#X-Men Unlimited 1993 2

[magnetic-regent-magneto]

"So then you now know the pain of loss as sharply as do I. Not much difference between Human Pain and Mutant pain, is there?"

[jooheons]

spider-man 2099 / miguel o’hara reading guide 

miguel o’hara was a young genetics genius employed at mega corporation alchemax, in the future city of nueva york of the year 2099 (a future universe where all superheroes got wiped out). he became spider-man when one of his experiments to replicate the powers of spider-man is used against him, his dna is rewritten and became fifty percent spider. 

essential reading:

spider-man 2099 (1992), #1-10

spider-man 2099, #11-14

spider-man 2099 annual, #1

2099 unlimited #1-3 *

spider-man 2099, #15

ravage 2099, #15 *

x-men 2099, #5 *

doom 2099 (1993), #14 *

punisher 2099 (1993), #13 *

spider-man 2099, #16-22

spider-man 2099, #23-33

2099 unlimited #8 *

ghost rider 2099 #7 *

spider-man 2099, #34-38

spider-man 2099 special #1

spider-man 2099 meets spider-man #1

2099 unlimited #9-10 *

spider-man 2099, #39-46 *

2099: world of tomorrow (1996), #1-8 *

2099: manifest destiny *

* in early 1996, editor joey cavalieri was fired. it led to the cancellation of the 2099 titles. for spider-man 2099′s case, peter david (creator and writer) chose to resign in solidarity with his editor, finishing his run with issue #44. the last two issues of spider-man 2099 were done without his input and the series ended with issue #46.

* cross-overs are optional reading, they’re grouped together with the original spider-man 2099 issues because it’s part of their collection. 

non-essential reading (crossovers):

fantastic four 2099 (1996), #4, #6, #8

captain marvel (2000) #27-30

exiles (2001-2008), #72 *

exiles #75-99 

exiles annual #1

timestorm 2009-2099 (2009),  #1–4 *

* exiles!miguel is a variant (not the same from his 1992 run), he’s from earth-6375 here. 

* timestorm!miguel is a variant, he’s from earth-96099 here.

semi-essential reading (main marvel universe):

superior spider-man (2013),  #17-21

superior spider-man #22-26

superior spider-man annual #1

superior spider-man #27-31

superior spider-man annual #2 

essential reading (spider-verse event):

spider-man 2099 (2014) #1-5

amazing spider-man (2014) #1

amazing spider-man (2014) #9-15

spider-man 2099 (2014), #6-12

spider-man 2099 (2015), #1-5

spider-man 2099 (2015), #6-10

spider-man 2099 (2015), #11-16

spider-man 2099 (2015), #17-21

spider-man 2099 (2015), #22-25

spider-man 2099 meets spider-man (1995)

amazing spider-man (2018), #32-36

semi-essential reading (back to 2099):

spider-man 2099 (2019)

spider-man 2099: exodus alpha (2022)

spider-man 2099: exodus #1-5

spider-man 2099: exodus omega

spider-man 2099: dark genesis #1-5

other media:

spider-man: shattered dimensions (2010, video game)

spider-man: edge of time (2011, video game)

ultimate spider-man, the spider-verse: part 1 (2015, animated series)

spider-man: into the spider-verse (2018, film)

spider-man: across the spider-verse (2023, film)

this reading guide will be updated should any upcoming projects arise! 

[blackterrae]

Ideas for Black!Reader Fic

I am going to try my hand again at writing. And I wanted to share some people and fandoms that I love. If you don’t know these shows/actors/franchises/movies/streamers I’m putting you on! For the following:

Princess Bride

Alice In Borderland

Johnny Depp- All his characters

Napoleon Dynamite

Cameron Monaghan- I know that there are fics out there but it’s only always his Jerome/Jeremiah roles never just him or Cal Kestis

Anthony Carrigan- I loved Anothy as Victor Zsasz

Paul Dano- There are Riddler fics but not as many for his other roles

Damsel

The Entire Cast of Hawaii Five-0 (2010) - Don’t even get me started on how good this show is! And the cast looks amazing!

Chicago Med/Fire/PD- These shows have so much potential for fanfic storylines!

The Game (2006)- Has great potential for slow burns and fluffs.

Star Wars franchise (1977-present) - I know I said Cal Kestis but there are also other characters like Anakin, Luke, Obi Wan,Boba Fett (etc.)

NCIS franchise- I honestly love this franchise and it’s characters!

Hamilton

Any/All Sports Men- Jude Bellingham,Lewis Hamilton,LaMelo Ball,Allen Iverson(etc.)

Berleezy - He’s handsome and he’s funny!

Coryxkenshin- I literally love him and his videos!

Albert Aretz (Flamingo)- Look … he may be the epitome of mediocre white man but I like what I like!

AMP- Duke Dennis, Kai Cenat, Agent 00, ChrisNxtDoor,Davis, and Fanum ( all I gotta say is love a black man from infinity to infinity🗣️)

Beta Squad- A British YouTube/ streamer group!

SOMEBROS- Berleezy, Rico, ,PG, Joe (etc.)

WWE- come on now, do I even need to explain!!!

Four Brothers- All the cast but Garrett Hedland in particular!

Peacemaker - Don’t get me wrong I love Adrian Chase but I want to see just as much Peacemaker x black!reader fics because 2 words… JOHN CENA

MAWS- New animated Superman show! Love!

Smallville - The entire cast is hot! Tbh I fell hard for Tom Welling when I was younger when he was in Cheaper By The Dozen. Plus they literally whitewashed Vixen. COME ON! Vixen is a black female hero btw. She was also with Jon (Green Lantern) at one point.

Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001 and 2004)- I mean I literally can’t find any Jon Stewart x black!reader fics and he was with a BLACK WOMAN!

Warner Bros Franchise (minus the looney tunes & space jam)- There are lots of popular franchises that this company has from Fast & Furious to The Matrix!

Peaky Blinders- Saw a Tommy shelby x arms dealer black!female reader fic on my previous account but even then I couldn’t find it again on that account. So it’s gone with the wind. And the cast (i.e the actors and other characters they’ve portrayed). Example: Cillian Murphy as Johnathan Crane.

The Bear

FBI (All)

The good doctor

Tiktokers: Vinnie hacker

Blue Bloods

Will Poulter- I haven’t really seen any Adam Warlock fics

Slashers

Stranger Things

Cruel Intentions

Burnt

Dave Lizewski

Eddie Redmayne

Macgyver (2016)

Fresh Prince of Belair

Guardians of the galaxy- Explanation? Do I really need one?

