for his involvement with the American civil rights struggle, whereas Magneto is often compared with the more militant civil rights activist Malcolm X. The character's creation and development occurred simultaneously with the civil rights struggle, taking place in the 1960s, while Xavier's first appearance dates to 1963.
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.
for his involvement with the American civil rights struggle, whereas Magneto is often compared with the more militant civil rights activist Malcolm X. The character's creation and development occurred simultaneously with the civil rights struggle, taking place in the 1960s, while Xavier's first appearance dates to 1963.
Harry Lloyd portrayed the character in the third season of the television series Legion. ==Publication history== Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, Professor X first appeared in X-Men #1 (September 1963). ===Creation and influences=== Stan Lee has stated that the physical inspiration of Professor Xavier was from Academy Award-winning actor Yul Brynner.
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 ...
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.
Professor Xavier's character development has been inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. Writer Scott Lobdell established Xavier's middle name to be Francis in Uncanny X-Men #328 (January 1996). ===Character=== 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.
Patrick Stewart plays him in the 2000s film series, as well as providing his voice in some of the X-Men video games (including some not connected to the film series). According to BusinessWeek, Charles Xavier is listed as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics. In a number of comics, Xavier is shown to have a dark side, a part of himself that he struggles to suppress.
Despite this, his status as a mutant himself and originator of the X-Men only became public during the 2001 story "E Is for Extinction".
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Both actors play him at different time-periods in Days of Future Past. Harry Lloyd portrays a young Charles Xavier in the television series Legion. He has also appeared in a number of books and video games. ==References== ==Sources== Sanderson, Peter ( April 17, 2006).
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