Even thoughProfessor XI regarded as one of the most powerful and influential mutants in history , as well as being the long - time leader of theX - gentleman’s gentleman – and even all mutantkind in the current state of Marvel Comics – his stock reveals that Charles Xavier is n’t actually a sport at all .

Professor Charles Xavier made his Marvel Comics launching inX - Men#1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . In the issue , Charles was depict as a wise teacher and wise man to the new generation of mutant . Being a mutant himself who produce up in an era where being different was not widely accept , Xavier fought for equalityand transparent understanding . Mutants have power that could vex a danger to society , but that did n’t stand for the mutant themselves were inherently dangerous . Xavier ’s military mission was to teach these unseasoned variation how to control their powers and use them to benefit all society , for human beings and mutants likewise . Funny matter is , though , Charles is n’t himself a mutant – and he reveals this to his student while telling them about his past .

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InX - Men#12 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the Juggernaut is assault the X - Mansion , and before Professor X sends his student out to go struggle him , he experience it is necessary to fully excuse who Juggernaut is and why he is tear the schooltime aside . As revealed in this issue , the Juggernaut ( aka Cain Marko ) is Charles ’ footfall - pal who he met as a boy after his mother married Cain ’s father following the demise of Charles ’ dad . Evidently , Cain hat Charles decently from the scratch line , and now that hatred has boiled over to forcible fierceness . This account into whom the Juggernaut is as well as his family relationship with Charles lead right into Professor X telling his student about his own childhood – most notably , how he amaze his powers .

Professor X isn’t a Mutant, He’s a Mutate

Professor X reveals that his father died due to an stroke at his science laboratory as he and his mother were involved in nuclear examination . Throughout their grownup spirit , Charles ’ father and female parent were surrounded by radiation – and , as explained by Charles himself , that exposure to radiation is how Professor X got his powers . This revelation confirm that Charles Xavier was n’t born with the x - gene like his supposed mutant brethren , but was or else mutated due to the radiotherapy level be within his parent . This makes Charles Xavierno different from the Hulkor Spider - Man as they , too , only got their power through exposure to radioactivity and were n’t carry with the x - gene .

While the fact that Professor X was n’t to begin with a mutant by today ’s definition of what a ‘ mutant ’ is in the Marvel Universe is shocking , it should admittedly be taken with a grain of salinity . Back inthe other days ofX - Mencomics , it was clear that all the kink about whom the X - Men were ( and what exactly mutants were as a whole ) were n’t all the direction work out . Since this issue , Professor X ’s origin has been tweak and retconned to the point where his position as a mutant is veritable . However , it is still fun to consider that , technically speaking , Professor Xwasn’t originally a mutant inX - Mencomics – and he said so himself .

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Professor X isn’t a mutant.

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