On My Block

Descendants (characters will be the actors age in real life.duh)- Love Boo-boo Stewart & Mitchell Hope!

Matt Rife

Joey Bragg (Liv &Maddie) - What can I say I love dorks!

The Boys- Haven’t seen that many fics about the characters and a black reader

Once Upon A Time- I love dark fairytales sometimes because they remind me that not every story has a happy ending and you have to learn from them. But this series is good for any theme really.

Walker Texas Ranger (1993)

Top Gun

Nicolas Galitzine

Magcon: Whether you saw their vines on YouTube or vine, you know who they are

Dolan Twins

Mission Impossible

Euphoria- Entire show has great storylines with the potential of drama in fics

Shameless- Especially Carl Gallagher and Lip Gallagher

Creed- Michael B Jordan need I say more

Keanu Reeves- There are very few fics about Keanu but I’ve seen a few of his John Wick x black!reader fics (chef’s kiss) but never see any of The Matrix Fics!Also Ted (Bill & Ted)

River Phoenix

Batman Beyond

Rider Strong

Danny Gonzalez

Timothée Chalamet

Past-Present Singers & Rappers/ Groups -Bow Wow, Tupac, Lil Baby, Nelly, Omarion, Prince, Michael Jackson, Jon B,Usher, Central Cee, Måneskin, New Edition, BTS, James, PRETTYMUCH Bay, Daniel Caesar, October London, Steve Lacey, Artemas, YUNGBLUD, Andy Biersack,Eduardo Vega(etc.)

Anime(Any kind!)- Would love to see other shows, I know hunterxhunter,aot,one piece (etc.)

Bridgerton- There is very little Bridgerton stories catered around a black reader.

Marvel- Now that’s not to say that there aren’t any in fact there are many but I never see (Tobey Maguire Spider-Man stories and it seems like everyone tends to focus on the famous Marvel characters like The Avengers but not on other aspects like X-men or better yet, heroes that haven’t even gotten their own movie but are just as amazing like Squadron Supreme , it’s equivalent to DCU’s Justice League.

Secret Invasion- Not gonna lie , I’m feening for Gravik.😳

DCEU- Another franchise that pushes its other characters to the side. For example, Hush (Thomas Elliot) is literally the epitome of Bruce Wayne gone bad!

Ross Lynch- There are so many roles that Ross did so well in Like Teen Beach Movie or Sabrina.

Highschool Musical Franchise (2006- present ) I’m not just talking about HSMTS (2019), I mean even further back than that. I don’t see any Troy Bolton x black!reader and that’s crazy. I also can’t find any Zac Efron x black!reader

Interview with a Vampire (1994) and (2022)

Austin Butler- He did well in his role as Elvis!

Vikings - There are a good amount but still!

Transformers

Suits

Saved By The Bell

The Goldbergs

Parks & Recreation

Leverage

The Outsiders

Heart of Stone

New York Undercover (1994)

Addams Family

Victorious

Matpat

ICarly

The Real Bros of Simi Valley (2017)

Think Like A Man (2012)

One on One (2001)

Scorpion (2014)

The King of Queens (1998)

G.I. Joe Franchise

Terminator

Beware the Batman (2013)

Any and all Asian Idols/Actors

Seal Team

Mortal Combat

Bill and Ted

Barbie

Detroit: Become Human

Will Trent

Bones

Tokyo Vice

Growing Pains

Graceful Family (Kdrama)[Any Asian Drama shows or movies would be great as well]

The Regime

Batman: The animated series

The Sympathizer

The Invitation

Jawbreaker

Hunger Games

Saved By the Bell

Eve (2003)

Yellowstone

Superstore

Rodrick Heffley

Tracker

Girlfriends

Grown-ish

CSI

Kingsman

Jury Duty

Scoot Pilgrim vs the world

21 Jump Street (The Show and Movies)

Sky High

The Outsiders

Left

Midsomer Murders

Wayne (perhaps college AU characters will be the actors age in real life)

Carrington Bornstein

Yakuza

He’s Harmless I swear ( Webtoon comic)

Kaleidoscope ( formerly Webtoon turned Tapas comic)

Legends of Tomorrow

You

If anyone needs ideas for these franchises/movies/shows/actors/webtoons , then holla at me! I got you!

Also add more to the list if anything that you would like to see comes to mind.

Also tag black writers who you want to see this!

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[thequiver]

Who is.....Jonothan Starsmore | Chamber? - A Reading Guide

Jonothan "Jono" Starsmore is an X-Men affiliated mutant from Marvel comics first introduced in 1994. A native of London and explicitly connected to the grunge scene, Jono has always been the pinnacle of the "bad boy with a heart of gold" trope- the only difference being that in place of a heart he has a furnace of psionic energy. Jono is best known for being part of Generation X (the team he was introduced with) but has also been an official member of the X-Men. The manifestation of his powers left him disfigured and destroyed many of his internal organs as well as his jaw, leaving him unable to speak verbally, requiring him to utilize his psionic abilities to communicate telepathically. Jono's story chronicles one of self-acceptance and is one I'd highly recommend!

Below is a complete list of Jono's appearances as of 24. November. 2023, complete with links!

Generation X: A new team of mutants under the leadership of Sean Cassidy (Banshee) and Emma Frost (The White Queen) is formed at the Massachusetts campus of the Xavier Institute. The goal of this team is to earn an education and learn how to become the next generation of X-Men- their focus is not to fight villains.

Generation X (1994) #1-3 X-Men (1991) #41 <- This is part of Legion Quest which is expounded on here in my Legion reading guide - the whole event is covered in like 6 issues and is imo very worth the read as one section of it can be a bit confusing out of context Generation X (1994) #4-6 Wolverine (1988) #94 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #Annual '95 Generation X (1994) #7-9, Annual '95, 10-11 X-Men (1991) #49 Generation X (1994) #12-21 X-Men (1991) #Annual '96 Generation X (1994) #22-23, Annual '97 Incredible Hulk #Annual '97 Generation X (1994) #25-31 Marvel Team-Up (1997) #1 Generation X (1994) #32-40, Underground Special 1998, 41 X-Men Unlimited (1993) #20 Generation X (1994) #42-49 Generation X/Dracula #Annual '89 Generation X Holiday Special (1999) #1 Generation X (1994) #50 X-Man (1995) #50 Generation X (1994) #51 X-Men Unlimited (1993) #23 Generation X (1994) #52-56 Wolverine (1988) #141 Generation X (1994) #57-58, Annual '99, 59 New Warriors (1999) #5 Generation X (1994) #60-70 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #388 Generation X (1994) #71-75

Poptopia, a Delayed Joining of the X-Men, his own mini, etc.: Following graduation from the Massachussetts Academy, Jono was offered a position on the X-Men but declined instead going to London. After an unfortunate romantic entanglement Jono would return to the X-Men.

