10 Marvel Superheroes With Tortured Pasts
1. Magneto
The Master of Magnetism might seem like an odd choice to be number one on this list, as he has spent a large amount of time on the wrong side of the law, but there is no denying that he has spent enough of his existence as a good guy to warrant inclusion and his past is the most tortured of any character that has ever graced comics.
As told by Greg Pak and Carmine Di Giandomenico's Magneto: Testament, Max Eisenhardt's story is one of brutality and hopelessness as the Nazi party takes control of Germany and plunges the world into war.
Being Jewish is the death knell for the Eisenhardt family under the Third Reich and they, along with millions of others, end up suffering one of the greatest atrocities ever known to mankind. This is all seen through the eyes of a young Max, who watches as his family get murdered while he, and the love of his life Magda, are sent to Auschwitz.
Magneto's entire world view is shaped by his experiences as a Holocaust survivor, and that makes his past more haunting than any other.
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