The manner in which Xavier's powers function indicates that his telepathy is physical in some way, as it can be enhanced by physical means ( for example, Cerebro ) and can be disrupted by physical means ( for example, Magneto's alteration of the Earth's magnetic field ).

Shortly after David's tenure on the book ended, Forge, a former government weapons contractor whose mutant powers were his brilliant engineering skills, was added to the group ; first replacing Cooper as their liaison after she had been compromised by one of Magneto's Acolytes, and later as an active member.

While only a few characters have the explicit ability to create force fields ( for example, the Invisible Woman and Violet Parr ), many can emulate it with other powers, such as Green Lantern's energy constructs, Jean Grey's telekinesis, and Magneto's manipulation of electromagnetic fields.

This ultimately led to an altercation with Zaladane, who had appropriated the magnetic powers of Magneto's then-unknown daughter, Polaris.

This action later led to the creation of Onslaught an omnipotent being that was formed with the combination of both Xavier's and Magneto's powers.

After cloning Magneto, Astra restored Magneto's memories and powers before attempting to kill him.

As a result, he possesses Magneto and briefly reactivates his powers before being defeated by the New Avengers and a cadre of heroes, including Magneto's former son-in-law Vision and mutant S. H. I. E. L. D.

The powers Mimic has copied are of Magneto's and some unnamed Genoshans who possesses the abilities of hydrokinesis, flight ( through reptilian wings ), claws, optic blasts, cryokinesis, sharp fangs, pyrokinesis, and having multiple eyes.

Xavier, however, leaped into the path of the psi-knife ( the focused totality of Legion's psionic powers ) being killed in Magneto's place, causing the formation of the Age of Apocalypse timeline.

During a battle between the X-Men and Magneto's Acolytes, Xavier used his telepathic powers to shut down Magneto's mind, rendering him catatonic.

She sought world domination, and captured Magneto, Shanna, and Nereel, and attempted to steal Magneto's powers as well.

In the series, her powers were amplified after Mister Sinister genetically modified her with Magneto's DNA.

Given that the House of M reality was created by the Scarlet Witch and Charles Xavier combining their powers to give the assembled New Avengers and X-Men their heart's desires, it appears that Magneto's heart's desire was threefold.

Her lightning storm hits Magneto as well, but Leech saps her powers, and Dana Moonstar ( Dani Moonstar's AoA-only younger sister ) takes Magneto's helmet and shows him his greatest fear: Mr. Sinister holding a flaming Phoenix symbol.

During Magneto's attack on Iron Man, Annie uses her mental powers to save Senator Kelly, who still remains antagonistic to her.

While looking for Magneto, Logan is contacted by Professor X stating that the Magnetic Flux Limiter Collar on him has suppressed Magneto's magnetic powers long enough for him to become more powerful.

A period of general turmoil and a number of attacks by superhumans, including Magneto's Acolytes who were unwilling to forgive the former Genoshan government for its crimes against mutants, followed.

In Ultimates 3, it is revealed that the dinosaurs were conjured by Scarlet Witch as a result of her reality warping abilities and not by Magneto's creation.

King Magneto's mutant supremacy saw this as an act against mutantkind, and Sentinels were dispatched to destroy Muir Island and capture Moira.

Magneto's last moments were spent revealing to Genosha Polaris's status as his daughter.

The Brotherhood of Mutants were forcing Gateway to make a portal to the equator so they make it to the teleporter to Magneto's lair.

Many critics felt Uncanny X-Men was treading a derivative and well-worn path, especially in comparison to the more adventurous New X-Men, while fans often objected to the changes that were made, including retcons of Nightcrawler's previously becoming a Catholic Priest as well as his parentage, a change in the character of Polaris, turning her into a cruel and mentally disturbed terrorist, and confirming a longheld suspicion of being Magneto's daughter, and a controversial Archangel / Husk romance, with Husk being an 18 year-old roughly ten years Archangel's junior.

The X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants had to liberate it from his control while using Magneto's sanctuary as a hub.

Magneto's goal there was to create a new human race who would be less trouble to rule than the current one, that he decided to re-start evolution from scratch, and control the process to his own specifications.