Unanny X-Men (1981) #395-398 The Order (2002) #5-6 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #399-400, Annual 2001, 402-407 Marvel Universe: The End (2003) #1, 5 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #408-409 Chamber (2002) #1-4 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #422-423

Defections + Countdown to Zero and House of M/M-Day: After altering reality so mutants were the dominant race, the Scarlet Witch then changed reality again, this time attempting to rid the world of the mutant gene, by casting another spell, "No More Mutants", de-powering the vast majority of mutants.

Weapon X (2002) #15-21 Generation M (2006) #1 New Excalibur (2006) #9

Secret Invasion: TW: THIS EVENT IS TIED PRETTY HEAVILY INTO ANTISEMITIC TROPES PROCEED WITH CAUTION The premise of Secret Invasion is that the Skrull empire, in a bid to take control of earth, replaces several super-powered humans/humanoids on earth with Skrulls.

New Warriors (2007) #2-20

Age of X: The mutants are almost extinct, tortured by a strike force led by Colonel Graydon Creed. The first signs of the Age of X appeared in X-Men: Legacy #244; the events were removed from the Earth-616 mainstream continuity, with no memories of the alternate lives. If you've taken a look at my David Haller Reading List you'll see this event explained as "David’s desire to be loved forces him to grapple with reality," and as a story that "places David in a role where he has to choose between a false universe where he is considered a beloved hero and reality where he must choose to be a hero despite the fear others feel about him." While that is the base of the event Jono also has some great moments to shine!

Age of X: Alpha (2011) #1 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #245 New Mutants (2009) #22 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #247 New Mutants (2009) #24 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #248 Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #Alpha and Omega X-Men: Legacy (2008) #264-265

Avengers vs. X-Men: When the Phoenix Force approaches Earth, Hope Summers is assumed its next host. The X-Men and the Avengers are divided on how to handle the situation. The X-Men believe that the Phoenix Force will herald the rebirth of the Mutant Species, while the Avengers believe that it will bring an end to all life on Earth. This leads to a war between Marvel's two powerful superhero factions.

Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #9-10 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #266-267

Jono's Miscellaneous Adventures: (which somehow keep involving David Haller?) This is now in with Legion: Son of X and the lead up to Krakoa! Jono does a lot of different things in this period (including Gen X Vol. 2) but things are a little more calm until War of the Realms.

Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #19 X-Men: Legacy (2013) #2-6 X-Men (2010) #40-41 X-Men: Legacy (2013) #11-12 Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #29 X-Men: Legacy (2013) #13-14, 22, 24 X-Men: No More Humans (2014) #1 Nightcrawler (2014) #3-4 Uncanny X-Men (2013) #600 Generation X (2017) #1-9 Phoenix Resurrection the Return of Jean Grey #1-3 Generation X (2017) #85-87 X-Men: Gold (2017) #30 Old Man Logan (2016) #39 Mr. & Mrs. X (2018) #6 Uncanny X-Men (2018) #11, 14-15, 17-18 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #37

War of the Realms: Following the return of the Dark Elf, Malekith, from imprisonment, he ignited a civil war in his homeworld of Svartalfheim and emerged crowned as king. Malekith additionally began assembling a league of allies from across the Ten Realms, eventually forming the Dark Council which included among its ranks Dario Agger, King Laufey and Loki. If this doesn't sound like an X-Men plot that's because it's not, but the X-Men sure did get a tie-in and Jono's in it.

War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019) #1-3

Krakoa at last!: The following issues detail Jono's time on Krakoa and his role on the island.

New Mutants (2019) #1-2, 5, 7, 9-11 X of Swords: Destruction (2020) #1 New Mutants (2019) #15-18 Marvel's Voices: Identity (2021) - B Story X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #1, 3-4 Phoenix Song: Echo (2021) #1 New Mutants (2019) #24 Legion of X (2022) #1 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #39-40 New Mutants (2019) #26 Legion of X (2022) #3-5, 7-8 X-Men: Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #79 X-Men: Before the Fall- Sons of X (2023) #1

[xmencovered]

X-Men Unlimited #2 / Published: July 1993 / Artist: Jan Duursema

[racefortheironthrone]

So, magneto...I knew he went by both Erik and Max, but I thought it was a first/middle name ala Logan/James for Wolverine. But based on your tags, it looks like they are different surnames he goes by too...why does he have two names? Is it a silver age / bronze age difference?

This is going to get a bit complicated, because Magneto's name (and relatedly his ethnic identity) has been the subject of multiple retcons over time.

The earliest mention of Magneto having a name is in X-Men #141 (1980), the first half of"Days of Future Past," where he is going by the name Magnus. Magnus was likewise used in X-Men #161 (1982), where it's established that he was going by the name Magnus when he and Xavier met in Israel.

As far as I can tell, the first use of "Erik Lehnsherr" as a name for Magnetyo is 1993's X-Men Unlimited #2, where Fabian Nicieza established that Magneto was born Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (this is not a name that either a Jewish or Romani person would have been given, by the way), and retconned him as being from "a gypsy family of Sinte descent." As I've discussed before (see above), the change seems to have been motivated by Marvel editorial's decision to revert Magneto from his 80's anti-hero position back to being a villain, and editorial being uncomfortable that their most prominent Jewish character was a villain. (Why it was ok for a villain to be their most prominent Romani character is a matter for you to consider.)

Then Marvel waffled on this, so that in 1998's X-Men Vol 2 #72, Joe Kelly established that the "Erik Magnus Lehnsherr" identity was a forgery concoted by one Georg Odenkirk, and that Magneto was in fact, not Sinte Romani after all.

Then in 2008, Marvel got sick of the back-and-forth and decided to do a definitive Magneto origin mini-series called Magneto: Testament. In this miniseries, Greg Pak established that Magneto was born a German Jew by the name of Max Eisenhardt, that his family had fled Nuremberg for Warsaw after Kristallnacht, and that he had ended up in Auschwitz where he was reunited with Anya (whom he had met in Nuremberg years earlier) and the rest is as Claremont had described in Classic X-Men #12.

