While Magneto has spent the majority of his career making a name for himself as one of the most fearsome and ruthless villains in the Marvel Universe, one of his earliest schemes revealed that he had his own version of the Batmobile–though Magneto’s was so much goofier for more reasons than one.

Erik Magnus Lehnsherr became the mutant villain Magneto after coming to the conclusion that humans would never allow mutants to peacefully coexist within society, so he took preemptive actions to ensure mutantkind’s survival. As a boy, Erik saw first hand the worst of humanity after he and his family were taken to a Nazi concentration camp. In World War II, Magneto was persecuted for being Jewish and he wanted to make sure the same would not happen because he is a mutant. His methods were violent yet justified given his experiences, though his mistake was believing eradicating humans was the answer as that just made Magneto exactly like those he despised. Before seeing the light and helping form a mutant safe haven alongside Charles Xavier rather than committing acts of terrorism in the name of mutant freedom, Magneto's mission of mutant supremacy was his only focus, and he had one very silly mode of transportation to assist in that effort.

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In X-Men #6 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Magneto reaches out to Namor the Submariner, offering him an invitation to join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and crush the X-Men once and for all. If Namor accepted, he could have ranked among the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants' strongest members. When the X-Men hear that Namor is meeting with Magneto, they rush to their meeting place in an attempt to stop them from joining forces. The mission leads to an epic battle between the two sides, and by the end of it Namor doesn’t want anything to do with either team and retreats to his underwater kingdom. After Namor leaves and the X-Men gain the upper hand, Magneto and his Brotherhood retreat, using his very own rocket ship to escape, one that had been dubbed the Magno-Ship. Readers also got a glimpse of the ridiculous ship in X-Men #5

Magneto's 'Batmobile' is way goofier.
Magneto's ship in X-Men, the Magnoship.

Like Batman’s Batmobile, Magneto made sure his vehicle also had an on-brand name iconic enough to be recognized as his no matter where it flew. The funny thing about Magneto’s situation as opposed to Batman’s is that he really shouldn’t be advertising a ship full of terrorist villains by way of giving it a name derivative of his own super-villain moniker. While some argue Batman's Batmobile naming convention is out of control, he names his vehicles and gadgets so that criminals recognize them and run in fear. Batman’s very presence in Gotham is part of his superhero methods, so it makes sense that he’d want an on-brand vehicle that announces his presence even more prominently on the streets of Gotham City. Magneto, on the other hand, should never be announcing his presence as his early missions required the element of surprise before the inevitably attack, so flying a branded ship isn’t the best way to stay hidden and off the grid in between terrorist attacks.

Not only does Magneto have the Magno-Ship, but in the very next issue it is revealed that he also has a Magna-Car, which is a little less flashy than the rocket ship, but still very blatantly recognizable. Again, this is a terrible idea for an international terrorist organization who regularly attack U.S. military bases as anyone who sees the Magno-Ship or Magna-Car know Magneto is on the way to do some villainy–the opposite of covert and thereby incredibly harmful to Magneto’s mission of bringing humanity to its knees. Magneto's version of the Batmobile is so much goofier since its very existence completely undermines Magneto’s villainous goals.

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