Appending to the above comments, yes, Magneto is a former concentration camp victim from WWII (they don't name the particular camp until the 1980s, as anonymous_greg points out), which makes his mutant supremacy actions very tragic. He and Xavier had met at a hospital in the late 1940s/early 1950s and formed a friendship based on their desire to help people and their mutant powers. Later, both were trying to stop a theft/kidnapping when rocks fell from a ledge due to a stray gunshot, trapping and paralyzing Xavier.
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Date: 2006-06-02 01:18 pm (UTC)