Professor X & Magneto Were NOT Based On Martin Luther King & Malcolm X

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Professor X & Magneto Were NOT Based On Martin Luther King & Malcolm X

Throughout the years, many X-Men readers have drawn parallels between the franchise's two figureheads, Professor X and Magneto, and civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. In an interview, legendary X-writer Chris Claremont called these comparisons "valid," though he suggested a more appropriate parallel for his own work with the characters, particularly Magneto: former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.