[blankieisablankie]

I’m sharing my list of Spider-Man content I’ve gone through and have yet to go through and nobody can stop me

Movies:

- Spider-Man ✔️

- Spider-Man 2 ✔️

- Spider-Man 3 ✔️

- The Amazing Spider-Man ✔️

- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ✔️

- Captain America: Civil War

- Spider-Man: Homecoming ✔️

- Avengers: Infinity War

- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse ✔️

- Avengers: Endgame

- Spider-Man: Far From Home ✔️

- Spider-Man: No Way Home

- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ✔️

- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (currently unreleased)

Related movies:

- Venom ✔️

- Venom: let there be carnage ✔️

- Venom: along came a spider (currently unreleased)

- Morbius

I had no idea there were a thing movies(?):

- Spider-Man (Nicholas Hammond)

- Spider-Man Strikes Back

- Spider-Man: The Dragons Challenge (????????)

- 24 minute Japanese Spider-Man film (???????????????????)

Shows:

- Spider-Man (1967) (0/52)

- Spider-Man (1981) (0/26)

- Spider-Man and his amazing friends (0/24)

- Spider-Man the animated series (0/65)

- Spider-Man unlimited (0/13)

- Spider-Man the new animated series (0/13)

- The spectacular Spider-Man (26/26) ✔️

- Ultimate Spider-Man (0/104)

- Marvel’s Spider-Man (0/58)

- Spidey and his amazing friends (0/45)

- Spider-Man freshman year (?)

Games:

- Spider-Man (1982)

- Questprobe: Spider-Man (1984)

- The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom’s Revenge (1989)

- The amazing Spider-Man (1990)

- The amazing Spider-Man (1990) (why is there two of them)

- Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (1991)

- Spider-Man: the video game (1991)

- The amazing Spider-Man 2 (1992)

- Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992)

- Spider-Man X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge (1993)

- The amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers (1993)

- Spider-Man Venom Maximum Carnage (1994)

- The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes (1995)

- Venom - Spider-Man separation anxiety (1995)

- Spider-Man (1995)

- The amazing Spider-Man: web of fire (1996)

- Spider-Man: the sinister six (1996)

- Spider-Man (2000)

- Spider-Man 2 (2001)

- Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (2001)

- Spider-Man: Mysterio’s Menace (2001)

- Spider-Man (2002)

- Spider-Man 2 (2004)

- Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)

- Spider-Man: battle for New York (2006)

- Spider-Man 3 (2007)

- Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (2007)

- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008)

- Spider-Man: Toxic City (2009)

- Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem (2010)

- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010)

- Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011)

- The amazing Spider-Man (2012)

- Spider-Man Unlimited (2014)

- The amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

- Insomniac Spider-Man (2018) ✔️ (dlc in progress)

- Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) (in progress)

- Insomniac Spider-Man 2 (currently unrealsed)

Comics:

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998) (0/like 150, I think)

And all the others

I’m not writing all that

Thank you for the visit have a nice day

[wellnoe]

hey do you have any recs for starting to read jean grey? i have no xmen experience outside of rougegambit deadpool and like. one moon knight crossover issue. but your art has made me go ���👀👀👀👀 - @aroacejoncrane

sure! i'm going to copy and paste from a similar ask:

!! the jean recs i’m listing here are some issues that i keep returning to as ‘important’ in my idea of jean:

i think classic x-men #2, #8, #26, and #43 (which is the one i really want more people to read!) all have some good jean stuff in them. Fantastic Four #286 is both really sad to me and i think how jean reacts when people find her is like. important to how i think of her. the adventures of cyclops and phoenix and the further adventures of cyclops and phoenix are also both good. x-men #53 is like. very important to my read on jean. onslaught isn't good but this issue? perhaps. uncanny x-men 381 also “Monsters” from x-men unlimited (1993) #31 kind of informs a lot of how i talk about jean’s telepathy.

i have a lot of feelings about jean in the silver age, but i don’t think those comics make a lot of the connections that later comics might. also, i think louise simonson is one of the best jean writers, and i really like how jean is portrayed in x-factor, just. in general. so i always recommend that.

these are foundational jean issues to me...one's that really affect how i think about her. i think you can read most of these with a general vague knowledge of what happened in the dark phoenix saga and that jean and scott were like. dating/married. hope that's helpful!!

[v-thinks-on]

Saga of M

The X-Men #1 (1963)

The X-Men #4 (1964) 1, 2

The X-Men #5 (1964)

The X-Men #104 (1977)

The Champions #16 (1977) 1, 2

The X-Men #112 (1978)

The Uncanny X-Men #125 (1979)

The Uncanny X-Men #150 (1981)

The Uncanny X-Men #161 (1982) 1, 2

Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (1982): God Loves, Man Kills

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #4 (1983)

Secret Wars (1984): #1, #3, #4 (1, 2), #5 (1, 2), #10

The New Mutants #24 (1985)

The New Mutants #29 (1985)

The Uncanny X-Men #196 (1985) 1, 2

The Uncanny X-Men #200 (1985)

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) #6

Marvel Age Annual #1 (1985)

Alpha Flight #33 (1986)

The New Mutants #38 (1986) 1, 2

The New Mutants #39 (1986)

The New Mutants #40 (1986)

The New Mutants #45 (1986)

The New Mutants #48 (1987)

The New Mutants #61 (1988)

The New Mutants #75 (1989)

Marvel Year in Review 1989

The Avengers #313/Avengers West Coast #55 (1990)

X-Men Unlimited #1 (1993)

[sparklingelectricblue]

It's Max! But I understand the confusion. I have an idea! Let's breakdown the many names of Magneto in the Marvel comic books.

It’s possible that I’ve made a mistake with my timeline, so feel free to correct me. Also, I'm avoiding stating some accusations that have been leveled at Marvel regarding Magneto's backstory. Mainly because I haven't seen an official source. But if anyone knows of an official source, feel free to spill the tea.

Magneto’s first appearance was in X-Men #1, with a cover date of September, 1963. No name was given besides Magneto. Although he would get some aliases (the Leader, POWER, or the Creator), he would remain nameless until..

X-Men #141 with a cover date of January 1981. That’s almost 18 years of Magneto not having a name. And it’s not really the Magneto we know in this issue. This is the legendary Days of Future Past storyline, and Magnus is the name that old, wheelchair bound Magneto will go by in that future timeline. There are some hints of Magneto’s backstory X-Men #125 and more so in #150, but we won’t see Magneto as Magnus until Uncanny X-Men #161.

Uncanny X-Men #161 has a cover date of August 1982. It is the classic story exploring how Professor X and Magneto met in Haifa, Israel.

panels from Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #161

So for awhile, Magneto was just known as Magnus (although he also went by the name Michael Xavier as a cover sometimes).

