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THEY KILLED CHARLES XAVIER FOR THIS??! I loved the four-issued spectacle that was, mostly because Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's friendship was the main focus of that, even if Charles' insane son David (Legion) had to mess that all up via time-travel and attempted murder (of Erik); and then kills his own father instead.
Douche move, Dave. That story arc ( ) was apparently the prelude for this one, the long-winded alternate real THEY KILLED CHARLES XAVIER FOR THIS??!
I loved the four-issued spectacle that was, mostly because Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's friendship was the main focus of that, even if Charles' insane son David (Legion) had to mess that all up via time-travel and attempted murder (of Erik); and then kills his own father instead. Douche move, Dave. That story arc ( ) was apparently the prelude for this one, the long-winded alternate reality that is Age of Apocalypse. It covers fourteen separate issues and site has provided a great list for how to read this best chronologically and I only hoped the four 'Epic' books that collected all of these issues followed the same order. Unfortunately enough, they didn't. This was why the timeliness of it all as read in the first ten issues here seemed out of loop and readers may get frustrated by the severe lack of linear coherency alone.
AND THEY SHOULD. It's not the tidiest collected work. Personally, while reading the ten issues in this volume, I found some standalone moments between and among characters that I enjoyed but only because of how cheesy or goofy they came off. Here's the first thing you need to learn about reading Age of Apocalypse: please do understand that it's basically not meant to be taken seriously and I dare anyone who would challenge this idea because to me it came off as pretty much just a ridiculous exercise on how much readers can care about the X-Men that they are willing to sift through the woefully unnecessary expositions featured in this hefty motherfucker. Look, it's no Claremont prose which is often uniquely entertaining in spite of its cheese quality. Sure, I think the writers aspire to match that tonality and there are times it paid off. Other times, it's just alienating, bizarre and condescending, if not disappointingly flat or dumbfounding.
AUs are supposed to offer something fresh and exciting but I'm only getting tiny gems along the way which only happened to draw me in because they're about characters I'm very involved in. For the first volume of Age of Apocalypse, here are the issues that were featured and it makes no sense why they are compiled together: (1) X-Men Chronicles #1; (2) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #2, (3)Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #1; (4) X-Men Chronicles #2; (5) X-Man -1; (6) X-Man Annual ‘96; (7) Blink #1; (8) Blink #2; (9) Blink #3; (10) Blink #4 As I've mentioned before, that is not the advised reading order and yet here we are. I think I'll tackle my favorite moments instead for this review with some commentary as to why they made me giddy. Please take note that they are mostly absurd on their own and they probably stood out for me because I like the characters involved in the scenes.
Nonetheless, Age of Apocalypse so far has been sorely a let-down. It's a mish-mash of separate events rather than a cohesive arc with multiple installments. Everyone is just doing their own thang, caught up with whatever bullshit battle, as all the characters are drawn like they're posing for an eighties glam rock cover band (IT'S VERY DISTRACTING). Speaking of which: NUMBER 5 FAVORITE THING ABOUT AOA Book 1: Cyclops and his puffy Bon Jovi-inspired hair; and Magneto's Fabio-styled braided silver locks. It's like they're both compensating for Charles' bald absence or something. NUMBER 4 FAVORITE THING ABOUT AOA Book 1: Morph as the comic relief.
He's pretty endearing. NUMBER 3 FAVORITE THING ABOUT AOA Book 1: Whatever the hell is going on with Jean Grey and Logan (known here as Weapon X). This is my favorite spread because the illustration is SO.
DORKY: NUMBER 2 FAVORITE THING ABOUT AOA Book 1: Magneto casually inserting Charles Xavier any chance he gets, constantly reminding everyone that he had a friend once who died saving him and he owed him everything that he has become now. And then cue sad, contemplative music (most probably). He also once referred to him as a 'special person' which is totally an endearment.
NUMBER 1 FAVORITE THING ABOUT AOA Book 1: That odd love triangle among Magneto, Rogue and Gambit that made me laugh and laugh and cry a little about because IT ACTUALLY WORKED FOR ME AND I AM SORT OF ASHAMED. But I guess it's acceptable because Charles is dead in this AU so it's okay for Mags to move on, totally just hook up with Rogue, and every once in a while still mention and talk about Charles. BEHOLD THE SOAP OPERA THAT IS MAGS X ROGUE X GAMBIT: You know you want to THIS IS SERIOUSLY THE ONLY THING WORTH READING IN VOLUME ONE!! So who the fuck is Apocalypse?
Why the fuck should I worry about him? As the first volume, this one should already be giving me a glimpse of what he is capable of, what he plans to do exactly, and why is he a threat to the world. All I got are crumbs of these things and the villains who act in his name are at best vaguely represented and under-utilized while others are barely competent. I don't understand the alternate reality that AoA operates in. No amount of world-building is sufficiently spent for readers to imagine and comprehend without the narrative bubbles for that being reduced to eye-rolling purple prose. The only thing I know is the fact that Xavier died so he never founded the X-Men so it was Magneto who took his place instead and now he plays the role of this tortured good guy who laments the lost dream he shared with his late friend while also doing a 'will-they-won't-they' dance with Rogue (WHICH IS AWESOME! THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME READING).
Also, the Blink issues were.okay. I didn't know much about this character so having to read four issues about her had been rather trying for me. It's not that I didn't like her but I didn't feel the characterization for her and the role she took part in for her story were compelling enough. I can't understand how she fits into all of this yet. I could only hope things will get better in the next three books. KINDDA RECOMMENDED: 6/10 DO READ MY REVIEWS AT. The Age of Apocalypse could easily have been titled what if Charles Xavier died young.
In this series Professor X died sometime after meeting Magneto, but before they came into conflict with one another. Because of how Professor X died, Magneto adopts his vision and makes his own version of the X-Men.
Apparently Charles Xavier's more pacifist approach lulled Apocalypse into a sense of false confidence in the normal timeline, but Apocalypse apparently felt threatened by Magneto and he strikes ou The Age of Apocalypse could easily have been titled what if Charles Xavier died young. In this series Professor X died sometime after meeting Magneto, but before they came into conflict with one another. Because of how Professor X died, Magneto adopts his vision and makes his own version of the X-Men. Apparently Charles Xavier's more pacifist approach lulled Apocalypse into a sense of false confidence in the normal timeline, but Apocalypse apparently felt threatened by Magneto and he strikes out much sooner taking over the world.
