Magneto: Dark Seduction is a 2000 series by Marvel Comics, written by Fabian Nicieza with art by Roger Cruz.
The series is set in the shared Marvel Universe and linked to the X-Men franchise. Continuing from the events of Magneto Rex and The Twelve event, it is centered around Magneto's rule in the island nation of Genosha.
Magneto: Dark Seduction contains examples of:
- "Angry Black Man" Stereotype: Or Woman. In keeping with Frenzy's (Joanna Cargill) original characterization at this time, she complains to Quicksilver that she is "Black and a mutant", so he shouldn't lecture her on oppression.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Magneto has been researching for the secret of Carrion Cove, which some renegade Acolytes, the United Nations and even the Avengers want to stop him from getting. However, at the end of the mini-series, he restores his powers, kills Fabian Cortez and chews the Avengers for setting foot on his island uninvited.
- Brother–Sister Team: Twins Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver join forces to stop Magneto from getting hold of the secret equipment buried underneath Carrion Cove.
- Continuity Overlap: Issues #2-3 guest star the seven-member team of Avengers introduced in Avengers (Vol. 3) #27: Wasp, Warbird, Scarlet Witch, Goliath, She-Hulk, Triathlon and Iron Man.
- Enemy Civil War: From the X-Men's point of view, Magneto and the Acolytes are their enemies. That said, within the mini-series, some Acolytes are still blindly loyal to Magneto, and others have defected to protect Carrion Cove's secret underground equipment.
- Fantastic Ghetto: Quicksilver fears Magneto's policy of separating the mutates from the humans, allegedly to "heal the wounds of war", is just a plan to create an apartheid between the two.
- Sibling Team: Polaris joins forces with twins Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver to stop Magneto's more tyrannical actions. At this time, the twins were considered Magneto's children, and Polaris would later be confirmed as his daughter in 2003.
- Villain Protagonist: By the time of this mini-series, Magneto has turned back into a mutant supremacist X-Men villain, just like he was in the early-1990s. The plot focuses on his attempt to restore his powers without the need of Fabian Cortez, his traitorous underling, or Polaris, his (unbeknowst to him) daughter.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Discussed. When Magneto refers to the human resistance in Genosha as terrorists, Philip Moreau retorts that "some would call them freedom fighters".
