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X-MansionandXavier Instituteare the common names for amansionandresearch instituteappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.The mansion is depicted as theprivate estateofCharles Francis Xavierand serves as the base of operations and training site of theX-Men.It is also the location of an accredited private school formutantchildren, teenagers, and sometimes older aged mutants, theXavier Institute for Higher Learning,formerly theXavier School for Gifted Youngsters.[1]The X-Mansion is also the worldwide headquarters of theX-Corporation.

X-Mansion
Marvel Comicslocation
The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
First appearanceThe X-Men#1 (September 1963)
Created byStan Lee
Jack Kirby
In-universe information
LocationSalem Center, New York
CharactersX-Men
Xavier Institute's Students & Faculties
PublisherMarvel Comics

The X-Mansion's address is 1407 Graymalkin Lane,Salem Center,located inWestchester County, New York.[2]The school's motto ismutatis mutandis.In a 2011 edition of the comic,Wolverinere-opens the school, at the same address, under the name of theJean Grey School for Higher Learning.[3]After theTerrigenCloud becomes toxic enough to mutants that they die from M-Pox, Storm has the mansion (renamedX-Haven) moved toLimboto keep mutants safe from the Terrigen while a cure is sought.[4]AfterMedusadestroys the Terrigen Cloud so the mutants could survive,Kitty Prydemoves the mansion from Limbo toCentral Park, New York,[5]and renames it theXavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach.[6]Following the end of the Krakoa Age, the X-Mansion has been converted into a prison to house the mysterious Inmate-X, later revealed to be Charles Xavier himself, forcing the remaining members of the X-men to forge a newly acquired base of their own.

History

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The X-Mansion is theinheritedproperty of Charles Xavier (Professor X) and has been in the Xavier family for tengenerationsincluding two known mutants in the lineage, both becoming detached from the family. Little else is known about them or their mutations.

As Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the X-Mansion was the training site of the first two generations ofteenageX-Men:

InX-Menvol. 2#38 (Nov. 1994), the X-Mansion was renamed from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, as most of the X-Men were adults rather than teenagers by this time. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters was relocated to theMassachusetts AcademyinWestern Massachusetts(a Marvel created town or region calledSnow Valleysomewhere inThe Berkshires), which served as the training site of the third generation of teenage X-Men beginning inGeneration X#1 (Nov. 1994).

The Massachusetts Academy closes permanently inGeneration X#75 (June 2001). Shortly thereafter, the school for young mutants is reopened at the X-Mansion, but the name remains "The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning" despite the younger student body. The fourth generation of mutant teenagers, featured inGrant Morrison'sNew X-Men(2001–2004) and inNew Mutants(2003–2004; relaunched asNew X-Men: Academy X,July 2004–Feb. 2008), study at the mansion until it is destroyed during the 2007–2008 story "Messiah Complex" and the X-Men subsequently disband and close the institute.

Though protected by high-tech defenses, the X-Mansion has often been breached by thesupervillainsand evil mutants faced by the X-Men. Indeed, the X-Mansion has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. It was demolished in a battle with theSidriinThe Uncanny X-Men#154 (Feb. 1982) and atomized byMister SinisterinThe Uncanny X-Men#243 (April 1989). It was rebuilt by a futureFranklin Richardsin moments but reverted to its destroyed state after the time-traveler became confused.[7]

Certain portions of the mansion, such as extensive sub-basements, survived both demolitions. WhenOnslaughtrevealed himself and fought the X-Men (X-Men#54 (June 1996) andOnslaught: X-Men), the mansion took heavy damage, though was quickly repaired in-between issues after the "Onslaught" storyline. InOperation: Zero Tolerance,BastionforcedJubileeto reveal the mansion's defenses. He then stripped down the mansion, having everything inside the mansion removed, even down to the paint on the walls. After defeating Bastion, the X-Men moved back into the mansion, as detailed inX-Men#70 (Nov. 1997). The X-Mansion survived an assault by theShi'arinNew X-Men#122–126 (March–July 2002) as well as a riot by students led byQuentin QuireinNew X-Men#134–138 (Jan.–May 2003). In thePlanet Xstoryline ofNew X-Men#146–150, however, the X-Mansion was destroyed; the rebuilding process could be seen inNew X-Men#155–156 (June 2004). In the wake ofM-Daythe mansion was infiltrated by followers of the ReverendWilliam Strykerin an attempt to wipe out the students, resulting in some structural damage and several casualties. Then the mansion was severely damaged when theDanger Roombecame sentient and summoned local machinery to attack the structure. The mansion was also damaged when Mr. Sinister's new team of Marauders attacked the mansion. A fight between the Hulk and several mutants heavily damaged the mansion. In the Messiah Complex storyline, the mansion was completely destroyed by attacking Sentinels.

