Professor X
Professor Charles Xavier. Art by Aaron Lopresti
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Men #1 (Sep. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. 1963)
Created by	Stan Lee Jack Kirby
In story information
Alter ego	Charles Francis Xavier
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	X-Men Illuminati Genoshan Excalibur Cadre K Brotherhood of Mutants Shi'ar Imperium Starjammers The Twelve
Notable aliases	Onslaught, Consort-Royal, Founder, X, Warlord, Entity
Abilities	Telepathy Mind reading and control Memory alteration Mental bolts Induced paralysis Illusion casting Astral projection

Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero known as the leader and founder of the X-Men. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 &ndash February 6, 1994) was an American Comic book A mutant within the Marvel Comic books particularly those of the X-Men mythos is an individual who possesses a genetic trait called an The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Illuminati is a fictional group of Superheroes who joined forces and secretly work behind the scenes in the Marvel Universe. Excalibur is a Marvel Comics Superhero group an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. The Skrulls are a Fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in Publications by Marvel Comics. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (邪悪な変異体の同胞団 jaaku na hen'i karada no douhou dan also known as " The Brotherhood " and Brotherhood of Mutants The Shi'ar, pronounced /ʃiː'ɑːɹ/ ("Shee-ARR" are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. The Starjammers are a Fictional team of space pirates from the pages of the X-Men Comic books published by Marvel Comics The Twelve is a Comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in march 2000 Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #1 (September 1963). Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 &ndash February 6, 1994) was an American Comic book Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics Comic book series for the X-Men franchise

Throughout most of his comic book history, Xavier is paraplegic, although his body houses one of the world's most powerful mutant minds. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Paraplegia is an impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the lower extremities A mutant within the Marvel Comic books particularly those of the X-Men mythos is an individual who possesses a genetic trait called an A high-level telepath, Xavier can read, control and influence human minds. Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer A scientific genius, he is also a leading authority on genetics, mutation, and psionic powers. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding A genius is a person of great Intelligence or remarkable abilities in a specific subject who shows an exceptional natural capacity of intellect and/or ability especially Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is In biology mutations are changes to the Nucleotide sequence of the Genetic material of an organism Psionics is the study and/or practice of using the mind to induce paranormal phenomena English Golden Globe nominated actor Patrick Stewart portrayed Professor X throughout the X-Men films. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940 is an English Film, Television and stage Actor. The X-Men Film series consists of three Superhero films based on the fictional Marvel Comics team of the same name

Contents 1 Character 2 Fictional character biography 2.1 Origin 2.2 The First Evil Mutant 2.3 Meeting Magneto 2.4 Lucifer 2.5 The X-Men 2.6 New Team and Shi'ar 2.7 The Brood 2.8 More Injuries 2.9 Legion 2.10 Shi'ar Again! 2.11 X-Cutioner's Song 2.12 Generation X and the Xavier Institute For Higher Learning 2.13 Onslaught 2.14 Magneto War 2.15 The Twelve and Cadre K 2.16 Moira's death 2.17 Crucifixion 2.18 Cassandra Nova 2.19 Juggernaut reformed 2.20 X-Corporation and "Xorn's" Betrayal 2.21 "Danger" 2.22 House of M 2.23 Vulcan 2.24 Return To Earth 2.25 World War Hulk 2.26 Secret Invasion 2.27 Messiah Complex 2.28 X-Men: Legacy 3 Powers and abilities 4 Dark side 5 Romantic interests 6 Inspirations 7 Alternate versions 8 In other media 9 Toys 10 See also 11 References 12 Sources 13 External links

Character

Xavier’s goals are to promote the peaceful affirmation of mutant rights, to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans and to protect society from antagonistic mutants, including his old friend, the militant Magneto. Magneto (alias Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, born Max Eisenhardt) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel To achieve these aims, he founded Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (later named the Xavier Institute) to teach mutants to explore and control their powers. In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion, the common name for the Xavier Mansion, is the base of operations and training site of the Its first group of students was the original X-Men. Xavier's students consider him a visionary and often refer to their mission as "Xavier's dream". He is highly regarded by others in the Marvel universe, respected by various governments and trusted by several other superhero teams, including the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy The Avengers is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. However, he also has a manipulative streak which has resulted in several significant fallings-out with allies and students.

He also often acts as a public advocate for mutant rights and is the authority most of the Marvel superhero community turns to for advice on mutants. However, his status as a mutant himself and leader of the X-Men has only recently become public.

In the comics' history, the X-Men rarely operate without Xavier. He also appears in both X-Men animated series and in many video games, although usually as a non-playable character because he can't use his legs. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. A non-player character, often shortened to NPC, is a character that is controlled by the Gamemaster in Role-playing games or one that is not Patrick Stewart plays him in the 2000s film series, as well as providing his voice in some of the X-Men videogames (including some not connected to the film series). Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940 is an English Film, Television and stage Actor. X-Men is a 2000 Superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. Tracy Morgan parodied him in the 2008 film Superhero Movie. Tracy Morgan (born November 10 1968) is an American actor and comedian perhaps best known for his role on the Sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live Superhero Movie is a 2008 Comedy film written and directed by Craig Mazin and produced by David Zucker and Robert K

According to BusinessWeek, Charles Xavier is listed as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ^[1]

Fictional character biography

Origin

Charles Francis Xavier was born in New York City to the wealthy Brian Xavier, a well-respected nuclear scientist, and Sharon Xavier. The City of New York The nucleus of an Atom is the very dense region consisting of Nucleons ( Protons and Neutrons, at the center of an atom After Brian dies in an accident, his science partner Kurt Marko comforts and marries the grieving Sharon. When Xavier's telepathic mutant powers emerge, he discovers Kurt cares only about his mother's money.

After the wedding, Kurt moves in with the Xaviers, bringing with him his son Cain. The Juggernaut is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Kurt quickly grows neglectful of Sharon, driving her to alcoholism, and abuses both Sharon and Cain. Cain takes out his frustrations and insecurities on his stepbrother. Charles once uses his telepathic powers to read Cain's mind and explore the extent of his psychological damage, which only leads to Cain becoming more aggressive toward him and Charles feeling Cain's pain firsthand.

Sharon dies soon after, and a fight erupts between Cain and Charles that causes some of Kurt's lab equipment to explode. Mortally wounded, Kurt drags the two children out before dying. ^[2][3]

With help from his powers and his natural genius, Xavier becomes an excellent student and athlete, though he gives up the latter, believing his powers give him an unfair advantage. ^[2][4] He graduates with honors at the age of 16 from Harvard University. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned ^[5] As a college freshman, Xavier resides in Wigglesworth Hall H-11. In graduate studies he receives Ph.D.s in Genetics, Biophysics, and Psychology^[6] with a two year residence at Oxford University. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is Biophysics (also biological physics) is an Interdisciplinary Science that employs and develops theories and methods of the Physical sciences for Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the ^[7] He is later appointed Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ^[8]

