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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Magneto was meant to be a stand in for Malcom X...

Malcom X's only crime was that white people were afraid of him. Meaning he did nothing wrong.

So Magneto can't be a villain unless you have him gripping the villain ball pretty hard.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

I get the sentiment. But literally every single creator has come out and said he wasn't based on Malcolm X.

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