Magneto (Marvel Comics) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appears in The X-Men #1 (cover-dated September 1963) as an adversary of the X-Men. Miroslaw Magola portrayed a new version of the character Magneto in Stan Lee's Superhumans a documentary television series that debuted August 5, 2010 on History.