At graduate school, he meets a Scottish girl named Moira Kinross, a fellow genetics student with whom he falls in love. A graduate school or ("grad school" is a school that awards advanced degrees such as doctoral degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Dr Moira Kinross MacTaggert (sometimes spelled MacTaggart McTaggart or McTaggert is a Fictional character appearing in X-Men stories in the Marvel Comics The two agree to get married, but soon, Xavier is drafted into the Korean War. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the He carves himself a niche in search and rescue missions alongside Shadowcat's father, Carmen Pryde,^[9] and witnesses Cain's transformation into Juggernaut. Katherine "Kitty" Pryde is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Juggernaut is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. During the war, he receives a letter from Moira telling him that she is breaking up with him. He later discovers that Moira married her old boyfriend Joseph MacTaggert, who abuses her. ^[2][7][10]

The First Evil Mutant

Deeply depressed when Moira broke off their engagement without explanation, Xavier began traveling around the world after leaving the army. In Cairo, he meets a young girl named Ororo Munroe, who is a pickpocket, and the Shadow King, a powerful mutant who is posing as an Egyptian crime lord. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Storm ( Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, née Munroe is a Fictional character that appears in a number of Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Shadow King is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Xavier defeats the Shadow King, barely escaping with his life. This encounter leads to Xavier's decision to devote his life to protecting humanity from evil mutants and safeguarding innocent mutants from human oppression. ^[7]

Meeting Magneto

Xavier visits his friend Daniel Shomron, who runs a clinic for traumatized Holocaust victims in Haifa, Israel. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. There, he meets the man who becomes Magneto, a Holocaust survivor who works as a volunteer in the clinic, and Gabrielle Haller, a woman driven into a catatonic coma by the trauma she experienced. Magneto (alias Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, born Max Eisenhardt) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Gabrielle Haller is a Fictional character appearing in X-Men stories in the Marvel Comics universe. Xavier uses his mental powers to break her out of her catatonia and the two fall in love. Xavier and Magneto become good friends, although neither immediately reveals to the other that he is a mutant. The two hold lengthy debates hypothesizing what will happen if humanity is faced with a new super-powered race of humans. While Xavier is optimistic, Magneto's experiences in the Holocaust lead him to believe that humanity will ultimately oppress the new race of humans as they have done with other minorities. The two friends reveal their powers to each other when they fight Nazi Baron Wolfgang von Strucker and his HYDRA agents, who kidnap Gabrielle because she knows the location of their secret cache of gold. Baron Wolfgang von Strucker is a Fictional character created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appearing in HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe. Magneto attempts to kill Strucker but Xavier stops him. Realizing that his and Xavier's views on mutant-human relations are incompatible, Magneto leaves with the gold. Charles stays in Israel for some time, but he and Gabrielle separate on good terms, neither knowing that she is pregnant with his son, who grows up to become the mutant Legion. Legion ( David Charles Haller) is a Marvel Comics character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz. ^[11]

Lucifer

In a strange town near the Himalayas, Xavier encounters an alien calling himself Lucifer, the advance scout for an invasion by his race, and foils his plans. Lucifer is a Fictional character, an alien Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. In retaliation, Lucifer drops a huge stone block on Xavier, crippling his legs. ^[12] After Lucifer leaves, a young woman named Sage hears Xavier's telepathic cries for help and rescues him, bringing him to safety, beginning a long alliance between the two. Sage, also known as Tessa, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe ^[13] In a hospital in India he is brought to an American nurse, Amelia Voght, who looks after him and, as she sees to his recovery, they fall in love. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Amelia Voght is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men franchise When he is released from the hospital the two move into an apartment in Bombay together. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial Amelia is troubled to find Charles studying mutation, as she is a mutant and unsettled by it, though she calms when he reveals himself to be a mutant as well. They eventually move to the United States, living on Xavier's family estate. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the But the night Scott Summers moves into Xavier's mansion, Amelia leaves him, believing Charles would have changed his view and that mutants should lay low. Cyclops ( Scott Summers) is a Fictional character, a Superhero that is the field leader of the X-Men in the. Yet he is recruiting them to what she believes is a lost cause. Charles tries to force her to stay with his mental powers, but immediately ashamed by this, lets her go. She later becomes a disciple of Magneto. ^[14][4][15]

The X-Men

Over the years, Charles makes a name for himself as geneticist and psychologist, apparently renowned enough that the Greys were referred to him when no other expert could help their catatonic daughter, Jean. Catatonic is a syndrome of psychic and motoric-disturbances In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association Jean Grey-Summers ( née Jean Grey is a Fictional Comic book superheroine appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Xavier trains her in the use of her telekinesis, while inhibiting her telepathic abilities until she matures. The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche" meaning mind soul heart or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis" Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer ^[16] Around this time, he also starts working with fellow mutation expert, Karl Lykos, as well as Moira MacTaggert again, who built a mutant research station on Muir Island. Sauron is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. Muir Island is a small fictional island off of the northern coast of Scotland in the Marvel Comics universe. Apparently, Charles had gotten over Moira in his travels to the Greek island of Kirinos. The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions ^[7] Xavier discusses his candidates for recruitment to his personal strike force, the X-Men, with Moira, including those he passes over, which are Kurt Wagner, Piotr Rasputin, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, and Ororo Munroe. Nightcrawler ( Kurt Wagner) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Universe. Colossus ( Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Quicksilver ( Pietro Django Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Scarlet Witch ( Wanda Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Storm ( Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, née Munroe is a Fictional character that appears in a number of Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Xavier also trains Tessa to spy on Sebastian Shaw. Sage, also known as Tessa, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe Sebastian Hiram Shaw is a fictional Comic book Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and is an adversary of the X-Men ^[17][18][19]

Xavier founds Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, which provides a safe haven for mutants and teaches them to master their abilities. In addition, he seeks to foster mutant-human relations by providing his superhero team, the X-Men, as an example of mutants acting in good faith, as he told FBI agent Fred Duncan. Fred Duncan is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Fred Duncan was an agent with the FBI. ^[20] With his inherited fortune, he uses his ancestral mansion in Salem Center, Westchester County, New York as a base of operations with technologically advanced facilities, including the Danger Room - later, Fantomex mentions that Xavier is a billionaire with a net worth of 3. In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion, the common name for the Xavier Mansion, is the base of operations and training site of the North Salem is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Danger Room is a fictional training facility built for the X-Men of Marvel Comics as part of the various incarnations of the X-Mansion. Fantomex is the name of a Fictional character associated with the X-Men. 5 billion dollars. ^[21] Presenting the image of a stern teacher, Xavier makes his students endure a rigorous training regime. ^[22]

Xavier's first five students are Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, and Angel, who become the original X-Men. Jean Grey-Summers ( née Jean Grey is a Fictional Comic book superheroine appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Cyclops ( Scott Summers) is a Fictional character, a Superhero that is the field leader of the X-Men in the. Iceman ( Robert Louis "Bobby" Drake) is a fictional Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. Angel, in comics, may refer to Angel comics, comics featuring the Buffyverse character Angel Angel (Marvel Comics ^[23][24]

Throughout most of his time with the team, Xavier uses his telepathic powers to keep in constant contact with his students and provides instructions and advice when needed. In addition, he uses a special machine called Cerebro, which enhances his ability to detect mutants and to allow the team to find new students in need of the school. In the Marvel Comics universe, Cerebro ( Spanish and Portuguese for " Brain " is a device that ^[25]

Among the obstacles Xavier faces is his old friend, Magneto, who has grown into an advocate of mutant superiority since their last encounter and who believes the only solution to mutant persecution is domination over humanity. ^[26]

