Originally posted by GalacticStorm
Magneto has merely Hulks powers not his body or genetic structure. If Magneto pumped his body full of gamma radiation its not certain that he would become Maestro and its not certain that he would be empowered. The old timer would probably end up joining Magda.Maestro was formed when a hulk blew up as a result of close proximity to a gamma bomb after something like 25 years his body fragments reformed and the resul was Maestro. Id love to see Mags do that within the course of a battle.
Mags having hulks powers has super strength, and superhuman durability and so on. Not his body and its properties. Also have you any proof that an increase in gamma radiation to the hulks body significantly increases his strength and so on, or was that theory all based on the rather poor Maestro example.
Why would the thread author, after saying that Magneto has Hulk's powerS, mean anything other than Magneto has all of Hulk's abilities? 😕
If the thread author meant anything other than that, he'd just say, "Magneto has the same strength as the Hulk", or, "Magneto has CL100 strength (which he doesn't need, since he already has CL100 strength)". So CLEARLY, he has Hulk's body, and I think the author's CLEAR intention is that Magneto gets stronger as he gets angrier, he's green, gamma-powered, etc. I see no reason why you'd argue otherwise, unless you're that much of a masochist.
But the author is free to clarify. As it stands, that's how I interpreted it.
Hulk blew up because it was a gamma bomb. Bombs have a habit of blowing stuff up. It took 25 years to piece himself back together, but the amount of radiation contained in the gamma bomb isn't something Magneto would be unable to emulate fairly quickly. Magneto isn't simulating the gamma bomb, he's simulating the amount of radiation released and giving a concentrated dose of it to himself.
So Maestro is proof that Hulk gets more powerful with radiation. It's also proof that Hulk goes crazy if he blows up in the process. If Hulk grows WEAKER with gamma radiation being taken from him, then it stands to reason he'd grow stronger with more gamma radiation being put in him.
I'm at the studio right now, so I don't have access to more research, but I'm sure there are more instances of him absorbing gamma and becoming stronger.