Comic Magneto: How does he fly and get that force field?

[Kesh]

All of Magneto's abilitys are derived from his control & perception of magnetic fields.

During the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline, an alternate Magneto learned how to break the electro-magnetic bonds between molecules, using that to rip a person in half.

He has minor telepathic abilities by sensing the changes in the brain's electrical activity, and he can potentially alter those patterns to suit him.

Flying is done by creating his own electromagnetic field and interacting with the Earth's natural field + other fields around him. Same with telekinesis.

 

[Staffan]

Now you can see why a laughed when they stuck him in that little plastic cage. He could have moved the whole building he was in.

Well, it's not established that Movie-Magneto is quite as powerful as Comic-Magneto. The other characters aren't quite the same - I don't think we saw Cyclops bounce his beams off things, for example.

 

[Ferret]

I think the best application of his powers has been:
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His "Iron Bullet" trick in X2.

May I correct you?
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Pull the pin!

 

[UnDfind]

Originally posted by Staffan:

Well, it's not established that Movie-Magneto is quite as powerful as Comic-Magneto. The other characters aren't quite the same - I don't think we saw Cyclops bounce his beams off things, for example.

I know, and Nightcrawlers teleports no longer smell bad or knock people out.

But its still funny to me

 

[Tom Cashel]

He's pretty much the most powerful mutant alive when it comes to physical effects (mental goes to Xavier).

Once she reaches her full potential (which seems to be where this franchise is headed, and I can't wait) Jean Grey blows the doors off both of them.

Far as I can recall, the Shi'ar Empire never puts Charles or Erik on trial...

 

[UnDfind]

Originally posted by Tom Cashel:

Once she reaches her full potential (which seems to be where this franchise is headed, and I can't wait) Jean Grey blows the doors off both of them.

Awww...you can't count Pheonix. Her power comes from the universal-level entity called the pheonix force. It has nothing to do with her mutant power. She's more powerful than Magneto and Xavier, but it's not because of her mutant abilities.

 

[Staffan]

Once she reaches her full potential (which seems to be where this franchise is headed, and I can't wait) Jean Grey blows the doors off both of them.

Technically, that's not Jean Grey. It's just an alien that looks like her.

 

[UnDfind]

Originally posted by Staffan:

Technically, that's not Jean Grey. It's just an alien that looks like her.

OOF! The X-Factor switcharoo! The whole bringing back Jean Grey thing managed to sour the whole Dark Pheonix saga for me. They defeated the purpose of a damn good story just so they could have the 'original' team back together and get more readers.

But X-Factor also spawned Apocalypse and Cameron Hodge, so it's all good

 

[Wayside]

Technically, that's not Jean Grey. It's just an alien that looks like her.

Maybe. But the movies have a habit of changing things, so I wouldn't be surprised if in X3 it was Jean after all. I sincerely hope they leave aliens out of it, at the least. Leaving the phoenix as a cosmic force would be fine, but please, no galactic empires. These movies can only hold so much before they start imploding .

 

[Tonguez]

Can anyone confirm or deny the assertion that I heard once that Magneto is actually a powerful Telepath but that his X-Gene shortcircuited during his years in the Nazi deathcamps (he's parents were Polish Jews iirc) and instead of being a telepath he somehow became the Master of Magnetism