MAGNETO

his powers save him from being shot by the Nazis whereas his family is slaughtered; is imprisoned at the Auschwitz concentration camp

adopts the forged identity of “Erik Lehnsherr” and begins a quest to find Magda

uses the codename Magneto while working as a Nazi hunter; is eventually betrayed by his human employers who murder his lover, Isabelle, further deepening his mistrust and hatred of humanity

saves the gypsy twins Wanda and Pietro from an angry mob; coerces them into serving in his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants unaware that they are his own children

first appearance; makes his public debut as he tries to take over Cape Citadel but is defeated by Xavier’s students, the original X-Men

attempts to recruit the alien Stranger to his cause but is captured by the Stranger and taken to his planet to serve as a mutant specimen

builds a machine to enslave the wills of humanity, but his base is tracked down by the X-Men and the Avengers; mentally controls the team into fighting each other but eventually they overcome his influence; is betrayed by the Toad (who has finally enough of Magneto’s humiliation) and apparently drowns in the Atlantic ocean

assumes control of the Atlantean army and conquers New York, kidnaps Sue Richards and Lady Dorma to blackmail the Fantastic Four and Namor into service but underestimates the inventive genius of Mr. Fantastic and is defeated

re-assembles the Brotherhood, artificially creates Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant, who grows too powerful and rebels against Magneto’s orders; is reduced to infancy upon being considered unworthy by Alpha

is restored to his prime by the Shi’ar agent Davan Shakari, aka Eric the Red, and immediately takes on the X-Men

helps the South African mutant and future X-Man Maggott deal with his emerging mutation

raises an ancient city from the ocean ground in the Bermuda Triangle to serve as his new headquarters, demands that world leaders disarm their nuclear weapons and cede political power to him; when the Soviets attack his new island, he sinks the submarine Leningrad; battles the X-Men and is emotionally and philosophical rattled when he almost kills the young Kitty Pryde

allies himself with the X-Men to stop a string of mutant lynchings by the religious fanatic Reverend William Stryker

nearly drowns after Asteroid M crashes down to Earth, is saved by Lee Forrester, changes his view about average humans and starts a romance with her

participates in a meeting of Holocaust survivors; lets himself be arrested by Freedom Force

starts training the New Mutants

offered to join the Hellfire Club on behalf of the X-Men, forming an alliance between the two groups

uncovers the remains of Asteroid M which brings him in direct conflict with the Avengers and the Soviet Super-Soldiers, retrieves a piece of technology that would enable him to erase prejudice towards mutants

New Mutants keep disobeying his orders, leading to the death of one of them; learns of the X-Men’s death

participates in the Acts of Vengeance to get close to his catatonic daughter, the Scarlet Witch (after the Vision was dissected and her children turned out to be fake); snaps her out of her stupor and triggers her transformation into the “dark“ Scarlet Witch

returns to the Savage Land, helps Rogue get rid of the Carol Danvers persona; a mutual attraction between them ends when he shows no mercy to Zaladane brutally killing her after she tried to absorb all of his magnetic powers; departs to Asteroid M

fully revealed to be alive; builds Avalon from the remains of Graymalkin; has a new loyal follower in Exodus

theatens the world with a global EMP pulse wave; is attacked by the X-Men and Quicksilver; extracts Wolverine’s adamantium nearly killing him; Xavier shuts off his mind in response; is left in the care of Colossus

found by Astra, who brings him back to health, but only to have him fight against Joseph, a younger clone of himself; manages to render the Joseph amnesiac and escapes

manipulates Earth’s magnetic field in order to blackmail the United Nations into giving him the means to create a mutant sanctuary on Earth; is fought by Joseph who sacrifices his life in order to stabilize the planet’s magnetic field; loses nearly all his powers; is given Genosha to rule

revealed as one of the Twelve, who are kidnapped by Apocalypse; once the break free he discovers that he can use Polaris to tap into Earth’s magnetic field and asks her to accompany him to Genosha

with the Legacy Virus being cured overnight, he now has access to an entire army of mutants and mutates; kidnaps Xavier and plans to start World War III; Is nearly killed by Wolverine when the X-Men rescue their mentor

revealed to be miraculously alive, even though he himself has no idea how that is possible; learn that in his absence an imposter has made use of his name and identity, slaughtering thousands of humans in his name; works together with Xavier towards rebuilding Genosha

has come to accept that Wanda can’t be helped and blames himself for her state; finds himself unable to do anything about the Avengers and the X-Men pondering whether to kill his daughter

briefly taken over by the Collective, but doesn’t want to have his powers restored this way, disappears in an explosion