(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) - Charles Lensherr was the first child of X-Men leaders Magneto and Rogue. He was born on the ruined Xavier Estate in the Dead Zone surrounding Apocalypse Island. The boy was named after his father's long dead friend Charles Xavier, who also grew up on the estate.
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) - To make sure his son could live a relatively normal life despite the fact his parents were mutant resistance fighters, Magneto constructed a robotic, fully armed bodyguard for him. Calling the automaton Nanny, he made sure it was programmed to keep Charles safe at all costs while also making sure his every need was tended to (see comments).
(X-Men Alpha I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Charles grew close to Nanny who was able to hug, cuddle and play him unlike his mother Rogue whose mutant powers prevented her from even touching her own child's face.
(X-Men Alpha I#1) - When the X-Men returned home from a mission to Seattle with the mysterious Bishop, Rogue and Magneto parents immediately went to check on Charles. He was being cared for by Nanny, who was singing him a lullabye. The boy was wideawake when he spotted his parents and Magneto happily hugged his son. This hurt Rogue who also longed to hold her child and she feared Nanny was a better mother to him than she was. Magneto assured her they would find a way for her to hold him.
(Astonishing X-Men I#1) - While Nanny was being upgraded, Blink offered to look after Charles but the young teleporter had an ulterior motive. She immediately brought the boy to Rogue who was getting a little too intimate with her old flame Gambit. Charles broke the romantic tension and Blink contently watched Rogue walk away with her son to see to his needs.
(Amazing
X-Men I#1) - Bishop carried Charles while he, Magneto and Nanny observed
Quicksilver's X-Men prepare for their upcoming mission to Maine. Though
the situation was dire, Charles contributed a brief moment of levity
when he cheerfully pinched Bishop's nose. (X-Man I#2) - Magneto was tending to Charles when the boy picked up the psionic presence of X-Man and Theresa Cassidy. Magneto didn't see anything, but trusted his child enough to immediately take an imposing defensive stance. The two teen mutants were so intimidated, they immediately left.
(Astonishing X-Men I#2) - Much to Bishop's dismay, Magneto took the time to enjoy a quiet moment with Charles, holding the helpless boy in his arms while he slept. When Magneto told Bishop that he wasn't sure he could sacrifice his son's life to restore a world in which he might not exist, Bishop repeated his earlier claims about this reality being a kind of cosmic accident. None of this mattered to Magneto: in his eyes, all Charles was is love and love is never an accident. He asked Bishop to give him tonight to say goodbye to his child.
(Amazing X-Men I#2 - BTS) - Apocalypse, having learned the location of the X-Men's base, ordered his troops to prepare for an assault which he intended to lead himself.
(Astonishing X-Men I#3) - Charles and Nanny were in the room while Magneto was preparing Bishop for his upcoming mission. The master of magnetism wanted to make sure Bishop could pull the trigger and kill Legion once he made it to the past. Their training was cut short when Nanny's sensors picked up a security perimeter breach. Immediately switching to Defcon: Armageddon, the robotic nursemaid wrapped Charles in an omnium shell made of her own body. Now safely sealed away in a nigh impenetrable cocoon, Charles was instantly evacuated into the labyrithine sewers below the mansion. With his son relatively safe and secure, Magneto and Bishop decided they'd best prepare for the coming attack.
(Amazing X-Men I#3) - In the sewers, Nanny reformed herself: the robot's mid-riff was now a see-through shell that allowed Charles to keep track of what was going on. They were suddenly confronted by the teleporting Infinite Vanisher who was sent by Apocalypse to capture Magneto's son. Nanny instantly activated her defensive array and slaughtered her opponent with a barrage of close range precision plasma fire. Vanisher perished on the spot, but none of this mattered to Nanny who had resumed her trek through the tunnels with her young charge.
(X-Men Omega I#1)
- Apocalypse told Guido to watch Charles when the X-Men attacked the
citadel to free him, his father and the M'Kraan Crystal. Apocalypse
planned to use the boy as a bargaining tool, but when he was faced
by both Magneto and Rogue, the furious mother wasted no time killing
Guido and reclaiming her child. Rogue kept the boy safe while
Magneto used his powers to magnetically tear Apocalypse apart. In
the aftermath, aware that the Eurasian Human High Council had
launched its nuclear arsenal to destroy En Sabah Nur's empire,
Magneto and Rogue held Charles while they waited for the bombs to
drop.
(X-Men: Age of
Apocalypse I#3) - The X-Men's latest
recruit Xorn turned out to be the vengeful
Paige Guthrie who had come to make the
team pay for leaving her to die in the
Seattle Core. While her siblings kept the
X-Men busy, Paige fought and defeated
Rogue at the Institute. By the time the
X-Men returned home, they found Charles
chained up at Paige's feet, flanked by the
other Guthries.
(X-Men: Age of
Apocalypse I#6) - Freeing Jean Grey and
killing Mr. Sinister came with a price:
Charles' half-brother Pietro was killed.
Charles attended the funeral, quietly
watching his father form a metal rose and
leaving it on his older brother's grave
site. A little later, Magneto turned
himself in for lying to the world. Charles
and Rogue watched a news report of his
arrest, though Charles seemed more
enthralled by the handheld videogame he
was playing.