Is Magneto's name Eric or Max?

Is Magneto's name Eric or Max?

Thanks for the help. We're all puppets, Laurie. Magneto was born Max Eisenhardt sometime in the late 1920s to a middle class German Jewish family whose father, Jakob Eisenhardt, was a highly decorated World War I veteran.

Does Erik become Magneto?

Despite Xavier's pleads for him not to (because if he stays alive he can still cause more mayhem and destruction), Erik kills Shaw by magnetically pushing the Reichsmark coin from Auschwitz through his brain. Erik becomes Magneto.

What is Magneto's real name?

Erik Magnus Lehnsherr Odekirk fabricated the existence of "Erik Lehnsherr, the Sinti gypsy," so that Max could live more easily among Magda's own people. Max added "Magnus" as his middle name and, although many knew of his history as a Jewish prisoner, no one knew of his life as Max Eisenhardt.

Why did Max Eisenhardt choose the name Magneto?

• Adopting the mutant name Magneto, he decided to disseminate his beliefs by employing brute force with terrorist attacks. This led him to get into direct conflict with his former ally, Professor Charles Xavier and his X-Men, mutants who shared a dream of peaceful mutant-human coexistence, on several different occasions.

Who is Magneto married to in Marvel Comics?

• In this timeline, Magneto is married to his former protégé Rogue, and being able to touch due to his magnetic mastery over his own bio-aura, are able to have a son together who they name Charles, in honor of Xavier.

Who is Magneto and what does he do on Krakoa?

• On Krakoa, Magneto acts as one of its most prominent figures: as part of the Krakoan Quiet Council of Krakoa, as the greatest hero of mutantkind and as the representative of Krakoa for the S.W.O.R.D. space program. Max was born and raised in Nuremberg, Germany by a middle class Jewish family.

How did Magneto get his powers in the comics?

• Caught in a house fire, the future Magneto’s mutant powers finally emerged as he tried to rescue his family, but due to the interference of angry authorities, Anya did not survive. Enraged, he laid waste to the onlookers causing Magda to flee, fearing the evil within him.