Indeed, the “alt” Magneto would not have been turned into an infant and then restored to his prime, so he is more or less as we met him in the first issue of X-MEN. How old would that make him? Older than Xavier, I would guess. How old are Wanda and Pietro?

Something that has proved interesting, reading over back issues as I built this story: I had given much thought to how much the Thomas/Adams Savage Land story reworked Magneto’s personality. Before then, he was basically a thug. Even what we saw of his face was rough. Minus the “all conquering colors” tho he took on a more intellectual aspect. Not played consistently in later appearances (of course) but nevertheless casting a long shadow.

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Assume he’s in his late forties, and that ELSEWHEN takes place “now”. That would place his date of birth somewhere in the Seventies—probably around the time I was first working on UNCANNY!

This is why it’s best to recall what I have long said: there are only four time periods in comics. The Past (before now), NOW, and the Future (after now). Plus World War 2.

Now is the most fungible.