When anthropologist Bolivar Trask resurfaces the "mutant problem", Xavier counters him in a televised debate, however, he appears arrogant and Trask sends his mutant-hunting robot Sentinels to terrorize mutants. Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of Bolivar Trask is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. The Sentinels are Fictional characters Robots in the. Most often encountering the team of mutants known as the X-Men, they were created by writer The X-Men dispatch them, but Trask sees the error in his ways too late as he is killed by his creations. ^[27]

At one point, Xavier seemingly dies during the X-Men's battle with the sub-human Grotesk, but it is later revealed that Xavier arranged for a reformed former villain named Changeling to impersonate him while he went into hiding to plan a defense against an invasion by the extraterrestrial Z'Nox, imparting a portion of his telepathic abilities to the Changeling to complete the disguise. Grotesk is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Fictional character biography Prince Gor-Tok also known as Grotesk is the former prince of a Kevin Sydney is a Fictional character that has been a member of the X-Men in Comic book stories published by Marvel Comics. ^[28]

New Team and Shi'ar

When the X-Men are captured by the sentient island Krakoa, Xavier assembles a new team to rescue them, including Banshee, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Wolverine. Sentience is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. It is an important concept in the philosophy of Animal rights, in buddhist philosophy and in Krakoa is a Fictional character in Marvel Comics, commonly associated with the X-Men. Banshee ( Sean Cassidy) was a Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. Colossus ( Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Nightcrawler ( Kurt Wagner) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Universe. Storm ( Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, née Munroe is a Fictional character that appears in a number of Comic books published by Marvel Comics. After the mission, the older team of X-Men, except for Cyclops, leave the school, believing they no longer belong there, and Xavier mentors the new X-Men. ^[29][30]

Xavier forms a psychic bond across galaxies with Princess Lilandra from the Shi'ar Empire. Lilandra Neramani is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. The Shi'ar, pronounced /ʃiː'ɑːɹ/ ("Shee-ARR" are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. When they finally meet, it is love at first sight. She implores the professor to stop her mad brother, Shi'ar Emperor D'Ken, and he instantly aids her by deploying his X-Men. D'Ken Neramani is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. When Jean Grey returns from the Savage Land to tell him that all the X-Men are dead, he shuts down the school and travels with Lilandra to her kingdom, where she is crowned Empress and he is treated like a child or a trophy husband. ^[31][32]

Xavier senses the changes taking place in Jean Grey, and returns to Earth to help. Shortly thereafter he battles his pupil after she becomes Dark Phoenix and destroys a populated planet in the Shi'ar Empire. The Dark Phoenix Saga is an extended X-Men storyline in the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, focusing on Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force It hurts Xavier to be on the opposite side of Lilandra, but he has no other choice but to challenge the Shi'ar Imperial Guard to a duel over the fate of the Phoenix. Xavier would have lost against the greater power of the Dark Phoenix, but thanks to the help Jean Grey gives him (fighting her Phoenix persona), Xavier emerges victorious; she later commits suicide in order to prevent herself from endangering more innocent lives. ^[33]

The Brood

When the X-Men fight members of the extraterrestrial race known as the Brood, Xavier is captured by them, and implanted with a Brood egg, which places Xavier under the Brood's control. The Brood are a race of Insect -like parasitic, extraterrestrial beings that appear in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics, During this time, Xavier assembles a team of younger mutants called The New Mutants, secretly intended to be prime hosts for reproduction of the aliens. The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics Superhero teams as well as the title of two series featuring those teams The X-Men discover this and return to free Xavier, but they are too late to prevent his body from being destroyed with a Brood Queen in its place, however, his soul remains intact. The X-Men and Starjammers subdue this monstrous creature containing Xavier's essence, but the only way to restore him is to clone a new body using tissue samples he donated to the Starjammers. The Starjammers are a Fictional team of space pirates from the pages of the X-Men Comic books published by Marvel Comics This new body possesses functional legs, though the psychosomatic pain Xavier experienced after living so long as a paraplegic takes some time to subside. Psychosomatic medicine is an interdisciplinary medical field studying psychosomatic illness, now more commonly referred to as psychophysiologic illness or disorder Subsequently, he even joins the X-Men in the field, but later decides not to continue this practice after realizing that his place is at the school. ^{[34][35][36][37]}

More Injuries

After taking a teaching position at Columbia University in Uncanny X-Men #192, Xavier is severely injured and left for dead as the victim of a hate crime. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Hate crimes (also known as bias motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain Social group, usually defined Callisto and her Morlocks, a group of underground-dwelling mutants, get him to safety. Callisto is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. The Morlocks are a group of several fictional Comic book mutants associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe One of the Morlocks partially restores Xavier's health, but Callisto warns Xavier that he isn't fully healed and that he must spend more time recuperating and restrain himself from exerting his full strength or powers, or his health might fail again. Xavier hides his injuries from the others and resumes his life. ^[8]

Legion

Charles meets with former lover Gabrielle Haller on Muir Isle and discovers that he is her teenage son's father. Gabrielle Haller is a Fictional character appearing in X-Men stories in the Marvel Comics universe. The boy, David, is autistic and suffers from multiple personality disorder and has vast psionic powers like his father. Legion ( David Charles Haller) is a Marvel Comics character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz. Language development. The terminology Dissociative Identity Disorder ( DID) as defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM After helping him and his team to escape from David's mind, Xavier promises he will always be there for him. ^[38]

Shi'ar Again!

A reformed Magneto is arrested and put on trial. Xavier attends the trial to defend his friend. Andrea and Andreas Strucker, the children of presumed dead Baron von Strucker, crash the courtroom to attack Magneto and Xavier. Xavier is seriously injured. Dying, he asks a shocked Magneto to look after the X-Men for him. Lilandra, who has a psychic bond with Xavier, feels that he is in great danger and heads to Earth. There, she takes Xavier with her so Shi'ar advanced technology can heal him. The Shi'ar, pronounced /ʃiː'ɑːɹ/ ("Shee-ARR" are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. ^[39]

Xavier leaves Magneto in charge of the school, but some of the X-Men are unwilling to forgive their former enemy. Cyclops loses a duel for the leadership of the X-Men against Storm, leaving them, and later, the original five X-Men form a team called X-Factor. X-Factor is an American Comic book series published by Marvel Comics.

