Magneto - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:53:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Magneto - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Why it’s time for Magneto to be the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s father again https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/13/why-its-time-for-magneto-to-be-the-scarlet-witch-and-quicksilvers-father-again/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:42:52 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56539 Adam Garvey explores how the 2014 retcon of Magneto not being the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch has rendered certain past stories moot.

The post Why it’s time for Magneto to be the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s father again first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 56539 The evil ones confront Storm in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Resurrection of Magneto #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/14/resurrection-of-magneto-3-preview/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48227 Pure evil in X-Men comics has taken many forms over the years. The Shadow King. The Adversary. Annihilation. They’re the villains who can’t be turned or reasoned with, more force than foe. The ones who manipulate events from the shadows and return like clockwork every few years to remind the light that the darkness exists...

The post The evil ones confront Storm in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Resurrection of Magneto #3 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 48227 Resurrection of Magneto #2 is good science fiction https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/05/resurrection-of-magneto-2-is-good-science-fiction/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48093 Magneto faces the sins of his past — and opens a door via a seemingly-forgotten key — in Resurrection of Magneto #2 written by Al Ewing, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Joe Sabino. Alone in a darkened room, illuminated only by mistakes, an old man finds himself unable — unwilling...

The post Resurrection of Magneto #2 is good science fiction first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 48093 Tony dreams of Magneto in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Invincible Iron Man #14 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/11/iron-man-14-preview/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47666 It’s always interesting to see Magneto fight a non-mutant superhero. What would they even have to banter about between punches? “So, you do spider-things, eh? Well, no matter, Magneto will see you driven before him, another enemy of Homo superior removed!” “You fancy yourself a god? See how easily I cast your metal hammer aside,...

The post Tony dreams of Magneto in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Invincible Iron Man #14 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 47666 The X continues to fall in February’s X-Men titles https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/15/xmen-february/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:07:59 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47132 This January, two interconnected series will close out the X-Men’s Krakoa era: Gerry Duggan and Lucas Werneck’s Fall of the House of X and Kieron Gillen and R.B. Silva’s Rise of the Powers of X. These five-issue limited series will present the final battle of Krakoa and see the fate of mutantkind decided in a...

The post The X continues to fall in February’s X-Men titles first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 47132 Professor Eisenhardt is a JERK! in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Magneto #4 https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/26/magneto-4-preview/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46983 Back in the 1980s, Charles Xavier left Earth to go have sex with his alien bird empress girlfriend, and in doing so left the school, and the New Mutants, to his friend/archenemy/boyfriend? Magneto. Magneto, famously, did a bad job. The Beyonder kills all his students, he fights the Avengers, he joins the Hellfire Club, he...

The post Professor Eisenhardt is a JERK! in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Magneto #4 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 46983 X-Men Red #5 Will Have You Screaming “Oh Shit!” https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/03/x-men-red-5-will-have-you-screaming-oh-shit/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42329 Good Comics, like other great literary works, can be read and understood on two planes: a literal one and a metaphorical/metaphysical one. Take the Bible: You can read it literally and get some great superhero action, or metaphorically and learn to, you know, love people or whatever. And while people’s interpretation of the Bible can too...

The post X-Men Red #5 Will Have You Screaming “Oh Shit!” first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 42329 Battle Of The Atom: Across The Magnetosphere https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/18/battle-of-the-atom-across-the-magnetosphere/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42093 We spend the episode talking about the master of Magnetism. Content Warning: We talk about the Holocaust Ranked This Episode: Magento: Testament Magneto War Defenders #15-16 

The post Battle Of The Atom: Across The Magnetosphere first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 42093 All’s Well That Ends Well In X-Men: Trial of Magneto #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/23/alls-well-that-ends-well-in-x-men-trial-of-magneto-5/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36507 We know who killed The Scarlet Witch. Is justice served? Can it ever be on Krakoa? We find out thanks to Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, Clayton Cowles and Edgar Delgado examine her fate in X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #5. Andrea Ayres: Well, here we are, Charlie. At the end of this limited series, and...

The post All’s Well That Ends Well In X-Men: Trial of Magneto #5 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 36507 Mourn The Murder Of The Scarlet Witch In X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/18/mourn-the-murder-of-the-scarlet-witch-in-x-men-the-trial-of-magneto-1/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32836 Once upon a time, The Scarlet Witch, The Pretender Wanda Maximoff, was the daughter of Magneto. She’s been evil and an Avenger. She is now dead. Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, Joe Caramagna and Edgar Delgado examine her fate in X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #1. Charlie Davis: Well. It’s here. I don’t know about you,...

