While I haven’t covered this character in detail for this
blog, I have previously made two related MC2 Family Trees back before I began
providing more detailed entries. For reference those were The Yama
Family Tree and The
Xavier-Marko Family Tree which should clue you into who today’s post is
about: Professor Charles Xavier aka Professor X, the founder of
the X-Men.
In the unlikely event you didn’t already know, Charles Xavier
made his comic debut in the original X-Men #1 as the leader and mentor
to the original five members of the titular mutant team. As for the first
appearance of Professor X in the MC2, Charles only appears in
flashbacks, with the first being J2 #7. These flashbacks show major
events in the life of Cain Marko aka The Juggernaut, the step-brother
of Charles Xavier. One such event shown depicts Marko’s origin, specifically
the moment he and Charles discovered the lost temple of Cyttorak
while serving in the military together and Cain transforms into The
Juggernaut for the first time as originally recounted by Xavier in X-Men
#12.
We also see Cain’s first clash with Xavier’s
original X-Men team as seen in X-Men #12-#13 and a later clash with
the All-New All-Different X-Men team from X-Men #101-#103. For
comparison, here are the original relevant covers and pages:
The only other direct mention of Xavier comes in a back
up story in Wild Thing #5 where his early life being bullied by Cain
is recounted as depicted in the aforementioned X-Men #12 and later it’s
stated that after his reformation, Cain Marko ‘made peace with Xavier
and even joined his stepbrother’s team!’
What’s unclear is the fate of Professor Charles Xavier
in the MC2’s present. We could infer from the recently
rescued former Juggernaut Cain Marko’s throw away comment to ‘pull
a Charlie Xavier’ that ol’ Chuck is still around but there’s
nothing solid to be sure either way (Wild Thing #5). What is clear is
that after the various sacrifices of the X-Men over the years, mutant
kind is more accepted by the general public, meaning Charles Xavier’s dream
remains alive in the MC2 (J2 #2).
Once again I find myself wishing we’d seen an X-People
series published. Maybe there’s still hope for it someday?
Until I stop trying to tie-in to MCU movies to
encourage readership, I remain
frogoat