The name Erik Lehnsherr didn’t appear until X-Men Unlimited #2 which has a cover date of September 1993. This was an attempt to flesh out more of Magneto’s backstory and give him a proper name. But at the same time, the story in X-Men Unlimited #2 states that Magneto is of Roma descent. This was a bit confusing because although it was never stated out right, it was heavily implied that Magneto was Jewish. "Erik Lehnsherr" seemed to be deliberate way to move Magneto away from being Jewish, which people were unhappy with. The new identity was in preparation of having Magneto be a villain again, and lots of people questioned having two big bad guys in Marvel both being of Roma descent, the other being Doctor Doom. It was not a good look. If you see people get upset about the name "Erik Lehnsherr" online, it's either they view the identity as being, in the best possible interpretation, as a very thoughtless way to handle the topic of Magneto's ethnicity and back story. And/or, they're sticklers for continuity - like me, because...

In X-Men vol 2 #72, which has a cover date of February 1997, it was revealed that Erik Lehnsherr was an alias. The explanation was that after Magneto wrecked havoc in Vinnytsia where he killed many people in response to the murder of his daughter, Magneto was on the run. So he needed a new identity to evade the law. Not only that but he was searching for his wife Magda, who was Roma. Magneto tried to use this new identity to look for Magda among her own people while hiding from authorities. Magneto is now considered either nameless or Magnus again.

So the first X-Men movie comes out in 2000. They explore Magneto's backstory in the movie and they needed a name for him. Comic books movies are never concerned with being 100% faithful to the comic and they use what they have available. Magneto is now Erik in the fox movies.

The X-Men movies are a hit and there is a big push to have the comic be more in line with the movies. Marvel is afraid of confusing new readers. So characters still call Magneto either Erik or Magnus. And it sort of makes sense in universe too. If a character knew Magneto as Erik, they're probably not going to change what they called him just they found out Erik is an alias. Hell, some of the characters probably suspected that it was an alias before the reveal.

Someone at Marvel probably realized that it was good idea to set Magneto's backstory in stone as things were already getting confusing. So X-Men: Magneto Testament #1 gets released with a cover date of November, 2008. It's a 5 issue mini series that covers Magneto's childhood as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, his time in the Warsaw ghetto, and his fight for survival at Auschwitz. It's a heart breaking read that I highly recommend. This mini-series also reveals that Magneto's name is Max Eisenhardt. It also finally gives names to his family, his father Jakob, his mother Edie, his sister Ruthie, and his uncle Erich.

Despite his backstory and real name finally be established, it's not used in the comic books because, well... Magneto doesn't tell people. There's no in universe reason for people to know. Until the recent Krakoa era...

During the Krakoa era, Mutants cheated death. Mutants could come back to life. Magneto expected his daughter Anya to come back, except she couldn't. She wasn't a mutant. For Magneto, this was devastating and it was as if he was grieving her death all over again.

He quit the Quiet Council and moved to Mars, away from Krakoa. He starts calling himself Max. Magneto would die in X-Men: Red Vol 2 #7, which has cover date of December, 2022. A lot of people have interpret Magneto calling himself Max as a signal that he wanted to die.

The name Max was discussed after his death.

Panels from X-Men: Red #11

and the name was discussed after Magneto's resurrections as well.

Charles and Max from X-Men vol 6 #35.

The return to Max after Magneto's resurrections is seen by some as Magneto embracing the person he was before Magneto, as an act of healing. And there are other signs that go along with it. For example in X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic Vol 1 #13, Magneto goes to temple for guidance. Considering that for a long time, Magneto's ethnicity was alluded to but not confirmed and that the character Magneto infamously does not deal with his emotions well, this was consider character growth.

I like using Max because I like seeing this direction in Magneto's character and it's what he is currently going by. But I also understand why people would prefer Erik if they were introduced to the character via the movies.

For those of you want a TLDR:

Little less than 18 years with no name

Roughly 12 years as Magnus

Then, less than four years as Erik Lehnsherr in the 90s but the X-Men movies happen so...

Anything goes for 11 years

We find out his birth name is Max Eisenhardt but no one in universe knows that so still anything goes for about 14 more years.

Max is finally used as of 2022.

Wtf even is magneto's name anymore

[froggynelson]

THE FOGGY APPEARANCES MASTERPOST

So I decided, after literal years of relying on places like the marvel wiki and comicvine to look for and double check Foggy Nelson's appearances throughout the marvel universe, to go and make a comprehensive list of his appearances outside of the main Daredevil title, counting Daredevil limited series and one off stories, along with cameos and alternate universes. The intention was to streamline the process for myself so i dont have to scour through pages and pages every time I wanna remember which comic that one thing happened, but hey, why not make the process of finding comics easier for people who aren't as deranged as I am? So here I made this post, from a real Fog-head to other Fog-heads out there, listing every issue outside of the Daredevil title (as it is more straightforward to find him, and extremely long to type on this list) he appears in, from barely there cameos to central roles, sorted by whether they are set in Earth 616 or not, and in no particular order. This is simply a list to serve as a guide to find him, it is not a curated list so the quality varies wildly, but I hope you're all as curious as I was to find all the most obscure and niche Foggies out there. Enjoy :)

EDIT 1: The original post had been published without one of my alterations to the draft saving, so if you reblogged it without this edit, the list was missing 14 titles.

616:

Daredevil (1964) Annuals: #1, #2, #3, #4, #8, #9

Daredevil (1998) Annuals: #1

Daredevil: Yellow: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

Daredevil: Redemption: #1, #6

Marvel Graphic Novel: #24 (Daredevil: Love and war)

Daredevil: Cage Match: #1

Daredevil: Man Without Fear (2019): #1, #2, #5

Daredevil: Dark Nights: #3

Shadowland: #5

Shadowland: After the Fall: #1

Black Panther: Man Without Fear: #513, #521, #522

Daredevil vs Punisher: #2

Daredevil/Spider-Man: #2, #3, #4

Punisher Kill Krew: #2, #3, #4, #5

Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock: #2

Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula: #1

Daredevil: Reborn: #3, #4

Daredevil: Father: #1, #2, #5, #6

Daredevil/Deadpool: Annual '97

Devil's Reign: #3, #4

Devil's Reign Omega: #1

Elektra Lives Again: #1

Dark Reign: Elektra: #2

Uncanny Origins: #13

Power Man and Iron Fist (1978): #77

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963): #16, #42, #43, #65, #218, #429, #438