In the meantime, Charles becomes stranded in space with the Starjammers, but he is reunited with his lover Lilandra and relishes his carefree lifestyle. Xavier joins Lilandra in her cause to overthrow her sister Deathbird, taking on the powers of Phoenix temporarily wherein he is named Bald Phoenix, but sees that he must return to help the X-Men. Deathbird ( Cal'syee Neramani) is a Marvel Comics Supervillainess, an adversary of the X-Men. ^[40][41][42]

X-Cutioner's Song

A healthy Xavier returns from the Shi'ar Empire and resumes his responsibilities. In a battle with his old foe, the Shadow King, in the "Muir Island Saga", Xavier’s back is broken, returning him to his former paraplegic state. The Shadow King is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Muir Island Saga is a five-part Marvel Comics crossover event involving the X-Men and X-Factor, published in 1991 In the following months, Xavier rebuilds the mansion, which previously was rebuilt with Shi'ar technology, and restructures the X-Men into two teams. ^[43][44]

While holding a mutant rights speech, Xavier is nearly assassinated by Stryfe in the guise of Cable, being infected with a fatal techno-organic virus. Stryfe is a Supervillain that appears in the fictional Marvel universe. Cable is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the fictional Marvel Universe, the Legacy Virus was a devastating plague that ripped through the mutant population killing hundreds and mutating so For reasons of his own, the villain Apocalypse saves him. As a temporary side-effect he gains full use of his legs and devotes his precious time to the youngest recruit on his team, Jubilee. Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine associated with the X-Men. ^[45][46]

Generation X and the Xavier Institute For Higher Learning

With all his students now highly trained adults, Professor Xavier renames his school the Xavier Institute For Higher Learning. Also, he assumes control of a private institution, the Massachusetts Academy, making it a new School for Gifted Youngsters. Another group of young mutants is trained here, Generation X, with Banshee and Emma Frost as headmaster and headmistress, respectively. Generation X is a term used to describe generations in the United States and other countries born between the approximate years of 1965 to 1981 the late 1950s and 1960s or Emma Grace Frost is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. ^[47]

Onslaught

Professor X is for a time the unknowing host of the evil psionic entity Onslaught, the result of a previous battle with Magneto. Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In that battle, Magneto uses his powers to rip out the adamantium bonded to Wolverine's skeleton, and a furious Xavier wipes Magneto's mind, leaving him in a coma. Adamantium is a fictional metallic or crystalline substance which has seen extensive use in comics cartoons and video games ^[48][15][49] From the psychic trauma of Xavier using his powers so violently and the mixing of Magneto's and Xavier's repressed anger, Onslaught is born. Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Onslaught wreaks havoc, destroying much of Manhattan, until many of Marvel's superheroes—including the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the Hulk—destroy him. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. This article is about the comic book character and series For all other media appearances see Hulk in other media. ^[50] Xavier is left without his telepathy and, overcome with guilt, leaves the X-Men and is incarcerated for his actions. ^[51][52][53] He later returns to the X-Men after Operation: Zero Tolerance, in which he is shocked by the cruel act of being turned over to the mutant-hating Bastion, and following a clash with the sentient Cerebro and a team of impostor X-Men. Operation Zero Tolerance is an event that transpired shortly after the Onslaught Saga in the Marvel Universe. Bastion is a Supervillain that appears in the Fictional Marvel Universe. Cerebro's X-Men are a Fictional team of supervillains who appeared in both Marvel Comics ' Uncanny X-Men and X-Men series ^[54][55][56]

Magneto War

Xavier questions his dream again and Magneto shortly thereafter is confronted by the X-Men. After the battle, the UN concedes Genosha to Magnus, and Wolverine is angered by Xavier stopping him from getting his revenge on Magneto. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Genosha is a Fictional country that has appeared in numerous Comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Charles and Logan are later trapped in a dimension with different laws of physics, wherein they have to coordinate their moves together and, in the process, gain a better understanding of the other's views. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. ^[57][58]

The Twelve and Cadre K

Apocalypse kidnaps the fabled "Twelve", twelve special mutants, Xavier included, whose combined energies would grant him omnipotence. After Apocalypse's defeat with the help of Skrull mutants, Xavier goes with the young Skrulls known as Cadre K to train them and free them from their oppressors, and eventually returns to aid in Legacy Virus research. The Skrulls are a Fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in Publications by Marvel Comics. In the fictional Marvel Universe, the Legacy Virus was a devastating plague that ripped through the mutant population killing hundreds and mutating so ^{[59][60][61][62]}

Moira's death

Mystique and her Brotherhood start a deadly assault on Muir Isle by releasing an altered form of the Legacy Virus, all in retaliation against the election campaign of Robert Kelly, a seeming mutant-hater. Robert Kelly may refer to one of these people In entertainment Robert Kelker-Kelly (born 1964 American soap opera actor Robert Mystique blows up Moira MacTaggert's laboratory complex, fatally wounding her. Charles goes to the astral plane to meet with her and retrieve information on the cure to the Legacy Virus, but after gathering the information does not want to leave her alone. If not for Jean pulling him back, the professor would have died with his first love, who states she has no regrets. ^[62]

Crucifixion

As the Legacy Virus is cured, many infected Genoshan mutants recover overnight, providing Magneto, current ruler of Genosha, with an army to start the third World War. He demands Earth's governments to accept him as their leader, and abducts and crucifies Xavier in Magda Square for all to see. Though a loyal member of Magneto's Acolytes, Amelia Voght can't stand to see her former lover punished in such a manner and sets him free. The Acolytes is a team of Comic book mutant Supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. Jean Grey and rather untrained newcomers, as most of the team are elsewhere, distract Magneto and Wolverine guts him. Xavier is too late to intervene. ^[63]

Cassandra Nova

Xavier's evil twin Cassandra Nova, whom Xavier attempted to kill while they were both in their mother's womb, orders a group of rogue Sentinels to destroy the independent mutant nation of Genosha. Evil twins are antagonists found in many different Fictional Genres They are physical copies of Protagonists but with radically inverted Cassandra Nova is a Fictional enemy of the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe. Magneto, who is Genosha's leader, appears to die along with the vast majority of the nation's inhabitants. Nova then takes over Xavier's body. Posing as Xavier, she reveals his mutation to the world, something he needed to do but did not want to sully his reputation over,^[64] before going into space and crippling the Shi'ar Empire. The X-Men restore Xavier, but Lilandra, believing that too much disaster has come from the Shi'ar's involvement with the X-Men, annuls her marriage to Xavier. Lilandra previously had gone insane and tried to assassinate Charles on a trip to Mumbai. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial During this period, a mutant named Xorn joins the X-Men. This entry is for the X-Men character For the Dungeons & Dragons creature see Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons. Xorn uses his healing power to restore Xavier's use of his legs. ^[65]

Juggernaut reformed

When the X-Men receive a distress call from a Scottish island, they are surprised to find Juggernaut with nowhere to go, as the island was destroyed by his further mutated partner in crime, Black Tom Cassidy, who died. "Black Tom" Cassidy ( Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy) is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men, and Archenemy Xavier reaches out to his stepbrother and offers him a place in his mansion, with Cain reluctantly accepting. The Juggernaut redeems himself over the next few weeks and joins the X-Men. Xavier finds out that Cain's father preferred him to his own flesh and blood and that they both thought they deserved the abuse they incurred by Kurt; Cain believed this because his father loved someone else's child more than him, and Charles felt guilty about getting in the way. That it is why neither of them stopped Kurt Marko with their powers. ^[66]

