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They called him many names.

Mutant. Terrorist. Savior. Monster.

But before all of that—he was a boy. A survivor of humanity’s darkest chapter, who lived to see history repeat itself against his own kind. From those ashes, Magneto rose. Not as a symbol of peace, but as a warning.

In this episode of Disassembled: Heroes and Villains, we uncover the tragic legacy of Erik Lehnsherr, better known as Magneto. From his pain in Auschwitz to his crusade against humanity, his journey is not one of villainy alone—but of survival, vengeance, and the desperate need to ensure mutantkind never suffers as he once did.

Was he the X-Men’s greatest enemy?

Or the only one who truly understood the cost of being hated?

We explore:

– His origin as a Holocaust survivor and the scars it left

– His evolution from revolutionary to ruler, from Brotherhood to Genosha

– His complex, conflicted bond with Charles Xavier

– And why Magneto embodies both the hope and the fear of mutantkind’s future

Because Magneto didn’t simply become a monster.

He survived one—

And the world has lived with the consequences ever since.

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