Spectacular Spider-Man (1978): #240, #242, #250

Spider-Man (1990): #75

Spider-Man Unlimited (1993): #13

Spider-Man/Kingpin: To the Death: #1

Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Annual '97

Uncanny X-Men (1963): #46

The New Warriors: #21, #23, #24, #25

Marvels: #2

Captain Universe: Daredevil

White Tiger: #1

Marvel Fanfare (1982): #1, #27

Marvel Team-up (1972): #25, #107, #141

Marvel Team-up (2004): #9

Marvel Two in one (1974): #37, #38, #78

Marvel Age: Annual #1

Avengers (1998): #26

New Avengers (2005): #1, #2, #3

Iron Man (1968): #35, #327, #328

Iron Man (1998): #1

Captain America (1968): #234

The Incredible Hulk (1968): #153

Superior Iron Man: #3

Ka-Zar (1997): #15, #17

Over the Edge: #6, #10

Silver Sable and the Wild Pack: #23, #28

Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History: #6

Onslaught: Marvel Universe: #1

X-Man: #21

Fantastic Four (1961): Annual #3

Fantastic Four (1998): #35, #47, #48

Fantastic Four: The Wedding Special 2006: #1

Thunderstrike (1993): #16

Spider-Man/Black Cat: #4

The Marvel Saga: #1, #13

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Daredevil 2004: #1

Marvel Encyclopedia: #5

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Update '89: #5

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: #8

OTHER UNIVERSES:

Daredevil Noir: #1, #3, #4

Daredevil: End of days: #1, #5, #8

Daredevil: Man Without Fear (1992): #2, #3, #4, #5

Daredevil: Season One (2012): #1

Spider Gwen (2015, vol. 1): #1

Spider Gwen (2015, vol 2): #9, #20, #21, #22, #24, #27, #33

Powerless: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5

Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra: #1, #2, #3, #4

Ultimate Elektra: #1, #2

Ultimate Spider-Man (2000): #109, Annual #2

Survive!: #1

The Ultimates 2: #3

Spidey Super Stories: #43, #50

Marvel Adventures Super Heroes: #9

Marvel Age Spider-Man: #15

Not Brand Echh (1967): #2, #4, #9

What the--?!: #3, #11

Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham: #7

Marvel Hostess ads vol.1 #7

Secret Wars, too: #1

Secret Wars: Secret love: #1

Dark Ages: #2

Marvel Knights: 20th: #1

Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects: #2

Avengers Halloween Special: #1

Contest of Champions (2015): #4

1602: #1

1872: #2

Paradise X: #10

Marvels X: #2

What if? Daredevil: #1

What if? Daredevil vs Elektra: #1

What if Karen Page had lived?: #1

What if? (1977): #8, #35, #38

What if...? (1989): #26, #73, #89, #102, #105

Spider Girl: #0, #17, #63, #74, #82, #85

Spider-Man: Chapter One: #9

Mutant X: Annual #3

Daredevil/Batman: #1

Daredevil/Shi: #1

Daredevil: The Movie Adaptation: #1

Sins of Sinister: #1

[bobbimorses]

wanda & pietro maximoff’s ethnicity (+magneto’s) & race in comics: a timeline

lately, i’ve been seeing some confusion and misinformation concerning wanda and pietro’s ethnicity, so i’ve tried to make a condensed timeline of their “shifting”/”evolving” parentage and ethnicity citing canonical sources and with accompanying panels. mostly so you know what isn’t new and has been lore for decades. since magneto was half their parentage most of the time (more on that later), some panels center on his ethnicity [he’ll be referred to as magneto for simplicity’s sake bc of his various aliases].

tldr; they were introduced as “vaguely european,” then “unknown but adopted by romani,” then half ashkenazi jewish, then half romani and half ashkenazi, then fully romani, then half ashkenazi and romani again, and are currently fully romani (retcon of a retcon pending)

x-men #4 (1964)

in wanda and pietro’s first ever appearance, they’re from "the heart of europe,” where they were being chased by an angry mob. no additional info.

avengers #31 (1966)

after some avengering, they return to their home village, now said to be in the balkans, and so they’re from southeastern europe. a few issues later, they reveal they were born on “wundagore mountain,” and this village ends up being “transia,” which is a whole country within marvel.

giant-size avengers #1 (1974)

wanda encounters the ww2 hero the whizzer (yes. really.), real name robert frank. he says that he and his pregnant wife, miss america (madeline joyce), had traveled to wundagore mountain for her labor. madeline died in childbirth and the whizzer (yes! really!) ran away in grief, leaving the newborns that were presented to him. wanda thinks he must be her father. since robert frank and madeline joyce are presumably anglo-americans, her ethnicity could have been presumed the same (anglo-ish). it’s still not revealed who raised the maximoffs

avengers #186 (1979)

wanda and pietro learn more of their origin from bova, the evolved cow (roll with it) who was midwife to their real biological mother, magda, who fled shortly after their birth.

the whizzer and miss america were really their intended adoptive parents, because the franks’ baby, unbeknownst to them, was stillborn.

instead, wanda and pietro were placed into the care of a romani couple, django and marya maximoff. at this point, wanda and pietro’s ethnicity remains a mystery (as magda’s is not yet specified and their biological father wasn’t disclosed), but their adoptive parents are a romani couple and they were raised within the romani community.

uncanny x-men #125 (1979)

magneto reveals he had a wife named magda, who readers know gave birth to pietro and wanda, but magneto doesn’t. dramatic irony, baby

uncanny x-men #150 (1981)

this issue introduces magneto’s origin as a survivor of the holocaust (18 years after his first comic appearance). based on several subsequent issues, it seemed clear that writer chris claremont intended for magneto to be ashkenazi jewish, and so most readers assumed he was.

in uncanny x-men #161 (1982) [left], a flashback shows magneto first met xavier while volunteering in israel, and he attends a holocaust remembrance event with kitty pryde (also jewish) in uncanny x-men #199 (1985) [right]:

and, in similar language to the #199 panel, this statement in uncanny x-men #211 (1986) also implies he is jewish:

these are but a few of several examples. however, i suppose it’s never explicitly stated. this will be important later.

vision and the scarlet witch #4 (1983)

magneto says he IS the father (which he learned from local evolved cow, bova). hooray! magda had fled from magneto, who didn’t know she was pregnant, after he killed a mob (responsible for their daughter anya’s death) with his newfound powers. under the assumption that magneto is ashkenazi jewish, this makes wanda and pietro ethnically half ashkenazi jewish

vision and the scarlet witch v2 #5 (1985)

magda is confirmed to be romani (in this unfortunate 80s manner), meaning wanda and pietro are half romani from their mother’s side, and half ashkenazi jewish from their father’s

x-men unlimited #2 (1993)

though readers thought he was jewish before, magneto is revealed to be sinti, a romani tribe in central europe. [supposedly, this is because magneto was being set up as a villain again and marvel feared anti-semitic implications if he were explicitly jewish.] this would make wanda and pietro fully romani.

