, the protagonist""s apartment at the Chateau Marmont, etc.The material forDouble Indemnitywas derived from ""hard-boiled"" James M.Cain""s 1943 melodramatic novellaThree of a Kindthat first appeared in 1935 in abridged, 8-part serial form inLibertyMagazine.An empowered Magneto urged him to calm down as he announced that a new enemy ("dark forces") was threatening to eliminate mutants ("our kind"), and that Logan""s help was needed to save every mutant-kind.With sudden insight, he realized that the killer had thoroughly cased the victims"" houses from their home videos, knowing the point of entry (including padlocks or panes of glass), the existence of pets, and more ("He knew the inside of the houses.Plot SynopsisFrom the start, the main credits render the primal myth in cartoonish form - an animated, buck-fanged, top-hatted, besotted snake - with a slightly battered derby hat and maracas - slithers and curls around a tree as it descends in a coil.When he heard footsteps approaching (Pam was coming for a visit), he crashed the window.Pam found his room empty and the smashed window, exclaiming: "Oh my God!" - believing that he had run away.