Magneto

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Real Name

Erik Lehnsherr

Current Alias

Magneto

Aliases

Magnus

Relatives

Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Polaris

Affiliation

Acolytes

Base Of Operations

Savage Land

Status

Alignment

Neutral

Identity

Public Identity

Marital Status

widower

Occupation

Terrorist

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Blue

Hair

White

Origin

Origin

Mutant

Universe

Earth-92131

First appearance

Last appearance

"Night of the Sentinels" (Part 1)
(October 31, 1992)

"Graduation Day"
(September, 1997)

HistoryEdit

Magnus originated from a "small country" that had been brutally invaded during "a war" in which he had "lost" his family. (While reliving a memory, a young Magnus returns home looking for his parents but finds soldiers waiting for him instead. It is implied that his parents have been killed. The soldiers drag him away.)

After the war, he went to work at a psychiatric hospital as an aide alongside Charles Xavier, with whom he became close friends. When soldiers attacked the hospital and kidnapped a female friend of the two men (perhaps the animated version of Gabrielle Haller), Xavier and Magnus rescued her, thereby revealing their mutant powers. However, Magnus also wanted to destroy the soldiers, but was prevented by Xavier. He left angrily, and started to call himself Magneto. He and a "growing legion of followers" started attacking power plants, factories and government buildings in an attempt to overthrow human society in preparation for a mutant takeover. Xavier stopped him by using his telepathy, and Magneto went into hiding for many years, growing stronger and preparing for his return.

He revealed his presence to the world again when he attacked a detention center in an attempt to free the imprisoned Beast, and was shocked to discover that Xavier was willing to let Beast remain imprisoned. He soon attempted to start a war with humanity, by launching nuclear missiles from Drake missile base, but he was prevented by Cyclops, Wolverine and Storm. He later attacked a Metro Chemical factory with the intent of luring Xavier into the open. He succeeded, but Xavier forced him to relive painful childhood memories and he fled.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

See: Powers/Abilities

NotesEdit

• Magneto's voice was provided by David Hemblen in the animated television series.
• Developed for television by Larry Houston and Frank Squillace.

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