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Professor X

Charles Xavier

3,494 appearancesSince 1963

Professor X first appeared in The X-Men #1 (1963-09), published by Marvel. 3,494 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Also known as Charles Xavier

Character history

Key issues

11 issues

The X-Men
#1
first appearance
1963-09-00
The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The X-Men#02835Cape Archive1982
The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The X-Men
#02835
origin retold
1982-03-00
Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes]
#393
death
1983-01-00
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars
#11
death
1985-03-00
Classic X-Men
#3
death
1986-11-00
Classic X-Men
#23
origin retold
1988-07-00
X-Men Classic
#46
origin retold
1990-04-00
X-Men Classic
#58
origin retold
1991-04-00
X-Men Classic
#65
origin retold
1991-11-00
The Uncanny X-Men
#309
origin retold
1994-02-00
X-Men
#41
death
1995-02-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

The Uncanny X-Men
1981–2011
156 issues →
The X-Men
1963–1981
94 issues →
Ultimate X-Men
2001–2009
68 issues →

X-Men cover

X-Men

1991–2001

66 issues →

X-Men Classic cover

X-Men Classic

1990–1995

46 issues →

NXCape Archive 2001

New X-Men

2001–2004

32 issues →

Classic X-Men cover

Classic X-Men

1986–1990

31 issues →

TTTCape Archive 1997

Toyfare: The Toy Magazine

1997–2011

31 issues →

What If...? cover

What If...?

1989–1998

30 issues →

The New Mutants cover

The New Mutants

1983–1991

27 issues →

Wolverine cover

Wolverine

1988–2003

22 issues →

X-Men: Legacy cover

X-Men: Legacy

2008–2012

21 issues →

X-Factor cover

X-Factor

1986–1998

19 issues →

X-Men The Hidden Years cover

X-Men The Hidden Years

1999–2001

19 issues →

Ultimate Marvel Flip Magazine cover

Ultimate Marvel Flip Magazine

2005–2007

19 issues →

Excalibur cover

Excalibur

1988–1998

18 issues →

PXACape Archive 1995

Professor Xavier and the X-Men

1995–1997

18 issues →

X-Men Forever cover

X-Men Forever

2009–2010

18 issues →

X-Men Unlimited cover

X-Men Unlimited

1993–2003

17 issues →

Cable cover

Cable

1993–2002

17 issues →

X-Men: The Early Years cover

X-Men: The Early Years

1994–1995

17 issues →

Ultimate X-Men cover

Ultimate X-Men

2002–2008

16 issues →

XFCCape Archive 2007

X-Men: First Class

2007–2008

16 issues →

MCape Archive 2003

Mystique

2003–2005

15 issues →

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X-Force
1991–2002
14 issues →
X-Treme X-Men
2001–2004
14 issues →
IXCape Archive 2022
Immortal X-Men
2022–2024
14 issues →
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men
2003–
13 issues →
Excalibur
2004–2005
13 issues →
AACape Archive 1979
Amazing Adventures
1979–1981
12 issues →
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars
1984–1985
12 issues →
Exiles
2001–2008
12 issues →
MSFCape Archive 2005
Marvel Select Flip Magazine
2005–2007
12 issues →
Hasbro / Secret Wars
2009–2010
12 issues →
AXCape Archive 2017
Astonishing X-Men
2017–2019
12 issues →
Dawn of X
2019–2021
12 issues →
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Facsimile Edition
2024–2025
12 issues →
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe
1985–1987
11 issues →
X-Men Adventures [II]
1994–1995
11 issues →
PXACape Archive 1995
Professor Xavier and the X-Men / Over the Edge
1995–1996
10 issues →
X-Men: The Manga
1998–1999
10 issues →
Twisted Toyfare Theatre
2001–2010
10 issues →
Marvel Two-in-One
2007–2009
10 issues →
The Avengers
1963–1996
9 issues →
X-Man
1995–2001
9 issues →
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men
2003–
9 issues →
X-Men Epic Collection
2014–
9 issues →
X-Men
2019–2021
9 issues →
Fantastic Four
1961–1996
8 issues →
Marvel Tales
1966–1994
8 issues →
Marvel Super-Heroes
1967–1982
8 issues →
X-Men Annual
1970–1991
8 issues →
The Mighty World of Marvel
1972–1979
8 issues →
Marvel Comics Presents
1988–1995
8 issues →
X-Men Adventures
1992–1994
8 issues →
NMCape Archive 2003
New Mutants
2003–2004
8 issues →
Marauders
2019–2022
8 issues →
X-Force
2020–2024
8 issues →
Reign of X
2021–2022
8 issues →
X-Men Adventures [III]
1995–1996
7 issues →