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Villains: Jean Marco Nanquen Macalopu

Magneto is a powerful mutant who can control magnetic fields and was originally created as an adversary of the X-Men. He regards mutants as superior to humans and aimed to conquer the world so mutants could replace humans as the dominant species. While initially a supervillain, Magneto's role has varied from antihero to ally and even member of the X-Men at times due to his differing philosophy from Professor X on achieving civil rights for mutants. He has been portrayed in X-Men films by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender.

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Villains: Jean Marco Nanquen Macalopu

Magneto is a powerful mutant who can control magnetic fields and was originally created as an adversary of the X-Men. He regards mutants as superior to humans and aimed to conquer the world so mutants could replace humans as the dominant species. While initially a supervillain, Magneto's role has varied from antihero to ally and even member of the X-Men at times due to his differing philosophy from Professor X on achieving civil rights for mutants. He has been portrayed in X-Men films by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender.

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VILLAINS

JEAN MARCO NANQUEN MACALOPU


 Magneto also known as Erik Lehnsherr is a fictional
character appearing in American comic books
published by Marvel Comics, commonly in
association with the X-Men. Created by writer Stan
Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appears
in The X-Men #1 in 1963, as an adversary of the X-
Men.
 The character is a powerful mutant, one of a
fictional subspecies of humanity born with
superhuman abilities, who has the ability to
generate and control magnetic fields. Magneto
regards mutants as evolutionarily superior to
humans and rejects the possibility of peaceful
human-mutant coexistence; he initially aimed to
conquer the world to enable mutants, whom he
refers to as homo superior, to replace humans as
the dominant species.
 He is a friend of Professor X, the leader of the X-Men, but
their different philosophies cause a rift in their friendship
at times. Magneto's role in comics has varied from
supervillain to antihero to superhero, having served as
an occasional ally and even a member of the X-Men at
times.
 His character's early history has been compared with the
civil rights leader Malcolm X and Jewish Defense
League founder Meir Kahane. Magneto opposes the
pacifist attitude of Professor X and pushes for a more
aggressive approach to achieving civil rights. Magneto
was ranked by IGN as the Greatest Comic Book Villain
of All Time.
 Ian McKellen portrayed Magneto in five films of the X-
Men film movies, while Michael Fassbender portrayed a
younger version of the character.
 Also Magneto is considered in some moment as an hero
because he fight with the X-Men against another villains
who threatening to the mutants and the humans.

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