![]() So sometimes you have the stoic and centered Magneto, who is able to sit and play chess with Charles or discuss rationally the issues surrounding the mutant nation, and other times you have the racist warlord, looking to take the reigns of the planet and leading mutantkind to a new destiny. If Stark’s rubber suit is similar to Extremis, that’s probably a tad unhealthy Even House of M, named for Magneto, wasn’t Magneto’s fault he had just wished so hard to be ruler of the world that the Scarlet Witch, the real “villain” of the story, granted him his heart’s desire. Magneto was still a good guy, hiding out in the ruins of Genosha, and he then went on to help Xavier in the short-lived Excalibur series right before House of M. Scary stuff! But, wait, nope, Marvel changed their mind and, next thing you know, Chris Claremont is writing about some jerky dude named Xorn impersonating Magneto, because of course it wasn’t actually Magneto. Just look at what Morrison did with Magneto in New X-Men: Magneto actually created death camps in New York and murdered thousands upon thousands of people while tripping out on drugs, and he planned to flip the planet upside down! He probably would’ve too, if Wolverine hadn’t cut his head off. Sometimes we’ll actually get excuses as to how nothing is Magneto’s fault, usually as the result of New Writer X not liking what Old Writer Y did. (Even Stan Lee admitted that he never saw Magneto strictly as a “bad” guy, just someone striking back at those who attacked him.) Magneto had enough of a sense of morality that he could refer to humans as “animals” one day, yet the next day do something to save them all, that whatever, we can forget about his past for a while. Sure, everyone would be all shocked and everything when he’d turn around and declare genocide on humanity again, but if you waited long enough he’d just rally to become be a good guy once more. Magneto was put on trial once for being a bad guy, but after someone else attacked the trial and Magneto saved a few innocent people, the X-Men essentially let him run away scot-free, with no resolution to his trial. Manning up at the end of “Legion Quest” to rise as the hero and champion of Age of Apocalypse? That happened, too. Murdering soldiers in Africa during apartheid to save children? That happened. Maybe he gets away with it because sometimes he gets to be “right” while being evil. Murdering the guy who gave him the secret identity of “Erik Lehnsherr”? It’s cool, man. Ripping out Wolverine’s skeleton? No biggie. Heck, Magneto was a full-on supervillain and the X-Men’s greatest nemesis, yet he still somehow managed to get along with Charles and have some fun heroic adventures, all evils aside and sometimes at the same time as being a villain. This is how it always starts.Ī cursory look at Magneto’s history reveals one constant: whenever the character does something completely awful, something downright irredeemable, there’s always some kind of excuse to put him on a more righteous path (not always a “good guy” path, but you get the point). No, Magneto’s actual greatest superhero power is that nothing is ever actually his fault. I imagine this is because Magneto has a superpower that is not advertised with his cooler ability of controlling magnetic waves. You can root for Magneto and all his villainy even when he does horrible things, because he always manages to go through waves of being a hero or villain. He’s always been one to straddle that middle line of “wrong enough to be a villain” yet still somehow “right enough to be an enjoyable character.” Sure, there are moments in his career that push him heavily in one direction or the other, but that’s part of the fun of reading about him. Magneto has a lot of great qualities that have made him such an endearing character over time. As a note, spoilers are most certainly discussed (specifically of all Magneto continuity). With Regensis upon us, the powers that be at Marvel have deigned that the once great and powerful Magneto shall have his own story, and ye, it shall be good. ![]() Why did he throw away everything he’s earned with the X-Men? Or is this just the only time he’s gotten caught? This new series by SKOTTIE YOUNG (WIZARD OF OZ) and CLAY MANN (X-MEN LEGACY) will change the way you look at the best X-Villain of all time! ![]() ![]() The Master of Magnetism is caught on video murdering
members of an anti-mutant group. The X-Men are shaken when Magneto finally goes villain again.
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