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Reception to Magneto

Reception

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Villain

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Hero

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Rankings

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Magneto was ranked number 1 by IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains list,[1] was listed number 17 in Wizard's Top 100 Greatest Villains Ever list,[2] and was ranked as the 9th Greatest Comic Book Character Ever in Wizard's list of the 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time, the second highest villain on that list.[3]

Romantic relationships

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Portrayals

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Analysis

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As an allegory for Malcolm X

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[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

As a Holocaust survivor

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Racial supremacism

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Terrorism

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"Magneto Was Right"

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Homoerotic interpretation

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Relationship with family

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Racial identity

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References

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  1. ^ IGN.com, Top 100 Comic Book Villains, "Magneto is Number 1" Archived 2009-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Wizard, #177, July 2006
  3. ^ Wizarduniverse.com, "The 200 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time", Numbers 20 Through 1, 2008-05-23 Archived May 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.magnetowasright.com/pages/analysis/chick-magnet-magneto-and-relationships.php
  5. ^ https://medium.com/@PacoTaylor/actually-stan-lee-didnt-base-marvel-s-prof-x-and-magneto-on-malcolm-x-and-martin-luther-king-jr-ba82e73a8b61
  6. ^ https://thefeministwire.com/2011/06/putting-the-x-in-x-men/
  7. ^ https://screenrant.com/best-comic-book-villains-real-life-inspiration/
  8. ^ https://www.thedailybeast.com/stan-lees-biggest-enemy-was-racists-the-only-way-to-destroy-them-is-to-expose-them
  9. ^ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/09/01/stan-lee-marvel-superhero-diversity_n_11198460.html
  10. ^ https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/between-the-lines/201106/the-racial-politics-x-men
  11. ^ https://geekandsundry.com/malcolm-x-and-magneto-comparing-history-to-fiction/
  12. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/03/xmen.legacy.go/index.html
  13. ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/05/xavier-vs-magneto-a-philosophical-debate
  14. ^ https://www.history.com/news/stan-lee-x-men-civil-rights-inspiration
  15. ^ https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a307961/fassbender-magneto-is-like-malcolm-x/
  16. ^ https://blavity.com/are-king-tchalla-and-killmonger-of-black-panther-the-modern-day-martin-luther-king-and-malcolm-x
  17. ^ https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/x-men-wolverine-jean-grey-chris-claremont-five-key-storylines/
  18. ^ https://medium.com/@PacoTaylor/actually-stan-lee-didnt-base-marvel-s-prof-x-and-magneto-on-malcolm-x-and-martin-luther-king-jr-ba82e73a8b61
  19. ^ https://prospect.org/article/magneto-terrorist
  20. ^ https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2013/09/18/magneto-was-right/
  21. ^ https://www.cbr.com/things-magneto-has-done/
  22. ^ https://qz.com/427611/no-we-shouldnt-make-x-men-supervillain-magneto-black/