Issue 30: Tournament of Villainy
By Rascal Stallion

Magneto vs Stripe

Name: Magneto		Name: Stripe
Occupation: Mutant	vs.	Occupation: Gremlin
Origin: X-Men		Origin: Gremlins

Magneto settled into a plush seat in the darkened theater. The show was just about to begin and he was pleasantly surprised to see he was the only one in attendance. He preferred to visit the theater in the afternoon to avoid crowds and once again he was successful.

The opening credits began to flash on the screen when Magneto detected a disturbance behind him. It started as a low rabble and quickly escalated into a full-blown brouhaha.

Stripe and a few of his buddies had entered the theater and were quickly making a nuisance of themselves. They were talking loudly and throwing popcorn and Magneto was fuming inside. He couldn’t believe how little respect some people could have.

Magneto slowly turned his head to scowl at them, hoping a stern look would encourage the hooligans behind him to sit still. Unfortunately his action had the opposite effect as it further encouraged the gremlins. They now had a target for their shenanigans.

The gremlins acted quickly, mustering all their soda and candy and propelling it at the weirdo in front of them. The sugary goop splattered all over Magneto and he knew he would not be seeing the remainder of the film on this day.

Magneto used his powers to raise himself up in the air as he turned to face these hoodlums. He was shocked when he saw they were far from human, but not so shocked that he decided not destroy them.

Magneto used his powers of magnetism to rip several seats out of the ground which he fashioned into small compact balls and thrust through the chests of Stripe and his two companions. Once the steel balls were inside the gremlins, Magneto caused them to expand at a rapid rate, exploding the gremlins from the inside.

Magneto then hurried off to the washroom to clean the bits of gremlin and candy from his shirt.