Magneto Appreciation 2021

[Lucyinthesky]

Great interview by Al Ewing on Nova with a and mention of Magneto

In Guardians #15, Rich Rider and Peter Quill headed to their home solar system to attend the Hellfire Gala and learn more about the mutants' terraforming of Mars into the Planet Arakko.

Nova and Magneto had a clash of personalities and powers with Rich Rider more than holding his own. The two had a fascinating conversation afterwards and both admitted that sometimes when a situation feels a bit overwhelming, they revert to a mindset that is more comfortable to them, in Rich's case, the role of superhero.

With Nova being the Galactic Council's Earth Ambassador and now Storm of the Planet Arakko claiming authority over the Sol system, how does that affect Rich Rider's role on the Council? And given his conversation with Magneto, does Nova really care either way about the effect?

I think as de facto Team Leader of the Guardians, Nova's got a voice on the Council whatever - as Nova Prime. But Storm is now speaking on behalf of the Sol System, which the aliens like a lot better than trying to decide which of the hundred squabbling Earth leaders they should be listening to, or if they should just shrug their shoulders and call an unelected superhero about it, like Carol Danvers or Steve Rogers. The situation before Arakko came along was not ideal - for all Arakko's faults, and it's going through a turbulent time right now, it is a unified planet with a reasonably stable government apparatus.

Kl'rt can call Storm and get a pretty good idea of the situation on Mars, and if Mars is the capital planet, that's the only planet he needs to call. It's not that Storm's claiming authority over the Earth - it's that Earth is now much less relevant to galactic politics. When world leaders fly to America, they don't fly to Wisconsin. When dignitaries visit Britain, they don't come to Milton Keynes. And when the Shi'ar visit the Sol System, they no longer bother that much with the Earth - they might drop in to visit friends or attack a foe, but it's not where they do business.

Anyway, back to Rich and Magneto - I think they have a lot more in common than either would want to admit, while at the same time having very little in common. Their traumas are very different, the things that keep them up at night are very different. But they share the dream of working through their trauma and using it to achieve the goal of a better world, whatever that better world looks like for them.

For Nova, it's galactic peace. For Magneto, it's guaranteed safety for mutants. Those goals can co-exist - in fact, they probably have to. I think if Rich and Erik spend any kind of serious time together, they're going to argue a lot - but at the same time, it'd be good for them both to have a friend outside their usual circles. And it's the kind of weird connection I love - Nova and Magneto, unlikely buddies. None of the fans would know what to make of that.

http://www.novaprimepage.com/ewing.asp

I hope Ewing is teasing this because Magneto being friends with Nova sounds like a very interesting concept.

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X-men Planet Size #1

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INFERNO #1

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AGE OF X-MAN OMEGA #1

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x-men 1 cover variant

[Lucyinthesky]

Thank you Juan

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1995 "Professor Xavier and the X-Men" series.
Dadneto and his kids.

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