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- "I've lived with vengeance my whole life. Ever since I was a child, I lost everyone I ever loved, so I hurt people. Yes, killed people. Killed whatever I thought would make the pain go away. It didn't, no matter how many souls I sent under. So I stopped."
- ―Magneto to Jean Grey
Magneto (born Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) is a mutant with the ability to manipulate magnetic fields to his will and control metallic objects. He was a founding member of the X-Men, but left the group to form the Brotherhood of Mutants, which became a rival organization to the X-Men.
Magneto firmly believed that mutants should fight back against their human oppressors by any means necessary, an ideal that conflicted with the goals of his longtime close friend Charles Xavier, who sought a more pacifist approach to mutant prosperity. As such, Magneto was often an adversary to the X-Men, but would team up with them when the situation called for it.
Biography[]
Quicksilver, helps his father, Magneto to get out of the Pentagon prison facility.
- "Today was meant to be a display of your power. Instead, I give you a glimpse of the devastation my race can unleash upon yours."
- ―Magneto
With Wolverine being sent back to alter the timeline, a different path unfolded for the master of magnetism. In 1973, while Erik was resting in his prison underneath the Pentagon, he received a visit from Quicksilver, who gave him a subtle warning to "mind the glass". Confused, Erik watched as Quicksilver shattered the glass with his palms, showering him with shards. Quicksilver then sped Erik past the guards and into the elevator, an act which gave Erik slight nausea. While they conversed, Quicksilver mentioned that his mother once knew someone who could control metal. Erik was surprised to learn that Charles had come to free him, but he soon received a punch in the jaw. Erik did not take the bait as he bore it, instead sarcastically saying it was good to see him and noted on him walking.
He expressed dry amusement and surprise when Charles demanded he gave his word that he would help as he had no helmet and can be controlled before realizing when they were ambushed by guards that his friend had lost his powers. Erik nearly used his powers to kill them, but Quicksilver dispatched the guards without any casualties. Once they safely left the Pentagon, the group boarded a plane. Erik also met Wolverine, who informed him that he had been sent by his (Erik's) and Charles' older selves from the future. Erik was surprised but was more willing to believe the story. During the flight, Erik and Charles argued heatedly on how they abandoned each other after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Erik was grossly unamused by the fact that Charles had sacrificed his powers to be able to walk, although he appeared to show some guilt when Charles bitterly said he had to so he could sleep, and when Charles blamed Erik for taking Raven away, Erik responded coldly by saying he should have fought harder for those closest to him and soon escalated to blaming Charles for the deaths of Azazel, Angel, Emma Frost and Banshee, his rage nearly bringing down the plane until he eventually calmed down. Wolverine remarked that Erik had always been unpleasant, from which Erik deduced that they were enemies in the future. Nevertheless, Wolverine notes that he and Erik are somewhat similar; they are survivors. Erik soon learned of the apocalyptic future that would befall them if Mystique kills Trask. Erik and Charles later sort out their differences over chess.
Magneto attempting to kill Mystique and betrays the others.
When they arrived in France, Erik, Charles, Beast and Wolverine infiltrated the building where the conference was being held. They successfully interrupted Mystique's assassination of Trask, and Erik incapacitated a young William Stryker. Despite this, Erik felt that it was only necessary to permanently secure their future by killing Mystique, thwarting the development of the Sentinels. Erik called a gun to his hand and prepared to shoot her. With Charles unable to stop him, Mystique attempted to flee through a window. Hank tackled him, but Erik magnetically fired the gun and guided the bullet into Mystique's leg as she jumped.
Both Charles and Hank were physically beaten by Erik, while Wolverine suffered a sudden bout of trauma at the sight of Stryker. Mystique meanwhile was injured before a horrified crowd of onlookers. Erik chased her out of the window, hovering down before the crowd and advanced on Mystique once more, dragging her back to him. Mystique begged for mercy, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. Erik ended up in a fight with Beast before he could kill her, causing cars and fences to react violently in the surge of power from Erik. The two landed in a nearby fountain, where Beast attempted to drown Erik, but Erik ultimately trapped Beast within the fountain's metal ornaments. Mystique got away and so did Erik. The entire scene horrified the public as well as President Nixon, therefore failing to change the future in the process.
Magneto explains to Mystique why he tried to kill her.
