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Charles Xavier is Professor X, head of the X-Men and founder the Xavier Institute for mutants. His telepathy makes him one of the world's strongest mutants.
Origin and Early Life
Juggernaut
Charles Xavier was born into a wealthy family and was the son of a nuclear researcher. After his father's death, Charles mother married Kurt Marko. Kurt had a son from another marriage (a cruel child by the name of Cain, who would later become the Juggernaut) and this was when Charles was discovering his powers of telepathy and found out that Kurt only wanted to marry his mother because of money. Soon after, Kurt neglects Sharon, driving her to alcoholism and starts abusing both the children. Cain was also abusive towards Charles and uses his powers to understand why he is this way, but this only makes Cain more aggressive towards him. Sharon soon passes away and a fight erupts between the two children. Charles' lab equipment explodes and both wounded, Kurt saves them both. Charles was a gifted child and entered college when he was 16. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology within 2 years and did post-graduate studies in Oxford, earning a degree in biophysics and genetics.
Moira MacTaggert
At graduate school, he meets a lady called Moira Kinross (Moira MacTaggert) and the two fall in love but he is soon drafted to fight in the Korean War. During that time, he receives a letter from her explaining that she has found another man. He later discovers that it was Joseph McTaggert who abuses her. After the war, he decides to travel. In Cario, he meets the Shadow King and defeats him in battle, but just barely. After that battle, he vows to save and protect humans from evil mutants.
Magneto
In Israel, he meets Erik Magnus Lehnsherr who worked at the clinic for traumatized victims from the Holocaust. A fellow mutant, he would become Xavier's best friend and greatest enemy known as Magneto. The both of them become good friends and have lengthy debates of what will happen if the human race had super powered humans among them. The both of them reveal their powers when Baron Strucker and his Hydra agents kidnap Gabrielle Haller who was a woman that Xavier saved and cured and both fell in love. Strucker believed she knew where gold was. Magneto attempts to kill Strucker but Xavier stops him. From there on, they both realize they have different attitudes towards mutants and humans. Xavier stays in Israel for a little longer but him and Gabrielle depart on a positive note, neither of them knowing that she is pregnant who later becomes Legion.
Later in the Himalayas, Charles discovers that Lucifer plans for an invasion. During battle, the alien attacks Xavier by dropping a large boulder on Xavier's legs which crushed his legs. Then Sage, another telepathic mutant hears his cries for help and saves him, beginning a deep friendship between the two.
X-Men
X-Men
Despite the accident he continued his studies, earning several more degrees and eventually returned to the States. It was here that Xavier started his School for gifted youngsters, a secret school for mutants which taught them to harness and master their skills. His first students, including Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman and Angel became the X-Men, a protector force for the school and eventually other world affairs among them Xavier's old friend Magneto who believes the only way mutants will survive is by destroying the humans. Xavier would communicate with his students with his telepathic powers and provide them with advice or instructions when needed. He also uses a device called Cerebro which amplifies his powers and seeks out mutants in need or ones with the potential to become his students. At one point, Xavier dies but it was revealed that a reformed villain Changeling was to impersonate him while Xavier went into hiding to plan a defense against the Z'Noxx.
Lilandra
Krakoa
The X-Men are kidnapped by Krakoa, and Xavier assembles a new team. They are successful in their mission, though the original X-Men feel unwelcome. All of them leave the school, except for Cyclops. Xavier then falls in love with Princess Lilandra and works for her for a while. When Xavier returns, Jean Grey becomes the Dark Phoenix (see Dark Phoenix Saga) as she destroys a populated planet. Xavier battles with her mentally, though he would have lost if it wasn't for Grey helping him fight by keeping her own personality alive. She later commits suicide to prevent any more harm being done.
The X-Men fight an alien race called the Brood which kidnaps Xavier. They plant a Brood egg into him to control him and he assembles a new team called the New Mutants who are secretly the hosts for the reproduction of the aliens. The X-Men discover this but are too late as Xavier has already turned into a Brood Queen. The Starjammers help by offering tissue samples Xavier donated to them and cloning him using the samples. It is successful and he even regains his ability to walk. However, living as a paraplegic, it took some time to get used to. He even joins the X-Men out on the field during missions but discontinues it, as he feels that his place is in the school. Xavier is then beaten almost to death due to a hate crime. The Morlocks save him and there he recuperates but Callisto warns that he must not use his powers to his full potential, or he may injure himself once more. He returns to the mansion, but hides what he has been up to.
Magneto, reformed, attends a trial in court and Xavier comes to defend his friend when the two daughters of Baron Strucker come and crash the court room, leaving Xavier injured. Dying, he asks Magneto to look after the X-Men. Lilandra who has a psychic connection with Xavier feels something happen to him. There, she takes Xavier with her back to her empire so their technology can heal him. Magneto takes over, but some of the X-Men are unwilling to cooperate with him, seeing as he was a former enemy. The original X-Men form their team, X-Factor. During the Inferno storyline the school is destroyed and leaves with the new mutants who feel he has gone back to his old days as a terrorist. Xavier is healed and returns to Earth to resume his responsibilities. With another clash with the Shadow King, Xavier's back is broken and he is a paraplegic once again.
