Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont, and artists John Buscema, Glynis Wein, and Bob McLeod, the character first appeared in The New Mutants #8 (October 1983).[1] Amara Aquilla belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants,[2] who are born with superhuman abilities. She is known under the codenames Allison Crestmere and Magma.[3] She was originally depicted as a young mutant aspiring to become a hero