Unlike past times, the mansion was not rebuilt for a considerable length of time.[8]Rather, the X-Men and their students relocated to a new base of operations in San Francisco. Under the nameGraymalkin Industries,the new X-base is not run as a school, but rather as a sort of community center for mutants who wish to develop their powers.

Faculty (pre- "Messiah Complex" )

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  • Shadowcatteaches computer science classes and, in addition to being a member of the senior staff, acts as a student advisor and liaison for the senior staff.
  • Karmateaches French and is in charge of those students who are too young to join the training squads. She also oversees the library.
  • Nightcrawlerteaches music, art, life sciences, and drama.
  • Beastteaches science and mathematics and is part of the senior staff, presumably overseeing the curriculum.
  • Emma Frost,besides being the headmistress of the Xavier Institute, also teaches English, business, and ethics, much to the horror of Kitty Pryde. She also presides over the new team of X-Men, teaching them to work as a team, with some assistance from the senior staff, such asColossus.
  • Wolverineteachesclose quarters combat.
  • Cyclops,besides being the headmaster of the Xavier Institute, also teaches the elective leadership and tactics.
  • Northstar,before his death (and later resurrection), taught business and consumer law classes, as well as a flying class for those students with flight powers. He also mentored the Alpha Squadron training squad.
  • Iceman,being aCertified Public Accountant,teaches classes in mathematics, finance, and accounting.
  • Gambitteaches a target practice class for students with projectile-based powers. He also mentors the Chevaliers training squad.
  • Wolfsbane,in addition to mentoring the Paragons, is a teaching assistant in Beast's science class.

Post X-Men: Schism

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After the events ofX-Men: Schism,Wolverine and half of the X-Men return toWestchester, New Yorkand the X-Mansion. The name of the school is now theJean Grey School for Higher Learning.Its grounds are in fact a spawn ofKrakoathe Living Island. In the first issue ofWolverine and the X-Menan entirely new school is built on the grounds. It is funded mainly with scientific advancements by the students and diamonds from Krakoa.[9]

After Wolverine dies in the "Death of Wolverine"storyline,Spider-Manbecomes a Guidance Counselor in the seriesSpider-Man and the X-Men.[10]

X-Haven

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Under theAll-New, All-Different Marvelre-branding, X-Haven was a sanctuary founded by Storm and herExtraordinary X-Mento protect mutants from theTerrigen Mist.The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning was temporarily teleported to a pocket dimension withinLimbowith the help ofDoctor Strange,theScarlet Witch,andWiccan.It also has magical defenses created by Magik to keep the Demons away.[11]

The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach

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Following theWar between the Inhumans and mutantswhich resulted in the destruction of the remaining Terrigen Cloud, Kitty Pryde, now the new Headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning had Magik teleport the school back to Earth, more precisely to Central Park, New York City[12]and renames it as the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach.[13]It was demolished after the events ofExtermination.[14]

Post-Krakoa Age: From the Ashes

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As a result of Professor X betraying mutantkind and turning himself into the authorities, the X-mansion undergoes renovations by the US government to be converted into a correction facility for him. This results in the newly-reformed X-men relocating their headquarters in Alaska, the birthplace of Scott Summers. Here, the team decides to reorganize into three factions all while simultaneously returning to their original roots as mediators of human-mutant coexistence.

Layout

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In the middle of the main courtyard is thePhoenixMemorial Statue, dedicated to the memory ofJean Grey.Notable rooms include theDanger Roomand a room containingCerebro.The Headmasters Office ofCyclopsandEmma Frostis on the top floor.

Thebasketball courtis a popular hang-out. It was the site of abasketballgame inX-Men#4 (Jan. 1992) in which the X-Men used their mutant powers. Directly below the basketball court is the hangar, which houses many transportation vehicles, as well asaircraftsuch as the X-MenBlackbird.

There is also a cemetery with memorials for deceased X-Men likeThunderbirdand others.

