Who Is Joseph? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Joseph is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Jospeh, with over 396 comic issue appearances. Joseph was a younger clone of Magneto, created by Astra. He sacrificed himself to repair Earth's magnetosphere, which had been altered by Magneto. He has recently returned to cause trouble for the redemptive Magneto.

Who is Joseph?

Origin Newly born clone The mutant who would one day be known as Joseph, had been created by the mutant teleporter Astra as a means of revenge on Magneto . She had kidnapped the mind-wiped Magneto after the destruction of Avalon by Holocaust . She restored his memories (by an unknown method), and created Joseph from his DNA with the important alterations of correcting the instabilities in Magneto's nervous system that caused him to go mad when he wielded too much power. Astra also removed Joseph's instinct for self-preservation, thus making Joseph far more reckless and powerful than his unwitting progenitor. However, Magneto proved in the ensuing battle that youth and power was no match for experience and guile. While surely Joseph was more powerful and gave Magneto quite the fight, Magneto quickly separated him from his creator and once alone he knocked Joseph on the back of the head with an engine block at 500 mph and escaped. Joseph fell into the jungles of South America with no memory of who or what he was. Creation Joseph was created by Scott Lobdell , Andy Kubert and Joe Madureira and first appeared in a cameo in X-Men Vol.1 issue 46 (1995) before appearing fully a month late.

Key facts

Joseph is of mutant origin and first appeared in "They're Baaack...". The character is published by Marvel. With 396 recorded issue appearances, Joseph ranks among the most featured characters in comics.