Well-researched, written, and drawn, Marvel graphic novel, detailing the harrowing story of Jewish Berliner, Max Eisenhardt, Holocaust survivor, who later became superhero Magneto. This work is quite raw in giving particulars of the Sonderkommando operations at Auschwitz, where Eisenhardt worked for 2 years. After the Nuremberg Laws are enacted, Eisenhardt finds himself in rural Poland, after his family decides to flee to relatives there. Later, the Eisenhardts are in the Warsaw Ghetto, and Max

I don’t know why but this is one of my most rec’d books. It’s not like I wasn’t aware of it before people started telling me to read it as I did try reading it three, maybe four years ago, but I stopped after a couple issues and never rated it. Anyhoo, to stop the recs for this ‘un I finally read the bugger and here be me thoughts on X-Men: Magneto Testament: ‘s ok… YA HAPPY NOW!?!1 Alright, I’ll do it proper. Didja ever see the first X-Men movie? That opening scene at Auschwitz, the Jewish kid

X-Men: Magneto, TestamentAs a collector of comics I know that most comics are not for kids and often have adult themes that make you think, that make you contemplate or are just plain fun and enjoyable. Though not enjoyable in that sense, this compilation gives a true account of Max Eisenhart's (Magneto, enemy of the X-Men) experiences as a Jew growing up in 1930s/1940s Nazi Germany and Poland. After reading this, anyone who thinks comics are for kids or Holocaust deniers really need to wake up

A powerful piece of work with fantastic artwork. If you want to read about the early days of the boy who would become Magneto, this is a great place to start.

Wow no super powers no super villains just plain holocaust story and building up the character of young magnetoseeing his people oppressed seeing his family killed in front of his eyesbeing a sonderkomando and taking part in the burning of millions of jewsthe helplessness he felt while denying the fighter inside him air to survive to save himself and to save magda his future wife and mother of his son and daughterits just amazing i loved it

Beautiful and tragic, Greg Pak with beautiful artwork from Carmine Di Giandomenic, deliver a powerful origin story of the master of magnetism which I would recommend not only to X-Men fans but to any person who wants to have an unforgettable reading experience.

"My name is Max Eisenhardt. To whoever finds this, I'm sorry because I'm dead and it's now up to you. Tell everyone who will listen. Tell everyone who won't. Please don't let this happen ever again." This was a letter written by a Jewish teenage boy inside the Nazi concentration camps in Auschwitz where he was one of the designated Sonderkommando who were laborers in the crematoria which is possibly the most degrading and sickening occupation ever created during the second World War. They wer

Well that was depressing. Well-researched and with vivid scenes and characters, I found myself pretty compelled to finish once I got started. That partly comes from deep knowledge of where the story is headed, rather than necessarily a compelling writer or artist.This was admirable work, and while I wanted to enjoy it on its own merits it's hard to separate the "of course I know I'm horrified" conditioning from birth, from any specific response to the specific presentation here in this instance....

This book is deceiving. You would think a book about a young Magneto trying to survive in Nazi controlled Auschwitz would be one thing, but it's totally not that thing. This is a straight up story about a Jewish family being beaten and abused at every turn, yet still finding a way to persevere. This isn't the most original story, but it is very well done. I give Marvel credit for putting this out, and not going all cheesy with Magneto making metal monsters to fight Nazis (which could have easily...

Magneto Testament is a ghaphic novel that not only manages to humanize the fearsome Magneto but also to show us the nazi atrocities of the holocaust.

This story will break your heart on so many levels but its the origin of Max Eisenhardt aka Erik Lensherr and its so sad like we follow how he as a boy grew up and excelled at javelin but then comes the Nazis and well they start treating Jews in inhumane ways and we see the slow effects of it from isolation to ignorance to them fleeing for their life to living in detention centers to going to other countries and then Auschwitz and well the inhumane life he had to live there and losing his family...

A horrible encounter with Nazi Germany with Magneto as the young protagonist. I like that this could be a story completely independent of the X-Men comics. The story could have been a lot longer but might have just ended up a lot more gruesome; so happy with the length really.

For all of you out there who think comic books are for kids (or for geeky adults with short attention spans and a lower than average IQ), I'd like to point out that graphic novels (as we like to call them) are actually fairly progressive when it comes to making social commentary. And they have been for years. So it's really no surprise that Marvel incorporated the Holocaust into the origin story of one of it's biggest characters. Kudos to Marvel and Greg Pak for a job well done.This isn't a supe...

Even the incredibly powerful Master of Magnetism Magneto was once a boy. A very unfortunately Jewish boy who happened to be born in Germany a few years before World War II. Magneto still went by his real name Max Eisenhardt.Max's tale is a familiar one to any person unfortunate enough to have been Jewish while Hitler took over Europe. Seeing the pictures of what happened even in comic form is just unbelievable. It's terrifying to realize one hateful man could be the impetus and the engine to suc...

I'm a little torn on this. First of all, it is very well written. It gives an accurate retelling of the plight of Jews at the beginning of WWII as well as time spent as prisoners in concentration camps. By coincidence I just finished reading "Man's Search for Meaning" and could parallel some of the experiences between Magneto and Frankl.But that's also the problem with this: it feels too much like a graphic novel about the concentration camps and not really a story about Magneto. Sure he's the m...

3.5Impressive.Even without any X-Men background, this serves a good holocaust coverage.Would like to read more such details of other X-Men characters.

Ahhh Marvel and comic book writers (who tend to display the knowledge of high school graduates) take on the Holocaust. What could go wrong? Thankfully- nothing.The Magneto Testament is essentially a crash course in history for the current generation of imbeciles. Somewhere in the myriad of social justice, leftist history, Facebook posts and Twitter posts that constitute "education" these days, some may have heard that there was a war that happened in the Ancient days of 1939-1945. Some may have

One of the best page in the history of Marvel comics, one of the worst page in the history of humanity. No Magneto, no hero, only Max Eisenhardt... together to millions of people in this tragedy. His first experience with (but would be better say ‘against’) prejudice, that will accompany him long the entire life.I think these aren’t Magneto origins but, the origin of the man under the helmet, and the reason because he will became the mutant chief that we know. Thanks to this giant size edition (...

Short reviews from here on put till get back from San Diego! This was a dark story of Magneto as a kid growing up during the holocaust. It's powerful visually and well told but I thought it ran so quick through events I couldn't get attached. Still, a very different and interesting tale.

This volume demonstrates the transcendent power of comics.I don't know that I can truly find the words to do this work justice in my review, but I will try.This is an origin story of a complicated figure in comics, sometimes villain, sometimes hero, but always a compelling figure.Most people know him as Magneto, but he began his life as a Jewish boy named Max. As a boy, Max has to endure the horrifying atrocity of the Holocaust.This is his story.The story of the boy named Max who would one day g...