Other versions

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Age of Apocalypse

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In theAge of Apocalypsereality, the remains of the X-Mansion were the headquarters for a mutant resistance cell against Apocalypse – a mutant that had conquered North America. The Mansion survives, and many new mutants come to the School in hope of shelter.[15]

Mutant X

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In the darker continuity ofMutant X,the X-Mansion is run by Magneto, who had long ago taken up Professor X's dream. The mansion is vaporized in a nuclear explosion.[volume & issue needed]

Predator vs. Wolverine

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In thePredator vs. Wolverineminiseries, which takes place in an alternate reality, the X-Mansion was damaged in an attack by aPredatorin order to lure out Wolverine, whom it was hunting.

Prelude to Deadpool Corps

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In issue #2, the X-Mansion is shown to be an orphanage for troubled kids that is run by Professor X and the teachers includeStormandBeast.Some of the orphans include kid versions ofDeadpool,Scott Summers,Wolverine,Angel,andColossus.[16]

Ultimate Marvel

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In theUltimate Marveluniverse, the X-Mansion does not differ much. However, it is not entirely funded by inheritance. Though the school originally was funded fromMagneto's inheritance,[citation needed]allowing them to neither accept nor seek out donations. Its policies have since changed after Magneto's departure and Xavier's subsequent control over the facility.[citation needed]Later, the students question and ridicule the unlikeliness of the facility simply being funded by inheritance.[volume & issue needed]It is then revealed that numerous donors fund Xavier's projects and remain anonymous due to heavy anti-mutant sentiments present in public opinion.[volume & issue needed]One of the biggest donors was theHellfire Club,who were revealed to have an ulterior motive for doing so.[volume & issue needed]In Xavier's conversation withLilandra Neramani,it's discovered thatS.H.I.E.L.D.were former financiers before their falling out with Xavier; it is unknown what their intentions were.[volume & issue needed]The Church of theShi'arhave become major investors.[volume & issue needed]

The school's location is concealed by a projected image of aJehovah's Witnesschapter, as revealed inUltimate X-Men#1.

The mansion is purposely demolished by Iceman in "Ultimate Requiem"following the events of the"Ultimatum"storyline. This is because the team had been devastated by Magneto's attack and the survivors were going on the run.

In other media

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Television

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  • The X-Mansion appears inSpider-Man and His Amazing Friends.In "The Origin of Iceman", a flashback showed that Iceman traveled there after being invited by Professor X to join the X-Men. In "A Firestar is Born", Iceman and Firestar return to the X-Mansion for a reunion party where they meet the latest members Storm and Wolverine. Spider-Man even arrived when Juggernaut attacks the X-Mansion to target Professor X. In "The Education of a Superhero", the X-Mansion is seen when Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar enlist the X-Men to continue Videoman's training. In "The X-Men Adventure", the X-Mansion is attacked by Cyberiad at the time when Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar were helping the X-Men test out the new Danger Room programs.
  • The X-Mansion appears inX-Men: Pryde of the X-Men.
  • The X-Mansion appears inX-Men: The Animated Series.
  • The X-Mansion appears in the two-partSpider-Manepisode "The Mutant Agenda". Spider-Man travels there to see Professor X in hopes that he can help figure out what he is changing into.
  • The X-Mansion appears inX-Men: Evolution.It has the same address, but is located inBayville, New York.[17]
  • The X-Mansion appears in the animated seriesWolverine and the X-Men.It is destroyed by a massive explosion (which was later revealed to have been caused by the Phoenix Force) with the help of Forge and the money of Angel, it was rebuilt just in time for the X-Men to save the world from the Brotherhood of Mutants, the Sentinels, Hellfire Club and the Phoenix Force.
  • The X-Mansion appears inThe Super Hero Squad Show.It is shown as part of Super Hero City and is depicted as a white circular building with an X-logo on top. In "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant Academy", the interior of the X-Mansion is shown as a normal school with the Danger Room also serving as a detention hall and a cafeteria.
  • The X-Mansion is mentioned inThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroesepisode "Masters of Evil"; a newspaper has a photo of it with the cover story "Secret School for Mutants?".
  • A variation or early version of the X-Mansion appears in Season 3 of the FX seriesLegion.The home used for the Xavier mansion in this iteration is theStimson House Castleat 2421 S. Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. A historical landmark built in 1893, the Stimson House has been used in several films and television programs such as the TV seriesPushing Daisiesand the 1987 feature filmHouse II: The Second Story.
  • The X-Mansion appears inX-Men '97.

