I den första X-Men-filmen av Bryan Singer, "X-Men", sker följande samtal mellan Wolverine och professor X:
PROFESSOR X: This device amplifies my powers, allowing me to track mutants across great distances; that's how I intend to find Rogue.
WOLVERINE: Why don't you just use it to find Magneto?
PROFESSOR X: I've been trying, but he seems to have found some way to shield himself from it.
WOLVERINE: How would he know how to do that?
PROFESSOR X: Because he helped me build it. Now, if you'll excuse me.
Denna scen indikerar att professorns telepati på något sätt är blockerad. Efter tågstationen kampsekvens ges vi en förklaring varför visas här:
WOLVERINE: You said he wanted me.
PROFESSOR X: I made a terrible mistake; his helmet, somehow designed to block my telepathy. I couldn't see what he was after until it was too late.
Det som gör detta uttalande så spännande är att i Stan Lee / Jack Kirby-serien visas "The X-Men", Magneto och professorn telepatiskt vid flera tillfällen och senare på 90-talet var showen "X- Män: Den animerade serien "visade att professorn kunde komma in i Magneto huvud utan problem alls, oberoende av hjälmen. Så jag var nyfiken; upplevde Bryan Singer helt enkelt lite om Magnos hjälm, eller var det något från en av de serier som förbises i den animerade TV-seriet?
Enligt Wikipedia :
Magneto has been frequently depicted as able to resist all but the strongest or most unexpected of telepathic attacks. A number of explanations have been proposed for his unusually strong resistance to telepathy, among them ... technology wired into his helmet (the explanation given in the X-Men film series and several comic plotlines)
Å andra sidan finns det källor som hävdar att , i serierna, installerade han sinne kontrollkrets i hans hjälm, men motståndet är helt naturligt eller resultatet av hans krafter:
Magneto seems to have some “natural” resistance to telepathic intrusion, and over time his force of will has augmented his natural and learned telepathic defenses. In the past, Magneto has also shown himself capable of Astral Travel and passive empathic sensitivity.
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During the Silver Age, Magneto did install technology into his helmet which allowed him to control other's minds. This was seen in (Uncanny) X-Men #18, and again the X-Men vs. Avengers miniseries in 1987. However, there is no hint or statement in the 616 that Magneto inserted tech into his helmet to block telepathic attacks, nor has he ever seemed concerned when his helmet is removed in a telepath's presence.
Marvel Wikia hävdar att hjälmen skyddar honom:
The helmet Magneto wears may be what contributes to his ability to resist all but the strongest or most unexpected of telepathic attacks, achieved due to technology wired into the helmet itself.
Det verkar också vara en uttrycklig kanon i Fox, Marvel 1602, och Ultimate kontinuities att det är hans hjälm som ger motståndet.
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