Ultimate X-Men

Iceman Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for the Iceman, please." - Beast Real name: Bobby Drake  Occupation: Student, adventurer Group affiliation: X-Men  Base of operations: Xavier Institute for Gifted Children, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York  First appearance: Ultimate X-Men #1 (2000)  Height: 5'6"  Weight: 130 lbs.  Eye color: Brown  Hair color: Brown  Powers: Iceman possesses the ability to freeze any moisture in the air around him into unusually hard ice. Also, he can lower his external and internal body temperature without harm to himself, thereby radiating intense cold. Weapons: None  History: Bobby Drake grew up in the suburbs of New York City. When he was 15 years old, his mutant ability manifested. Terrified of what might happen to his parents if the mutant-hunting Sentinels came for him, Bobby ran away from home.  Assembling a team of young mutants to help him stop the coming war between humans and Homo superior, Professor Charles Xavier located Bobby using the psychic amplifier Cerebro. Confused and frightened by his burgeoning powers, the teenager had made his way to New York City's Times Square and hopped a Greyhound bus. Unfortunately for Bobby, the X-Men weren't the only ones interested in his whereabouts: The Sentinels were closing in, as well.  The android assassins seized the bus Bobby was on, then destroyed it -- but not before the Beast had carried him to safety. As a Sentinel beheaded by Cyclops staggered toward a crowd of bystanders, Bobby used his mutant ability to freeze it in place. Impressed by this feat, the Beast dubbed him "Iceman."

Magneto "Man is a parasite upon human resources. He eats our food, breathes our air and occupies land which evolution intended Homo superior to inherit...Your replacements grow impatient!" - Magneto  Real name: Erik Magnus Lensherr  Occupation: Would-be world conqueror, mutant terrorist  Group affiliation: Brotherhood of Mutants  Base of operations: Savage Land  First appearance: Ultimate X-Men #1 (2000) Height: 6'2"  Weight: 190 lbs.  Eye color: Bluish-gray  Hair color: Silver  Powers: Magneto is a mutant with the ability to control magnetism. As such, he can shape and manipulate natural and artificial magnetic fields. It is unclear whether he must draw magnetic force from outside himself, nor is it clear whether Magneto's power is psionic or purely physiological in nature. Weapons: None  History: The charismatic subversive known as Magneto once worked alongside Professor Charles Xavier to construct a sanctuary in the forgotten jungles of the Savage Land, a refuge for anyone seeking respite from the kind of persecution mutants face. The two worked in harmony for a time, but their bond began to fray as Magneto grew increasingly hateful toward mankind.  Magneto came to believe that Homo superior represented the next step in human evolution, and that Homo sapiens should live under mutant rule. Xavier did not share his view. Ultimately, the two engaged in a fierce struggle that ended when Magneto paralyzed Xavier from the waist down with a metal spear through the back.  His adversary out of the picture, Magneto made open anti-human attacks on both Washington, D.C., and New York City. His terrorist army, the Brotherhood of Mutants, included his son and daughter: the hex-casting Scarlet Witch and the fleet-footed Quicksilver.  In retaliation for Magneto's acts of terrorism, the U.S. government unleashed the Sentinels -- android assassins programmed to halt the mutant threat by any means necessary. Unshaken in his plans to subjugate the human race, Magneto kidnapped the president's daughter. The Brotherhood's efforts were opposed by the one force Magneto believed to be a true threat to his cause: Xavier's X-Men, sworn to protect the very society that had rejected them.  In an attempt to eradicate Magneto and the Brotherhood, the U.S. government launched a major offensive on their jungle sanctuary. Many mutants were killed, but Magneto survived. Deciding that the time had come for humans to pay for their crimes against his people, he attacked Washington with a fleet of reprogrammed Sentinels. Reviled as freaks and outcasts, the X-Men stood in defense of the nation's capital as humanity's last hope. Magneto appeared to die during the climactic confrontation, transformed in a living super-magnet by his one-time friend.

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