docgold13:365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…May 13t

docgold13:365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…May 13th - MagnetoKnown by many names, Erik Lehnsherr is a powerful Mutant who has been willing to go to any extreme to protect his species as Magneto, the master of magnetism. Born in Nuremberg, Germany to a middle class Jewish family, Erik and his family fled to Warsaw during the rise of the third reich.  Erik was ultimately arrested and sent to the concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland.  The young man witnessed and endured countless atrocities while imprisoned in Auschwitz  and was the only member of his extended family to survive this senseless holocaust.Following the war, young Erik discovered he possess the abilities generate and control magnetic fields.  These powers came from Erik’s being a Mutant.  Furthermore, his abilities led to him being feared and hated by much of the human world.   I this coupled with his experiences during the holocaust caused Erik to entirely lose faith in mankind and he dedicated himself to creating a world in which Mutants would become the dominant species on Earth, lording over all inferior species.  To this end he renamed himself ‘Magneto’ and began to accrue loyal acolytes among likeminded Mutants.  Seeking to subjugate humanity by brute force, Magneto found himself in direct conflict with his one time friend and ally, Professor Charles Xavier, as well as Xavier’s new team, the X-Men (Mutants who shared a dream of peaceful coexistence with humanity). This would lead to numerous battles between Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants (often referred to as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants) and The X-Men.  Magneto additionally faced off against other heroes, including The Sub-Mariner, The Inhumans and The Fantastic Four.    Following subsequent confrontations with The X-Men, Magneto aided his former rivals in battling the threat posed by the villainous Reverend Stryker.  It would prove the first of many instances where Magneto and the X-Men’s interests co-aligned; Magneto was even placed alongside The X-Men by the Beyonder during the Secret Wars event.  Magneto ultimately became a member of The X-Men, although there would be numerous instances where their interests would deviate, leading to conflict.  His reputation as an inspirational figurehead among Mutantkind resulted in Magneto being named the leader of the Mutant nation of Genosha; and he was presumed killed when Genosha was destroyed.  He resurfaced some time later and rejoined the X-Men.  His presence acted to accelerate the growing philosophical divide among the X-Men, culminating in a schism wherein half the X-Men left to pursue a more extreme, militant agenda in their efforts to safeguard Mutantkind.  Magneto sided with this faction under the leadership of Cyclops.Earlier in his life, Magneto had a torrid romance with a Romani woman named Magda.  Following Magda’s tragic death, Magneto was led to believe that she had bore him twin children and these children were actually the former members of his Mutant brotherhood known as Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch.   Magneto has had a tumultuous, often strained relationship with his son and daughter.  Years later he would learn that they were not actually his children and was only manipulated into believing so by the devious High Evolutionary.Magneto’s actual daughter is the X-man known as Polaris, who possesses similar powers to her father.  Polaris was the result of a brief affair Magneto had years ago with a young woman; he and his daughter have only learned of their connection more recently and the two have since become close with one another. With the advent of the Nation of Krakoa, Magneto has rejoined Professor Xavier, ending their long-time to help establish and govern the fledgling Mutant nation.  Versions of Magneto have appeared in the Fox Films’ X-Men movies, portrayed by actors Michael Fassbender and Sir Ian McKellen.  Magneto first appeared in X-Men Vol. 1 #1 (1963). -- source link

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