- "Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn’t mean they are lost forever."
- ―Charles Xavier to Doctor Strange
Professor Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, was a mutant with telepathic powers. He was the leader of the X-Men and founding member of the Illuminati. Xavier aided the other members of the Illuminati in killing Thanos on Titan before executing Doctor Strange. A few years later, Xavier attended a meeting of the Illuminati when an alternate version of Doctor Strange was bought before them having been detained after travelling the Multiverse. When Wanda Maximoff attacked their headquarters and killed most of them, Xavier gave Strange some parting advice before confronting Maximoff. Xavier attempted to defeat her telepathically, but Maximoff tore the head off his astral body instead, killing him in the real world.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Joining the Illuminati[]
Charles was a Mutant telepath who served as the founder and leader of the X-Men, a group made of superpowered individuals to fight for peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants, and founded a school for gifted youngsters to secretly train young mutants to control their powers.[1] His status and power soon made him be approached by Stephen Strange to join the Illuminati, a group of powerful individuals that would make the difficult decisions no one else could.[2]
Member of the Illuminati[]
Infinity War[]
In 2018, Xavier and the Illuminati banded together to stop the ferocious crusade of the genocidal Thanos. Seeing no other way to defeat Thanos, Doctor Strange turned to the Darkhold, against the better judgement of Xavier and the rest of the team. Thanos was ultimately defeated and slain on the planet Titan, with Xavier present alongside the rest of the Illuminati.
However, Strange's actions had caused an incursion, eradicating two whole universes entirely. Realizing the atrocities he had committed, Strange had surrendered himself to death, and knelt before Xavier and the rest of the team. Xavier told him he would miss him dearly, before Black Bolt stepped forwards and told him he was sorry. The power of his voice vaporized Strange, as Xavier shut his eyes in sorrow.
Xavier and his teammates later returned to Earth, where all people expressed their gratitude for their victory against the Mad Titan. However, to prevent humanity from losing faith in their heroes, Xavier and the rest of the Illuminati claimed that Strange sacrificed himself to stop Thanos, leading the people of the Earth to remember Strange as the greatest hero of his age. Xavier and the Illuminati later offered Karl Mordo to join the Illuminati's ranks to fill Strange's vacant place.[2]
Scarlet Witch's War[]
Meeting an Alternate Doctor Strange[]
After an alternate universe's Doctor Strange and his friend America Chavez were captured and apprehended by Mordo for traversing the multiverse, they were brought forth to the Illuminati to have their fates decided. The alternate Strange was introduced to the Illuminati before being told the truth of what happened to their Doctor Strange and the actions he had committed. Xavier's associates explained that because of their Strange causing an Incursion, they believed all versions of Doctor Strange to be just as capable of evil and destruction, despite the alternate Strange's plead that it was the Scarlet Witch who posed a real threat.
True to Strange's word, moments later the headquarters would be attacked by Wanda Maximoff, under the influence of Scarlet Witch's dreamwalking. Mordo and Xavier decided to stay behind to keep watch over Strange while the rest of the Illuminati confronted her. Strange once again pled his innocence, to which Xavier believed him, much to Mordo's surprise. He chose to have faith that this Doctor Strange was better than their universe's counterpart and offered him parting words, as well as revealed the location of the Book of Vishanti, before going to confront Wanda himself.[2]
Death[]
Once Scarlet Witch had made quick work of the other Illuminati members, Xavier confronted her personally, ordering her to stop just as she was about to capture America Chavez. He then used his telepathic powers to enter her mind, succeeding in doing so. Within Maximoff's mind, he wandered through a blank landscape, dotted with rubble attributed to her past. Xavier soon came upon his universe's Wanda Maximoff, trapped under the rubble.
Xavier informed his universe's Wanda about what had happened to her and attempted to pull her out in order to free her from Maximoff's control, however a blood red mist approached them both. Xavier realized what was about to happen, but didn't move despite his Maximoff being pulled into the darkness. The Scarlet Witch then burst from the mist and ripped off the upper half of Xavier's head. In the real world, Xavier felt his neck being snapped and slumped over, dead in his chair.[2]
Legacy[]
Despite his failure at stopping the Scarlet Witch, Xavier's death wasn't in vain, as his attack on Scarlet Witch stalled her enough to allow Christine Palmer to free America and escape with Doctor Strange. Ultimately, Xavier was proven right on his belief that just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn't mean they are lost forever when Strange was able to free Scarlet Witch from Mephisto's control alongside the multiversal heroes, making her realize her wrongdoings and destroy the Darkhold, saving the Multiverse and proving himself as a good Doctor Strange like Xavier asked him to show.[2]
Following Mephisto's defeat, the world mourned Xavier and his fellow Illuminati members and built memorials for each member in New York, where Xavier's students attended. In another universe, Xavier's variant learned about the existence of the multiverse and the Illuminati from his friend, Wolverine, who was one of the heroes who joined Strange in the fight against the Scarlet Witch.[1]
Trivia[]
- In the comics, Professor X is the headmaster of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and the founder of the X-Men, a superhero team composed of mutants, with the school being the place where he trains mutants so they can control their powers.
- "Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn’t mean they are lost forever" is a quote that Professor X first uttered in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
- Xavier's appearance takes cue from his appearance from X-Men: The Animated Series, where he also utilized a yellow hoverchair and wore a green suit with blue tie.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Professor X in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the third live-action incarnation of the character, following an incarnation also portrayed by Patrick Stewart with James McAvoy and Laurence Belcher as a younger Professor X in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series and another incarnation portrayed by Harry Lloyd in the Legion TV series. Additionally, both X-Men and Legion include alternate timeline versions of their respective incarnations of Charles Xavier usually via the plot element of time travel.
References[]
External Links[]
Professor X on the Marvel Wiki- Charles Xavier (Earth-838) on the Marvel Wiki
- Professor X on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Professor X on Wikipedia