Film

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Video games

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  • In the fighting game,X-Men: Next Dimension,the X-Mansion served as one of the arenas to fight within, as well as on the foregrounds.
  • The X-Mansion appears inX-Men Legends.It serves as a hub for the X-Men.
  • InX-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse,Beast was at the Mansion trying to locate Apocalypse. Instead, Apocalypse and his men invaded the X-Mansion, abducted Beast upon defeating him, and destroyed the entire building. The remains serve as a Hub during Apocalypse's invasion on New York.
  • The X-Mansion appears inMarvel: Ultimate Alliance.WhenWeaselis looking for somewhere to hide fromS.H.I.E.L.D.,he asks the players if he would be able to hide out at the Baxter Building or the X-Mansion. As Hank Pym mentions to the player that Mister Fantastic tends to work with S.H.I.E.L.D., Professor X mentions to the player that having S.H.I.E.L.D. Soldiers within his home would not sit well with his fellow X-Men. This causes Weasel to choose the X-Mansion as a hide-out. During that time if the player asks Storm on Weasel's status while in Asgard, she states that Beast caught Weasel hacking into Cerebro, Forge caught Weasel in the X-Jet Hangar, and Emma Frost caught Weasel near Wolverine's bikes. When Weasel is done with the job and the player asks Storm on the X-Mansion's status, she says that she thinks everyone is ready for him to leave because Colossus got back from his trip to Russia and found Weasel in the kitchen and started beating him up. Luckily for Weasel, Karma managed to get between them and explain who Weasel was. Weasel also mentions earlier that Beast (or the "Big Blue Ape" as he calls him) kept asking him when he is going to leave.
  • The X-Mansion appears inMarvel Heroes.It serves as a hub for the players.
  • The X-Mansion appears inLego Marvel Super Heroes.It is located inInwood, Manhattan.During the game, Magneto leads his Brotherhood of Mutants and hisAcolytesoldiers into raiding the X-Mansion to steal back theTesseractforDoctor Doom.The X-Men had to fight the Brotherhood of Mutants members and the Acolyte soldiers while getting the X-Mansion's students to safety. During free roam, the players can visit the X-Mansion where they use their characters to help out Professor X with different things like helping the X-Mansion's students get through their challenges and fight a Sentinel.

Books

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  • The X-Mansion appears at the end of theX-Men/Star Trekcrossover novelPlanet X.QandWatcherhave a discussion while observing the X-Men on its lawn.
  • X-Men: Survival Guide to the Mansion Vol 1 No 1;is a comic book written as if the reader is a new student attending the X-Mansion. It gives helpful advice on how to survive living with the X-Men and fellow mutant students.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Gina Misiroglu (2004).The Superhero Book.Visible Ink Press. p.507.ISBN1-57859-154-6.Few heroes enjoy such elaborate bases of operations as Batman and Superman, although the X-Men headquarters is a site to be reckoned with. Marvel Comic's mutant band of superheroes spend most of their time at their mentor Professor X's mansion, located in Westchester County, New York. Xavier's estate houses the X-Men's training facility, which fronts as an Ivy League-like school.
  2. ^Sanderson, Peter (2007).The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City.New York City:Pocket Books.p. 214.ISBN978-1-4165-3141-8.
  3. ^Wolverine and the X-Men#1 (2011)
  4. ^Extraordinary X-Men#1
  5. ^X-Men Prime#1
  6. ^X-Men Gold#1
  7. ^The New MutantsAnnual #6 (1990)
  8. ^X-Men LegacyAnnual #1 (2012)
  9. ^Wolverine and the X-Men#20 (2012)
  10. ^"Spider-Man and the X-Men(2014–Present) ".Marvel Comics.RetrievedFebruary 18,2016.
  11. ^Extraordinary X-Men#1
  12. ^X-Men: Prime#1
  13. ^X-Men Gold#1
  14. ^The Uncanny X-Menvol. 5 #11
  15. ^Astonishing X-Men#1–4 (1995–1996)
  16. ^"Prelude to Deadpool Corps" #2 (May 2010)
  17. ^Episode 18: "Beast of Bayville" Season 2
  18. ^"X-Men (2000)"– via imdb.
  19. ^"X-Men 2 (2003)"– via imdb.
  20. ^"X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)"– via imdb.
  21. ^"X-Men Dark Phoenix: What We Learned From The Director Commentary".GameSpot.Retrieved2021-07-20.
  22. ^"X-Men: First Class (2011)"– via imdb.
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