The post Mourn The Murder Of The Scarlet Witch In X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #1 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 32836 Magneto & S.W.O.R.D. Are On Notice In Our Preview Of Guardians Of The Galaxy #15 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/17/magneto-s-w-o-r-d-are-on-notice-in-our-preview-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-15/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29729 If you have been paying attention to Planet-Size X-Men you will know that Magneto, and the entire Sol system, have had a pretty big week. Proving some people weren’t just spouting lies and fables years ago, the mutants have taken control of Mars. They have terraformed the planet for two reasons, to give a home...

The post Magneto & S.W.O.R.D. Are On Notice In Our Preview Of Guardians Of The Galaxy #15 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 29729 Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 Fights a Losing Battle Against Trivial Tie-Ins https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/24/heroes-reborn-magneto-the-mutant-force-1-fights-a-losing-battle-against-trivialtie-ins/ Mon, 24 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28057 To honor the memory of Professor X, Magneto leads his band of mutant rebels to restore hope to a world that fears and hates them…and doesn’t really exist. Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 is written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Back...

The post Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 Fights a Losing Battle Against Trivial Tie-Ins first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 28057 A Psychic Rescue In Our Preview Of Heroes Reborn: Magneto & The Mutant Force #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/20/a-psychic-rescue-in-our-preview-of-heroes-reborn-magneto-the-mutant-force-1/ Thu, 20 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27885 In the world of Heroes Reborn, classic X-Men villains, The Mighty Avengers, never formed. In their stead was the Squadron Supreme, a Silver Age pastiche that dares ask the question “What if superheroes were jerks?” In this preview, we find out exactly what that means as mutant freedom fighter Magneto and his Mutant Force commence...

The post A Psychic Rescue In Our Preview Of Heroes Reborn: Magneto & The Mutant Force #1 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 27885 Magneto Is Not Malcolm X: The Limitations of Analogies & Good Intentions https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/26/magneto-is-not-malcolm-x-the-limitations-of-analogies-good-intentions/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21845 I revere Malcolm X. His autobiography changed my life. I emulate his pose and prose when I portend power projection – especially when I find myself in places where I’m assumed powerless. I don’t always succeed, but I always try.  Magneto represents unapologetic authenticity. He experienced the worst of man; he knows how sordid humans...

The post Magneto Is Not Malcolm X: The Limitations of Analogies & Good Intentions first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 21845 An X-Men freebie and Giant-Size Magneto cap our staff picks for July 15 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/13/an-x-men-freebie-and-giant-size-magneto-cap-our-staff-picks-for-july-15/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6877 Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: FCBD X-Men #1: Free Comic Book Summer begins with a sneak peek at this fall’s “X of Swords” by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Pepe Larraz (aka Team “House of X”) and a...

The post An X-Men freebie and Giant-Size Magneto cap our staff picks for July 15 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 6877 Entry 087 – Magneto https://comicsxf.com/2017/09/07/entry-087-magneto/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:00:34 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2482 Name: Max Eisenhardt, Erik Magnus Lehnsherr Code Names: Magneto First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Sept ‘63) Powers: Control of Magnetism Teams Affiliation: The Brotherhood, X-Men, Hellfire Club About Conflict is at the root of all storytelling. All the exciting set pieces and witty banter doesn’t mean much if there isn’t a strong conflict to get the audience invested. X-Men:...

The post Entry 087 – Magneto first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 2482 Cullen Bunn on Magneto, Uncanny, and ResurreXion https://comicsxf.com/2017/01/26/cullen-bunn-on-magneto-uncanny-and-resurrexion/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:00:31 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=1146 After performing a wedding over Memorial Day weekend (and a long evening of celebration after) I awoke to a pounding headache, an unexpected guest in my hotel room, a missing car, and an e-mail from the writer of Uncanny X-Men. Cullen Bunn was gracious enough to take time away from his comics work to talk to...

The post Cullen Bunn on Magneto, Uncanny, and ResurreXion first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 1146 Entry 010 – Exodus https://comicsxf.com/2016/02/26/entry-010-exodus/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 05:08:02 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=58 Art by Mark Brooks Name: Benett du Paris Code Names: Exodus First Appearance: X-Factor #92 (July ‘93) Powers: Telepathy, Telekinesis, Teleportation, Healing Factor Team Affiliation: Acolytes, Brotherhood of Mutants About The central conflict of the X-Men franchise is the ideology of Charles Xavier vs Magneto. Can mutants peacefully coexist with the rest of the world or do...

The post Entry 010 – Exodus first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 58