X-Corporation and "Xorn's" Betrayal

Now outed as a mutant, Xavier makes speeches to the public about mutant tolerance. He also founds the X-Corporation, or X-Corp (not to be confused with the X-Corps), with offices all over the world. The X-Corps is a fictional team created by Marvel Comics. Whether they were good or bad was left up to debate even within the X-Men, but the team acted as a mutant The purpose of the X-Corp is to watch over mutant rights and help mutants in need. As a result of being outed, the school no longer hides the fact that it is a school for mutants and it opens its doors for more mutant (and even human) students to come in. A student named Quentin Quire and members of his gang start a riot at the Xavier Institute during an open house at the school. As a result, Quire and two other students are killed. Uncertain about his dream's validity, Xavier announces that he will step down as headmaster and be succeeded by Jean Grey. Afterwards, Xorn reveals himself to be Magneto, having apparently not died in the Sentinel raid on Genosha. "Magneto" re-paralyzes Xavier, kidnaps him, and destroys the X-Mansion (killing several of the students). Then Xorn/Magneto assaults New York, where Cyclops, Fantomex and a few students confront him. After the rest of the X-Men arrive, Wolverine decapitates Xorn/Magneto, who shortly before killed Jean with an electromagnetically induced stroke. With Jean dead, Xavier leaves the school to Cyclops and Emma Frost, to bury Xorn/Magneto in Genosha. There he meets the real Magneto, who mysteriously survived Cassandra Nova's assault. The two resolve their differences and attempt to restore their friendship, leading a team of mutants, "The Genoshan Excalibur," to rebuild and restore order to the destroyed island nation. ^[67][68]

"Danger"

At the mansion, the Danger Room, the X-Men’s simulated reality training chamber, gains sentience, christens itself "Danger", assumes a humanoid form, and attacks the X-Men before leaving to kill Xavier. Simulated reality is the proposition that Reality could be simulated—perhaps by Computer simulation —to a degree indistinguishable from "true" Reality Sentience is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. It is an important concept in the philosophy of Animal rights, in buddhist philosophy and in With Magneto's help, Xavier holds off Danger until the X-Men arrive. Danger flees, but not before revealing to Colossus that Xavier has known it to be sentient ever since he upgraded it. Colossus is especially offended by this because he had been held captive and experimented upon by Danger's ally, Ord of the Breakworld. Ashamed, Xavier tries to explain to them that by the time he realized what was happening, he could see no other course. The disgusted X-Men leave. ^[69][70][71]

House of M

Magneto's daughter, the Scarlet Witch, suffers a mental breakdown and causes the death of several Avengers. The Scarlet Witch ( Wanda Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Avengers Disassembled, referred to in some participating series as Disassembled, is a crossover event between several Marvel Comics Magneto brings her to Xavier and asks him to use his mental powers to help her. Although aided by Dr. Strange and the appearance of Cassandra Nova, Xavier is unsuccessful. Doctor Strange is a Fictional character, a Comic book sorcerer and Superhero in the. Xavier orders a meeting of the X-Men and Avengers to decide Wanda's fate. ^[72] Her brother Quicksilver, believing the heroes plan to kill her, speeds off to Genosha and convinces Wanda that she could right the wrongs she inflicted by using her powers to alter reality. Quicksilver ( Pietro Django Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Wanda somehow forces a tearful Xavier to reveal to her the heart's desires of Magneto, the assembled New Avengers, and the X-Men, then uses her powers to make them all real. Thanks to Magneto, though, this reimagined world is a place where a much more numerous mutantkind are the dominant species, humans a disenfranchised and oppressed 'silent majority', and Magneto himself rules supreme. In this reality, the only proof that Charles Xavier ever existed is a secret monument in Magneto's palace garden.

After mutant Layla Miller restores the memories of some of the X-Men and Avengers, they head to Genosha where they discover that Magneto has erected a memorial garden for Xavier commemorating his death. Layla Rose Miller is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. They are horrified until Cloak fades into the grave and discovers there is no body inside. Cloak and Dagger ( Tyrone "Ty" Johnson & Tandy Bowen) are a fictional Comic book Superhero duo in the Marvel Comics After a battle, Scarlet Witch again uses her powers to restore reality and, as a slight against her father, causes 91. 4 percent of mutants to lose their powers, leaving the mutant race on the brink of extinction and causing the lost powers to become an energy mass, the Collective. This entry is for the X-Men character For the Dungeons & Dragons creature see Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons. With reality restored, Xavier is still missing and the X-Men are unable to detect him with Cerebro^[73].

Vulcan

It is revealed that prior to sending the new team of X-Men to rescue the others on Krakoa, he had sent another team comprised of Moira's students, one of whom was Cyclops' and Havok's long-lost brother Vulcan. Vulcan ( Gabriel Summers) is a Fictional Comic book Character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ^[74] After the team freed Cyclops and Vulcan revealed their connection, the team was killed. Cyclops escaped, but when he made it back to Xavier, Xavier wiped the traumatizing knowledge that his newfound brother had died saving him from Cyclops' brain. He then assembled another new team of X-Men to rescue the others on Krakoa, and no one else knew anything about Moira's students.

Later, when the Collective energy mass revives Vulcan, the enraged youth attacks the X-Men, causing Xavier to come out of hiding. He has had the use of his legs restored to him after the "House of M" reality was undone, presumably by Wanda, although he is no longer a mutant and has lost his mental powers. Vulcan gets Xavier to tell the X-Men what he had done. After Vulcan is defeated and flies off into space, Cyclops tells Xavier that he is no longer wanted at the X-Mansion for what he did, though some of the other students are more forgiving. Persona non grata ( Latin, Plural: personae non gratae, also abbreviated PNG literally meaning "an unwelcome person" is a term used In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion, the common name for the Xavier Mansion, is the base of operations and training site of the

In spite of Cyclops' feelings, Xavier nevertheless forms a new team consisting of Havok, Nightcrawler, Marvel Girl III, Polaris, Warpath and Darwin^[75] to confront Vulcan before he can enact his vengeance against the Shi'ar empire. Havok ( Alexander "Alex" Summers) is a Fictional Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. Rachel Summers (who now calls herself Rachel Grey and Marvel Girl) is a fictional character a Marvel Comics Superheroine created by writer Polaris ( Lorna Dane) is a Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. James Proudstar, previously known as the second Thunderbird but also known as Warpath is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Superhero Darwin ( Armando Muñoz) is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe While en route to the Shi'ar home world, he is abducted by agents of the Shi'ar Vice Chancellor K'Tor. He is later thrown into the M'Kraan Crystal by Vulcan after Vulcan's marriage to Deathbird on the World With No Name. In the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, the M'Kraan Crystal (pronounced "EM-kron" "MA-crayon" or "MA-craan" as in Marvel Darwin follows Charles into the crystal and pulls him out. This somehow restores his lost telepathy, and then he, Nightcrawler, Warpath, Darwin and Hepzibah escape to Earth, with help from his lover, Lilandra. Hepzibah is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe This leaves Havok, Polaris and Rachel behind but they form a new Starjammers with Ch'od, Raza and Korvus. Ch'od is a Fictional character in Marvel Comics ' Shared universe, the Marvel Universe, usually seen in the X-Men series and The Starjammers are a Fictional team of space pirates from the pages of the X-Men Comic books published by Marvel Comics ^[76][77]

Return To Earth

Upon returning, he begins a search for his missing associate Magneto, hoping to find him before the US government does. He is still team leader and his team now consists of Nightcrawler, Warpath, Storm, Hepzibah and Caliban. Caliban is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe. The character's first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #148

Xavier talks to Val Cooper about what has happened to Caliban and how the O*N*E wants him. Valerie "Val" Cooper is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe who currently works for the Office of National Emergency Later while the rest of the team begin looking for the Morlocks, who have been taken control of by Masque, who is also looking for Magneto, Charles and Nightcrawler leave in a X-Jet to find Magneto. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ^[78] They are unnoticed by the Sentinels as Xavier places some sort of cloaking device on the plane. Charles and Kurt travel to where someone claimed to see Erik. They arrive at a graveyard in Germany and they find out that Erik was looking at the headstone of one of his former loyal henchmen who had died since M-Day. Their search is cut short once they find out the Morlocks plan to blow up a church. The team stops the Morlocks and returns to the mansion.

