Before Professor X and Magneto were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were closest of friends working together, with other Mutants to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.