I, Magneto!

[zechs80]

I think this was posted in the original Scans Daily. I could be wrong. Regardless short sad little story featuring Magneto.




tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, creator: chris claremont, creator: John Bolton, publisher: Marvel Comics,





I felt like using one of my fav devi arts I found awhile back for the intro.


This story first appeared in X-Men Classic, but my version which I scan came from Magneto #0 which reprinted this story and another X-Men Classic tale that I know was originally posted in Scans Daily Version 1.0. Plus it had his "origin" at the time reprinted from X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #2. Of course that was the gypsy origin.

The story was a simple twelve pager so here's four pages from the story. It starts with Magneto the Nazi hunter and him hunting down a Nazi War Criminal. However after the hunt he experiences a massive head ache so after turning the Nazi in he take's a vacation.

The headaches was Claremont's way of explaining Magneto's madness in his early X-Men appearances until de-aging by Alpha if I recall right. The headache subplot would return in Excalibur vol. 2 whenever he used his powers. Anyway during Magnus's vacation in Rio he meets a human woman named Isabelle who he has feelings for. I always kinda wanted to see more the back-story between these two, but it seems all we ever got was they shacked up and then this. Mark Millar did make a mention of Isabelle being the parents of Pietro and Wanda in the Ultimate verse before Jeph Loeb dropped that and decided to have Magda be the momma:







Magnus attacks his former employers, but they've come prepared wearing special vests that reflect his own mutant power back at him. His Control employers state while looming closer to Magnus then state, "Look on the bright side. At least you'll be rid of those pesky headaches."



Poor Magneto. Dude really needs a hug.

Comments

[arkyramone]

The Claremonten mags backstorie was posibly the best for any villain.

[badficwriter]

"I...Ubermensch."

[foxhack]

Zat was doctor assisted homicide!

[okkult3000]

The healing is not as rewarding as the hurting, something Magneto seems to realize every time he tries to go legit.

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

So he really mean to use a healing shiv?

[hatman]

Says the Nazi victim turned hunter, triumphantly. Uhm... yeah.

[shanejayell]

And people wonder why X_men fans found Grant Morrison's Magneto so offensive....

[bluefall]

Um. Wow. Sucks to be Izzie, there. Not only is she a complete afterthought upon her murder, her pointless death not even appearing to register on Mags' radar, but she's an afterthought when she's still alive, a mere sounding board for Mags to angst off about his dead wife.

Never date comic book characters, y'all. It's just not a sensible or safe use of your time, particularly if you're female.

[fionnualad.wordpress.com]

She got fridged before fridging even became a term. :(((

[cainofdreaming]

Can we get a "Hell yes!" from everyone who've gone out with certain Matt Murdock or James Howlett? ... Err, as soon as we can get a medium to contact them, that is.

[rhythmbandit]

That scene was ridiculous. One second she's intelligently discussing biology, the next she's dead. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was satire or something. Reminds me of this video someone posted recently.

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. I was just typing up a recommendation about these stories even as you posted that.

[icon_uk]

I will never understand characters who are aware of someone like Magneto's powers and confront them wearing only a device that protects them partially. Sure, you can deflect his direct assaults, but will it protect you from being caught between a couple of cars he's slamming together like cymbals?

[proteus_lives]

I posted this one in S_D 2.0. It's one my favorite Magneto stories.

[stolisomancer.insanejournal.com]

Actually, thanks for posting this. Magneto mentions Isabelle at one point during the Savage Land arc at the end of Claremont's run on Uncanny, and never having read this story, I had no idea who she was.

[tornadotwin.blogspot.com]

"I, MAGNETO, The Magnet King! Have grown so tired of the same old fling."