I always thought that Magneto had the coolest mutant powers. Sure Colossus was probably my favorite character (closely followed by Wolverine) in the X-Men universe. But if I was ever asked as a youth what kind of super powers I would want to have (and strangely enough I never was), I would definitely say control over magnetic fields – magnetokinesis. It even sounds cool in science-speak!
This was only reinforced in Physics courses taken in first year university. They’re everywhere, they affect almost everything in the world, and they’re largely ignored. How cool would it be to have control over those?
Anyhow, I guess scientists are finally starting to figure out the secret to world domination that I had figured out by age 9. Props to them, that’s cool and all, but really – what took you so long?
They’re trying to hide their nefarious research under the guise of simple experiments, like a Magnetic Fridge from the people at Cambridge. The idea is actually quite simple: magnetic fields are manipulated within specific materials resulting in either heat production or heat absorption. The application of the method to a fridge is a neat idea. The breakthrough here it seems is that they have found a material that is safe for humans to have around i.e. it doesn’t contain arsenic.
But mark my words, this is the tip of the iceberg. Now that the smart scientists have started to catch on to my idea (though I suppose Stan Lee might have had it first) we’re going to start seeing some really cool use of magnetic fields and controlling them. Mark my words.
Super-villan that never made it quite as big as Magneto but had even better powers was Gravatron (think that was the name anyway). He was defeated by the West Coast Avengers, and essentially turned himself into a black hole.
Sure magnetism is alright, but gravity is where it is at, until they come up with Strong-nuclear-force-man anyway.
You mean Galvatron, of Transformers fame?