Comic Magneto: How does he fly and get that force field?

[krunchyfrogg]

What do those abilities have to do with magnetism?

 

[Wolf72]

he can affect the way the earth's magnetic field affects him ... kinda like anti-gravity stuff (repulsor lift ala starwars)

 

[The Serge]

Magneto controls and manipulates electro-magnetic energy, allowing him to disrupt forms of energy along that spectrum.

Also, in the same way he can "pull" himself and lift by drawing on the metal around him, he can do the same thing to human beings and objects, effectively repelling them away from him.

He's pretty nasty.

 

[nHammer]

Magneto is WAY more powerful than some people realize. He's one of my facorite comic villians.

 

[Aeolius]

If I remember right, it was mentioned in X-men 20 years ago, or so, that Magneto's cape was laced with metal, thus allowing him to manipulate it (fly).

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

If I remember Magneto has a lot of other energy manipulation powers other than Magnetism. Not that that explains how he flies, but I seem to remember it. I also think at one point he had some minor telepathy or mental powers of some sort. That was many moons ago and I think he lost that when he died and was reborn as a baby.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Hmm. Power of suspended disbelief?

 

[Wolv0rine]

If I had to venture a guess, based on logic grafted to knowledge og how Magneto's powers work, I would say that it's primarilly his magnetic powers affecting the traces of base magnetic minerals in the body, thus he pretty much just lifts himself.

And yes, Magneto does have very minor telepathic abilities, not on a level with a true Psi or anything, mostly an offshoot of learning how to focus his mind (learned from Xavier, I think) combined with his indomibable willpower (which allows him to mess with true Psi's who attempt to play with his mind, unless they are really powerful like Xavier or Jean, I don't think - for example - that Rogue has ever successfully drained his powers. Which is silly, because I doubt Magneto's indomidable willpower is greater than Logan's, who she has leeched multiple times over the years.)

But yes, he controls more than just magnetism, but all forms of electro-magnetic energy waves to one degree or another.

 

[blackshirt5]

I think the best application of his powers has been:
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His "Iron Bullet" trick in X2.

 

[UnDfind]

That was a good trick, though he could have stopped the flow of iron to anyone's brain that went in there, making them comatose (did that all the time in the comics).

Magneto can affect the Earth's magnetic field (as Wolf72 suggested), as well as anything that can be affected by magnetism. He can fly by affecting the polarity and intensity of the magnetic fields around him, and he can create a forcefield effect the same way.

He's pretty much the most powerful mutant alive when it comes to physical effects (mental goes to Xavier). He once destroyed an entire city on the other side of the planet by using his powers to cause a mountain to errupt, filling the whole place with lava. If he really wanted to, he could actually move the Earth a few degrees off its axis spelling death for all mankind. He doesn't because it would also destroy mutantkind.

He's one of those generally underrated villains. He keeps his powers in check because he wants mutantkind to live. It's always been figured that there would be no real way to stop him if he stopped caring and went ballistic.

Now you can see why a laughed when they stuck him in that little plastic cage. He could have moved the whole building he was in.