x-men v2 #72 (1998)

it’s revealed that “erik lensherr,” thought to be magneto’s real name, was in fact an alias, and presumably he wasn’t sinti but needed to have an identity as one to track magda (still sinti!) down. again, he still isn’t explicitly stated to be ashkenazi jewish, but 2 years later the x-men movie comes out. that, of course, opens with young magneto in auschwitz, so now Everyone presumes he’s jewish. which, surprisingly, is only explicitly stated for the first time in x-men: magneto testament in 2008. so wanda and pietro are again half romani (sinti) and half ashkenazi jewish.

this would be the status quo until...

avengers & x-men: axis #7 (2015)

magneto is retconned to be NOT the father. wanda and pietro are retconned to NOT be mutants. is it because marvel comics was trying to separate fox-owned x-men properties from the mcu-owned properties since they were both trying to use the maximoffs? we can’t say for sure--yes. yes it was.

scarlet witch v2 #4 (2016)

wanda and pietro’s NEW real biological mother is revealed to be natalya maximoff, sister to django maximoff, thus making wanda and pietro’s adoptive parents their biological uncle and aunt. their new biological father isn’t revealed, but marvel has said that they’re now fully romani (again), so he must be too? they are also now from serbia, so presumably natalya isn’t sinti like magda.

will this retcon be undone and magneto restored as wanda and pietro’s father since that was their backstory for 36 years? who knows! if so, they will be half ashkenazi jewish and half romani again. right now, they’re fully romani, which they incidentally already were before. comics!

[thequiver]

Who is.... Xuân Cao Mạnh | Karma? - A Reading Guide

Xuân Cao Mạnh is an X-Men affiliated character from Marvel Comics first introduced in 1980. Xuân is a Vietnamese refugee who parents both died on the passage to America, leaving her in the care of her uncle and in charge of herself and her younger siblings. Xuân's family is very important to her and drives much of her story. Xuân is most commonly associated with her first team and close friends, the New Mutants, and spends a considerable portion of her appearances with them. Xuân is also a lesbian and an amputee!

Despite the heavy importance of her heritage to her story, it was not until 2023, some forty-three years after her introduction that her name was officially changed to something recognizable in Vietnamese. This interview, with Vietnamese comic creator, Trung Le Nguyen, who had the opportunity of writing Xuân in 2023, does a great job of breaking down the issues with the spellings we see in earlier comics. While the change has been made to correct her name now, for most of the issues in this reading list you will still see the unfortunate old name of Xi'an Coy Manh and the nickname "Shan."

Reading list under the cut!

Introduction and New Mutants

Xuân was introduced prior to the formation of her first team. She spent a fair amount of time with the New Mutants before moving on to a more personal mission. Please note that this period contains some absolutely disgusting and highly targeted fatphobia towards Xuân specifically.

Marvel Team-Up (1972) #100A Marvel Graphic Novel (1981) #4 New Mutants (1983) #1-6, 29-34 New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1 X-Men Annual (1970) #9 New Mutants (1983) #35-37 Secret Wars II (1985) #9 New Mutants (1983) #38-40, 43-44, Annual 2 X-Men Annual (1970) #10 New Mutants (1983) #46-48, 50-52 Fallen Angels (1987) #1-2 New Mutants (1983) #53-54

Search for Siblings and Adulthood

Xuân makes the choice to leave the New Mutants to search for her younger siblings, and embarks on what also becomes a journey of self discovery! She doesn't always have a HUGE role in these issues, which is heartbreaking, but when it comes to Xuân it's helpful to have as much information as possible even if she's only in one or two panels...TRIGGER WARNING: during New X-Men there is a deeply uncomfortable plot in which Rahne (Wolfsbane) forms a romantic relationship with a student....and all of the students are mad at the child and the staff (Xuân included) talk about how they need to forgive Rahne....

Wolverine (1988) #4-8 New Mutants (1983) #81 Wolverine (1988) #27-30 New Warriors (1990) #45 X-Force (1991) #33-34 Beast (1997) #1-3 New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) #1-3 X-Force (1991) #75 Mekanix (2002) #1-6 X-Men Unlimited (1993) #43A New Mutants (2003) #4-13 New X-Men (2004) #7, 9, 13-15 New X-Men Yearbook Special (2005) #1 New X-Men (2004) #16-19 Decimation: House of M- The Day After (2006) #1 X-Men: The 198 (2006) #1 X-Men (1991) #183A X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008) #1C Uncanny X-Men (1981) #501-503 X-Men: Worlds Apart (2008) #4 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #504 X-Infernus (2009) #2, 4 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #508

New Mutants- Again

In 2009, Xuân joins the newly reformed New Mutants and things are....definitely interesting.

New Mutants (2009) #1-4, 6-10, 12 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #235 X-Force (2008) #26 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #524 X-Men: Second Coming (2010) #2 New Mutants (2009) #15, 17-22 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #246 New Mutants (2009) #25, 27-28 Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega (2012) #4-5 New Mutants (2009) #33

Regenesis & Utopians

Following the schism between Cyclops and Wolverine, Xuân followed Wolverine to Westchester where she once again found work at the school. After Utopia was abandoned she joined a group known as the Utopians.

Astonishing X-Men (2004) #48-56, Annual 1 New Mutants (2009) #44, 49 Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) #11 New Mutants (2009) #50 Astonishing X-Men (2004) #57-59 X-Termination (2013) #1 Astonishing X-Men (2004) #60 Age of Apocalypse (2012) #14 X-Treme X-Men (2012) #13 X-Termination (2013) #2 Astonishing X-Men (2004) #62-66, 68 All New X-Men (2013) #40-41 New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) #1, 4, 6 Uncanny X-Men (2018) #12-19 War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019) #1-3

Krakoa

Like most mutants, Xuân moved to the island nation of Krakoa, where she rejoined the New Mutants...again and underwent the crucible in order to give her twin brother another chance at life.

New Mutants (2019) #1-2, 5, 7, 9-11, 14-19 Marvel's Voices: Pride (2021) #1L New Mutants (2019) #20-24, 26, 30-31 Love Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #31-36 New Mutants: Lethal Legion (2023) #1-5

Extra:

The 2023 Magneto series goes back over some New Mutants (1983) things to bring back Magneto the teacher, Xuân's in it and it's written by JMD so you know I had to recommend it!

[scarletwitching]

Hello! Do you have any "real world" timeline of Wanda's backstories (particularly her origins). I know she was created in the 60s, and her first origin seems to have her as the biological daughter of two golden age American heroes. However most wiki pages only describe her latest "in-universe" history. Im curious to know how many actual real-world years she spent as a White American, German Jew, Serbian Romani, Mutant, Witch, Avenger, etc. Thanks!