The X characters we know and love initially look familiar but thanks to the world it isn't long until they change quite a bit. I'm not often into what if and dystopian type futures, but as a die hard X-Men fan this was a must have. I loved seeing the vast changes some characters display in this harsher future. It's also fun as other Marvel characters are affected and shown in the world in minor ways. This was confusing as hell, and I figured out why. Here is the suggested reading order from an excellent Age of Apocalypse web site ( 1) X-Men: AoA One-Shot 3rd story 02) X-Men Chronicles #1 03) X-Men Chronicles #2 04) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #2 05) X-Man #minus 1 06) X-Man Annual '96 07) X-Men: AoA One-Shot 2nd story 08) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #1 09) X-Men: AoA One-Shot 1st story 10) Blink #1 11) Blink #2 12) Blink #3 13) Blink #4 Here is the readin This was confusing as hell, and I figured out why.
Here is the suggested reading order from an excellent Age of Apocalypse web site ( 1) X-Men: AoA One-Shot 3rd story 02) X-Men Chronicles #1 03) X-Men Chronicles #2 04) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #2 05) X-Man #minus 1 06) X-Man Annual '96 07) X-Men: AoA One-Shot 2nd story 08) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #1 09) X-Men: AoA One-Shot 1st story 10) Blink #1 11) Blink #2 12) Blink #3 13) Blink #4 Here is the reading order of this trade paperback, near as I can figure it: 1. X-Men Chronicles #1 2. Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #2 3. Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #1 4. X-Men Chronicles #2 5. X-Man Annual ‘96 7.
Blink #4 So, if we add the two pieces of data together, the reading order I was presented with, expressed numerically, is as follows: 2, 4, 8, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 The only issues remotely in order are the last four, and even those apparently exist outside the normal timeline. Here is the summary from the aforementioned web site: Blink’s own four issue limited series takes her amnesiac into the Negative Zone, from which she later returns after encountering Blaastar and Annihilus.
The last three pages of issue #4 flash forward to the end of the Age of Apocalypse and show Blink getting teleported away from the timeline shortly before it was apparently destroyed. So we've got a character I know nothing about, in the Negative zone where who knows what the hell is going on, and then a flash forward to the end of the Age of Apocalypse. I know things were pretty chaotic, what with Apocalypse taking over the world and culling all non-mutants. But could we at least hear the story in some kind of order? Oh the 90's.Man, it's kinda fun to take my own little time travel back to the good old days before smart phones and wi-fi dominated the frequencies of our existence. However, once I've traveled back, my 21st century sense of superiority starts to kick in and I begin to judge. Not too harshly, but more from a sociological perspective, taking note of the busy (yet still awesome) artwork, the long-winded narration, and (this is funny) the character thought bubbles saying things like: 'I'll take Oh the 90's.Man, it's kinda fun to take my own little time travel back to the good old days before smart phones and wi-fi dominated the frequencies of our existence.
However, once I've traveled back, my 21st century sense of superiority starts to kick in and I begin to judge. Not too harshly, but more from a sociological perspective, taking note of the busy (yet still awesome) artwork, the long-winded narration, and (this is funny) the character thought bubbles saying things like: 'I'll take care of this with one of my optic blasts!' In the heat of battle, that's what's going through Scott Summers' mind? Or Wolverine saying, 'You're about to feel the power of my adamantium claws!' So, anyway, the story here still holds up well, but it also makes me appreciate how far mainstream comics have come.
Still, it was nice to take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of the comics that had me hooked as a youngster before I gave up comics for an extended period of time for.uh.other pursuits. The first of the mesmerising epic of the Age of Apocalypse graphic novels. The saga that shows you what could have been if Charles Xavier had been killed so many years before. The immensely evil Apocalypse is now practically a god and his chosen elite (the Prelates) will serve him and help him to submerge his enemies with his tyranny. This includes Magneto’s Astonishing X-Men who are fighting to keep order no matter how inconceivable and the remaining humans who are now the inferior race. Only t The first of the mesmerising epic of the Age of Apocalypse graphic novels. The saga that shows you what could have been if Charles Xavier had been killed so many years before.
The immensely evil Apocalypse is now practically a god and his chosen elite (the Prelates) will serve him and help him to submerge his enemies with his tyranny. This includes Magneto’s Astonishing X-Men who are fighting to keep order no matter how inconceivable and the remaining humans who are now the inferior race. Only the fittest will survive but will this depend on whose side they take? Many of the better known characters are present but in guises you may not recognise, some of the bad are now good and one of the Prelates are very surprising See also in this volume the ‘birth’ of X-Man and my two favourite X-Men characters disband from the X-Men through love and pain. This saga is well worth a read if you can keep up with the madness!
I’d waited a long time to finally read them (my brother always raved about this series) and I am currently loving it! Fun alternate universe version of the X-Men Universe. I'm not very well-versed in comic lore, but I believe this was later retconned into the mainstream Marvel Universe? Anyway, this collection focuses on many of the less prominent X-Men in an age where Magneto is the leader of the X-Men, and it only gets crazier and more fun from there. I took one star off since the order is kind of messy and confusing, so just understand these stories are not in chronological order. Instead, it's almost as if Fun alternate universe version of the X-Men Universe.
I'm not very well-versed in comic lore, but I believe this was later retconned into the mainstream Marvel Universe? Anyway, this collection focuses on many of the less prominent X-Men in an age where Magneto is the leader of the X-Men, and it only gets crazier and more fun from there. I took one star off since the order is kind of messy and confusing, so just understand these stories are not in chronological order. Instead, it's almost as if it's different short stories within the same universe; each different story provides enough context and background information to comprehend what's happening. It just takes some getting used to.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, This review is for the whole story line, I read the single issues and I don't know what vol. So Xavier is dead and has been for a long time. Apocalypse has taken control of the US and has had it for years.
Cyclops and Havok along with Beast all work for Sinister, who himself works for Apocalypse. All the other heroes that are not mutants live in Europe, those who are still alive. Spider-man is dead and so is Thor (if I remember right, it has been like 20 years or so since this came ou This review is for the whole story line, I read the single issues and I don't know what vol. So Xavier is dead and has been for a long time.
