Does his helmet block telepathic attack?
No. That was a convention created for the movies. Magneto seems to have some “natural” resistance to telepathic intrusion, and over time his force of will has augmented his natural and learned telepathic defenses. In the past, Magneto has also shown himself capable of Astral Travel and passive empathic sensitivity. Before Magnus was “Magneto”, when Charles Xavier first met Magnus in Israel in Uncanny X-Men #161, he could not read Magnus’ mind. (That was Charles’ first tip off that Magnus was a mutant like himself.) Without his helmet, he has been able to hold off the telepathic attacks as strong as Xavier and Jean Grey combined (X-Men Vol.2 #25). Dr. Druid’s estimation of this ability was shown in X-Men vs. the Avengers #1, “It is done Avengers, though it took considerable effort to mentally mask my presence from him. Magneto has a strong mind. I can’t keep him enthralled for long.” Charles was able to track Magnus and communicate with him telepathically over vast distances, but he was
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