Marvel’s X-Men
Summary
Marvel Studios’X - Menreboot can still explore some of the most tragic mutant origin stories in theMCUthanks to the setting of 2011’sCaptain America : The First Avenger . After Disney ’s acquirement of twentieth Century Fox was finalized in 2019 , Kevin Feige confirmed that mutants would be coming to the MCU . This started withMs . Marvel’sKamala Khan andBlack Panther : Wakanda Forever’sNamor , but also mark off the introduction of multiversal mutants including Professor X inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand Beast inThe Marvels . These debuts have paved the route for theMCU ’s official X - Men initiation , and the exploration of some of their more tragic backstories .
While the account in the MCU take spot in a completely different humanity to the one viewers sleep together , many MCU characters have strong connexion to veridical - world historicalevents . The warfare in Afghanistan plays a major part in Tony Stark becoming Iron Man in the MCU ’s original celluloid , 2008’sIron Man , 2021’sEternalsexamined several period in humans ’s story , andLokianswered the whodunit of planer highwayman D. B. Cooper and Alcatraz escapee Frank Morris . This will become hugely important for the MCU ’s introduction of the X - Men , as many mutant characters ' backstories take place during major real - universe events , specifically that of the fabled and terrifyingErik Lehnsherr , a.k.a . X - Men villain Magneto .
X-Men’s WW2 Backstories Are Already Set Up In The MCU
As show in Marvel Comics and inFox ’s previousX - Menprojects , Magneto was necessitate to Auschwitz denseness coterie as a kid , where his entire family was executed , with him being spared due to the emergence of his magnetic mutant ability . This is an incredibly dark storyline , but one that is polar to the development of Magneto ’s motivations . Many have expressed doubt that this could spiel out in the MCU , as Magneto would be a very old humans in the current timeline if he ’d been a child during World War II , but if Marvel Studios finds a way of life around this , this circumstance has already been show to offer a powerful narrative .
2011’sCaptain America : The First Avengerwas set up primarily during the period of WWII , featuringChris Evans ' Steve Rogers ' translation into a top-notch soldierand his operation fighting the Nazis and the Red Skull ’s HYDRA in the 1940s . The fact that this dark period of human chronicle has already been in brief explored in the MCU means it would n’t be so jarring for Magneto ’s MCU backstory to bind into WWII , and potentially contain hint to Captain America ’s feat elsewhere during the state of war . While the geographic expedition of Magneto ’s WWII backstory would sure be a more tragic tale than Captain America ’s , it is paramount that Marvel Studios finds a way make this connection .
In Marvel Comics , Erik Lehnsherr came from a German Jewish family who were sent to the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII . After making an escape endeavor , Erik ’s female parent , father , and sister were execute , and he was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp . There , he meet a Romani girl named Magda , and the pair escaped together during the Auschwitz uprising on October 7 , 1944 , fleeing to set about a novel life in Ukraine .
Why X-Men’s WW2 Ties Are So Important For The Series
Magneto ’s experience during the Holocaust in Marvel Comics are n’t only important to his exploitation into a full - fledged mutation , but also roleplay as a of the essence metaphor for the overall mythos of the go - Men . The Nazis amass races that they deemed substandard during WWII , and in the present - day , Magneto believes that middling humans would do the same to mutantkind , while Professor X conceive the two metal money can populate side - by - side . Magneto ’s connections to WWII make him an incredibly complex villain , to the point that audiences actually sympathize and empathize with his actions , so it is very important that Marvel Studios includes this poignant storyline inMagneto ’s origin story in the MCU’sX - Menproject .