World War Hulk

Charles' search for more mutants is interrupted by the Hulk, who wishes to see him. World War Hulk is a Comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2007, featuring the Hulk. Those who need it are re-directed to the subbasement for protection. The X-Men on hand are defeated. Before a back-up team arrives, Xavier confronts the Hulk. He looks into Hulk's mind and sees what happened to him and is shocked. The Hulk asks him a question: "What would he have said if he'd been there?", referring to the Illuminati's decision on his own fate during a clandestine meeting.

The Professor then admits to the Hulk and to the X-Men, that he would have banished the Hulk for some extended time for the Illuminati to find a cure, but would not have agreed to permanent exile. He confesses to them that he made some mistakes that harmed his students, so he is willing to give himself up. However the X-Men, now seeing their mentor conceding his mistake, are not willing to give up the Professor without a fight. While the Hulk is winning, the escaping students telepathically call for X-Factor, Uncanny X-Men, and Excalibur. Excalibur member Cain Marko, the former Juggernaut, teleports into battle. He and Wolverine are swiftly defeated. ^[79]

The Hulk tries to fight off the extended X-family, as Jamie Madrox and his duplicates gather up the X-Men. Jamie Madrox, also called the Multiple Man, is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Superhero, associated with the X-Men Various attempts are made to slow the Hulk down, from implanting him with knives to crashing the Blackbird into him. The Blackbird (also nicknamed X-Jet) is the aircraft used by the fictional superhero team the X-Men. Cain makes a last plea with the Cyttorak gem to re-power him, but it is unable to do so until Cain embraces his former identity. After he does so the Juggernaut returns to full power and both entities stall each other. The Juggernaut is momentarily distracted by Xavier and since the Hulk is short on time before the countdown, the latter simply decides to use the Juggernaut's nearly unstoppable momentum against him by stepping out of the way in combination with an additional push, letting him walk deep into the nearby lake.

With his opponent temporarily disposed of, the Hulk heads towards Xavier, who once again surrenders. The X-Men rally again. The New X-Men member Mercury attacks, and the brief battle leads them towards the graveyard housing all mutants passed away since M-day. Mercury ( Cessily "Cess" Kincaid) is a Fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, a member of the student body at the

With Mercury's words The Hulk reaches the conclusion that both Xavier and the X-Men have suffered enough, and leaves the mansion in peace. During the aftermath, the Juggernaut warns Xavier not to follow him, as he isn't going to like what he sees. The mini-series ends with Cyclops overseeing the care of the wounded, dealing with the injuries without Xavier's help. However, Cyclops is also seen reaching out to comfort Xavier as well.

Secret Invasion

Professor X was at the meeting of the Illuminati when it came to the discussion about the Skrulls planning an invasion by taking out Earth's heroes and posing as them. Secret Invasion is a Comic book Limited series and crossover storyline that began in April 2008 published by Marvel Comics. He claims he was unable to distinguish that Black Bolt had been replaced by a Skrull. Black Bolt is a Fictional character that appears in publications by Marvel Comics. The Skrulls are a Fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in Publications by Marvel Comics.

Messiah Complex

While using Cerebro and talking to Beast, Charles detects a new mutant so powerful it fries Cerebra's system. He asks Cyclops to send out a team to find out about the mutant. Once the team have come back empty handed, he argues with Scott for not telling him about the team he deployed to find former Acolytes. Scott tells him outright that he doesn't need him to run the X-Men anymore. This upsets Charles and annoys him later on when he overhears Cyclops briefing X-Factor on the situation. He also approaches the New X-Men in an attempt to help them figure out a non-violent way to help against the Purifiers, but is quickly rebuked by Surge, who questions where he was when they were getting attacked the first time, and that they didn't need to learn from him. New X-Men refers to two Superhero Comic books published by Marvel Comics within the X-Men franchise Surge ( Noriko "Nori" Ashida) is a Fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Charles questions Cyclops' decision to send X-Force to hunt down his own son, Cable, in front of the students. Cyclops then tells Xavier that he is a distraction that will keep getting in the way and that he must leave the mansion. Xavier is contacted by Cable, who lost the mutant newborn to the traitorous actions of Bishop, who in turn lost the child to the Marauders, and tells him that he is the only one who can help Cable save the future^[80]. Cable is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Bishop ( Lucas Bishop) is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Superhero who is a member of the X-Men. The Marauders are a Fictional group of Supervillains that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the final fight, Xavier is accidentally shot in the head by Bishop. Immediately afterward Xavier's body disappears and Cyclops declares that there are no more X-Men.

X-Men: Legacy

It is revealed that Professor Xavier survived the gunshot inflicted by Bishop but he is in a coma^[81]. He is kidnapped by Exodus with the help of Tempo and a now unpossessed Karima Shapandar. Exodus tried to heal Xavier but while in the coma, Xavier fights Exodus. In the end, Exodus approaches Magneto himself, who is apparently still depowered.

Magneto and Karima Shapandar are able to stir out Xavier's memories, coaxing him out of his coma, but slightly confused and partly amnesiac. Omega Sentinel ( Karima Shapandar) is a Fictional character associated with the X-Men and its spinoff Excalibur. Later, as Exodus confronts Magneto about Joanna Cargill's fate (previously Magneto was forced to fire a surgical laser beam in her eye, brain damaging her, to thwart her attempted killing of Xavier), and he's about to kill him, Xavier drags him on the Astral Plane, putting his own restored mind at stake. Joanna Cargill, also known as Frenzy, is a Fictional character, a mutant Supervillainess in the Marvel Comics universe After a harrowing psionic battle between the two, Xavier defeated Exodus, who revealed to him that the reason he abducted and restored his mind is that he wanted Xavier to lead the Acolytes and find the mutant messiah child (now under the guardianship of Cable) in order to indoctrinate her into their cause. Xavier, disgusted with Exodus' words, calls him a fool and refuses to help him. After he, Magneto and Karima depart from the Acolytes' base, he leaves them both in order to try and regain his lost memories by visiting people from his past. During the battle between him and Exodus, Emma's telepathy picks up on the fight, realizes that Xavier is alive and tells Cyclops. ^[82]

The first person Charles visit is Carter Ryking, who had gone insane asfter losing his powers. Hazard ( Carter Alexander Ryking) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe Charles reads Carter's memories and discovers that when the two were children they were used as test subjects by one Nathan Milbury, with the approval of Charles' father, Doctor Brian Xavier, also a member of the Black Womb Project. Mister Sinister is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Afterwards, he discovered he's been targeted by assassins. ^[83] During Carter's memory, Mister Sinister's energy diamond is seen on Milbury's forehead which, along with the name, indicate that Milbury is Mister Sinister and has also been manipulating Charles's life as well.

