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admonition : Contains spoilers forInvincible Iron Man # 17!!Iron ManandMagnetoare two of Marvel ’s biggest names , and both men have undergone epic personal journey . They ’ve fare a long path from Tony Stark ’s weapons - dealing past and Max ’s Clarence Shepard Day Jr. as an ten - Men baddie . Yet a sure rivalry exist between the two of them , even as the competitiveness against Orchis open a Modern chapter in their story , and Iron Man ’s arouse nightmare prove that Magneto would be the victor .

InInvincible Iron Man#17 - by Gerry Duggan , Patrick Zircher , Bryan Valenza , and Joe Caramagna - Tony awake up after his straining fight against Feilong and his Stark Sentinels . He is delirious and catch in a waking nightmare , admitting that a long life of head harm and drinking make it even harder to distinguish reality from a fever dream .

As he stumble through the wreckage , he comes across an illusion of Magneto , who promptly buries him in layers of alloy as Tony shouts for him to look . It ’s a glimpse inside Stark ’s mind , showcasing his pervasive fear of the Master of Magnetism , despiteIron Man ’s previous technical victoryover him .

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Iron Man Knows His Victory Over Magneto Was Hollow

It’s a Rematch He Wouldn’t Win

At a glimpse , it seems obvious thatMagneto would crush Iron Man- a hero who push completely encased in a metal courtship . Indeed , Tony pass one million million of dollars design Magneto Buster armor to keep that accurate scenario . They traded bungle duringAvengers vs. X - Men , and neither harbour back for the majority of the fight . The two even sound off - major planet and pulled zip from Jupiter to bolster up their abilities . Yet just as Magneto seemed to gain a authoritative upper hand , he forfeited the competitiveness because of the activity of the Phoenix Force , effectively pass on the victory to the Avenger .

Were it not for Max ’s surrender , Tony would have lost - and he eff it . Magneto remains a solid enough presence in his mind to manifest in his nightmares , passing his terminal perspicacity and apparent death judgment of conviction . Without highly - specialised armour and every resource he can perchance pull together , Stark stands no chance of beating the mutant loss leader . A magnificent mind is not enough . Magneto is one of the most powerful mutation in the worldly concern and holdsremarkable ascendance over his mutation , especially when he ’s at crown power , as he is currently . Iron Man ’s subconscious shows that he eff the accuracy .

Magneto and Iron Man Are Fighting For the Same Side

Tony’s Fears Don’t Need to Become a Reality

fortuitously for Tony , his nightmare wo n’t bleed over into reality any time soon . While Magneto will never genuinely bank the Avengers and says as much as recently asResurrection of Magneto#4 by Al Ewing and Luciano Vecchio , they are both bass in the fight against Orchis and defend for the same side . Rather than show up to doom him and give their fight a real conclusion , Max come to offer Tony backup against the remaining Stark Sentinels . Iron Manknows he ca n’t defeatMagnetoin a full - scale battle , but for now there is no replay on the sensible horizon .

Invincible Iron Man#17is available now from Marvel Comics .

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The previous and intimately - know adversary of the X - Men , Magneto has been a part of Marvel Comics since the mutant team was introduce . Bearing top executive over magnetized field , he views mutant as superscript to normal humans , and aim to build a man where man are dominant . The only affair stopping him is Professor X and his squad of hero .

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Magneto is shown forcibly lifting Iron Man up and holding him in a pink electromagnetic bubble.

The oldest and best-known adversary of the X-Men, Magneto has been a part of Marvel Comics since the mutant team was introduced. Bearing powers over magnetic fields, he views mutants as superior to normal humans, and aims to build a world where humans are dominant. The only thing stopping him is Professor X and his team of heroes.

A close up of Iron Man and Magneto, followed by Tony Stark being absorbed into layers of sharp metal.

Magneto poses with his fists raised and surrounded by pink energy as metal shards lift in the air around him.

Invincible Iron Man #17 cover, an Iron Man suit has its hand around Tony Stark’s neck and one fist raised.

Magneto in Posed Alex Ross Comic Art

The oldest and best-known adversary of the X-Men, Magneto has been a part of Marvel Comics since the mutant team was introduced. Bearing powers over magnetic fields, he views mutants as superior to normal humans, and aims to build a world where humans are dominant. The only thing stopping him is Professor X and his team of heroes.

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