Professor Charles Francis Xavier (colloquial: Professor X) is a
fictional character appearing in American comic books published by
Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the founder and sometimes
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).Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants,
who are born with superhuman abilities. He is an exceptionally
powerful telepath, who can read and control the minds of others. 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. 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.Throughout much of the character's history in comics,
Xavier is a paraplegic variously using either a wheelchair or a
modified version of one. One of the world's most powerful mutant
telepaths, Xavier is a scientific genius and a leading authority in
genetics. Furthermore, he has shown noteworthy talents in devising
equipment to greatly enhance psionic powers. Xavier is perhaps best
known in this regard for the creation of a device called Cerebro, a
technology that serves to detect and track those individuals
possessing the mutant gene, at the same time greatly expanding the
gifts of those with existing psionic abilities.From 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. Instead, he has presented his platform of
uncompromising pacifism to see his dream to fruition â€" one that
seeks to live harmoniously alongside humanity, just the same as it
desires full-fledged civil rights and equality for all mutants.
Xavier's actions and goals in life have therefore often been compared
to those of Martin Luther King Jr. for his involvement with the
American civil rights struggle, whereas Magneto is often compared with
the more militant civil rights activist Malcolm X.
fictional character appearing in American comic books published by
Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the founder and sometimes
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).Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants,
who are born with superhuman abilities. He is an exceptionally
powerful telepath, who can read and control the minds of others. 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. 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.Throughout much of the character's history in comics,
Xavier is a paraplegic variously using either a wheelchair or a
modified version of one. One of the world's most powerful mutant
telepaths, Xavier is a scientific genius and a leading authority in
genetics. Furthermore, he has shown noteworthy talents in devising
equipment to greatly enhance psionic powers. Xavier is perhaps best
known in this regard for the creation of a device called Cerebro, a
technology that serves to detect and track those individuals
possessing the mutant gene, at the same time greatly expanding the
gifts of those with existing psionic abilities.From 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. Instead, he has presented his platform of
uncompromising pacifism to see his dream to fruition â€" one that
seeks to live harmoniously alongside humanity, just the same as it
desires full-fledged civil rights and equality for all mutants.
Xavier's actions and goals in life have therefore often been compared
to those of Martin Luther King Jr. for his involvement with the
American civil rights struggle, whereas Magneto is often compared with
the more militant civil rights activist Malcolm X.
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