Even the most casualX - Menfan knows that ( until very recently)MagnetoandXavierare sworn enemies whose apotheosis are exact opposites when it comes to the hereafter of mutantkind . Basically , the two are perfect nemeses . However , during one of Marvel Comics ’ most epic issue in history , Magneto ’s forgotten chum is insert , and he is Xavier ’s perfect successor as Magneto ’s greatest foe .

Erik " Magnus " Lehnsherr aka Magneto start his Marvel Comics career as a mutant extremist hellbent on ascertain mutant superiority over Homo sapiens to avoid likely persecution . Erik was a survivor of the barbarousness intrust by the Nazis during World War II , so he cognise first hand what human being are capable of when they are at their worst . With that experience behind him , Erik was convinced that the same thing would happen again – only this time , to variation . And for the most part , he was right . Time and again , humanity responds to mutant existence with extreme aggressiveness , usually in the soma of building mutant - kill robots called Sentinels to enforce their anti - mutant docket – and Magneto ’s brother is no exclusion .

Magneto’s Brother is Actually From DC, & He’s Erik’s Exact Opposite

InJLX#1 by Gerard Jones , Mark Waid , and Howard Porter , reader thrown into Earth-9602 , otherwise known as the Amalgam Universe . The Amalgam Universe is the combination of Marvel and DC worlds into one cohesive narrative , which means characters from both reality suddenly have interlinking continuity where none primitively survive . This phenomenon result inBruce Wayne being trained by Nick Furyto become an factor of SHIELD , and a version of the Flash make a deal with demons to become analternate Ghost Rider fuck as Speed Demon . In the case of this particular way out , the Amalgam Universe gave Magneto a brother : Will Magnus .

In the original DC Universe , Will Magnus is a ‘ mad scientist ’ who is perhaps the world ’s great brain in robotics . Magnus created Metal Man , is a cognize fellow of Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad , and is oftentimes utilized as an consultant to the White House . However , in the Amalgam Universe , Will Magnus is the human buddy of Magneto , and originate up , he detest that his crony had superhuman abilities while he had none . So , Will committed his life to retch the domain of mutants , so no other regular human would have to ‘ brook ’ as he did . Will did this by utilizing his blaze in robotics to create the Sentinels , which act exactly as they did in the original Earth-616 timeline . With his Sentinels , Will Magnus declared warfare on all mutants , and Magneto was more than happy to bind .

While Magneto and Professor X have been long - standing enemies in the pages ofX - Mencomics , they were always really on the same side , just to different degrees . Magneto require mutant domination while Charles fight for mutant equivalence , though in the final stage , the two did terminate up settle their dispute and mold the mutant good haven , Krakoa . However , the same resolution could not be made between Magneto and his Amalgam Universe blood brother , Will , as Will want nothing more or less than the liquidation of all variation , while Magneto was only fighting to last . These opposition were genuine opposites and could never be anything other than mortal enemy , which is whyMagneto ’s forgotten sidekick replacedXavieras his double-dyed bane .

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Magneto and his forgotten brother.

Magneto’s brother, Will Magnus.

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