Longshot is seen, still bearded from his time on the run, seated on his own low stool at Magneto's right hand side, suggesting that the sociopathic young mutant holds special favor with the Master of Magnetism.

Pyro has apparently defected from the Xavier Institute to Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants, as he and Mastermind are shown capturing the superhero Valkyrie in The Ultimates 3 # 4.

Magneto Testament, which Pak based on accounts from Holocaust survivors, watched documentaries, and read comics such as Maus, finally confirms and clarifies into the Marvel Comics canon, Magneto's personal history and background.

At Muir Island, MacTaggert manipulated the infant Magneto's genetic code in an attempt to prevent him from becoming " evil " in adulthood.

In the 3rd volume of The Ultimates, Unus is charged with protecting Magneto's citadel from the Ultimates.

Onslaught is a psionic entity, revealed to have been created from the soul of Professor X and Magneto, when the dark part of Magneto's soul leapt into its counterpart in Xavier's soul.

Amphibius later tells Sauron and the other Savage Land Mutates that Magneto's Asteroid M has risen from the sea, but they didn't want to go find him.

Dust also appears in " Greetings from Genosha " where she informs Nightcrawler about Magneto's underground cells.

In both films, Magneto's helmet is capable of blocking the telepathic signals from Cerebro, as well as any telepathic mutants.

The US government is irate over Magneto's reappearance and demands explanations from Nick Fury.

After a further betrayal by Cortez, discovered by Magneto's UN advisor Alda Huxley to be the leader of the Genoshen cabinet assisting a rebellion in Carrion Cove, Magneto is restored to full power by one of the Genengineer ’ s machines and as he no longer needs Cortez, pulls him from a prison in Hammer Bay, Genosha fifty miles to Carrion Cove in less than 20 seconds.

Eventually the X-Men learn of Magneto's plan to cover the Earth in darkness from his base on Asteroid M.

The X-Men managed to defeat him, but Jean was killed by an electromagnetic pulse from Magneto before she could identify Sublime hiding within Magneto's mind.

X-Men: Age of Apocalypse is a Marvel Comics six-issue limited series which takes place a year after the last story in the X-Men: Age of Apocalypse one-shot, with Magneto's X-Men helping North America recover from Apocalypse's iron fist.

* Mercury appears in the Wolverine and the X-Men episodes " Greetings from Genosha " and " Battle Lines " as one of Magneto's Acolytes.

After Magneto's defeat, Cargill was freed from her mind-control, where she immediately left the X-Mansion.

Astra is a mutant teleporter who was revealed to be Magneto's first true recruit from his original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

Though the school originally was funded from Magneto's inheritance, allowing them to neither accept nor seek out donations.

Bastion uses Magneto's trans-mat system to transport Juggernaut away from the tower, then escapes to Asteroid M, but he is followed by a piggybacking Wolverine.

Trask discovered the location of the Savage Land, and by the order from the President of the United States, he dispatched his Sentinels to destroy Magneto's paradise.

Magneto's character would later be fleshed out to reveal that he once shared a friendship with Professor X, and that his decree that mutants must conquer or be conquered grew from his experiences as a Holocaust survivor.

Other important storylines included the second slaughter of the Morlocks ; Iceman learning to deal with increased power levels, now able to turn completely into ice ; the murder of Colossus ' family and his subsequent defection to Magneto's Acolytes ; Psylocke discovering the origin of her transformation from English model to Asian assassin ; the burgeoning relationship between Rogue and Gambit ; Jean Grey abandoning her Marvel Girl codename in favor of Phoenix, to honor both Rachel and the alien life force ; Rogue briefly quitting after absorbing Gambit's psyche ; Bishop dealing with faulty memories from a timeline that could not exist ; Psylocke and Archangel's near murders at the hands of Sabretooth, warranting their leaving the team ; Wolverine mutating into a strange, unintelligent beast after losing his adamantium at the hands of Magneto ; Iceman quitting to nurse his bigoted father back to health after being attacked by anti-mutant activists ; and Gambit harboring a dark secret: he was the one who gathered the Marauders for Sinister.