Apocalypse has taken control of the US and has had it for years. Cyclops and Havok along with Beast all work for Sinister, who himself works for Apocalypse. All the other heroes that are not mutants live in Europe, those who are still alive. Spider-man is dead and so is Thor (if I remember right, it has been like 20 years or so since this came out). And the leader of the X-Men is none other than Magneto, yeah he has lead them before but this is different, Xavier died in front of him, so now he has to the honorable thing and all.
Things are backwards here, kind of good guys are bad and bad guys are good, but it is all done in an awesome way that when the 4 issues are up and the titles returned to the normal names, I wished that it would have continued, in a way it did, but that is another story all together, and it really is. This is the first of four volumes that collect the entire mammoth story of the Age of Apocalypse. The first volume is really not too great. However, needs to be read to get a grasp on what is going on in the rest of the volumes. What is not here is the lead up; what made the Age of Apocalypse even happen in the first place and Marvel, in their infinite wisdom have not made that available.
This is one of the last really good super crossovers done in comics. Basicly, a what-if story in continuity; t This is the first of four volumes that collect the entire mammoth story of the Age of Apocalypse. The first volume is really not too great. However, needs to be read to get a grasp on what is going on in the rest of the volumes.
What is not here is the lead up; what made the Age of Apocalypse even happen in the first place and Marvel, in their infinite wisdom have not made that available. This is one of the last really good super crossovers done in comics. Basicly, a what-if story in continuity; this is what would have been if Charles Xavier, Professor X had died and not formed the X-men.
There are some great (now considered some of the best in the industry) writers and artists both who worked on these great and crazy issues. A must for all hard core fans of continuity laden superhero comic fans. I love the Age of Apocalypse story when it was first published. Admittedly I wasn't as well-read back then, so the idea (time traveller kills Professor X, causing Magneto to instead become founder of the X-Men) seemed really fresh and original, and a lot of the changes to character and design were very interesting. Time, however, has not been kind to the Age of Apocalypse, as this collection of cheap cash-ins proves.
Character motivations vary from chapter to chapter, people appear in places they I love the Age of Apocalypse story when it was first published. Admittedly I wasn't as well-read back then, so the idea (time traveller kills Professor X, causing Magneto to instead become founder of the X-Men) seemed really fresh and original, and a lot of the changes to character and design were very interesting. Time, however, has not been kind to the Age of Apocalypse, as this collection of cheap cash-ins proves. Character motivations vary from chapter to chapter, people appear in places they couldn't possibly be in for in-story reasons, people randomly disappear during fight scenes and then turn up again a few pages later. I realize that a big project like this involves a lot of cooks, but that's hardly an excuse for broth this poor. This is one of my all time favorite crossovers, not just is it a crossover, but of our favorite X-Men titles as another title all together, but still X-Men.
Xavier has been dead for years and En Sabah Nur, (hope i spelled it right) well any way, Apocalypse pretty much rules the world, and our X-Men dawn new but similar looks and take on his forces, good guys are now bad and bad guys are now good, characters we have come to love either dead or die, craziness every where, whats not to love. Then i This is one of my all time favorite crossovers, not just is it a crossover, but of our favorite X-Men titles as another title all together, but still X-Men.
Xavier has been dead for years and En Sabah Nur, (hope i spelled it right) well any way, Apocalypse pretty much rules the world, and our X-Men dawn new but similar looks and take on his forces, good guys are now bad and bad guys are now good, characters we have come to love either dead or die, craziness every where, whats not to love. Then it all gets set back to correct and the marvel universe is restored heroes save the day like always. Top notch, one for the ages, or Ages of Apocalypse. Doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Characters come and go, costumes change on every second page.
Characters on the cover (Wild Child, some chick with a knife) do not even appear in the book at all. Apocalypse himself features in only about three panels. Wolverine loses a hand somewhere. And the last part of the book is a seemingly unrelated story about Blink in the Negative Zone. Maybe this all makes sense in books 2 & 3, but I doubt it. Oh, and Morph is the single most annoying character I h Doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Characters come and go, costumes change on every second page.
Characters on the cover (Wild Child, some chick with a knife) do not even appear in the book at all. Apocalypse himself features in only about three panels. Wolverine loses a hand somewhere. And the last part of the book is a seemingly unrelated story about Blink in the Negative Zone. Maybe this all makes sense in books 2 & 3, but I doubt it. Oh, and Morph is the single most annoying character I have ever encountered in a Marvel comic book. Having not followed the xmen – ever, this was a tough one to get in to.
While I am aware of many the characters and some of the plot lines I found it really hard to follow at times. While irrefutably this is a great idea, the whole complex soap opera like plot line within means these are tough books to jump into.
It is therefore a good thing that this appears to be an alternate reality story that re-writes X-history and future and is all about the attempt to survive and reset it. You read the boo Having not followed the xmen – ever, this was a tough one to get in to. While I am aware of many the characters and some of the plot lines I found it really hard to follow at times. While irrefutably this is a great idea, the whole complex soap opera like plot line within means these are tough books to jump into.
It is therefore a good thing that this appears to be an alternate reality story that re-writes X-history and future and is all about the attempt to survive and reset it. You read the book safe in the knowledge that, like all event books, things will be reset back to normal with only peripheral consequences to the central characters. The writing was good I thought. The tale was interesting once I was into it and, while dipping into confusion at times, quite engrossing. There were issues in the book that deserve comment. The art was great, very unique and clear style.
But I found the character design oddly grating at times. All the men seemed overtly triangle with very few normal looking people.
Also they all tended to talk through gritted teeth and ever so jutting, square jaws. Then there were the costumes of the female characters. Again I appreciate the design ethos and the important history of them but there were occasions where I wondered whether toning down the pneumatic bodies and skimpy costumes would have killed the narrative. The art was good but there were moments where it slid into the uncomfortable zone and thats a shame. So I did enjoy it for the most part. Had I been more aware of the back stories I may have been more into it. Perhaps that is me being overly picky.
Its an Ok book, well drawn and designed but not one I would say everyone could just jump into. I'd been looking forward to reading the Age of Apocalypse storyline for quite a long time and it was terribly disappointing. Mostly, it seemed like too much of a mish-mash rather and continuous narrative (but that was to be expected as it's a collection of stories in the same universe rather than an actual continuous thing).
