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warrior93 warrior93 from North Carolina Since: Feb, 2011
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#1: Aug 27th 2012 at 9:41:37 PM

What do a lot of the troppers here magneto's life would've been like if he lived in america instead of Europe during WW 2?

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#2: Aug 27th 2012 at 9:58:25 PM

Less cynical with the humanity, perhaps.

But, really, he would likely have turn out in a completely different person, for better or worse. His experiences with the Holocaust and Magda defined his life. Take those away and you have a different person.

warrior93 warrior93 from North Carolina Since: Feb, 2011
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#3: Aug 28th 2012 at 8:21:54 AM

I wonder if magneto would've fought with Captain America and other superheroes during WW 2?

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#4: Aug 28th 2012 at 9:24:57 AM

He's too young, now at least. Although Claremont probably intended for him to be an adult during the war he's since been depicted as a child in the camps, which is the only way it makes sense now. If he'd been American his powers wouldn't have activated until the normal time for mutants.

If he had been an American adult it's difficult to say what he would have done. Perhaps he'd want a normal life; or maybe he would still view himself as a superior being. Perhaps he'd become enraged by the treatment of the European Jews and take action himself, perhaps before America joined the war.

It would be interesting to see a mutant become a standard superhero before mutants become known and feared by the general public; only for the anti-mutant paronia to emerge during their career.

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warrior93 warrior93 from North Carolina Since: Feb, 2011
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#5: Aug 28th 2012 at 9:47:45 AM

Couldn't magneto just have lied about his age and he was a teenager during WW 2 and he was probably the same age as Toro.

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#6: Aug 28th 2012 at 11:57:18 AM

Couldn't Magneto just have lied about his age and he was a teenager during WW 2

I think they've said that Erik was born in 1929, so something like that would've resembled Abraham Simpson's tour of duty in the First World War. *

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warrior93 warrior93 from North Carolina Since: Feb, 2011
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#7: Aug 28th 2012 at 12:02:55 PM

I thought he was born in 1928 and by 1942 he would've been 14 and didn't 14 year old's fought during the war and wouldn't army recruiters overlook his age because of his magnetic powers.

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