The Story
Magneto first appeared in X-Men #1, cover-dated September 1963, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as the team's opening threat. A Holocaust survivor who bends magnetic fields and commands metal at will, he has spent decades clashing with the X-Men, from Storm to Wolverine, over one question: whether mutants should coexist with humanity or rule it.
What keeps him interesting is the gray zone. His methods run to extremism, but his fear of another genocide is real, so he reads more as a tragic counterweight to Xavier than a flat villain. The two men used to be friends, which is exactly why VeVe shipped them together.
The sculpt puts him in command mode: the classic red bodysuit, purple boots and gloves, cape behind him, and the helmet that shields his mind from telepaths catching the light. One hand is outstretched, pulling loose metal into magnetic spirals. VeVe rendered it in premium 3D for AR, leaning into the sharp comic-book palette.
By October 2023 the platform had built out a real X-Men roster, starting with Storm in 2021, and had shifted away from the massive blind box drops of 2021 and 2022 toward smaller, single-character releases. Magneto and Professor X are a clean example of that shift.
The Drop
VeVe tied the two founding rivals into one New York Comic Con 2023 series and released them together on October 15, 2023 at $40 each, both Ultra Rare, both flagged First Appearance. Magneto came in slightly higher on the mint, 2,888 versus Professor X's 2,666, but both sit in the sub-3,000 range that makes them some of VeVe's more limited Marvel firsts.
Edition Breakdown
| Tier | Editions | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra Rare (single sculpt) | 2,888 | Minted at $40. Roughly 1,105 in circulation, about 1,783 burned. |
The 2,888 figure is the mint. Roughly 1,783 editions have been burned since, so real circulating supply sits near 1,105, well under half the headline count. That gap matters when you read secondary listings.
Market Context
Magneto is a top-tier Marvel name with wide recognition, and a single Ultra Rare sculpt means no cheap Common tier underneath to drag the floor down. Between the 2,888 mint and the burn to around 1,105 circulating, the working supply is smaller than the headline suggests, and First Editions and low serial numbers carry premiums.
VeVe's Collect blockchain migration (completed January 2026) and the StackR marketplace make trading in this supply range easy. The NYCC pairing with Professor X (2,666 minted, roughly 1,006 circulating) drives steady cross-collecting demand between the two.
Collector's Note
Magneto and Professor X are the yin and yang of the X-Men, and the series builds that in: hold one and you tend to want the other, since together they are the conflict every X-Men story runs on. Magneto is the slightly higher mint of the pair, which makes him the more available entry point into the set at similar money.
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Frequently Asked Questions
October 15, 2023, on VeVe Collectibles as a New York Comic Con 2023 exclusive. It launched at $40 retail as a single Ultra Rare edition, in the same series as the first Professor X NFT.
VeVe minted 2,888. Roughly 1,783 have been burned, leaving about 1,105 in circulation. No additional sculpts exist, so the mint is fixed.
Yes. Copies are available from other collectors on the VeVe secondary market and the StackR marketplace, sometimes below the original $40 retail.
It launched on Ethereum and now lives on the Collect blockchain following VeVe's completed migration in January 2026.
Yes. Both dropped October 15, 2023 in one NYCC 2023 series at $40 each, both Ultra Rare. Professor X minted 2,666, Magneto minted 2,888. Many collectors target both as a set.
