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References to and Quotes about
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)

The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998), page 33:
heir to one of the world's most infamous bloodlines

Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005), page 9, panel 1:
Quicksilver (speaking about Scarlet Witch): "She's with my father. Magneto has left the country an taken her to Charles Xavier."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #2 (July 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part Two", page 24, panel 2:
Yekaterina (shape-shifting prostitute): "Or maybe you wish me to be the naughty Scarlet Witch, et? Exotic Avenger with Eastern European flavor. You like to take Magneto's daughter to your bedroom tonight?"

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #6 (Nov. 2004): "Venomous: Part Two", page 22, panel 2:
Terrible Tinkerer (at auction for Venom symbiote): "This is not the Beetle moving up and selling up. This is not the Looter trying to make a little cash. This is a Class One super-criminal who's been featured on the FBI's Most Wanted more consistently than anyone outside Magneto, Red Skull, or Victor von Doom himself."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7 (Dec. 2004): "Venomous: Part Three", page 13, panel 2:
Angelo Fortunato: "Besides, you seen how many websites this thing [Venom symbiote] has out there? You seen how many chicks are writing fan fiction about him? Becoming the new Venom puts me in the Magneto or Doctor Doom class after eighteen years of getting the crap kicked out of me."

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122 (June 1979): "Cry for the Children!", page 2, panel 1:
Wolverine (speaking to Cyclops about Colossus): "He's been frettin' ever sine we tussled with Magneto*-- worryin' about not pullin' his own weight."
editorial footnote: "*X-Men #112 and 113 --Rog"

Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #432 (Dec. 2003): "The Draco, Part Four", page 1:
Through this telepathic therapy, Xavier eventually forces Lorna to address the most shocking discovery of all -- that she is, in fact, the true daughter of the X-Men's greatest foe, Magneto.

Note: Recap page.

The X-Men (vol. 1) #33 (June 1967): "Into the Crimson Cosmos!":
Iceman: "Just the three of us... against a joker with the power to knock down a mountain! Whatever happened to the weak villains... like Magneto and the Sentinels?"

X-Men (vol. 1) #55 (Apr. 1969): "The Living Pharaoh!":
Cyclops: "Mister, the X-Men have been threatened by experts! Ever hear of a guy named Magneto?"

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #1 (Aug. 2009): "Love--and Loss!", pages 2-3:
[pg. 2] Cyclops: "On your toes, people. Fabian cortez took down Magneto. None of us can afford to take him lightly."
[pg. 3] Rogue: "This clown took down Magneto, Storm. We can't afford to take any chances."

Note: Other similar references to Magneto in this issue, mentioning Cortez's defeat of Magneto and the recent downing of Magneto's Asteroid M.

X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #5 (Oct. 2009): "Bury My Heart!", page 17, panels 1-3:
Cyclops: "Is that true, Charles? Is that what happened to Magneto at the end? He was literally burning out?"
Charles Xavier: "What happened to him was the fault of Fabian Cortez."
Cyclops: "No, the deterioration started earlier than that, when he was with Fury and Rogue in the Savage Land. All along, he seemed to start regressing..." [more]

X-Men: Legacy Annual #1 (Nov. 2009): "Devil at the Crossroads: Part 1 of 4", page 1, panel 1:
the X-Men... now inhabit an old base that was abandoned by... Magneto...