Professor X Character Review
Professor Charles Francis Xavier (also known as Professor X) is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is known as the leader and founder of the X-Men.
Throughout most of his comic book history, Xavier is paraplegic, although his body houses one of the world's most powerful mutant minds. As a high-level telepath, Xavier can read, control, and influence human minds. A scientific genius, he is also a leading authority on genetics, mutation, and psionic powers.
Sir Patrick Stewart has portrayed Professor X throughout the X-Men films, and the X-Men Legends games. James McAvoy portrays a younger version of the character in the 2011 prequel X-Men: First Class, and the upcoming 2014 sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past. His character has often been compared with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights struggle.
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Powers and Abilities (Professor X)
Professor X is a mutant who possesses vast telepathic powers, and is among the strongest and most powerful Earth-born telepaths in the Marvel Universe.
Professor X is able to perceive the thoughts of others or project his
own thoughts within a radius of approximately 250 miles (400 km).
Xavier's telepathy once covered the entire world but Magneto altered the
Earth's electromagnetic field to restrict Xavier's telepathic range. While not on Earth, Xavier's natural telepathic abilities have reached
across space to make universal mental contact with multiple alien races. With extreme effort, he can greatly extend the range of his telepathy.
He can learn foreign languages by reading the language centers of the
brain of someone adept, and alternately "teach" languages to others in
the same manner; Xavier once trained a new group of mutants mentally,
subjectively making them experience months of training together, while
only hours passed in the real world.
Xavier's vast psionic powers enable him to manipulate the minds of others, warp perceptions to make himself seem invisible, project mental illusions, cause loss of particular memories or total amnesia, and induce pain or temporary mental and/or physical paralysis in others. Within close range, he can manipulate almost any number of minds for such simple feats. However, he can only take full possession of one other mind at a time, and must strictly be within that person's physical presence. He is one of the few telepaths skilled enough to communicate with animals and even share their perceptions. He can also telepathically take away or control people's natural bodily functions and senses, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or even mutant powers. A side effect of his telepathy is that he is gifted with an eidetic memory.
He has displayed telepathic prowess sufficient to confront Ego the Living Planet, while aided by Cadre K as well as narrowly defeat Exodus. However, he cannot permanently 'reprogram' human minds to believe what
he might want them to believe even if he wanted to do so, explaining
that the mind is an organism that would always recall the steps
necessary for it to reach the present and thus 'rewrite' itself to its
original setting if he tried to change it. However, his initial reprogramming of Wolverine
lasted several years, despite how Wolverine's healing factor works
around such a reprogramming much faster than an ordinary human mind.
He is able to project from his mind 'bolts' composed of psychic
energy, enabling him to stun the mind of another person into
unconsciousness, inflict mental trauma, or even cause death. These
'bolts' inflict damage only upon other minds, having a negligible effect
on non-mental beings, if any. The manner in which Xavier's powers
function indicates that his telepathy is physical in some way, as it can
be enhanced by physical means (for example, Cerebro) and can be
disrupted by physical means (for example, Magneto's alteration of the
Earth's magnetic field).
Xavier can perceive the distinct mental presence/brain waves of other
superhuman mutants within a small radius of himself. To detect mutants
to a wider area beyond this radius, he must amplify his powers through
Cerebro and subsequently Cerebra, computer devices of his own design
which are sensitive to the psychic/physical energies produced by the
mind.
Professor X can project his astral form into a psychic dimension
known as the astral plane. There, he can use his powers to create
objects, control his surroundings, and even control and destroy the
astral forms of others. He cannot project this form over long distances.
Uncanny X-Men writer Ed Brubaker has claimed that, after being de-powered by the Scarlet Witch, and then re-powered by the M'Kraan Crystal, Charles' telepathy is more powerful than was previously known. However, the extent of this enhancement is unknown.
Charles is a genius with multiple doctorates. He is a world-renowned geneticist, a leading expert in mutation, possesses considerable knowledge of various life sciences, and is the inventor of Cerebro. He possesses Ph.D.s in Genetics, Biophysics, Psychology, and
Anthropology, and an M.D. in Psychiatry. He is highly talented in
devising equipment for utilizing and enhancing psionic powers. He is
also a great tactician and strategist, effectively evaluating situations
and devising swift responses.
During his travels in Asia, Xavier learned martial arts, acquiring "refined combat skills" according to Magneto. When these skills are coordinated in tandem with his telepathic
abilities, Xavier is a dangerous unarmed combatant, capable of sensing
the intentions of others and countering them with superhuman efficiency.
He also has extensive knowledge of pressure points.
Charles Xavier was also given possession of the Mind Infinity Gem. It allows the user to boost mental power and access the thoughts and
dreams of other beings. Backed by the Power Gem, it is possible to
access all minds in existence simultaneously. Like all other former
Illuminati members, Xavier has sworn to never use the gem and to keep
its location hidden.
In Other Media (Film)
Xavier has appeared in all five live-action X-Men feature films to date: X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men: First Class. He is played by Patrick Stewart in the first four films and by James McAvoy in First Class.
It is implied that Xavier is one of the most powerful mutants in the
world. A character with the same name appeared in the Superhero Movie
(2008), helping Rick and showing him through his superhero-gifted
school.
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