While passing through a subway, a disguised Mystique grabbed him and pulled him off to one side with a plastic dagger at his throat. Mystique interrogated Erik about why he tried to kill her. Erik replied that he was attempting to safeguard their future, as he knows of Trask desiring her blood. She didn't believe him at first, but Erik reminds her that he has never lied to her and will never lie to her, and she relents. However, she is bitter to learn that killing one man was never enough for Erik, and blames him for the fact that Trask has obtained her blood. Erik tried to warn her about the future but she refused to listen and disappeared again.
Erik later boarded a train that was transporting Sentinels to Washington. Erik used his powers on the tracks to rip them free and managed to place metal inside the Sentinels, allowing him to control them.
In Washington, he successfully infiltrated the Pentagon and retrieved his helmet. On the day the Sentinels were unveiled, Erik went to the RFK Stadium and used his power to lift the entire stadium into the air. At the same time, Erik took control of the Sentinels and commanded them to attack the crowd, forcing the President and his retinue to take cover. In the ensuing chaos, Erik arrived and placed the stadium around the White house, with the falling rubble injuring Charles. He then placed all but one Sentinel on top of the stadium, all of which served as a barricade. He was encountered Wolverine and Beast, and Erik ordered the one Sentinel to attack them while he located the President. While the remaining Sentinel attacked Beast, Wolverine tried to fight Magneto. But Erik simply flung debris at Wolverine, eventually impaling Logan's body with several pieces of rebar.
Magneto giving a speech in order to provoke a revolution before his attempt to kill the humans.
Erik gave a short taunt before hurling him into the sky. Logan later fell into the Potomac River and subsequently drowned. Then, Erik ripped the President’s shelter out of the White House and broadcast a speech to everyone around the world, stating that the time of mutants had begun. The President came forward and pleaded Erik to have mercy on everyone else and to kill only him. However, Erik replied that the President did not spare the rest of his kind (mutants) and prepared to kill them all. But Erik was distracted when a Sentinel charged towards him, which he tore apart.
Little did Erik realize that the President was none other than Mystique, who shot him non-fatally through the neck. Shortly after this, Mystique knocked him unconscious. Mystique prepared to shoot Trask once and for all, but after some persuasion from Charles, she relents. This act erases the apocalyptic future. After Mystique removes Erik's helmet, Erik came to and realized that he could not continue with his plan with Charles standing nearby. Accepting this, Erik departed with a brief farewell to Charles, who let him go as they both knew that the government would execute him for his actions if he was captured.
X-Men: Apocalypse[]
Erik at work in Poland.
By 1983, Erik (now going by the name Henryk Gurszky,) has established a new life in Poland with his new wife Magda and daughter Nina, as well as a job at a factory. However, one day, Erik is forced to reveal his magnetic powers when a huge falling crate almost crushes one of his fellow factory workers - Erik stops it in mid-air just in time. Sometime later, some of his colleagues that witnessed his powers had the Polish authorities sent to capture Erik, mainly due to the incident years ago at the White House (after which Magneto had become the most wanted fugitive in the world) while Erik attempted to turn himself in to save his family, his daughter Nina's sudden display of mutant powers, which incidentally happens to be animal communication, causes the men to freak out. One of the shocked men accidentally fires an arrow, killing Magda and Nina in the process, much to his horror. An incredibly furious and devastated Erik promptly murders them all by magnetically manipulating his daughter's locket, after which he tearfully cradles his family's corpses.
While Erik attempts to extract his revenge on the fellow factory workers, suddenly Apocalypse appears at the scene (along with Archangel, Psylocke, and Storm) when Erik asks him who he is, he responds by murdering all the workers in simple movement of his hand. He then persuades an astonished Erik to join him. They then teleport away to the ruins of Auschwitz concentration camp, where Erik, after some encouragement from Apocalypse, destroys the remnants, finally getting some closure. He then promptly agrees to join forces with the ancient mutant (who further enhances Erik's already immense mutant powers) becoming his fourth and final Horseman of the Apocalypse.
While Scott, Jean, Kurt and newcomer Jubilation Lee go to watch Return of the Jedi, Apocalypse, Erik and the other Horsemen attack the mansion and kidnap Xavier, after which they head to Cairo. At Apocalypse's behest, Erik uses his newly enhanced powers to control Earth's magnetic poles, causing widespread destruction across the planet and mass casualties. Shortly thereafter, the X-Men arrive and battle the Horsemen, though they are unable to penetrate the magnetic field that Erik conjures up around his leader. After some persuasion, Erik is finally able to see the error of his ways, and he allies himself with the X-Men, turning against Apocalypse (who is outraged at his lieutenant's betrayal).
