CATALOG RECORD

Civil War: House of M #1

Marvel · Series began 2008 · November 2008

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Dates

Cover date: November 2008
On sale: September 10, 2008
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 75960606482300111
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Story arc: House of M

This is part 36 of 44. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Mike Perkins, Andrea Di Vitoinks: Mike Perkins, Andrea Di Vitoscript: Christos Gagecolors: Laura Villariletters: Dave Sharpe

Stories

Chapter 1: Rise · 22 pages
Young Magnus Lensherr and his mother are liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp at the end of World War II. Magnus grows up to become a hard working family man but villagers burn down his apartment building with his young daughter inside. Magnus kills the crowd and Magneto is born. Magneto begins working with mutant freedom fighters and fathers another child. Magneto meets and joins Apocalypse. Unhappy as to Apocalypse's methods, Magneto defeats him, taking control of the mutant band. Magneto realizes that conflict with normal humans is inevitable and declares war on all humanity.

Publisher’s description

Witness Magneto's first battle with the Sentinels... the tragic end of his marriage...and his fight against Apocalypse for leadership of all mutants! The secret history of the House of M unfolds here!

Reprinted in

House of M: Civil War (2009), Civil War: House of M (2016), House of M Omnibus Companion (2024)