Production
This action-packed episode introduces Magneto and Sabretooth. Xavier's flashback is a toned down version of Magneto's origins. While it is clear that these events occurred during World War Two, the Holocaust and the Nazis are depicted in subtext and generic army men. Future episodes, however, would be much less subtle (most likely due to extraordinary popularity of the first three episodes, which were aired as "demos" several months before the show was fully contracted). The events depicted in this episode (Magneto attacking an army base and hijacking missiles, then facing down the X-Men) are very similar to those depicted in the first X-Men story (X-Men #1).
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