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). 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. 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. Writer Chris Claremont, who originated Magneto's backstory as well as the relationship between the two men, modeled his characterization of Xavier on David Ben Gurion, and that of Magneto on Menachem Begin. Xavier's pacifist and assimilationist ideology and actions have often been contrasted with that of Magneto, a mutant leader (initially characterized as a supervillain and later as a complex antihero) with whom Xavier has a complicated relationship. He has devised Cerebro and other equipment to enhance psionic powers and detect and track people with the mutant gene. 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. The character is depicted as the founder and occasional leader of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). Professor X ( Charles Francis Xavier) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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