Magneto Takes A New, Terrible Role in The Marvel Universe
Warning: spoilers for X-Men Red #3 are ahead!
Longtime leader of the X-Men, the powerful Master of Magnetism Magneto, has taken a new leadership role on the mutant planet of Arakko that places him on a terrible and violent journey in the pages of the acclaimed X-Men Red. Magneto often struggles with his own power, and how to protect his people without abusing his strength and position, and his new placement on the Seat of Loss as part of Arakko's Great Ring will test this struggle.
Magneto got his start as the leader of the mutant terrorist cell The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, before joining the X-Men and leading the New Mutants at the Xavier School in the 1990s, before becoming a permanent member of the X-Men as a leader figure during the 2010s' Utopia Era. Recently Magneto was one of the three mutants, alongside Charles Xavier and the now human and evil Moira X, to create the mutant nation of Krakoa, before stepping down from his role on the Quiet Council at the end of The Trial of Magneto and Inferno.
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X-Men Red #3 — written by the legendary Al Ewing with illustration by Stefano Caselli and breathtaking color by Federico Blee — follows Storm's new team of Arakkii-focused mutants as they oppose Abigail Brand's «evil X-Men,» and attempt to keep Arakko stable. Brand has devised a plan to use the incredibly unstable yet powerful Vulcan to defeat Tarn the Uncaring in the Circle Perilous, which would unseat Tarn from Arakko's governing body the Great Ring, and give his «Seat of Loss» to Gabriel Summers, and ultimately Abigail herself. Earlier in the issue Sunspot, a former student of Magneto's, tried to convince him to fight Tarn instead
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