I quite liked the stories in the beginning of the volume, mostly because they involved Magneto leading his X-Men. I also enjoy anytime Wolverine turns up anywhere being his c I'd been looking forward to reading the Age of Apocalypse storyline for quite a long time and it was terribly disappointing. Mostly, it seemed like too much of a mish-mash rather and continuous narrative (but that was to be expected as it's a collection of stories in the same universe rather than an actual continuous thing). I quite liked the stories in the beginning of the volume, mostly because they involved Magneto leading his X-Men. I also enjoy anytime Wolverine turns up anywhere being his cranky little self.
The story involving Alex and Scott Summers I couldn't take too seriously because of distracting ponytails and the fact that their father was definitely Chuck Norris. Another thing that really put me off was Rogue. I'm more than used to the T&A accentuation of female characters in comics (along with the steroids overuse look of male characters), but in this it was just distracting and looked quite bizarre at times.
The whole Magneto/Rogue/Gambit triangle was also a little yawn for me. But I thought the Nate Grey and Blink storylines were quite good and enjoyed them very much.
A hit and miss volume. If you like the X-Men? If you like '90's comics? Shoulder pads? Long hair on every character? Then you're all set.
Totaled up, we are talking 1450 pages of X-story. That is an impressive feat for any comic editor and his crew to wrangle. So kudos for coordinating all the talent, all the titles, and wrapping it all up. That being said, the X-Men are always a hard sell for me. I just don't care about the characters. Millions of others do, so all's well. However the solution for this story If you like the X-Men?
If you like '90's comics? Shoulder pads? Long hair on every character? Then you're all set. Totaled up, we are talking 1450 pages of X-story. That is an impressive feat for any comic editor and his crew to wrangle.
So kudos for coordinating all the talent, all the titles, and wrapping it all up. That being said, the X-Men are always a hard sell for me. I just don't care about the characters. Millions of others do, so all's well.
However the solution for this storyline seems to be: 'Let's have everybody murder everybody. Betrayal abounds! Oh, and them more murder.' Simply put, that is not the type of story I am after. However, I said I would give it a chance. I slogged through the 4 books. And now I know.
It is note a storyline I love. I think the first comic book I ever read was an X-Men comic.
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As is the case with most, Wolverine was my favorite. I also loved Gambit. I think it was because he had black and red eyes. In recent years I've inched farther and farther away from reading Marvel comics and I've read more and more lit from the DC Universe. I kept seeing Age of Apocalypse in people's 'must read' lists for graphic novels.
So, I was pretty excited to dig into Book 1. That excitement lasted about thr I think the first comic book I ever read was an X-Men comic.
As is the case with most, Wolverine was my favorite. I also loved Gambit. I think it was because he had black and red eyes. In recent years I've inched farther and farther away from reading Marvel comics and I've read more and more lit from the DC Universe. I kept seeing Age of Apocalypse in people's 'must read' lists for graphic novels.
So, I was pretty excited to dig into Book 1. That excitement lasted about three seconds, right up to the point where I started reading the dialogue of the very first story, 'Chronicles #1.' Terrible can't even describe how forced and hokey the dialogue felt.
After a page or two I started getting really nervous. There was no way I could finish the entire book if it continued the same as Chronicles #1. Luckily the later installments were a little better, but that's not saying much. I was surprised at how many unforgivable mistakes I found in the text of these stories.
A mistake here or there is forgivable. However, when every page or two has a typo, something's up. The book was also RIDDLED with needless exposition. For example (and this is made up, but just because I can't remember any of the terrible real examples), you see a picture of Gambit upset because Rogue gave him the shaft. The frame would show him screaming in anger because of the unrequited love and a text bubble would read, 'Gambit walks away dejected because of his unrequited love.' Also, I can understand having to establish a mutant's power when you introduce said mutant, but why is it necessary for him/her to state his/her power every time he/she decides to use it? 'I am Magneto!
And since I have control over metals I can.' Remember that if you touch him you'll drain his powers!' It was like living in Obvious Land where everyone must state what everyone else already knows. As many other reviewers have done, I'm going to go down the separate books included in this edition: X-Men Chronicles #1. This book is like an accident you happen to come upon in a roadway that is so bad you can't look away.
Mediocre art. Terrible writing. From what I've read these are all out of chronological order anyway, so whoever decided to start this compilation out with this book should be forced to read this and only this book for the rest of his/her life. Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines. This plot line was weird. And Cyclops looked like a beefed up Michael Bolton.
Overall impression after reading it was 'meh.' Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: By the Light. Finally, the kind of art I prefer.
Still, this story was better than the first two, in my humble opinion. A fun character came in named Morph. For some reason, some distant forgotten memory of my youth surfaced.
I remembered, 'Oh yeah! I like Morph!' Sadly, he couldn't help this story from being much more than mediocre. X-Men Chronicles #2. By this time I was really struggling to keep reading. X-Man #1-2, X-Man Annual '96.
This one was actually pretty cool. Great art, which is never a bad thing. It didn't give enough, however, to really get into the story. Still, this section of the story outshone the rest.
The version of Blink presented here was definitely better than the one in By the Light. However, according to the chronology it happens near the end of the AoA saga.
Why is it in book 1? Overall this compilation was fair. Not anything to go bonkers about by any means. It almost feels like some bully bumped into the Marvel guy holding all the comics, spilling them all over the floor then stacking them back up willy-nilly because there was no time to do it right. I may be wrong but I was completely underwhelmed while reading this and very disappointed in the writing of this story.
Do yourself a favor-skip it. I love the Age of Apocalypse, and this collection is an excellent choice to pick up if you missed any of the tie-ins or subsequent issues that involved AoA characters between the original storyline and the 'New' Age of Apocalypse that was part of the 10-year anniversary event for the original crossover. It includes Issues 1 and 2 of X-Men Chronicles, which provide excellent backstory moments for the Age of Apocalypse X-Men. In these, we get to see Magneto's formation of his original team, which I love the Age of Apocalypse, and this collection is an excellent choice to pick up if you missed any of the tie-ins or subsequent issues that involved AoA characters between the original storyline and the 'New' Age of Apocalypse that was part of the 10-year anniversary event for the original crossover. It includes Issues 1 and 2 of X-Men Chronicles, which provide excellent backstory moments for the Age of Apocalypse X-Men. In these, we get to see Magneto's formation of his original team, which includes Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Jean Grey, Iceman, Storm, Colossus, and Weapon X (the AoA Wolverine), and their first clash with Apocalypse and his first horsemen at Cape Citadel, which is a nice nod to the very first issue of X-Men in 1963.
