X-Men #150 (October) I, Magneto...
Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Joe Rubinstein, Bob Wiacek.
Magneto is back, living on a Lovecraftian island where no-one else has working powers. Cyclops is held prisoner but is temporarily unable to moan about having to wear glasses. Magneto is up to his old tricks and does thus sink a Russian submarine, killing all of its crew - which I'm fairly sure will come back to bite him in the ass at some point - but this is otherwise a distinctly more reflective Magneto, one who teeters on the brink of humanism but for the aforementioned murder of Russian sailors. Lest we need further evidence, this issue serves as yet another testament to Claremont's writing as the former frothing maniac somehow evolves into a sympathetic and hence more believable character without any obvious contradictions or revision of what we already know. Between this anniversary issue and Defenders #100 - and possibly the Avengers annual depending on the dating - Marvel were really firing on all cylinders this month.
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