Magneto News

This post relates to: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Greg Pak, Magneto

Witness the Origin of Magneto!

The origin of Magneto?   I thought we had seen this already.  I suppose we've seen it in bits and pieces scattered in different stories.  Magneto has always been a complex character.  It's almost as if he's so complex, he doesn't even understand his own motives.  Sometimes he's good and sometimes he's clearly bad. 

I'm sure I'll pick it up.  I've never been the biggest Magneto fan but I respect the character and his importance in the Marvel Universe.   Also with Greg Pak writing, you know it will be good.
 

Before he was the Master of Magnetism and the most radical mutant rights activist mankind has ever seen – Magneto was just a boy growing up in Nazi Germany.  In the Marvel Knights tradition of Spider-Man: Reign and Silver Surfer: Requiem comes X-Men: Magneto Testament #1 (of 5)!  Witness the evolution of one of the most popular and controversial X-Men villains of all time!  Superstar writer Greg Pak (World War Hulk, Incredible Hercules) is taking fans back to the year 1935 to show the difficulties and horrors Erik Lensherr faced growing up Jewish in Nazi occupied Germany.  From award-winning artist Carmine Di Giandomenico (Daredevil: Batllin’ Jack Murdock), comes the definitive origin story of the Master of Magnetism!  It all begins with a silver chain, a first crush, and a dictator’s rise to power...

Pak told Marvel.com, "Like so many classic Marvel characters, [Magneto] has to grapple with the typical problems of any scrawny outsider: family problems, schoolyard bullies, and first crushes…But every little conflict takes on a terrifying, new dimension as the scope and inexorable advance of the Nazi menace becomes clearer."

No X-Men fan can afford to miss X-Men: Magneto Testament #1 (of 5)!

 





























X-MEN: MAGNETO — TESTAMENT #1 (of 5) (JUL082357)
Written by GREG PAK
Penciled by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Parental Advisory …$3.99
FOC - 8/21/08, On-Sale - 9/10/08

This post relates to: Magneto, Billy Tan, Professor X, Mike Carey, X-Men

WHO DO YOU TRUST? 

Oh wait, wrong story.  But maybe he is.  Doubt it.  Magneto's a funny guy.  Is he better as a villain or an ally?  Is he misunderstood?  It's kind of hard to misunderstand when he's killing helpless people.  Remember that submarine from way back.  I have gotten a little tired of him coming back and forth not knowing himself what angle he's going to take.  Then there's the whole Xorn thing that was a bit confusing.  Let's see, here's this dude that calls himself Xorn.  He's a great guy and a really helpful teacher at Xavier's.  Then he says, "Hey look at me, I'm really Magneto."  Does a lot of bad stuff in Manhattan and even kills Jean Grey.  They they tell us that it really wasn't Magneto but actually was a dude named Xorn.  Yeah, but huh?   It's my understanding that Grant Morrison intended Xorn to be Magneto all along but Marvel allowed it to be retconned when he was done.  Maybe I just wasn't reading closely enough or just don't remember but was Charles around during "Xorn's" time at the mansion?  How would Magneto fake having a star for a brain and how would a telepath not detect it?  What's the point of being telepathic if you can be so easily fooled?  Clearly Jean was.

Whatever.  Here's the real reason for this story.   Magneto's back.  Looks like Karima (Omega Sentinel) has possibly been cleared of Malice's influence?  I'm curious how and why Scott would allow the Professor to be so easily accessible to someone like Magneto.

What could the Acolytes possibly want with the mind and body of Charles Xavier? Add Magneto's interest into the mix and that's a recipe for disaster! Xavier's life hangs in the balance as the quest to save the most important mind in mutant history begins. In X-Men: Legacy #209, from fan favorite writer Mike Carey and with rising star artists Scot Eaton and Billy Tan, and a cover by superstar artist David Finch, the quest for mutant survival barrels on!

