How old is Magneto?
Given Magneto’s encounters with Alpha the Ultimate Mutant and Eric the Red, this question has two answers: His chronological age and his physical age. Chronologically: Eyewitness stated that Magneto was in Auschwitz “from the beginning”. This is confirmed by the manner of his family’s death, the Einsatzgruppen operating in Poland in the months following the invasion in 1939, and by the memory Joseph experienced of being a child arriving in Auschwitz on a truck rather than the trains later so famously employed. From the fact that Magnus’ mutant abilities were just beginning to emerge, as well as from his appearance, he was a very young teen when he was sent there, probably between the ages of 11 to 14. 1939 – 11 to 14 = 1925 to 1928. Magneto is now between the ages of 80 to 83. Addendum: The Magneto Testament Miniseries gives a firm date for Magneto’s age in 1935: Nine. So Magneto is now (chronologically) 82 years old. Physically: Magneto was reduced to infancy by Alpha the Ultimate Mut