But while Erik bombards his former leader with numerous metal projectiles Apocalypse conjures up a protective shield, but his efforts are soon joined by Scott (shooting at the shield with his optic blasts) and Charles (who attacks Apocalypse's mind on the astral plane). However, the ancient mutant proves too powerful even for their combined might, taking all of Erik and Scott's attacks, and swiftly beating Charles' astral projection to the ground. However, Erik is then also joined by Jean, who finally helps him dismantle Apocalypse's armor, by tapping into her Phoenix Force. Once En Sabah Nur's frail true unarmored form is exposed, Erik pierces him with numerous metal projectiles, while Jean subsequently incinerates him. However, Charles (who is bald, after Apocalypse's telepathic invasion into his mind) realizes that there will always be threats human and mutant alike, and decides to train his students to become the X-Men.
Xavier and Erik are finally able to reaffirm their friendship, and Erik returns to rebuild Charles' destroyed mansion. Though Charles asked him to stay, Erik declined and left, albeit on friendly terms this time, and with a cleared name (as the world bore witness to Magneto greatly contributing to the defeat of Apocalypse). Xavier asked if there no chance he could convince Erik to stay to which Erik jokingly said Charles can easily convince him to do anything since he's psychic. Peter Maximoff observes his departing father from a distance, ultimately deciding not to tell Erik about their relation yet.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix[]
By 1992, Erik had a change of heart and stopped killing people after he realized he was only doing it to eliminate his own pain. He realized that his method was wrong and changed his mind about humans after finally understanding that they aren't all evil, he also became a hero, a pacifist and the leader of an island where mutants go to be left alone called Genosha.
However, Jean Grey comes to visit him for help as she had a telepathic incident which killed a person, when Erik tells her about how he has back to be a good person and controlled his dark side Lehnsherr asks her who's blood is that she has on her dress, making Jean nervous and having no response from her.
Then a group of soldiers comes to the island and Erik hides Jean inside, Lehnsherr tries to convince the soldiers that Jean is not there and to resolving it without violence but Jean reveals herself and tries to kill the soldiers with their own helicopter but Erik saves them and allow them to successfully escape from Jean.
In response Grey throws Erik on the ground angrily asking him if he really is someone who protects mutants, to which Lehnsherr answers that he's helping mutants by protecting them from her, then he banishes her from the island for having tried to kill innocent soldiers and risked the inhabitants' lives.
Later Hank McCoy comes to the island and Erik asks him why he's alone and where are the other X-Men especially Charles, Hank says to him that he has to help him not for him but for Raven, when Erik asks him if Raven sent him there. McCoy reveals to him that Jean has killed her, much to Lehnsherr's shock and devastation. Angry and sad for the death of his former lover and friend Erik also reconcile with Hank telling him that he's sorry for what he did in past, but despite their differences, they both loved Raven to which McCoy agrees. Erik then says that if he found Jean he will kill her for what she had done, and Hank answers that he knows and it is the reason why he asked his help to avenge Raven.
With Raven's death, that moment the two prepared to go find Jean and kill her. Lensherr took his helmet after many years without wearing it and donned it. Accompanied by Selene Gallio and Ariki, two other inhabitants of Genosha, Magneto and Beast arrive in New York where they discovered where Jean was and were ready to kill her.
There, Magneto was called by his old friend Charles but he angrily said to him to go away from their way, Xavier tried to calm him and Hank telling that he's sorry for what Jean did but Lehnsherr answer that he's always sorry but nobody cares anymore, Charles try to adverts Lehnsherr that if they will fight each other people will see them again as monsters and he will lose his home but Lehnsherr says that will never happen, Xavier tries to convince him to stop but Magneto has made his decision.
So then started a violent fight where Magneto made his way to the palace where Jean is, Scott Summers try to kill him but Lensherr defends himself with a block of metal and Beast immobilize Scott giving time to Erik to arrive inside the palace, there Magneto tells to Jean that now who's blood that was and tries to kill her but Jean is too powerful and destroys his helmet and threw Lehnsherr and the pieces of his destroyed helmet from the window, when he lands on the street he loses consciousness, then Charles, Storm, Beast, Scott, Selene, Ariki and Lensherr are taken under arrest from the authorities as they are convinced that they're a threat and make them wear collars which inhibit their powers.
