X-Men: Magneto - Testament #1

Magneto Testament #1

by Greg Pak, Marko Djurdjevic (Cover Art), Carmine Di Giandomenico (Artist)

Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that mankind has ever seen. But in 1935, he was just another schoolboy -- who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel's greatest icons begins with a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler's Final Solution.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, X Men, Fiction, Graphic Novels

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2008

About the author

Greg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."

Reviews

[Tawfek]

The beginning of it all, the beginning of the oppression of a nation.
The beginning of the revolutionary sparks in Magneto's life.
The teaching of his father that they are family, and should stand for each other, and should think of each other, and survive which he carried into his fight for mutant rights.
The beginning of a legendary love that will come to fruition with marriage, and children.
Beautiful...
2018 Read.

[₊ ˚ ale ࿓ ♡ ⋆｡˚]

my baby, i must protect him at all cost. :(

[Liz]

Great opening chapter - 3.5 stars. I can’t believe how short these are - right as I’m getting caught up, it’s over.

[Ritika Chhabra]

I'll be true here. I have no idea who Magneto is.😂So understanding this comic was a little hard for me. But I think I'm getting the hang of it. I guess I'll know more about him once I read the remaining issues of this comic. Hehe.

[Jim]

Awesome and Powerful

This is an amazing account of the struggles of a young Jewish boy during the beginning of Hitler's rule in Germany.

[Samantha]

I chose to read this story to check off the “X” on my reading challenge. The second Testament book actually caught my interest, but since the first one was so short, I figured I’d start there.

I’m not typically a comic or graphic novel reader, so I may not be the best person to review this. However, I didn’t realize it was a comic going in and thought it was simply another short story. That was a bit disappointing, but what really got me was the fact that it literally ended with “to be continued.” I understand that it’s part of a series, but I didn’t feel like there was enough information or resolution for this to stand on its own.

I gave it 2.5 stars, rounded down. I suppose it accomplished its main purpose of checking a box on my reading challenge, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the interesting read I had hoped it would be.

[Lisss]

Mis personajes favoritos siempre serán los que tienen las historias más desgarradoras. Haber dado rewatch a la precuela de X-Men solo por Michael Fassbender me tiene aquí, leyendo los cómics de su personaje por primera vez, porque me recordó lo mucho que amo a Erik Lehnsherr aka Magneto - Max Eisenhardt.
Amo como lo retrataron en First Class siendo multilingüe, una de las tantas formas de mostrar lo inteligente que es y que se muestra desde acá al pequeño Max de 9 años, muy triste ver su infancia, sufriendo desprecio y persecución, asuntos haciendo de menos su talento por ser judío, pero que lindo su amor inocente por Magda.

[Mikey Baker]

a beautiful tragic beginning to the backstory of Magneto. Max (Erik), is a weak boy living in the early age of the Third Reich in Nazi Germany. He slowly develops his X-Gene, and wins a competition that is stripped away from him for being a Jew.

[Emily Bedford]

I love how dark this was. The world war 2 setting gives me the creeps and adds so much to the atmosphere. I'm super interested to see where this goes.

[Almir Sadovic]

Wonderful introductory story about amazing Magneto. Greg Pak is a master writer so it reads so smoothly that pages just fly so fast and you wish for more. Highly recommended!

[Ryan Gässer]

They say that “the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” I’m not sure who they are but they will soon find out that nails are made of metal and Magneto likes metal.

[Kelvin Rivera]

Love it!!