Magneto #1

X-Men: Firsts - Class Portraits #4

by Howard Chaykin

Before the Brotherhood, before his greatest battles with the X-Men, there was a man named Erik Magnus, gathering mutants to join his cause. Does the young Magneto have what it takes to build an army?

Genres: Comics, Marvel

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 26, 2011

About the author

Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker.

Reviews

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

**Buddy Read with the Shallow Comic Readers -- This week's theme: Eeevillll!"



This one-shot showcasing (sorry, wrong company) focusing on Magneto gives a brief look into a young villain, on his first trip to the United States, particularly Brooklyn. In a brief vignette, Magneto visits a mutant "ghetto" and briefly takes up with a woman named Cassandra, who is also a seamstress and designer of his first costume. Magneto is already laying the groundwork for his plans to separate homo superior from homo sapiens, and tries to get Cassandra to join his cause.

Writer/Artist Howard Chaykin (American Flagg!, Blackhawks, Black Kiss, The Shadow) gets Magneto's voice here. The villain is arrogant, cunning, and quick to anger, yet still charming and thoughtful. There is no mistaking his evil tendencies, but they're wrapped up rather nicely, unlike Dr Doom. The art is good, for Chaykin, although Cassandra's face isn't always consistent.

There are a couple of mutant cameos, but I'm not an X-Men aficionado so I don't know who they are. Is Cassandra a bigger player later on? And who is the girl Maureen who has some sort of heat powers?

[Mr. Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

Classic Chaykin art, subpar Chaykin writing. Obviously going after the paycheck...

[Rangga Sukmawijaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Saya tidak terlalu suka yang ini. Terlalu banyak captionnya. Terlalu banyak bicara sedikit aksinya. Untuk mutan sekelas Magneto, ceritanya terlalu mengada-ada.

[Dj. · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book !!!!!!!!