On the train, Erik awakes and Charles explains to him and Hank that Jean has been manipulated from an alien named Vuk who wants her power to destroy Earth and populate it with her species, when Erik answer to let her die but both him and his allies change ideas when Xavier reveals Vuk's plan to destroy Earth and after that Scott says that Raven would not want Jean dead making understand to Erik and Hank that Raven's murder was an incident, realizing to having been all manipulated by Vuk to fight each other so she could rule the world Erik reconciles with Charles and the X-Men definitely and tries to convince the soldiers to set them free as them are not a threat and can help them to fight the aliens who are attacking them right then, despite an initial refuse the soldiers accept and set them free, together the X-Men starts a big battle against the aliens defeating them all except Vuk, Erik tells Charles and Scott to go to set Jean free as he and the others will take time.
However, Storm, Beast, Nightcrawler and the others had been all defeated by the powerful alien empress but when she arrives at the room where Charles, Scott, and Jean, Erik closes the room with metal and use guns against Vuk sacrificing himself to help Charles, despite him being defeated by Vuk he survives and Charles frees Jean successfully making Grey knocking Vuk away and then taking his family in safe.
There Jean use her powers to fight and kill all the aliens and at the end of the fight, to make ensure her family safety, Jean takes Vuk with her into space and she disappears with her in an explosion of energy, Erik, like his friends, is devastated for Jean's apparent death. After Jean's apparent death and Vuk's permanent defeat, Charles calls the school "Jean's school for Gifted Children", gives Hank the role of principal of the school and retires, then Erik jokingly asks to his best friends how is going his retirement, finally reconciled, this time for good, they started to happily play to chess unaware that Jean is alive and has returned to Earth when she has learned how to control her powers.
Personality[]
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Aside from his daughter, Erik cared for no mutant more than he cared for Mystique, and was the first person who truly accepted her for who she was and thought her beautiful in her blue form, an acceptance she had never found in anyone prior to them meeting. Though willing to sacrifice her for the greater good, he refused to ever lie to her, and freely admitted his faults to her when Trask had obtained her blood in 1973 after he attempted to kill her. Though he also coldly abandoned her when she lost her powers after shielding him from a cure gun, he was nonetheless devastated when she lost her powers. Erik had a brotherly relationship with Charles, each of them frequently referring to each other as "old friend".
Though initially angry at Charles in 1973 for letting countless mutants such as Emma Frost and Azazel be killed and experimented on his watch, he ultimately saw past this, as both were focused on preventing the apocalyptic future. Though bitterly devastated over the loss of his wife and daughter and willing to destroy the world while working with Apocalypse, aiding Apocalypse in capturing Charles and coldly refusing to help him, ultimately Mystique got through to him and he refused to see her and Charles suffer, acknowledging that they were practically family to him and switched sides.
In the revised timeline, when young Erik realizes his helmet was removed after regaining consciousness, he chose to accept defeat rather than force Charles an Ultimatum: let him kill the President and his Cabinet or let the government capture and execute him, and simply retreated, knowing Charles wouldn't be able to let his old friend be captured if he didn't push his luck any further.[1]
As seen 10 years later, Erik very much wanted a normal life after becoming a fugitive and subsequently moved to Poland to start a family. He should himself to be more compassionate towards humans – at least those whom he was close to – saving a man at the factory he worked at, though he would soon regret it. However, after Erik loses his beloved family a second time, he is again filled with incredible rage towards humanity, something Apocalypse successfully exploits, making it easy for the ancient mutant to sway Erik to his side, making him a Horseman and his lieutenant. His rage made him capable of destroying all civilization, as he already caused mass casualties across the world before Raven intervened and convinced him to fight for the people who still care for him instead for Apocalypse.
While Charles failed to convince him of having good inside him, it was Raven's point of fighting for his ally's that made him see the error of his ways and turn on Apocalypse. As a result, Erik and Charles are finally able to reaffirm their friendship, and this time part on friendly terms, with Erik's name being cleared, as the world bore witness to him greatly contributing to the defeat of Apocalypse in the final battle. While acknowledging that Charles had been right about him and Raven, Erik observed that the rest of the world continued to mistrust mutants; he also expressed great satisfaction upon seeing that Charles could finally condone violence if it meant protecting his students and other innocents, and let go of what he perceived as naivety and being overly trusting of people.[2]
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Magneto manipulating all forms of metal
Magnetokinesis: Magneto is an immensely powerful mutant, easily one of the greatest on the planet; thus far, only Phoenix and Apocalypse have been shown to be stronger. He is capable of generating and manipulating all forms of magnetism to achieve a variety of grandiose and devastating effects.
