publication date: Sunday, May 18, 2008 (part of Round XXXIV)

category: Comics

clue: This professor's original goal of educating his uncanny students soon mutated into a super battle for their civil rights.

explanation: Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) was the founder of the mutant superhero team X-Men, from the comic book The Uncanny X-Men, where he founded a school for mutants feared by society. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Lori Lancaster, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, Shawn Brandt, Greg Bair, Jim Kraus, Allison Bair, JB Brenner, Sam Boyarsky, Michelle Lager, and Joanne Martin

trivia: Scott had a hard time deciding whether the final goo of College Week should be Professor X, or "The Professor" from Gilligan's Island.

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