Powers and abilities

Professor X is a mutant who possesses vast telepathic powers, and is among the most powerful telepaths in the Marvel Universe

Professor X is able to perceive the thoughts of others or project his own thoughts within a radius of approximately 250 miles (402 km). The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place With extreme effort, he can greatly extend the range of his telepathy. He can learn foreign languages by reading the language centers of the brain of someone adept, and alternately "teach" languages to others in the same manner; Xavier once trained a new group of mutants mentally, subjectively making them experience months of training together, while only hours passed in the real world. ^[84]

He can manipulate the minds of others, warp perceptions to make himself seem invisible, project illusions, cause loss of particular memories, and induce pain or temporary mental and/or physical paralysis. Within close range, he can manipulate almost any number of minds for such simple feats. However, he can only take full possession of one other mind at a time, and must strictly be within that person's physical presence. He has displayed telepathic prowess sufficient to confront Ego the Living Planet, while aided by Cadre K^[85] as well as confront and narrowly defeat Exodus. Ego the Living Planet is a Fictional extraterrestrial being that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Skrulls are a Fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in Publications by Marvel Comics. Exodus is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ^[86]

He can cause total amnesia. He can also project powerful mental 'bolts,' enabling him to stun the mind of another person into unconsciousness or even cause death. These 'bolts' inflict damage only upon other minds, having a negligible effect on non-mental beings, if any. The manner in which Xavier's powers function indicates that his telepathy is physical in some way, as it can be enhanced by physical means (e. g. , Cerebro) and can be disrupted by physical means (e. g. , Magneto's alteration of the Earth's magnetic field).

Xavier can perceive the distinct mental presence/brain waves of other superhuman mutants within a small radius of himself. To detect mutants beyond this radius, he must amplify his powers through Cerebro and subsequently Cerebra, machines of his own design which are sensitive to the psychic/physical energies produced by the mind. Professor X also possesses low-level telekinetic abilities, though these seem to no longer exist. They seem to be part of his genes however, as Cassandra Nova has telekinetic abilities and is basically a clone of Xavier.

Professor X can project his 'astral form' into a psychic 'dimension' known as the 'astral plane. ' There, he can use his powers to create objects, control his surroundings, and even control and destroy the astral forms of others. He cannot project this form over long distances.

Uncanny X-Men writer Ed Brubaker has claimed that, after being de-powered by the Scarlet Witch,^[87][88] and then re-powered by the M'Kraan Crystal, Charles' telepathy is more powerful than was previously known. Ed Brubaker (born November 17 1966 is an Eisner Award -winning American Cartoonist and Writer. The Scarlet Witch ( Wanda Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, the M'Kraan Crystal (pronounced "EM-kron" "MA-crayon" or "MA-craan" as in Marvel However, the extent of this enhancement is unknown. ^[89]

Charles is a genius with multiple doctorates. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement He is a world-renowned geneticist, an expert in mutation, possesses considerable knowledge of life sciences, and is the inventor of Cerebro. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means In the Marvel Comics universe, Cerebro ( Spanish and Portuguese for " Brain " is a device that ^[6]

During his travels in Asia, Xavier learned martial arts, acquiring "refined combat skills" according to Magneto. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. When these skills are coordinated in tandem with his telepathic abilities, Xavier is a dangerous unarmed combatant, capable of sensing the intentions of others and countering them with superhuman efficiency. Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer He also has extensive knowledge of pressure points. A pressure point in the field of Martial arts represents an area on the human body that when contacted produces significant pain or some other effect ^[90]

Dark side

In a number of comics, especially more so in recent years, Xavier is shown to have a dark side, a part of himself that he struggles to suppress. Perhaps the most notable appearance of this character element is in the Onslaught storyline, in which the crossover event's antagonist is a physical manifestation of that dark side. Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete Fictional characters, settings or universes into the context of a single Also, Onslaught is created in the most violent act Xavier claims to have done: erasing the mind of Magneto. In X-Men #106 (August 1977), the new X-Men fight images of the original team, which have been created by what Xavier says is his "evil self . . . who would use his powers for personal gain and conquest," which he says he is normally able to keep in check. In the 1984 four-part series titled The X-Men and the Micronauts, Xavier's dark desires manifest themselves as the Entity and threaten to destroy the Micronauts' universe.

In other instances, Xavier is shown to be secretive and manipulative. During the Onslaught storyline, the X-Men find Xavier's files, the "Xavier Protocols", which detail how to kill many of the characters, including Xavier himself, should the need ever arise, such as if they went rogue. Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Xavier Protocols are a fictional set of doomsday plans in the created by Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men. ^[91] Astonishing X-Men vol. Astonishing X-Men is the name of three X-Men comic books from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were Limited series. 3, #12 (August 2005) reveals that when Xavier realizes that the Danger Room has become sentient, he keeps it trapped and experiments on it for years, an act that Cyclops calls "the oppression of a new life" and equates to humanity's treatment of mutants. The Danger Room is a fictional training facility built for the X-Men of Marvel Comics as part of the various incarnations of the X-Mansion. In X-Men: Deadly Genesis #6, a de-powered Xavier is forced to admit that he had sent a group of hastily trained young mutants to Krakoa to save the original X-Men, resulting in their deaths. X-Men Deadly Genesis is the name of a Comic book Limited series published by Marvel Comics in late 2005 and early 2006 Krakoa is a Fictional character in Marvel Comics, commonly associated with the X-Men. Because one of the mutants is Cyclops' brother Vulcan, Xavier erased Cyclops' memory of the event. Cyclops ( Scott Summers) is a Fictional character, a Superhero that is the field leader of the X-Men in the. Vulcan ( Gabriel Summers) is a Fictional Comic book Character in the Marvel Comics Universe. He further manipulated the rescue team of new X-Men by making them think the meaningless noises the island made were intelligible speech—evidence that the island was alive—to match the new memories he had given Cyclops.

Xavier has multiple secrets that he hides from the X-Men beyond the Krakoa and Danger incidents. Since the inception of the X-Men, he has created and maintained a network of mutant espionage agents to work in dealings that are too dubious for the public eye of the X-Men, even entrapping Mystique into helping him (even though she killed his dear friend, Moira McTaggert). He has also been part of the secret Illuminati society responsible for shooting Bruce Banner into space.

In the Mutant X comic book series, set outside the Marvel Universe continuity, Xavier travels the world capturing telepaths for the purpose of stealing their mental energy. Xavier takes control of S. H. I. E. L. D. , captures Gambit's daughter, and attempts to kill the X-Men with a nuclear strike. An alternate-reality version of Xavier is the enemy in the first story arc of the Exiles series. This article is about the Marvel Comics series for other uses in comics see Exiles (comics The Exiles are a group of Fictional characters In Ultimate X-Men, Xavier frequently lies to other characters, including the X-Men, or even manipulates them when he feels it is necessary. Xavier tells the American president that he has killed Magneto, but instead he has blocked Magneto's memories and created a new personality and memories for him, along with a new life working with mentally challenged children. In issue #65, unbeknownst to the rest of the team, he directs Angel to become his mole in Emma Frost's Academy of Tomorrow in the guise of expelling the student. In Ultimate X-Men #58, he defuses a hostage situation by hiring the mutant bank robbers for a mission in which the X-Men cannot be implicated, and making the police believe they have killed them.

