The start of the standard formula. Prof X running them through the Danger Room to introduce our four heroes (soon to be 5), suddenly A MUTANT IS CAUSING A PROBLEM, mission, Prof X congratulates them all on a job well done. This one gets the introduction of Jean Grey in the middle of it as well, and boy... let's just say it was a different time. 3 of our 4 heroes (Cyclops, Beast, Angel) fall all over themselves trying to hit on her in very awkwardly aggressive ways that... are not very charming. Iceman instead decides to chill out and let them make fools of themselves. Our first villain is the X-Men's most famous, Magneto! Here he is much more cartoon villain than the more interesting and nuanced character we will one day get, but he does the job. Take over a US missile base, terrorize people, X-Men show up beat him down. Also, man, kind of fucked up that Prof X would send out Jean on the first day she shows up for class when she didn't even know what the school was FOR before she got there. Also kind of fucked up that Prof X just gives her a code name without even getting any input. Prof X is kind of an asshat, though I think we are supposed to see him as a wise mentor figure at this point in time.
X-tra Notes: They keep calling Jean's power Teleportation instead of Telekinesis. It just bugs me, even though I know technically it is correct nomenclature until fiction made it mean something else in our minds.
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