Overview
Magneto has been one of the most gratifying series I look
forward to every month. Cullen Bunn has made Magneto to a very deep emotional
man who cares deeply for his kind or anyone who’s innocent against their
predators. Bunn has found way to make me feel for this man and sometimes I even
feel admiration for this man’s pride, because he takes no hesitation whatsoever
to eliminate any threat. Magneto is also a man who has experienced a dark past
with being a Jew during the Holocaust which Bunn truly captures as a great
emotional historical piece. It really allows us to feel bad not just for this
fictional character’s experience, but the experience of what the Jews did
during the times of our past. It’s what I like the most in the series because
it makes realize how lucky we are to live to way we are now because other
people have had it way worse than we ever did. Another, great thing Bunn does
is that he actually acknowledges how Magneto’s personality has changed or
evolved over the years. He really shows that his man has changed the error of
his ways for the better. So, he no longer hates all humans or blame all of them
for the sake a certain few humans who lack sympathy for any other humans or
mutants or any intelligent species in general and he actually shows care for
anyone he has to save or feel endangered by a threat no matter who they are or
where they come from. This makes me appreciate the man even more because it
goes to show that any flawed man who was misunderstood can change himself to
become a better man and we are also able to forgive what he has done in the
past. I also actually appreciated that Marvel has not decided and probably not
going to, to change Magneto into a fully blown villain ever again. It truly
defines that characters can go to an actually character development that
permanently changes the character and never has to go to the original status
quo. So, for a character has gone through a great change is definitely
something you check into. It’s a great series that’s deeply emotional and a
historical piece and once again this issue proves that. It definitely one of
the best issues I read and it even shows that this man isn’t as powerful as we
thought he is.
Story
After hearing about mutants being imprisoned and threaten in
Genosha, Magneto goes in there to investigate who is behind all this and what
is actually going on.
The Good
This is definitely one issue to look into. It was great to
see Magneto to walk into Genosha and truly relive the dark past experience he
had during the holocaust. Genosha really reminded him of the dark times where
he was forced to burn the corpses of his own Jewish heritage kind and now for
him to see that mutants and inhumans are forced to do the same thing he was
once had to do was truly tragic. It even makes me think back to our historical
history and make me feel even sadder for the Jews traumatized experience. It’s
also nice to see Magneto in true anger when he finds out about the Red Skull
has been doing to Charles Xavier. He really shows how deeply he still cares for
his endearing friend that means so much to him.
Another, great thing is when Magneto brings out some type of phobia when
he sees Red Skull because it reminds of a man who always brought in fear and
doubt during his times in the holocaust. It really makes me realize that
Magneto isn’t an all-powerful man and somehow his past haunts him to this very
day and to see a man who can fear of someone that is maybe a lesser or weaker
man than him is truly daunting. It really brings out the true power of what a
phobia can do to a man.
Gabriel’s art maybe not great detail in action or character
models, but he does a great job on the face expressions. He really shows the
great fear into Magneto’s eyes when he relives his experience or when he falls
into the phobia. It really makes me even in deep sadness to see the expressions
in Magneto’s face and even in the face of innocent people he meets in Genosha.
Gabriel does a great job in bring out your true emotions from the characters’
feelings.
The Bad
There’s nothing I can find really bad in this issue. The
only thing I can say is that Gabriel needs to work on his action detail. It’s
really not that expansive and not much detail into what’s going on. It’s what
Gabriel needs to work on in his art style. But other than that his art usually
comes out great and I can see that he has a talent in face expressions.
Theme
The theme in this issue is Phobia. Phobia is an extreme fear
over something that may have hurt you through trauma when you experienced it
for the first time. The curious phenomenon is how the person, place or thing
can even be weaker than you can somehow make you feel underpowered or weaken by
the fear of it. It truly shows the power a phobia can have. Phobia can even
trigger experiences or memories that gave you dark fear within you. This is
what I saw in Magneto, he was afraid of Red Skull because of man he reminded
him as in a dark past. He even forgot how much power he can over this man. The
phobia really made this man feel so powerless and threaten over a man who can
potential have lesser power than him.
Verdict
I give this issue a 4.8/9.8 out 5/10 stars. This issue is a
great emotional historical piece. It really allows us to see through Magneto’s
eyes to what he has experienced back then and even now. Bunn does a good way of
showing Magneto go through all emotions of fear, doubt, anger and sadness. It
really makes you feel for Magneto or any of mutants or inhumans experiencing
this tragedy. I also love to see that Magneto still has his past haunts him and
even a man like Red Skull can bring out his phobia. It’s really amazing me how
can someone bring out that power over him. Not only the story brings in the
emotions, but the art from Gabriel does it as well. It does a great job on
showing the characters’ face expressions that truly brings the emotions out of
you. The only downside of this issue is the undetailed action. But anything
besides that is phenomenal. This is one issue that’s definitely a must buy. It
really brings those deep dark emotions of sadness and the fact that it brings
relevance to our history makes it perfect. It was definitely one of my picks of
that week. I really recommend you get this issue. It will really satisfy you.
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