Magneto

Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, also known as Max Eisenhardt and Magneto, is a major character from the Marvel Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Among the most powerful, recognizable, and infamous mutants to inhabit the planet Earth, Magneto was the X-Men's first major nemesis. Now known as a revolutionist and terrorist, Magneto has fought for the X-Men as many times as he’s been against them.
In his initial appearances, Magneto was portrayed as a would-be tyrant, who had a desire to punish all human and would often abuse his subjects (he physically abused Toad, one of the members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, while Scarlet Witch was psychologically tormented into obedience, as Magneto saved her life in the past). Eventually, (as Marvel did with many of their long-lasting villains over the years) Magneto was given a more humanized portrayal as a Holocaust survivor who wanted to ensure that mutants would not suffer the same fate his family did for being born different.
Magneto has long been the face of mutant separatism, in opposition to Charles Xavier's ideal of coexistence with humanity. Believing that mutants are the next stage in human evolution, he sought to assert their dominance over the planet and its inhabitants. This was Magneto's means of assuring the survival of his people in a world that hates and fears them for there very existence. Though not a hero, Magneto is charismatic, noble, and wise. His long and turbulent friendship with Charles Xavier has been a cornerstone for both men's lives, as a rivalry that has lasted decades.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* 1602
* All-New X-Men
* Amazing Adventures
* Astonishing X-Men
* Avengers
* Avengers & X-Men: Axis
* Avengers Assemble
* Avengers Vs. X-Men
* Avengers West Coast
* Avengers: The Children's Crusade
* Classic X-Men
* Dawn of X
* Essential X-Men
* Excalibur
* Exiles
* House of M
* IvX
* Legion
* Magneto
* Marauders
* Marvel Age
* Marvel Masterworks
* Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men
* Marvel Mix
* Marvel Now! All New X-Men
* Marvel Pocketbook
* Marvel Previews
* Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
* Marvel Triple Action
* Mutant X
* New Mutants
* New X-Men
* Professor Xavier and the X-Men
* Reign of X
* Spidey
* Strange
* The Avengers
* The New Mutants
* The Uncanny X-Men
* The X-Men
* Titans
* Ultimate Spider-Man And X-Men
* Ultimate X-Men
* Uncanny X-Force
* Uncanny X-Men
* X-Marvel
* X-Men
* X-Men Adventures
* X-Men Deluxe
* X-Men Extra
* X-Men The End Book 3: Men & X-Men
* X-Men Universe
* X-Men Unlimited
* X-Men: Blue
* X-Men: Legacy
* X-Men: The Hidden Years
* Wolverine
* Wolverine and Deadpool
* Wolverine and Gambit
* Wolverine Unleashed
== Trivia ==
* After Magneto was believed dead in the Genoshan holocaust, he became a popular t-shirt logo and graffiti image.
* The DC Comics super-villain Doctor Diehard of The Extremists is based on Magneto.
* A Jack Kirby close up image of Magneto's face was used as source material for Roy Lichtenstein's Image Duplicator (1963).
* While Magneto is Jewish, he maintained a cover identity as a 'Sinte Gypsy' when searching for his wife Magda. This created confusion amongst some readers as to his heritage, until it was authoritatively confirmed that he is Jewish. It should be noted that this confusion probably stems from a comic book published in the early 1990s which attempted to retcon Magneto into being a Sinti, possibly because Marvel was preparing to make Magneto a deadly villain again in the crossover called "Fatal Attractions" and they did not want to draw accusations of anti-Semitism by having one of their main villains be Jewish. This attempted retcon was corrected a few years later when it was revealed that the name "Erik Lehnsherr" and the Sinte ethnicity were part of a cover identity, as mentioned above.
* Magneto's redemption was chronicled in the pages of New Mutants. Uncanny X-Men #150 is the first issue to start developing Magneto's origin as a prisoner of Auschwitz and his marriage to Magda.
* Magneto's Auschwitz tattoo was originally seen as 214782 in Uncanny X-Men #161. However, this was a number too high for him to have been among the first group of prisoners to be tattooed there. The number was retconned in Excalibur (Vol. 3) #2 to 24005, but appeared again as 214782 in X-Men: Black - Magneto#1.
* "Eisenhardt", or rather "eisenhart" means "hard as iron", a convenient name for the Master of Magnetism. It can be pronounced as "ice 'n' heart".
* Magneto's pseudonym "Lehnsherr" is often pronounced incorrectly as "Lanshir". Actually the name is composed of two German words: "Leh(e)n" meaning "feud" and "Herr" meaning "master" in that instance. In German 's' is a connective between two combined words sometimes. It could be pronounced as "lens hair" ("e" like in "help" but longer). It's the German word for "liege lord".
* Magneto was ranked 1st on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains in 2011.
* The album Venus and Mars by Wings included a song about superheroes called "Magneto and Titanium Man". Paul McCartney was said to have toured the Marvel offices soon after the album came out in the Bullpen Bulletins and it was claimed that he was a fan of Marvel Comics. The song referenced the names of two other Marvel villains (Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo). Another song to feature Magneto is the Tearjerkers' "Comic Book Heroes" from the various artists' compilation Through the Back Door, in which some of the lyrics were "Doc Ock, Von Doom and Magneto, don't wanna be like them."
* "Magneto" was a song by the post-hardcore band Brigade, fronted by Charlie Simpson's brother Will.
* Magneto maintains an archive containing names and images of numerous mutants violently killed.
* For much of the original appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, its members kept referring to him as "the Leader", instead of calling him Magneto.
* Magneto has claimed to be able to sense the greed and envy of a man's heart, even when meeting this man for the first time. He finds it easy to manipulate others through these qualities.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Max Eisenhardt (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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