Magneto Not a Hero

Magneto is a character who I have been a fan of for a long time. Full disclosure, I’m not a comic book expert and I know the character mostly from the movies. But lately I’ve started to read more and more comics and I’m learning more about these characters from the original sources.

I just finished reading one called Magneto Not a Hero. It appears to me that in order to fully appreciate this limited series there was some history that I needed to know. Some comics that it was presumed I had already read.

That’s my big problem with picking up comics now and one of the difficulties that I have encountered as a new comic book fan. I have no idea what comics I’m supposed to read in order to get up to date or to know what’s going on in the other comics that interest me.

It seems that before reading a comic, I might have to search online to see if there are “prerequisites” to that one. Such as what happened with this one.

That being said I was able to read and follow along for the most part. Things started to fall into place as I read on. I caught on with very little difficulty.

This comic involves cloning and bringing people back from the dead. Like most X-men comics, it addresses the concept of what happens in society when dealing with “the other.” In this case, humans vs mutants.

I don’t want to put any actual spoilers on here okay? So Magneto encounters a character and apparently they’ve met before. Of course I have no idea where or how because like I said, I am new to comics and haven’t read any the prerequisites. In fact, I had no idea that there was some prior reading that should have happened to fully get this comic.

Overall, I enjoyed this comic and it simply goes to show just how powerful Magneto is. When I was younger I loved Wolverine, but as I got older my interest shifted towards the master of Magnetism. Even though he is usually a villain, I’ve become a big fan of Magneto.

In the films, I loved how Ian McKellen portrayed the character. He did an absolutely splendid job as Magneto. I did also enjoyed Michael Fassbender in the role, but not as much as Sir Ian!

The same can be said for Thanos. I’ve definitely read more comics about The mad Titan than any other character in the Marvel universe and I’m most definitely a fan despite him being a villain.

Magneto Not a Hero was a pretty good story and if you are a fan of Magneto I think you’ll enjoy it too. Check it out on comixology or wherever you get your comics. It’s pretty dope.