Magneto Stole His Ultimatum Scheme from Another Marvel Villain

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While many fans would consider Ultimatum to be one of the worst, or at least most controversial Marvel Comics storylines to date, the sheer calamity of Magneto’s devastating attack cannot be argued. However, its originality is now being called into question as Magneto seemingly stole his Ultimatum scheme from another Marvel villain who launched a similar strike against the entire planet decades before the Master of Magnetism.

Ultimatum was a multi-book Marvel Comics event spearheaded by Jeph Loeb and David Finch and was a storyline that existed within Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, or Earth-1610. The specific plot points of the event were simple: Magneto had finally snapped after the supposed deaths of his children, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, and he decided it was time to destroy the world and rebuild it in his image. To accomplish this dark task, Magneto decided the first step was to kill as many people as possible in the most effective way imaginable. Using his powers of magnetism and manipulation of the Earth’s magnetic field, Magneto created a tidal wave that flooded a number of major cities across the world, including New York City where a number of humans, mutants, and superheroes died just in that initial attack.

Related: Avengers Believe One Villain is Even More Evil Than Magneto

In Avengers #26 by Stan Lee and Don Heck, the Wasp is kidnapped by a villain named Attuma who is an underwater conqueror committed to ruling the world. The Wasp was floating in the ocean above Attuma’s base of operations, so he captured her thinking she was a spy that was sent by some unknown organization to stop him in his latest scheme of world domination. Using a giant device with the power to manipulate the ocean’s tides, Attuma