In the film X-Men: The Last Stand, Wolverine questions Xavier's ethics when he discovers that the professor instituted mental blocks in the mind of Jean Grey to subdue her uncontrollable powers, thus creating her alternate personality, the Phoenix. X-Men The Last Stand is a 2006 Superhero film and the third in the X-Men series Ethics is a major branch of Philosophy, encompassing right conduct and good life Xavier states that he does not have to answer to him and that he chose the lesser of two evils, as the Phoenix persona is dangerous. The Dark Phoenix Saga is an extended X-Men storyline in the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, focusing on Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force

Romantic interests

A brilliant student intent on undertaking graduate studies, Xavier enters England's Oxford University, where he meets and falls in love with a young Scotswoman named Moira Kinross with a brilliant mind that matches his own. Dr Moira Kinross MacTaggert (sometimes spelled MacTaggart McTaggart or McTaggert is a Fictional character appearing in X-Men stories in the Marvel Comics Their passionate discussions on genetic mutation give way to an equally passionate romance. They plan to be married, but after finishing his work at Oxford, Xavier is drafted and sent to Asia. It has also been hinted that Mister Sinister interferes with Moira's and Xavier's relationship as he is posing as a professor at Oxford at the time. Deeply depressed when Moira breaks off their engagement without explanation, Xavier begins traveling abroad after leaving the army. He later discovers that Moira married her old boyfriend Joseph MacTaggert, who abuses her. He eventually renews his friendship with Moira MacTaggert, who is now a renowned geneticist, and they begin discussing the idea of founding a school for mutants. Charles' ex-fiancée turns up as a lifetime friend who interacts with the X-Men often. He nearly follows her to death to be with her when she is fatally injured.

Xavier goes to Haifa, Israel, where he falls in love with Gabrielle Haller, a catatonic Holocaust victim he forces back to awareness. Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with Gabrielle Haller is a Fictional character appearing in X-Men stories in the Marvel Comics universe. Xavier and Haller are unaware when he leaves Israel that she is pregnant with his son, who would become the autistic mutant known as Legion. Legion ( David Charles Haller) is a Marvel Comics character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz. They separate on good terms.

American nurse Amelia Voght helps him recover from his debilitating injuries from his assault by Lucifer in India. Amelia Voght is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men franchise She makes cheering him up in the hospital her pet project. They live together both in Bombay and Westchester, but she then leaves as Xavier gathers students. Xavier feels he failed her, and in a passing "maddened panic" tries to force her to stay, with her feeling betrayed. He encounters her again as an Acolyte of Magneto, and eventually she saves his life.

Charles becomes romantically interested in Teri Martin, the mother of a young mutant girl he is trying to help, after the Z'Nox incident, but he decides that he has no room for romance at the time (X-Men: Hidden Years #1-22).

Shi'ar Princess-Majestrix Lilandra forms an intense psychic bond with Xavier across the vast distance that separates their two planets, which leads her to him after she flees her Empire, in search of help against her villainous brother. The Shi'ar, pronounced /ʃiː'ɑːɹ/ ("Shee-ARR" are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. Lilandra Neramani is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Xavier has dreamt of her and Lilandra has known they were soul mates. They fall in love at first sight. Later, he helps overthrow her sister as well to return the throne to Lilandra. They are wed until the Shi'ar Counsel annuls their marriage on the grounds that involvement with Xavier has caused trouble for the Empire. However, as seen in the recent Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire storyline, Lilandra still loves him, despite their troubles. No child has resulted from the union in the canon universe (he and Lilandra do have a child together in X-Men: The End).

In one instance in the start of Uncanny X-Men (issue #3), Professor X privately reflects upon his love for Jean Grey, but does not pursue it due to his feeling inadequate about being in a wheelchair, and the age difference and sacredness of the teacher-student relationship. Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics Comic book series for the X-Men franchise Jean Grey-Summers ( née Jean Grey is a Fictional Comic book superheroine appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. ^[92] Although Xavier never again displays a romantic interest in Jean, the idea that he once entertained this thought becomes one of his "dark secrets" and is revisited when the Professor's dark side manifests in the form of Onslaught and reveals it to Jean. Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. There is debate, however, that it is more a loving father-figure relationship, as Professor X has known Jean from the age of 11. He also loves her in Ultimate X-Men as it is said in the Phoenix arc and in the Cable arc.

Inspirations

Professor Xavier's character development has been inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.,^[93] and from inspection of the name, may also be a derivative of St. Francis Xavier, Marie François Xavier Bichat, or Charles Xavier from Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 book Pale Fire. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco Marie François Xavier Bichat ( November 14, 1771 - July 22 1802) French Anatomist and Physiologist, was born This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. Pale Fire (1962 is a Novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a poem titled "Pale Fire" by John Shade, a fictional author Writer Scott Lobdell established Xavier's middle name to be Francis in Uncanny X-Men #328 (January 1996). Scott Lobdell (born 1963 is an American Comic book writer He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics ' X-Men-related titles

Stan Lee has stated that the physical inspiration of Professor Xavier was from Academy Award-winning actor Yul Brynner. Yul Brynner (July 11 1920 – October 10 1985 was a Russian born Actor of stage and film, perhaps best known for his portrayal of the

Alternate versions

Main article: Alternate versions of Professor X

In other media

Main article: Professor X in other media

Toys

Professor X has been released as a figure by Toybiz a total of five times, once in 1993, three times with the movie release including two variants, and once in the Marvel Legends series 9. In addition to his mainstream incarnation Professor X has had been depicted in other Fictional universes. This is a list of all non- comics media appearances of Professor X. This article is about the action figure line of Marvel characters

See also

• Niles Caulder is the paraplegic leader of the original Doom Patrol. The Chief ( Dr Niles Caulder) is a Fictional character from DC Comics and the leader of the Doom Patrol. The Doom Patrol is a Fictional Superhero team appearing in publications from DC Comics. Like Professor X, Caulder recruits a group of reluctant outcasts to fight crime. Much has been made in the striking similarities between these two characters. They both share a dark side; Caulder, however, surrenders to his dark side while Professor X tries to suppress his. Their respective enemies are also similarly named: the X-Men fight the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, while the Doom Patrol fight the Brotherhood of Evil. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (邪悪な変異体の同胞団 jaaku na hen'i karada no douhou dan also known as " The Brotherhood " and Brotherhood of Mutants For the team of mutant terrorists see Brotherhood of Mutants The Brotherhood of Evil is a Fictional group of DC Comics However, because of their close proximity to release (roughly a month), there is little merit to the argument that one is a copy of the other, and can be marked up as a coincidence, akin to the similarities between Swamp Thing and Man-Thing. The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy The Man-Thing is a Fictional character in the, created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow
• Mister X (Marvel Comics)

References

Sources

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• Barney-Hawke, Syd, Moreels, Eric J. ( April 1, 2003). Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Marvel Encyclopedia Volume 2: X-Men. Marvel Comics. ISBN 0-785-11199-9.
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• Marvel Entertainment ( May 7, 2003). Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game. Marvel Comics. ISBN 0-785-11028-3.

External links

• Uncanny X-Men.Net Spotlight On Professor X
• X-Men Fan Site - Mutant of the Month: Professor X

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