The song is in narrative form, and includes the Marvel Comics characters Magneto, Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo in its story.

[3] When asked his opinion of the song decades after its release, Stan Lee (who co-created all three characters) said he thought it was "terrific.

[5] While it was performed, comic art of Magneto, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Titanium Man & the Crimson Dynamo, created by Stan Lee and Don Heck, was projected onto the large screen behind the band.

[7] The song can be heard coming from a radio, creating an argument, in a scene in the 1976 Mike Leigh play Nuts in May.

The Roots played the song as walk-on music for Michael Fassbender for his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon during his promotional tour for X-Men: Days of Future Past.