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Magneto
The embodiment of the phrase “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”. Magneto has dedicated his life and his extraordinary powers to defending the mutant species by any means necessary. He is a sometimes-foe, sometimes-friend to the X-Men, yet has always maintained his radical and separatist vision.Magneto
X-Men (1963) #1
The First Appearance of the X-Men and Magneto! This milestone issue is bursting at the seams with the First Appearances of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel, Ice Man, Professor X and Magneto!Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) #5
The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides... in the name of God.X-Men (1963) #200
THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO! Magneto stands accused and as the verdict is about to come down, the Von Strucker twins wreck the courtroom in an attempt to avenge their father.Captain America (1968) #367
The core alliance of super villains is destroyed when Magneto attacks the Red Skull! Wait'll you see the reason why- and the side Cap chooses to help!X-Men (1991) #25
The milestone moment when Magneto rips the adamantium out of Wolverine's skeleton! Professor Xavier and a hand-picked squad of X-Men invade Avalon to stop Magneto...and Xavier is forced to use lethal force on Magneto after watching the adamantium removed forcibly from Wolverine, leaving him near-dead!Magneto Rex (1999) #1
Heavy is The Head That Wears the Crown. Magneto, mutant radical and leader of a charged rebellion, emerges as the new sovereign of Genosha, an independent mutant state. But a civil war has erupted between the Magistrates and mutates...leaving Magneto in a diplomatic bind! Quicksilver and Rogue guest-star!House Of M (2005) #1
The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers!! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Well, this time believe it, buster!! NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!X-Men: Magneto Testament (2008) #1
Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that mankind has ever seen. But in 1935, he was just another schoolboy -- who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel's greatest icons begins with a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler's Final Solution.X-Men (1963) #516
NATION X PART 2 He returns.Magneto (2014) #1
Once the deadliest, most feared mutant mastermind on the planet, MAGNETO is no longer the man he once was. After falling in with Cyclops and the X-Men, Erik Lehnsherr became just one more pawn in another man's war. But now, determined to fight the war for mutantkind's survival on his own terms, Magneto sets out to regain what he's lost...and show the world exactly why it should tremble at the sound of his name. Magneto will safeguard the future of the mutant race by hunting down each and every threat that would see his kind extinguished -and bloody his hands that they may never be a threat again.