The second issue shows us how Magneto and Rogue were eventually drawn together, why Weapon X, Jean, and Gambit left the group, and pits the team against an assassin named Wolverine, which makes little sense as he's about as different from Logan as possible in terms of powers and physical appearance. Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #1 (showing Blink bringing the X-Men to the Blue Area of the Moon to fight Maximus the Mad/Death and his cloned Inhuman cronies in an attempt to save Sunfire) and 2 (featuring the Factor-X cast and revealing why Havok hated Cyclops so much) are also quite good. The X-Man '96 issue feels out of place, since it plucks Nate Grey out of a later point in continuity in the 616 (main) Marvel Universe, where he meets up with earlier versions of Magneto and Forge, who are trying to stop the Sugar Man's latest batch of experiments, which makes things a little confusing. X-Man #-1 shows us a much earlier glimpse into Nate's history, though, and underscores Sinister's motivations in preparing him as a weapon to point at Apocalypse. The Blink miniseries is a nice inclusion, I guess, but it would probably end up being a little odd to readers who are new to the AoA, who wouldn't have the advantage of getting to know her as a character in Astonishing X-Men first before seeing her get sucked into another dimension where she has to deal with Annihilus and Blastaar. I really don't remember a lot about that plot.
I do like Blink, though. This collection really is a must-read if you're an AoA fan! An astonishing accomplishment.
Now I can understand why X-Men Age of Apocalypse is so wonderful. It took a bit of work on my part as a reader. Since this past summer I've been working my way through Uncanny X-men and related titles to fill in my Gap Years, those I'd never read after dropping comics as an older teen-ager/college student.
Roughly spanning 1981- where we are now in 1995 with this volume. Let me first admit, I attempted reading A of A a couple of years ago and couldn't get past date An astonishing accomplishment. Now I can understand why X-Men Age of Apocalypse is so wonderful. It took a bit of work on my part as a reader.
Since this past summer I've been working my way through Uncanny X-men and related titles to fill in my Gap Years, those I'd never read after dropping comics as an older teen-ager/college student. Roughly spanning 1981- where we are now in 1995 with this volume. Let me first admit, I attempted reading A of A a couple of years ago and couldn't get past dated-ness of the whole thing. And it also seemed a bit difficult to get into. What a fool I was. X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude, the book, got me over the difficult to get into thing.
The dated-ness fell apart having read the preceding 14 years of the X-Universe. What a creative explosion of talent: in a couple of senses. It's an enormous Marvel event quite unlike anything that's come before it.
It's utterly, wholly original. There's also a bevvy of new artists. Artists who are now among Marvel's upper echelon.
5 years into the decade and the 90's have finally arrived. We're finally really and truly reaping the benefit of computers in art, lettering and most of all color. There's a color explosion going on. A huge stark contrast to 80's books that seemed to want to use as few as colors as possible. X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, the main story is told now across three trade paperback. They are lovely editions and a slight improvement on the earlier one. In the trades Dawn and Twilight you get the extras but you can skip them if you wish.
Dawn has the Blink mini-series and I'd recommend it. The main story is an epic feast that you'll want to rip through like any good page turner. I do recommend starting with the OOP X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude. It's a much better beginning to the story than what you will find in either the trades or the Omnibus. I totally loved it. Especially Blink, Creed and Morph.
Now I get why the Exiles are so beloved. Well, other than being stars of a great series of their own. I picked up this mish-mash because it’s a surprisingly good collection of the Age of Apocalypse stories.not. in the omnibus. X-Men Chronicles #1.
The Chronicles story by Mackie that leads off is quite good, and should have been in the omnibus, as it was written at the time.and. feels like the rest of the Age 7/10.
Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines. The Sinister Bloodlines Tale by John Moore is unfortunately not nearly as good, with its boring fights, its obvious ending, i I picked up this mish-mash because it’s a surprisingly good collection of the Age of Apocalypse stories.not. in the omnibus. X-Men Chronicles #1. The Chronicles story by Mackie that leads off is quite good, and should have been in the omnibus, as it was written at the time.and.
feels like the rest of the Age 7/10. Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines. The Sinister Bloodlines Tale by John Moore is unfortunately not nearly as good, with its boring fights, its obvious ending, its zombie/brood and its changing of the Shi’ar timeline for no obvious reason 4/10. Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: By the Light. Scott Lobdell’s “By the Light” Tale is surprisingly mediocre as well.
Most of the characters seem to be acting out of character (especially Apocalypse Cyclops) and the whole storyline seems pointless. The only good point is the cool spotlight on Blink, Morph, and Sabretooth, which I’d guess came out thanks to additional characterization in Exiles 4/10. X-Men Chronicles #2. The second Chronicles story is again good, and probably should also have been in the omnibus. It’s actually a bit more shallow than its predecessor, and Mackie is pretty bad at writing romance, but the setup of various AoA comics like Gambit and Weapon X is nicely done 6/10.
X-Man #1, X-Man Annual '96. I opted to skip the two X-Man stories, as I hope to read them in future X-Man collections, so they’re not included in this review. Finally, we come to the “Blink” series, which is badly flawed. First, Lobdell decides to take the story out of the Age of Apocalypse, which kind of defeats the purpose, then he puts it into what looks like the regular Negative Zone. The sappy love story with someone called “Amor” is stupid as is the idea that Annihilus could devolve into a human 3/10.
Despite the couple of good stories, I’m unhappy I wasted my time on this mess (but happy I didn’t buy it). Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer. He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer. He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha.
He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
. Notable aliases The First One, Genesis, En Sabah Nur Various mythological deities Abilities.
Self-Molecular Control (Main). Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability.
Genius-level intellect. Matter and energy manipulation. Molecular Manipulation. Flight. Regenerative healing factor.