- Metal Manipulation: At a low level, Magneto can effortlessly launch pieces of metal like bullets, alter projectile trajectories of bullets, and even manipulate the standard mechanics of tool. For grander feats, he can easily lift, immobilizing, and crumble giant structures like. His precision with this power also allows him to launch countless projectiles in rapid succession and maintain the structural integrity of his targets. Likewise, he is able to perform several feats at once, despite the amount of concentration required. Later, thanks to the guidance of Apocalypse, Magneto was able to increase the range and scale of his powers to manipulate Earth's magnetic poles, causing destruction on a global scale.
- Flight: Magneto can fly by gliding on the magnetic fields he creates, or by having metal on him and moving with it. Alternatively, he can also draw himself to metal, as he did board a moving train.
- Metal Sense: Magneto is able to sense the presence of metals in his environment, as they are crucial for the effective use of his powers.
- Force-Field Projection: Magneto is able to conjure a vast shield of magnetic energy, which the X-Men were unable to penetrate, forcing Quicksilver and Mystique to instead resort to reasoning with him.
- Metallic Bonding: Magneto can implant metal to objects or people in mere seconds as he did to fuse train rails into the Sentinels to let him control them later.
Abilities[]
- Multilingualism: Magneto is fluent in at least six languages - his native German and Hebrew, as well as English, French, Polish, and Spanish. Having lived in the United States for more than a decade, he can speak English without a German accent.
- Skilled Combatant: Magneto was capable of physically overpowering both an untransformed Hank McCoy and Professor X when they attempted to stop him from killing Mystique. He was able to fight multiple D'Bari warriors at once, using his combat training and abilities in tandem.
- Skilled Marksman: Though he prefers to ferrokinetically control firearms, Magneto is a competent marksman. He used a pistol to aim a gun at Mystique.
Equipment[]
- Helmet: Magneto's helmet protects him from psychic attacks, as it is able to completely negate the telepathic abilities. When his first helmet was lost, Magneto received a new identical one as a gift from Apocalypse, although it was later destroyed by Jean Grey.
- Costume: When going into the field, Magneto always dons a uniform consisting of gloves, boots and a cloak. His newest costume was gifted to Magneto by Apocalypse.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Edie Lehnsherr † - Mother
- Jakob Lehnsherr † - Father
- Ms. Maximoff - Former Lover
- Quicksilver - Son
- Magda Gurzsky † - Wife
- Nina Gurzsky † - Daughter
Allies[]
- Charles Xavier/Professor X - Best Friend, Former Teammate, and Former Rival
- Hank McCoy/Beast - Ally, Friend, Former Teammate, Former Enemy, and Former Attempted Killer
- Moira MacTaggert - Ally, Former Teammate, Former Enemy, and Former Attempted Victim
- Raven Darkholme/Mystique † - Former Student, Former Teammate, Former Lover, Former Enemy, and Former Attempted Victim
- Ororo Munroe/Storm - Ally and Former Teammate
- Wolverine - Former Ally and Former Enemy
- Brotherhood of Mutants - Former Teammates
- Angel Salvadore † - Former Student and Former Enemy
- Azazel † - Former Enemy
- Emma Frost † - Former Enemy
- Riptide - Former Enemy
- Scott Summers/Cyclops - Ally and Former Enemy
- Jean Grey/Phoenix - Ally, Friend and Former Enemy
- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler - Ally and Former Enemy
Enemies[]
- Apocalypse † - Savior and Leader turned Enemy
- Horsemen of Apocalypse
- Warren Worthington III/Angel/Archangel † - Teammate turned Enemy
- Betsy Braddock/Psylocke - Teammate turned Enemy
- Horsemen of Apocalypse
- Alex Summers/Havok † - Former Student and Former Teammate turned Enemy
- Bolivar Trask - Enemy
- Richard Nixon † - Enemy and Attempted Victim
- William Stryker - Enemy
- D'Bari † - Enemies
- Vuk † - Enemy
Trivia[]
- In the Marvel comics continuity, Magneto's birth name is Max Eisenhardt. At the time of the first movie's development, the Erik Lehnsherr name was being used to give the character a Romani heritage, to avoid "demonizing" Jewish Holocaust survivor community. Marvel editors later changed their minds and claimed the character used the name merely as a cover identity.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Robert Cooper, Thomas Luccioni and Harlan Norris were stunt doubles for Michael Fassbender in the role of Magneto.
References[]
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