Marvel Comics
PROFESSOR X
143
APPEARANCES
7877
TOTAL ISSUES
8
SERIES
Professor Charles Francis Xavier (colloquial: Professor X) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is the founder and leader of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. The founder of the X-Men, Xavier is an exceptionally powerful telepath who can read and control the minds of others. To both shelter and train mutants from around the world, he runs a private school in Salem Center, located in Westchester County, New York. Xavier also strives to serve a greater good by promoting peaceful coexistence and equality between humans and mutants in a world where zealous anti-mutant bigotry is widespread. Throughout much of the character's history in comics, Xavier is a paraplegic variously using either a wheelchair or a modified version of one. One of the world's most powerful mutant telepaths, Xavier is a scientific genius and a leading authority in genetics. Furthermore, he has shown noteworthy talents in devising equipment to greatly enhance psionic powers. Xavier is perhaps best known in this regard for the creation of a device called Cerebro, a technology that serves to detect and track those individuals possessing the mutant gene, at the same time greatly expanding the gifts of those with existing psionic abilities. From a social policy and philosophical perspective, Xavier deeply resents the violent methods of those like his former close friend and occasional enemy, the super-villain Magneto. Instead, he has presented his platform of uncompromising pacifism to see his dream to fruition - one that seeks to live harmoniously alongside humanity, just the same as it desires full-fledged civil rights and equality for all mutants. Xavier's actions and goals in life have therefore often been compared to those of Martin Luther King Jr. for his involvement with the American civil rights struggle, whereas Magneto is often compared with the more militant civil rights activist Malcolm X. The character's creation and development occurred simultaneously with the civil rights struggle, taking place in the 1960's, while Xavier's first appearance dates to 1963. The fictionalized plight in the comics of mutantkind faced with exceptional intolerance and prejudice was done in large part to better illustrate to audiences of the day what was transpiring across the United States, just the same as it also served to further promote ideals of tolerance and equality for all.
Marvel Super-Heroes #23
Nov 1969
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Marvel Super-Heroes #24
Jan 1970
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Marvel Super-Heroes #25
Mar 1970
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Marvel Super-Heroes #26
May 1970
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Marvel Super-Heroes #27
Jul 1970
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The Avengers Annual #10
Nov 1981
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Web of Spider-Man #104"Crisis of Conscience (Part 1 of 3)"
Sep 1993
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Storm #1"Sunburst and Snowblind"
Feb 1996
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Gambit #4"Old Wounds Fresh Blood!"
May 1999
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Gambit #5"Of Mice And Men"
Jun 1999
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Gambit #8"Destined To Repeat It"
Sep 1999
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Gambit #9"To Thine Own Self Be True"
Oct 1999
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Gambit #20"In Dreams"
Sep 2000
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Gambit #21"A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing"
Oct 2000
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Ultimate X-Men #1
Feb 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #2
Mar 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #3
Apr 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #4
May 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #5
Jun 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #6
Jul 2001
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New X-Men #114"E is for Extinction Part One"
Jul 2001
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New X-Men #115"E is for Extinction"
Aug 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #7
Aug 2001
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New X-Men #116"E is for Extinction"
Sep 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #8
Sep 2001
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New X-Men #117"Danger Rooms"
Oct 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #9
Oct 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #10
Nov 2001
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New X-Men #118"Germ Free Generation Part One"
Nov 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #11
Dec 2001
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Ultimate X-Men #12
Jan 2002
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New X-Men #120"Germ Free Generation - part 3"
Jan 2002
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New X-Men #121"Silence: Psychic Rescue In Progress"
Feb 2002
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Ultimate X-Men #14
Mar 2002
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New X-Men #122"Imperial"
Mar 2002
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New X-Men #123"Testament"
Apr 2002
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Ultimate X-Men #15
Apr 2002
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New X-Men #124"Superdestroyer"
May 2002
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Ultimate X-Men #16
May 2002
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New X-Men #125"Losers"
Jun 2002
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Ultimate X-Men #17
Jun 2002
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Ultimate X-Men #18
Jul 2002
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New X-Men #126"All Hell"
Jul 2002
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New X-Men #128"New Worlds"
Aug 2002
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Ultimate X-Men #19
Aug 2002
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New X-Men #127"Of Living and Dying"
Aug 2002
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New X-Men #129"Fantomex"
Sep 2002
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New X-Men #130"Weapon Twelve"
Oct 2002
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New X-Men #131"Some Angels Falling"
Oct 2002
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New X-Men #132"Ambient Magnetic Fields"
Nov 2002
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New X-Men #133"Dust"
Dec 2002
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New X-Men #134"Kid Ω"
Jan 2003
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New X-Men #135"Teaching Children About Fractals"
Feb 2003
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New X-Men #136"When X is not X"
Mar 2003
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New X-Men #137"Riot at Xavier's"
Apr 2003
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New X-Men #138"The Prime of Miss Emma Frost"
May 2003
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New X-Men #139"Shattered"
Jun 2003
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New X-Men #140"Murder at the Mansion"
Jun 2003
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New X-Men #141"Whodunit?"