Onslaught
For a long time, Professor X was a host for Onslaught without knowing it through a previous battle with Magneto. Magneto uses his powers to rip out the Adamantium out of Wolverine's body. Xavier was furious through his wrong-doings and wipes out Magneto's mind in a rage. Because Xavier used his powers so strongly to his full extent, it mixed his and Magneto's anger. Once Onslaught comes out, it destroys much of Manhattan until many of the Marvel superheroes come to save the day. Xavier loses his telepathy powers and overcome by his guilt, leaves the X-Men. He returns however, once he learns of an impostor X-Men called Cerebro's X-Men.
Xorn
Cassandra Nova, who is Xavier's evil twin orders a group of rogue Sentinel to destroy Genosha. All mutants on the island appear to die. Nova then takes over Xavier's body and posing as Xavier, reveals his mutation to the world. This was something Xavier wanted to do, but later in time when people would understand the mutants and also destroys the Shi'ar Empire. The X-Men save Xavier, but Lilandra feels that all this destruction was caused by their affiliation with the X-Men, therefore nulling their marriage. During this, a mutant named Xorn joins the X-Men, giving back Xavier's ability to walk. Thanks to Nova, he is now outed as a mutant and makes speeches about mutant tolerance. He founds X-Corporation to watch over mutant rights and help them if needed. A student named Quentin Quire (Kid Omega) and the members of his gang start a riot at Xavier's school and two of Quire and two students are killed. Xavier decides to step down and let Jean Grey lead the school. As a result, Xorn cripples Xavier. The X-Men stop Xorn but not before he kills Jean Grey.
Xavier Leaves
Emma Frost
With Jean dead, Xavier no longer wishes to teach at the school and leaves it to Emma Frost and Cyclops. He goes to Genosha where he meets Magneto and rebuilds the destroyed place. Meanwhile, at the mansion, the Danger Room takes a humanoid form and calls itself "Danger". It attacks all the X-Men and leaves to kill Xavier. With the help of Magneto, they both hold off Danger while Xavier calls the X-Men to help. Danger then reveals to Colossus that Xavier knew about Danger. Xavier is ashamed that he did not reveal this truth and the X-Men leave, disgusted.
Scarlet Witch.
Scarlet Witch kills many Avengers due to a mental breakdown and Magneto, concerned, asks Xavier to telepathically communicate with her, hoping to calm her down. Xavier is unsuccessful though and calls a meeting with X-Men to decide Witch's fate. However, her brother Quicksilver believes they are planning to kill her and convinces her that she can right her wrongs. There, she creates an alternate reality where mutants are the majority where Magneto is the ruler. Xavier is believed to be dead on Genosha years ago. A mutant named Layla Miller restores some of X-Men's and Avengers' memories and they head to Genosha to discover that Magneto has erected a memorial for Xavier where his grave is. Cloak goes through the grave to find that a body isn't even there. Scarlet Witch then alters the reality once again where she causes most mutants to be on the verge of being extinct and losing their powers. The powers are collected into a massive energy ball called The Collective (who was recently Xorn).
Cerebro.
Even though Xavier's body is missing, they try to find him through Cerebro but cannot detect him.
In the Deadly Genesis (X-Men: Deadly Genesis) series that before Xavier sent a team to rescue the X-Men on Krakoa he had sent another team from Moira and one of the students was Vulcan who was a brother of Cyclops. It was traumatizing for Cyclops knowing that he had a new found brother to be kill after their brief meeting in order to save Cyclops's life, so Xavier wiped his memory of Vulcan and then assembled a new team, without the knowledge of Moira's team revealed to anyone else. The Collective revives Vulcan and the youth attacks the X-Men causing Xavier to come out of hiding. His legs had been restored after the House of M events and he was no longer a mutant. Vulcan forces Xavier to tell what he had done to Cyclops. Cyclops is angered by this and is ostracized by him, but some of the students are more forgiving. Xavier still forms a new team to battle Vulcan and take revenge on the Shi'ar Empire. While on the way, he is kidnapped by Chancellor K'Tor, who is the Shi'ar Vice Chancellor. Charles was then transported inside the M'Kraan Crystal by Vulcan, where his mutant powers were restored. He was later saved by Darwin. both of them, together with Warpath, Nightcrawler, and Hepzibah all escaped back to earth, with the help of Lilandra, leaving Havok, Marvel Girl and Polaris to form the new incarnation of the Starjammers with his father's old crew, after Corsair was killed by Vulcan.
Back on earth, he encountered a very angry Hulk, who is searching for the members of the Illuminati, a group that has exiled him. Although Charles was not in attendance when the decision to exile the Hulk, he said that he would agree on his exile, but would eventually bring him back to earth in search for a cure. Nevertheless, the Hulk fought and defeated every X-Man that came and defended their mentor. He only stopped when Mercury showed the gravestones in the Institute grounds and how the mutant population has been reduced to a few hundreds. Hulk sensed that Charles has suffered enough and soon left.
