escapes from the concentration camp together with Magda; they travel, fall in love and start a family; Magnus watches as his daughter Anya perishes in a fire; he uses his powers to exact revenge against those who prevented him from saving her; scaring Magda who calls him a monster and runs away
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
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
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