Jul 2003
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New Mutants #2
Key issue
Aug 2003
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New Mutants #3
Sep 2003
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New Mutants #4"Freaks & Geeks"
Oct 2003
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New X-Men #147"Planet X, Part 2: Magneto Superior"
Nov 2003
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New X-Men #146"Planet X, Part 1"
Nov 2003
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New Mutants #5"Not One of Us"
Nov 2003
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New X-Men #148"Planet X, Part 3: Survivor Type"
Dec 2003
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New Mutants #6"(Just Like) Starting Over"
Dec 2003
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New Mutants #7"The Ties That Bind 1 of 6: Higher Learning"
Jan 2004
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New Mutants #8"The Ties That Bind Part 2 of 6: Parents Week"
Jan 2004
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New X-Men #149"Planet X, Part 4: Phoenix in Darkness"
Jan 2004
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New X-Men #150"Planet X, Part 5: Phoenix Invictus"
Feb 2004
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X-Men: Legacy #208"From Genesis To Revelations, Part 1"
Apr 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #209"From Genesis To Revelations, Part 2"
May 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #210"From Genesis To Revelations, Part 3"
Jun 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #212"Sins Of The Father, Part 2"
Jul 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #211"Sins Of The Father, Part 1"
Jul 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #213"Sins Of The Father, Part 3"
Aug 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #214"Sins Of The Father, Part 4"
Sep 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #215"Walkthrough, Part 1"
Oct 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #216"Walkthrough, Part 2"
Nov 2008
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New Exiles #12
Dec 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #217"Original Sin, Part 2"
Dec 2008
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X-Men: Legacy #218"Original Sin, Part 4"
Jan 2009
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New Exiles #15
Feb 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #219"Jagannatha"
Feb 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #220"Salvage, Part 1"
Mar 2009
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New Exiles #17
Mar 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #221"Salvage, Part 2"
Apr 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #222"Salvage, Part 3"
May 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #223"Salvage, Part 4"
Jun 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #224"The Reunion"
Jul 2009
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X-Men: Legacy #225"The Retreat"
Aug 2009
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X-Men: Second Coming #2"Sacrifices"
Sep 2010
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Daken: Dark Wolverine #1"Empire, Pt. 1"
Nov 2010
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X-Men: Legacy #244"None so Blind"
Mar 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #245"Age of X Chapter One"
Apr 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #247"Age of X, Chapter Five"
Jun 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #248"Age of X: Aftermath, Part One"
Jul 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #250"Lost Legions, Part 1; Flashback; Into the Abyss"
Aug 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #251"Lost Legions, Part 2"
Aug 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #252"Lost Legions, Part 3"
Sep 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #253"Lost Legions, Conclusion"
Oct 2011
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Wolverine & the X-Men #1"Welcome to the X-Men! Now Die!"
Dec 2011
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X-Men: Legacy #265"Mutant Time Bomb, Pt. 2"
Jun 2012
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Wolverine & the X-Men #15"On the Eve of Battle"
Oct 2012
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Uncanny Avengers #1
Dec 2012
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Wolverine & the X-Men #18"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow!"
Dec 2012
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Uncanny Avengers #2
Jan 2013
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Uncanny Avengers #4
Apr 2013
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All-New X-Men #27
Jul 2014
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Savage Hulk #1"The Man Within"
Aug 2014
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All-New X-Men #29
Sep 2014
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Savage Hulk #2"The Man Within Part Two of Four"
Sep 2014
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Savage Hulk #3"The Man Within Part Three of Four"
Oct 2014
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Savage Hulk #4"The Man Within Part Four of Four"
Nov 2014
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Uncanny Avengers #24
Nov 2014
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All-New X-Men #34
Feb 2015
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All-New X-Men #41
Aug 2015
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Extraordinary X-Men #3
Feb 2016
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X-Men: Blue #12"Toil and Trouble Part 3"
Nov 2017
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X-Men: Blue #16"Cross Time Capers Part 1"
Jan 2018
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X-Men: Blue #20"Cross Time Capers Part 5"
Mar 2018
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X-Men: Blue #19"Cross Time Capers Part 4"
Mar 2018
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X-Men: Gold #26"'Til Death Do Us Part Part 1"
Jun 2018
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Powers of X #1"The Last Dream of Professor X"
Sep 2019
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House of X #1"The House That Xavier Built"
Sep 2019
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House of X #2"The Uncanny Life of Moira X"
Oct 2019
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House of X #3"Once More Unto the Breach"
Oct 2019
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Powers of X #2"We Are Together Now, You and I"
Oct 2019
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House of X #5"Society"
Nov 2019
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Powers of X #5"For the Children"
Nov 2019
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House of X #4"It Will Be Done"
Nov 2019
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Powers of X #6"House of X"
Dec 2019
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House of X #6"I Am Not Ashamed"
Dec 2019
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Marauders #3"The Bishop In Black"
Feb 2020
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Marauders #9"Journey to the Center of Pyro"
May 2020
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Marauders #10"Leave None To Tell the Tale"
Jul 2020
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Marauders #11"To Live and Die On Krakoa"
Oct 2020
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New Mutants #13
Dec 2020
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Marauders #16"Consequences"
Feb 2021
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Marauders #18"Saving Face"
Apr 2021
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Marauders #21"You Are Cordially Invited To the Hellfire Gala; Out With the Old A Tale of Hellfire Gala Past"
Aug 2021
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Marauders #22"The Morning After"
Sep 2021
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