The Story
Professor Charles Xavier debuted in X-Men #1, cover-dated September 1963, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the same issue that introduced the team, Magneto, and the core mutant conflict. A telepath who lost the use of his legs, Xavier built a school in Westchester and gathered young mutants under one idea: that humans and mutants could share the same world.
He runs the franchise from behind the scenes as founder, mentor, and strategist. Nearly every X-Men arc traces back to his dream or the cost of chasing it, and the roster he assembled over the decades includes names like Storm and Wolverine.
The sculpt puts Xavier in a seated command pose, one hand raised toward his temple mid-projection, a faint glow of psychic energy at his brow. VeVe rendered it in premium 3D for AR, and the read is composed control rather than raw force, which fits a character who wins with his mind.
Xavier joined a VeVe X-Men roster that started with the first Storm NFT in November 2021. By late 2023 the platform had moved off the massive blind box drops of 2021 and 2022 toward smaller, single-character releases, and Professor X is a clean example of that shift.
The Drop
VeVe tied Professor X and Magneto together in one series for New York Comic Con 2023, and the pairing was deliberate: Xavier wants coexistence, Erik wants mutants on top. Shipping the two founding rivals side by side let collectors grab both poles of the X-Men conflict in a single window. Both went out October 15, 2023 at $40, both Ultra Rare, both flagged First Appearance.
Edition Breakdown
| Tier | Editions | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra Rare (single sculpt) | 2,666 | Minted at $40. Roughly 1,006 in circulation, about 1,660 burned. |
The 2,666 figure is the mint. Roughly 1,660 editions have been burned since, so real circulating supply sits near 1,006, a much tighter number than the headline count and worth remembering when you read floor prices.
Market Context
Single-sculpt Ultra Rare, no Common tier underneath it, so there is no cheap floor dragging the piece down: everyone holds the same edition. Between a mint of 2,666 and the burn down to around 1,006 circulating, the real supply for the founder of the X-Men is genuinely small.
The paired release with Magneto (2,888 minted, roughly 1,105 circulating) makes a natural two-piece set, and plenty of collectors hold both for display. With VeVe's Collect blockchain migration finished in January 2026 and the StackR marketplace live, moving pieces in this supply range is straightforward.
Collector's Note
If you collect X-Men, this is the character who started it all: the school, the team, the dream the whole franchise argues about. He is also the rarer half of the NYCC pairing, both at mint (2,666 versus Magneto's 2,888) and in circulation (about 1,006 versus 1,105), which makes him the natural anchor of the set.
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Frequently Asked Questions
October 15, 2023, on VeVe Collectibles as a New York Comic Con 2023 exclusive. It launched at $40 retail as a single Ultra Rare edition and dropped in the same series as the first Magneto NFT.
VeVe minted 2,666. Roughly 1,660 have been burned, leaving about 1,006 in circulation. No additional sculpts exist, so the mint is fixed.
Yes. Copies trade between collectors on the VeVe secondary market and the StackR marketplace, sometimes below the original $40 retail.
It launched on Ethereum and now lives on the Collect blockchain following VeVe's completed migration in January 2026.
No. Storm was the first X-Men NFT on VeVe, released November 20, 2021. Professor X arrived nearly two years later, on October 15, 2023, paired with Magneto.