Jesse Schedeen of IGN.com says, "Trust me, this is one X-book you'll want to keep on your pull list."

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on X-Men: Legacy and all X-Men: Divided We Stand tie-ins, as the future of mutants in the Marvel universe is revealed and as critics continue to hail the current direction of the X-titles!

What sort of repercussions will there be as the journey into Professor Xavier's mind continues? Will the reveal of long lost memories and important x-facts be detrimental to the cause? Find out the answer to these questions and more in X-Men Legacy #209!


X-MEN: LEGACY #209 (DEC072220)
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by BILLY TAN & SCOTT EATON
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Rated A…$2.99
FOC 3/6, On Sale 3/26/2008

This post relates to: X-Men, Magneto

...Comes X-Men: Legacy.

Huh?  What is going on?!?  "With the X-Men no more..."???  Changing the title?  So I take it things aren't going to end too well in Messiah CompleX.  This could either be really interesting or really...gimmicky.  I don't know if I really like the idea of "looking back."  As always, I shall be keeping my fingers crossed.  We have until the end of next month until this comes out.

 

X-Men: Legacy continues the aftermath of Messiah CompleX, centering on the lives of Professor X, Magneto, Rogue and Gambit. With the X-Men no more, mutantkind must look to the past as they move forward into a future like you’ve never seen before! Similar to the acclaimed X-Men: Deadly Genesis, this ongoing series promises to reveal shocking secrets about your favorite mutants while also launching a bold new era for the X-Men.


Retailers, please note the title change from X-Men to X-Men: Legacy with issue #208.


Messiah CompleX is over. The X-Men are no more. An X-Men: Divided We Stand tie-in, X-Men: Legacy provides a surprising look a look at the future of mutantkind!

X-MEN: LEGACY #208 (DEC072220)
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Rated A…$2.99
FOC—2/7/08, On-Sale—2/27/08

This post relates to: Magneto, Professor X

Sounds like the powers that be are getting excited over the planned Magneto movie.  I wonder when we'll hear more about the script since it's already written. 

After marshalling just about every successful Marvel comic to the big screen, what’s left for mega producer Avi Arad to get excited about? “Magneto,” he enthused. “I love it!” While we first met the diabolical anti-hero (played with gusto by Ian McKellen) in “X-Men,” and followed his mutant crusade through two sequels, it’s in “Magneto” that the character will finally get the origin story he so richly deserves, Arad revealed.

“Think of meeting him in [the first “X-Men” movie] as a young boy in a concentration camp. What happens to his life after the war?” he teased of the film’s plot. Arad quickly answered his own question, telling MTV News that the flick will follow Magneto discovering “if [his powers are] real or not and the whole journey of [his] survival as a young man.”

Directed and co-written by “Batman Begins” scribe David Goyer, the prequel has all sorts “of opportunities for the kind of things that [will] make [it] interesting,” Arad contended, including a look at his early friendship with and ultimate rift from Charles Xavier, the mutant who would later become the leader of the X-Men.

You can read the rest here: www.mtvmoviesblog.com/2007/05/15/x-men-spin-off-magneto-to-reveal-anti-hero-origin-story/

Thanks to Buckshot for this news.

 

This post relates to: Magneto

Looks likes it's a green light for the Magneto movie.  I can think of perhaps one person her that will be happy. 

It's confirmed, a Magneto spin-off (in addition to the Wolverine spin-off already talked about) is under development, and they've already got a director - David Goyer! The only catch is that it won't be our favorite white wizard Ian McKellen playing Magneto, but that's only because the story isn't going to be set around the current X-Men films’ timeframe, instead it will be set around his young years and his origin. The script has already been written by Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) and Fox will start up production after Wolverine.

The Young Magneto Chronicles?  Could be interesting.  And with Goyer on hand, I have some faith in it. 

Read more here: www.firstshowing.net/2007/04/26/the-magneto-spin-off-is-on-david-goyer-directing/