined the NewMutants, but her demonic heritage was a constant latent threat.

* EvilIsSexy: Madelyne as compared to Jean.

* EvilIsPetty: Invoked and averted. When the X-Men return to the Xaiver Institute. They find Mr. Sinister has taken over and their belongings were strewn all over the place. Colossus asks if Mr. Sinister is so petty that he would smash their possessions ForTheEvulz. Wolverine explains that the destruction wasn't wanton, but the result of a through search.

The story had a sequel in 2009 by the title of "X-Inferno" featuring the "darkchylde" Illyana once again.

'''Synopsis:''' Although extended to affect several Marvel titles, this was basically an ComicBook/{{X-Men}} crossover. It was made for two reasons: first, to solve the dangling plotline regarding Jean Grey's clone, Madelyne Pryor, and secondarily, to finally do ''something'' with the plotline of Illyana Rasputin (Colossus' sister) which had been teased for years. Pryor was a Jean Grey lookalike that Cyclops ''just happened'' to meet shortly after Jean Grey's death. They married and had a baby. However when Marvel decided to bring Jean back to life and have her and Cyclops star in a new title (XFactor) suddenly the character was unnecessary and made Cyclops look bad for "running away from his wife" (actually he had intended to return to her, but she had vanished by then.) This story revealed that Pryor was indeed a clone of Grey from the start, created by the villain Mister Sinister since he wanted a baby born from the two of them, as it was predicted it would be the only one who could permanently destroy Sinister's archfoe, the mutant villain Apocalypse. The revelation drove Pryor mad.

N'astirh tricked Illyana (aka as Magik) into releasing the forces of Limbo in New York. Demons invaded the streets and even the city itself turned demonic. While the local superheroes dealt with the resulting chaos, the X-Men and X-Factor had to prevent Madelyne from sacrificing her own baby. Ultimately she dies while trying to kill Jean Grey, and things are restored to normal in New York. Almost as an afterthought, the heroes hunt down Sinister and kill him, though he would return later (as did Madelyne). Illyana seemingly was reverted to an innocent, non-demonic child. Most of the people of New York wrote off the incident as a mass hallucination.

* DarkerAndSexier: Madelyne as compared to Jean.

* TakeThat: S'ym is a parody of {{Cerebus}}. His creator, Dave Sim, wrote about having a little "talk" with the Marvel artists about their parody character becoming a main story driver and featuring on the cover without them asking permission. Per Dave, no lawyers were involved but Sym's body and features changed significantly shortly afterwards, with N'astirh suddenly taking over much of the demoning.

* {{Underboobs}}: See page illustration above. Unquestionably one of the most legendary examples in comic book history. Were it not for the fact that she possessed awesome telekinetic powers, there would have been no way that Madelyne could have ever raised her arms like that, much less engaged in combat, without baring it all!