Real Name/Secret Identity:
Eric Lehnsherr
Universe/Franchise:
X-Men
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (Sept. 1963)
Abilities:
Mutant power to generate and control electromagnetic forces
Occupation:
Founder of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Base of Operations:
Ever-changing, ever-hidden
Dirty Details Done Dirt Cheap:
After witnessing the brutal murder of his parents at Auschwitz, Eric Lehnsherr is forced to join the Sonderkommando, a group of Jewish men forced to help the Nazis perform their various execution methods. After surviving the death camps - and discovering his ability to control and manipulate metal - Eric reinvents himself as Magneto, a powerful mutant who doesn't believe in the humanitarian philosophies of his friend, Charles Xavier. Magneto sees humanity as a threat to all mutants, and sees mutants as a master race to which "normals" should bow down.
