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In my story, magneto would return and duke it out with professor xavier and his x men. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike. The ultimate xmen fails to maintain a sense of believability that keeps other ultimate titles such as ultimate spiderman and the ultimates fresh. And that, my friends, is probably the last thing you want anybody asking of your book. If you have found something that is not seen on this page, please add it to this list.
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