Newsarama have today unveiled Magneto: Not a Hero, an upcoming limited series by Skottie Young and artist Clay Mann. Apparently, the series will deal with the ramifications of the former villain turned X-Man being caught on camera killing humans. Whether this means we'll see him turn back to the side of evil is unknown, but the title has got to make you wonder! I've included a few excerpts from the sites interview, but make sure to click below to read much, much more.
Magneto has certainly been there and back again as far as his flip-flopping allegiance. What's different this time, and how unprepared could the X-Men REALLY be for this?
No matter how trusting the X-men are I think it's a big mistake to let their guard down completely. This is Magneto. MAG-F'N-NETO. I don't care if he convinces me he's selling girl scout cookies, I'm assuming he's only seconds away from hurting some fools. So yeah, I think that if you look at the history of Magneto, there's always a version of him that will make you lose a little sleep at night. I'd like to explore that a bit.
Well then, Skottie, will this series be focusing more on why Magneto goes bad, or on the X-Men's response? Whose point of view will the story be told from?
I think this is a story about Magneto coming to grips with who he is. It's an identity issue. Who is Magneto and which version of him will win out when it comes down to it.
Is there anything else either of you can tease from Magneto: Not a Hero? A favorite bit or scene from this first issue perhaps?
Well, I did have to do a little research on some group that Magneto started back in the day...
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