Magneto in other media
| Adaptations of Magneto in other media | |
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| Created by |
Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
| Original source | Comics published by Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men #1 (September 1963) |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) |
X-Men (2000) X2 (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: First Class (2011) The Wolverine (2013) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) |
| Television show(s) |
X-Men (1992) X-Men: Evolution (2000) Wolverine and the X-Men (2008) |
| Games | |
| Video game(s) |
X-Men (1992) X-Men Legends (2004) |
Magneto is the archenemy of the X-Men, and has been included in almost every media adaptation of the X-Men franchise, including film, television, computer and video games.
Magneto appeared in several Marvel cartoons from 1967 to 1991. Strangely, it was some time before he actually appeared on a show with the X-Men.
In the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon, Spider-Man battled a scientist named Dr. Matto Magneto wielding a magnetic gun in "The Revenge of Dr. Magneto". The character was (very) loosely based on the Magneto character from the comics, and more closely resembled Albert Einstein instead of Erik Magnus Lehnsherr. This character is also not a mutant nor had any super powers. His name is mispronounced "Mag-netto" instead of "Mag-neeto."
In the 1978 Fantastic Four cartoon, Magneto (voiced by John Stephenson) briefly took control of the team in "The Menace Of Magneto". Here, he is not depicted as a mutant. Instead he is simply an extremely powerful supervillain with typical aspirations such as robbing a bank. Instead of flying, he moves around in a bizarre, car-like device which he moves using his magnetic powers. He was defeated when Reed Richards tricked him with a wooden gun.
The solo Spider-Man cartoon from 1981 featured Magneto in the episode "When Magneto Speaks... People Listen". In this version he used the alias Mr. M, took over and hid several of the world's communication satellites and demanded 100 million in gold to return power to the world. He was defeated by Spider Man who was able to turn his magnet power back at him using a microwave relay but Magneto managed to escape.
Magneto returned in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, attempting to free his fellow mutants from prison in "The Prison Plot". He was voiced by Michael Rye. The character also made a cameo appearance in flashback in "A Firestar Is Born", as Firestar recounts her past to the X-Men. In spite of his Spider-Man television appearances, he has appeared in only two issues of a Spider-Man title.
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