Access to astral planes. Augmenting the powers of other mutants. Capacity to transfer consciousness to another being Apocalypse ( En Sabah Nur) is a appearing in published. He is one of the world's first, and was originally a principal villain for the original team and now for the and related spinoff teams. Created by writer and artist, Apocalypse first appeared in X-Factor #5 (May 1986).
Since his introduction, the character has appeared in a number of titles, including and several. Apocalypse has also been featured in various forms of. In 2016, portrayed the villain in the film. In 2009, Apocalypse was ranked as 's 24th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Contents. Conception and creation While writing the first five issues of, dropped hints of a villain operating behind the scenes and leading the (mentioned in X-Factor #4, May 1986). Layton intended to reveal this character to be the villain the on the final page of X-Factor #5. However, Layton left the book after writing this issue and was replaced by writer. Editor said that the character arose because of storytelling needs: 'All I had communicated to Louise was my desire that an A-level, first class character be introduced.
I wanted a -level villain who would up the stakes and give the X-Factor team reason to exist.' In a 2011 interview with, explained that when the X-Factor series was created, the original five X-Men were pulled out of the purview of, who was writing.
However, Simonson felt that the series need an archenemy, or what Simonson called 'a big, bad villain', and conceived of Apocalypse. Simonson described the character thus: 'When X-Factor was created, it caused a split in the 'Mutant World' and several seminal characters were pulled out of writer 's X-Men.' 'Apocalypse is the first mutant – a brilliant shape-shifter who is virtually immortal – and sees himself as the father of mutantkindIn his early years, which I covered in the X-Factor Forever miniseries. Apocalypse encountered the Celestials and realized there was a time when humanity might be judged unworthy and destroyed.
Consequently, he's been using Darwinian principles - survival of the fittest - to kill off the weak and force the survivors to grow stronger, to push humanity to get better and more powerful. He considers himself the Apocalypse of modern man and the father of what humanity will come next - Mutantkind. Where Magneto sees mutants as the next step of evolution and strives to protect all mutants, Apocalypse believes in absolute survival of the fittest - so if the Hulk, for example, is stronger than the X-Men's Colossus.well, in Apocalypse's world he would say, 'Bye, bye, comrade.' ' Harras also commented, 'As soon as I saw the sketch by Walter Simonson and heard Louise's take on him, I knew we had the character I wanted. Redrew the page, patching in the Apocalypse where the Owl had been. But the genesis was clearly Walt and Weezie's.'
Guice admitted to difficulty recalling the details behind redrawing the last page of issue #5: 'The best I can remember now is putting his look together pretty much right on the pencil page—just adding bits of costuming business which hinted toward his true appearance when we'd eventually see him in full reveal. I don't believe there was even a character sketch done for him at that point—I planned on making sense of it all later on, but by then I was gone and others had that concern.' Apocalypse's silhouette in issue #5 does not match up with his full appearance in issue #6, suggesting the possibility that Guice was using Simonson's sketch as a reference for issue #6 but did not have access to it earlier, necessitating that he come up with his own design for issue #5. Walter Simonson himself has downplayed his role in the character's creation, saying that Guice was responsible for creating the design and that he, Simonson, merely modified it later: 'I did not co-create Apocalypse. However, I wish I had.
Louise Simonson and Jackson Guice created him. He appeared in a few panels at the end of one of Jackson’s last X-FACTORs, so I am the first artist to use him extensively in stories. And I kind of juiced up his physique a bit.' Bob Harras said on the character of Apocalypse: He looked fantastic. Also, the name is dynamic. It tells you right off this character means trouble.
And he came with a clear-cut agenda: '.' He didn't care if you were a mutant—if you were weak, you would be destroyed. He was merciless, but his philosophy was easy to grasp and it fit in with the harder edge of evolution which is part and parcel of the mutant story.
Isn't that what humans fear about mutants? That they are the next step? Now, we had given mutants something new to fear: a character who would judge them on their genetic worthiness. To his own mind he wasn't evil (despite his leadership of the Alliance of Evil, which I think we dropped pretty soon after Apocalypse's introduction); he believed he was doing the right thing. He was ensuring evolution. To me, he was the perfect next step in the mutant story. Although the character first appeared in 1986, he was retroactively said to have been present during previously published stories.
The unnamed benefactor of the in #17 (1985) was later identified as Apocalypse in disguise. Classic X-Men #25 revealed that years earlier, Apocalypse encountered the terrorist and granted him superhuman power. During his run on, planned a story to reveal that Apocalypse was the third Summers brother, a mysterious sibling to the mutants Cyclops and Havok. But Weinberg left the book before he could go along with his plan and the third Summers brother was revealed to be the mutant Gabriel Summers, aka. Apocalypse was the principal adversary in the mid-1980s series (1986–1991), until being apparently killed at the climax of issue #68 (July 1991).
Since then, the character has died and been resurrected several times thanks to his power and advanced alien technology. His name En Sabah Nur was revealed in Cable #6 (Dec 1993) and his and the origin of his technology, were revealed in #37 (August 1994). According to Marvel, the name translates as 'The First One' (although, in reality, the translation is considered grammatically incorrect, as it means 'The First/Morning Light' En-('The') + Sabah- ('Morning') + Nur- ('Light') ). It is later revealed in the origin story that he is possibly the first mutant (meaning, in this case, a human being born with the X-gene), born 5,000 years ago. The character gained greater popularity in 1995 when the storyline ' featured an in which Apocalypse has conquered much of planet Earth.
The character was reincarnated in the pages of #1 as a small boy with no memory of his previous incarnation. The boy was named Evan Sabahnur. In 2012 the adult, villainous version of Apocalypse returned in the series.
His origins are further explored in the storyline '. Fictional character biography Rise of Apocalypse.
En Sabah Nur as featured on the cover of Rise of Apocalypse #1, by The being who would later be called Apocalypse was born thousands of years ago in. He was born with the mutant X-gene, and possibly the first living being on Earth to express it. Because of his grey skin and blue lips, his people abandoned him as an infant. He was rescued by of the Sandstormers who saw the child's potential power and will to survive. Baal named him En Sabah Nur, which Marvel translates as 'The First One'.
