

Its first group of students was the original X-Men ( Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Angel, and Beast).

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. Xavier's goals are to promote the peaceful affirmation of mutant rights, to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans, to protect mutants from violent humans, and to protect society from antagonistic mutants, including his old friend, Magneto. Writer Scott Lobdell established Xavier's middle name to be Francis in Uncanny X-Men #328 (January 1996). Professor Xavier's character development has been inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. Stan Lee has stated that the physical inspiration of Professor Xavier was from Academy Award-winning actor Yul Brynner. ( March 2017)Ĭreated by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, Professor X first appeared in X-Men #1 (September 1963). Stewart again returned to the role, portraying an alternate version of the character in the 2022 MCU film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Harry Lloyd portrayed the character in the third season of the television series Legion. Stewart would reprise the role in the film Logan (2017), while McAvoy would further appear as his younger iteration of the character in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Dark Phoenix (2019). Both actors reprised the role in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past. Patrick Stewart portrayed the character in the first three films in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film series and in various video games, while James McAvoy portrayed a younger version of the character in the 2011 prequel X-Men: First Class. The fictionalized plight of mutantkind faced with intolerance and prejudice was meant to illuminate to audiences of the day what was transpiring across the United States and to promote ideals of tolerance and equality for all. The character's creation and development occurred during the civil rights struggle of the early 1960s Xavier's first appearance was in 1963. and the American civil rights struggle, whereas Magneto is often compared with the more militant civil rights activist Malcolm X. Xavier's actions and goals have been compared to those of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Instead, he has presented his platform of uncompromising pacifism to see his dream to fruition – one that seeks to live harmoniously alongside humanity with full civil rights and equality for mutants. He has devised Cerebro and other equipment to enhance psionic powers and detect and track people with the mutant gene.įrom a social policy and philosophical perspective, Xavier deeply resents the violent methods of those like his former close friend and occasional enemy, the supervillain Magneto. One of the world's most powerful mutant telepaths, Xavier is a scientific genius and a leading authority in genetics. Throughout much of the character's history in comics, Xavier is a paraplegic using a standard or modified wheelchair. Xavier also strives to serve a greater good by promoting peaceful coexistence and equality between humans and mutants in a world where zealous anti-mutant bigotry is widespread. To both shelter and train mutants from around the world, he runs a private school in the X-Mansion in Salem Center, located in Westchester County, New York. He is an exceptionally powerful telepath, who can read and control the minds of others. Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). The character is depicted as the founder and sometimes leader of the X-Men. Professor X ( Charles Francis Xavier) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Powerful psychic abilities, including ESP, telepathy, and mental-manipulation.