In the Messiah CompleX, Charles detected a new mutant since M-Day that is powerful enough to overload Cerebro. He asked Cyclops to send a team to retrieve the baby but they came back empty handed. Charles have criticizing Scott's decisions concerning the situation they are now in, from sending a team of X-Men finding the Acolytes, to forming the X-Force to tract down his own son, Cable, but Scott only wanted Charles to leave the mansion because he has become a distraction to him. Later, Professor X was contacted by Cable about losing the mutant baby to the traitorous actions of Bishop, who in turn, lost the baby to the Marauders. Charles was later accidentally shot by Bishop, who was aiming for the baby. With the Professor dead, Cyclops declared that the X-Men is to be disbanded.
Xavier's Dark Side
Xavier's dark side. Cape included!
Xavier is seen to struggle with his dark side and seems to have been with him since his creation in the womb where he kills his sister Cassandra Nova. He also struggles with Onslaught, a part of his evil alter ego. As Xavier believes in peace at all costs without the means of violence, Onslaught brings out the worst in Xavier. When he erases Magneto's mind completely and all that repressed anger that comes from Xavier creates Onslaught. In some scenarios, he's seen as manipulative. The X-Men discover plans called the Xavier Protocols which devises plans for each X-Men in case they ever went rogue. As Xavier sent a new team of hastily trained X-Men, one of the mutants was Vulcan, Cyclops' brother was killed. Xavier had erased the memory of Vulcan from Cyclops and made them think that the noises on the island proved that the island was alive, to match Cyclops' new memories.
Characteristics
Gender - Male Height - 6' Weight - 173 lbs Eyes - Blue Hair - None (originally blonde)
Powers
Professor X is one the most powerful telepathic mutants in the world, perhaps second only to the Phoenix. He is able to read minds and communicate telepathically on a high level which means around the world or even on a galactic level. With his telepathic power Professor X can manipulate, erase and create memories, control the actions of people and can mentally harm someone including death. His gift allows him to opens channels of communication and plant suggestive thoughts even if a person is extremely far away. He is considered a very intelligent man, being able to learn things quickly by accessing someone's brain and learning through there. He can also give his teachings to other people by telepathy, and they can learn as quickly as him as well. This includes learning alien languages too. Xavier can also alter reality to a degree when Xavier trains a new group of mutants telepathically which seems as if they've only been learning for months when in reality it was in hours. He also has the ability to project his astral form and control the astral plane.
Alternative Universes
Earth-1610
In the Ultimate universe, Charles Xavier is the one of the most powerful telepaths and has limited telekinetic abilities. He has a son called David with MacTaggert and leaves her in order to pursue Magneto's dream with him though Magneto turns his back on him, throwing a shard into Xavier's legs. Xavier also tampers with people's minds to get what he wants, but he realizes that that is wrong. His love interests are Emma Frost and Mystique. Xavier also admits his feelings for Jean more in this version. He tells Cyclops that he is in love with Jean, and he becomes jealous because Jean spends more time with Xavier. He shouts out that he loves her when she is the Phoenix and is about to kill Lilandra.
Shadow Xavier
A fight between Dazzler and a group of violent mutants capture the attention of the X-Men. When they arrive, they discover that they are from another universe where Xavier was possessed by Shadow King and controlled him to corrupt the X-Men to wipe out the human race. This version could walk but died when a group called Black Air killed him however the other versions of X-Men returned to Shadow King where they lived.
Earth-311
In the reality known as 1602 Xavier is known as Carlos Javier. He is carried around by Beast but his paralyzed form is not explained. It is set during the Elizabethan Era (during Queen Elizabeth) and is a founder of a school where the 1602 versions of the Witchbreed (X-Men) are the originals.
Earth-1815
In this reality, where the Exiles were sent on their first mission, Professor X was evil and intended to kill all humans.
Earth-9997
In the Earth X reality all telepaths are killed when the Skull's mutant powers manifest. Cyclops takes over with a new team, calling himself Mr. S.
Earth-905
In this reality Xavier became the Juggernaut instead of Cain Marko.
Earth-295
In the Age of Apocalypse reality Charles was killed before he could form the X-Men, leading to Apocalypse becoming the ruler of America, and Magneto founding the X-Men.
Earth-1298
During the Mutant X series, the worst comes out of him once again, manipulating and causing physical damage to certain people close to him. He travels the globe capturing telepaths and stealing their energy from him. He also takes control of SHIELD, captures Gambit's daughter and attempt to kill the X-Men in one swift blow with a nuclear strike.
Earth-2149
In the Marvel Zombiverse, Professor X was eaten by a zombified version of the Alpha Flight.
Xavier a Loverboy As the Marvel Universe expands Xavier seems to have more and more love interests. He has already had relationships with many of his fellow female X-MEN- Jean Grey, Emma Frost. Also he is seen in more than one series to have emotional bonds with Moira MacTaggert, in the Ultimate Univers he even has a son with her named David. He has even dabbled on the evil side of the tracks, when it is revealsed that he has had relations with Mystique.
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