The year I was born, J.M. DeMatteis wrote what I personally consider one, if not THE, best Spider-Man story of our time in Kraven’s Last Hunt. Fast forward 18-20 years to a two-part Spider-Man story where Peter Parker meets the Judaoh-Christian God that blew me away. Several years ago, Cullen Bunn wrote a Magneto solo series that was riveting and gruesome in such a way that it led to a segment called “Magneto Kill of the Month” on a podcast called Nerd MGMT that yours truly hosted for this very website once upon a time. It was with a combination of those two exciting memories that I took the plunge into Magneto #2 by DeMatteis.
The story opens with Magneto in the heat of battle with the first class of X-Men…or is it the New Mutants…? Magneto is confused as to why he is even in Xavier’s School, to begin with. All of this is done in a nostalgic art style that really harkens back to 90s X-Men glory. Where flashbacks and scenes where the character is meant to be confused can sometimes come off as chaotic and hard to follow, this is entertaining and well done. And that is just the beginning. This comic is packed with action! The guest spot by the New Mutants takes the reader out a bit if they are not familiar with that team but it doesn’t dilute the story too much. The highlight of this book, however, is a new villain named Irae. This character is interesting on her own but there is a twist toward the end of the book that made this reader want to come back next time and find out what’s next!
I give this book 3.5/5 Krackles!
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