Oh heck yes.
Xavier said in Excalibur Vol. three that Magneto may not know his own limits because he might not have limits (and he was playing with space-time in creating traversable wormholes in that one).
But he has also warped the planetary EM field (Uncanny #150 and Magneto War), created planet wide EMP's by himself (Fatal Attractions), manipulated matter on a sub atomic scale (Uncanny #211 and classic X-Men #19), built three Asteroid M's in space by himself, almost killed Storm with her own lightening (Uncanny X-men #150), reflected Mjolnir back at Thor (a couple times in both silver age and X-Men vs. Avengers mini), heated metal to both the point is has melted and exploded (Uncanny #104), used infrared, x-rays (both part of the EM spectrum), etc. etc.
It goes waaaay beyond manipulting metal.
Thing is if you look at science, there really isn't just magnetism. It's always classified as Electromagnetism, you really don't get one without the other. And Electromagnetism, along with Strong and Weak Nuclear bonds and Gravity, is one of the Four Foundation Forces of the Universe. One of the four basic energies/interactions which make up all physics in the Universe. Electromagnetism is the most readily visible in action in day to day life. It's governs a lot of physics.
So Magneto is crazy powerful.
I don't think Stan Lee intended for him to be that powerful, but as our understanding of science has grown, so has the application of having control over electromagnetism.
But the trick of course is that Magneto has two Achilles heels. He literally is crazy powerful. If he uses his power on massive scales, it creates chemical imbalances in his brain which drive him insane. Also, because he routs his power through his nervous system, when he is injured, such as having a broken arm, it dampens his ability to use his power because his nervous system can't take the load. Plus he also gets migraines.
So powerful, but not invincible.
Post Edited:2007-11-27 00:02:40
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