The Sandstormers lived by the credo of, believing that only those who are strong enough to survive hardship and direct conflict are worthy of life. It is also revealed during the Apocalypse Wars that, while still a young boy, En Sabah Nur was very generous and selfless, to the chagrin of Baal. A time-displaced Evan Sabah Nur and All-New X-Men Beast tried to save En Sabah Nur, but he allowed himself to be captured to help them escape. Around this time, the time-traveller arrived in Egypt and assumed the identity of Pharaoh Rama-Tut. Knowing who En Sabah Nur was fated to become and where he was, Rama-Tut sent his General and an army to destroy the Sandstormers and find the young Apocalypse.
En Sabah Nur and Baal were injured and sought refuge in a cave. Before he died, Baal revealed advanced alien technology hidden in the cave, left behind by the deity-like aliens known as. Vowing revenge on Rama-Tut, En Sabah Nur entered the Pharaoh's city posing as a slave and drew the romantic attention of Ozymandias's sister, Nephri. On seeing the mutant's true appearance, Nephri rejected him and turned to her brother for protection. Heartbroken, En Sabah Nur's rage caused his mutant abilities to fully emerge. Rampaging, he renamed himself. Rama-Tut fled and En Sabah Nur used the Celestial technology to transform his former tormentor Ozymandias into a blind clairvoyant made of living stone, now enslaved to Apocalypse.
As the years went on, Apocalypse found he no longer aged. It is revealed in the series S.H.I.E.L.D. That Apocalypse, at some point in the days of Ancient Egypt, joined forces with the Brotherhood of the Shield to successfully fend off a invasion.
Also present were and a man who was either the moon god called or his first avatar/champion. Early history As the millennia pass, Apocalypse travels around planet Earth, convincing civilizations that he is a (inspiring different myths as a result) and manipulating them into fighting wars. He justifies that this encourages 'growth, judgment, and destruction'. Apocalypse's progeny become the. Apocalypse encounters the near-immortal human offshoot race known as, primarily the members and, who refer to him as their 'Ancient Nemesis'. At different points, Apocalypse uses his Celestial technology to enter periods of, leaving Clan Akkaba and Ozymandias to act in his stead.
In 1013 AD, Apocalypse seeks to destroy the, who he knows will cause him trouble in the future, according to information obtained from Rama-Tut, yet the plans are foiled by Odin. In the 12th century, Apocalypse encounters the Eternal Sersi again while awakening latent mutant powers in a crusader named Bennet du Paris, also known as. In 1459, Apocalypse defeats in Romania, who later becomes the vampire more popularly known as. In 1859, Apocalypse encounters British scientist Nathaniel Essex and learns more about the nature of mutants.
Apocalypse uses his Celestial technology to transform Essex into the superhuman being. He then coerces Sinister and the into aiding his plans for global conquest, but Sinister concludes that these plans are madness and betrays Apocalypse, forcing him back into hibernation. In 1897, Count Dracula attacks the Clan Akkaba in revenge for his defeat at Apocalypse's hands, forcing the Clan to revive their master from suspended animation.
Apocalypse defeats the vampire again, this time with help from. Eventually, Apocalypse enters hibernation again, expecting to remain so for possibly two centuries, by which point mutants should be more common on Earth. Modern era. Apocalypse with Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Archangel as the Horseman of Death in X-Factor #24 (January 1988). After many years of suspended animation, Apocalypse awakens nearly a century earlier than planned due to the arrival of the time-traveling mutant (ironically, Cable had traveled to this point in time hoping to prevent the ancient mutant from awakening). Apocalypse decides the Earth is ready for further examination and testing.
He grants superhuman powers to the terrorist known as, who then tests the X-Men and the. Apocalypse later briefly employs the to capture the mutant Michael Nowlan, who can boost the power of other mutants. This plan brings Apocalypse into direct conflict with the first incarnation of X-Factor, when the team comprised the original X-Men. Apocalypse then recruits mutants to serve as his personal guard, known as the. Among them is Angel, AKA, whom Apocalypse has corrupted and turned into a cyborg called Death.
Warren Worthington regains his identity and helps his friends defeat Apocalypse, adopting the new codename Archangel. Apocalypse escapes with his new recruit, the Morlock called, while X-Factor then takes his Celestial spaceship as a base. During, the plans to rid the Earth of those he feels are preventing evolution. Believing this disrupts the natural order and his own plans, Apocalypse battles the High Evolutionary.
Following the genetic manipulation of Caliban, Apocalypse declines an alliance with the Asgardian villain and other villains conspiring to unleash '. This results in a brief fight between Apocalypse and Loki. Sins of the Futures. Apocalypse infecting Nathan with a techno-organic virus, as depicted in Cable vol.
2, #64 (Feb, 1999). Apocalypse learns of Sinister's intention to create an adversary powerful enough to destroy him: Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, the son of Scott Summers.
Apocalypse, viewing him as a threat and realizing that Nathan's energy is the very energy that awoke him all those months earlier, sends his newly formed group, the Riders of the Storm, to abduct the Summers child. Apocalypse at this time had conquered the city of, home of the, as well as enslaved part of its population.
X-Factor, alongside the Inhuman Royal Family, attacks Apocalypse's lunar stronghold. Although Apocalypse is severely defeated, the young Nathan is infected with a and is sent to the future with a woman named Askani to be cured. In the future, Apocalypse has conquered the Earth and ruled until the 39th century. By this time, Apocalypse's body had grown feeble: he becomes aware of the young Nathan's presence in this time, but only succeeds in kidnapping a clone of the child which Askani created. Apocalypse plans to transfer his consciousness and power into the clone's stronger body, but perishes in combat with the (real) teenage Nathan.
Nathan grows up to become the warrior (while his clone grows up to become the mutant terrorist known as ) and travels back to the past to prevent Apocalypse's future domination of the planet. In the present, Apocalypse is prematurely awoken from his regeneration chamber by his Riders (now calling themselves The ), who inform their master that his Horsemen have kidnapped Cyclops and Jean Grey, supposedly under his instructions (in actuality, Mister Sinister, who was posing as Apocalypse). When attempting to rejuvenate himself again, Apocalypse is nearly killed by Stryfe who had arrived in the past to take revenge on Apocalypse. After a battle on the Moon with his former servants, the Dark Riders (who had joined Stryfe), Apocalypse is left for dead by Archangel.