I’m choosing to do this as a chronicling of backstory retcons (plus a couple of important firsts) because it would be too much to do the whole thing, and I’m going to include the various changes to Magneto’s backstory because they’re kind of necessary. The dates listed are release date, not cover date.

March 1964 (X-Men vol. 1 #4) -- It’s Wanda, no last name. She’s a mutant, part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. She’s from Central Europe. She has an older brother named Pietro, and he promised their parents that he would take care of her.

March 1965 (Avengers vol. 1 #16) -- Wanda’s an Avenger now.

November 1966 (Thor vol. 1 #134) -- We learn that Wanda and Pietro, who are now twins, are connected to Wundagore Mountain and that there was a massive “blinding light” on the night they were born. This was maybe an aborted attempt to retcon them into not being mutants (their powers are referred to as “mutant-type” for some reason), but it goes nowhere.

May 1974 (Giant Size Avengers #1) -- Wanda and Pietro finally have a backstory. They are the children of US-American superheroes Madeline and Robert Frank (aka Miss America and The Whizzer). They were born on Wundagore Mountain, but their mother died and their father abandoned them. They were subsequently raised in the High Evolutionary’s citadel, but they ran away because it was weird being around all those talking animals.

June 1974 - February 1975 (Avengers vol. 1 #127-134; Giant Size Avengers #2 & 4) -- Agatha’s here, and she’s teaching Wanda magic. Wanda is now a mutant AND a witch.

December 1977 - September 1979 (Avengers vol. 1 #166 & 181-187; X-Men vol. 1 #125) -- Origin Story: The Good One. Wanda and Pietro are not the Franks’ kids and were not raised in the High Evolutionary’s citadel. They were raised by Django and Marya Maximoff, a Roma couple from Bulgaria (Transia, the town they’re from, will later become a country of its own), and it is implied that they don’t remember this because they suppressed their own memories. However, Django and Marya are not their birth parents. Their birth mother came to Wundagore Mountain, heavily pregnant, fleeing their father. She gave birth in the citadel, then left because she did not want to be alive anymore.

Meanwhile, Chris Claremont comes up with the idea for Magda, Magneto’s mysterious dead wife, but before the issue introducing her can even come out, John Byrne and some other guys go behind Claremont’s back and make Magda Wanda and Pietro’s mother. Which makes Magneto the husband their mother was running from and thus... None of the living characters know they are related, and it is editorial’s intention that they will never find out, though the connection is acknowledged openly in the letters column.

August 1981 (Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #150) -- Claremont begins the long process of turning Magneto into a hero, and with that, we learn Magneto’s backstory as a Holocaust survivor. Claremont continues to add to this for the rest of his initial X-Men tenure (through 1991), but crucially, he never has him say that he’s Jewish. You’re supposed to understand that he is, and most of the audience does understand. It is very, very obvious (we even get a trip to Israel), BUT he does not say the exact words, “I am Jewish.”

November 1982 (Vision & the Scarlet Witch vol. 1 #4) -- The characters aren’t supposed to find out they’re related? Forget that. They all know now. I would argue that this issue also makes it obvious that Magneto is Jewish, but whatever, he doesn’t say, “I am Jewish.”

October 1985 (Vision & the Scarlet Witch vol. 2 #5) -- This is the earliest reference I can find to Magda being Romani. It feels like that can’t be the first time that was confirmed, but this post needs to get done some time.

October 1987 (New Mutants vol. 1 #61) -- Another “earliest reference I can find” scenario. I think this is the first time Magneto mentions being from Poland. At any rate, it is a time he mentions being from Poland, and it gets retconned anyway.

July 1993 (X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #2) -- Due to editorial meddling, Magneto became a villain again in 1991, and according to comic book legend, editor-in-chief Bob Harras thought that Magneto being Jewish and a supervillain was proooooooblemaaaaaaatic. And if he can’t be both at the same time, one’s gotta go. Enter Gabrielle Haller, who is here to give a Ted Talk explaining Magneto’s new backstory. He’s Sinti Romani. That’s the change.

December 1997 (X-Men vol. 2 #72) -- It is revealed that the Erik Lensherr identity was an alias created by document forger Georg Odekirk in order to help Magneto hide from the authorities and find Magda... by pretending to be Sinti. Which, to me, implies that Magda herself was Sinti specifically, not Roma. Either way, Magneto says he’s not Romani, but once again does not say he’s Jewish.

September 2008 - January 2009 (X-Men: Magneto Testament #1-5) -- Magneto is officially, definitely Jewish. For real this time. No more ambiguity. He’s also German now, instead of Polish, and his name is Max Eisenhardt.

December 2014 (Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #7) -- Rick Remender, who is clearly invested in Wanda and Magneto’s relationship, is forced, possibly at gunpoint, to make them not related. This is revealed via a spell going wrong and not affecting Magneto when it’s supposed to affect Wanda’s family, which is the dictionary definition of “plausible deniability.”

January 2015 - June 2015 (Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #1-5) -- Wanda and Pietro go to the High Evolutionary to figure out what their brand new backstory is. Turns out that, according to the High Evolutionary, they are not mutants and got their powers from being experimented on by him as babies. Their birth parents were their adoptive parents Django and Marya all along, which would make them Roma (not Sinti)... but something is weird about this reveal because Vision finds out there is more to the story and refuses to tell Wanda what it is or that he discovered any information at all.

March 2016 - January 2017 (Scarlet Witch vol. 2 #4-14) -- Nevermind, Django and Marya weren’t Wanda’s biological parents. Django is her uncle. His sister Natalya is her birth mother and a witch, and “the Scarlet Witch” is now a legacy title. Wanda was born in Serbia, but how that intersects with the Chthon thing is not explained. And Wanda’s dad is... the guy who murdered her mother. Who? Doesn’t say.

December 2017 - July 2019 -- A bonus! Marvel gives up on pretending Wanda and Magneto are not related... but mostly outside of comics. The official Marvel website runs articles just... saying they’re related. Official merchandise says they’re related. The mainline comics don’t touch it, but things are very suspicious.

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90s Silverfox Magneto with Avalon, Genosha, the Acolytes and more.

“ ’Surrender yourself’!? isn’t that what my family did? What my wife did? What I did time and again? Surrender myself to your tender mercies -- only to have that thrown back into my face through the pain, misery and death your kind has inflicted on me and mine?!!! [...] She always did say I would bring violence to her.” - Magneto, X-Men Unlimited 1993 #2

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X-Men Unlimited (1993) #31 ( part 1 | part 2 ) [ click to enlarge images ]