Is Max Lord a "true" telepath? It was my understanding he could could just control minds, not enter the psychic plane, or mentally battle someone, read minds ect..?
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Besieged by countless foes, his eyes they are aglow, longing for the fight. He stands upon a mound, doesn't aim the throw, just lets the hammer fly!
I was going to say something about Lord walking over and tea bag distracting Xavier to win, but then I remembered Xavier's last showing had him matching half the Phoenix. Oh that AvX
He can't read minds or such, but he can still go head-to-head with an opposed telepath, so to speak (one alt-timeline in Booster Gold had him doing so with Martian Manhunter).
And one of the crazy things about him is it seems like he can continue to crank it up as needed, as long as he's willing to take the blood loss.