The Dark Riders' new leader, (the adopted son of Cable, who had traveled to the present to ensure Apocalypse's rise and exact revenge on his father), plans to resurrect Apocalypse by sacrificing the lives of the people in villages neighboring Akkaba. During this time, is held captive by Genesis, who attempts to restore Wolverine's lost skeleton and turn him into a Horseman as a gift for Apocalypse. Wolverine breaks free and kills Genesis along with nearly all of the Dark Riders. Genesis had built a with Apocalypse's likeness (which is empty, since Apocalypse had already revived ). Further schemes After a long healing slumber, Apocalypse, fully restored, awakens with Ozymandias at his side and quickly learns of the present danger:.
He observes the conflict between the psionic entity and Earth's heroes with, who suggests to Apocalypse a course of action: an alliance with the one who hated him the most, Cable. Apocalypse surmises that Onslaught would be most vulnerable through the and that he needs Cable for actual physical transportation to this realm. Once on the astral plane, Apocalypse would remove the captive, greatly weakening Onslaught. The plan succeeds, but is interrupted by the, who had invisibly accompanied the pair, having suspected Apocalypse's motive in wanting to actually kill her son. However, the reprieve in battle gave Onslaught the time to escape, prolonging the conflict. Following the events of the Onslaught saga, the gamma-spawned powerhouse, the and his human alter ego, Banner, are split into two separate entities: Hulk now draws upon energy derived from Franklin Richards'. Apocalypse recruits the Hulk to become his Horseman, War, with intentions of using the Hulk's nexus-energy to overcome the.
To test this newest recruit, Apocalypse set War against the New World Order, a shadow cabinet organization that intends to conquer the planet. The New World Order in turn set the and the against War, but both are easily defeated. Hulk comes to his senses after injuring his friend,. Despite this apparent setback, the incident was still a victory for Apocalypse as it was a successful testing of newly understood Celestial technology. Apocalypse activates the self-destruct mechanism on the sword of War, which the New World Order had obtained, destroying their headquarters. The Hellfire Club later awakens Apocalypse's long-hidden from its deep sleep: originally a normal man, whom Apocalypse in the 19th century once left to for 100 years. Apocalypse releases his Horseman (Caliban) and his scribe Ozymandias from his possession, to fend for themselves, if they were to survive the coming events.
Cable with the battles the Harbinger, but are unable to stop it. Apocalypse then appears, activating a bomb inside the Harbinger which would destroy all of New York, but Cable manages to prevent this disaster. When is disrupting Earth's, Apocalypse sends a impersonating the mutant (having dealt with the original Astra) to stop the Master of Magnetism. Intending to start an all-out war between the humans and the subterranean-dwelling as part of his plan to test the strong, Apocalypse sets off at, causing the Deviants to further mutate (which also restores Ikaris' father to life). Apocalypse launches an attack at, using a mentally controlled Deviant, now a gigantic monster, that the Eternals are forced to battle.
Apocalypse is confronted by his centuries-old foe, Ikaris, who now is a. Although Apocalypse defeats Ikaris, the Eternal still succeeds in destroying his ship and thwarting his plan. The Twelve.
Apocalypse merges with Cyclops in X-Men vol. 2, #97 (February 2000). Supposedly lost diaries of the mutant seer surfaced, telling of twelve beings that could defeat Apocalypse once and for all.
Various mutants, all listed in the prophecy, are abducted by Apocalypse's Horsemen including a faction of the Skrulls. The Twelve legend was in fact a ruse, orchestrated by Apocalypse himself: once the Twelve are assembled, Apocalypse intended to use them to transform himself into a deitylike entity beyond the. It is revealed at the end of this story arc, that Apocalypse's physical form has been burned out due to the vast amount of energies he has under his control, forcing him to wear a bio-armor (like his future counterpart) and now plans to use as a host body for him to move his energy and consciousness into. The X-Men confront Apocalypse as he is close to merging with Nate, but are unable to stop him. Cyclops pushes Nate Grey out of the way, merging with Apocalypse instead. While the merge is successful, Apocalypse's aim for unlimited power is not and he attempts to complete the transformation by warping reality into various scenarios (see ). Apocalypse hoped to lure the Twelve into empowering him with their energy, but eventually, the mutants realize their true predicament and Apocalypse teleports away.
An amnesiac and powerless cyborg Cyclops regains control of the merged form, but Apocalypse begins to re-emerge. Jean and Cable are alerted to his location in Egypt, where Jean in the end manages to free Cyclops by telepathically tearing out Apocalypse's essence from her husband's body, rendering Apocalypse in an incorporeal form, which Cable apparently destroys using his Psimitar. 2, #182 (April 2006). In the aftermath of the 2005 ' storyline, in which most of the mutants lost their powers, Apocalypse was revealed to be alive and well. The techno-organic virus, with which he long ago infected Cable, was revealed to be the means by which Apocalypse's spirit reconstituted itself.
With only a drop of his blood into a vat of organs and blood, the virus would rewrite the genetic code of the material within to form a body for Apocalypse. Apocalypse awakes from a slumber in a tomb in Akkaba, recalling: Across the world—helpless mutants slaughtered. Horror.Something has woken me from my slumber. Once, a sudden surge in worldwide mutant power stirred me from a similar sleep.
Now—a plummet in global mutant capacity—has opened my eyes. Apocalypse finds himself on a planet with its mutant population reduced to a fraction of what it had been, only a few hundred remaining out of the millions who populated earth prior to his demise at Cable's hands. Reappearing inside a -shaped ship, Apocalypse confronts the X-Men with his newly assembled cadre of Horsemen on the front lawn of the.
The Horseman Famine uses his powers to cause an intense feeling of hunger and weakness in the mutants and humans on the institute grounds. Apocalypse offers the mutants an elixir: his own blood, provided they join his side. Bent on becoming the new for mutant-kind, Apocalypse approaches the Earth leaders at the in New York and issues an: humanity would destroy ninety percent of its own population, putting man and mutant on level ground in anticipation of the final conflict when the worthy alone would survive - or Apocalypse would unleash his meta-plague on the planet and obliterate all humanity. In the end, Apocalypse's horsemen are lost, Ozymandias betrays him, and he is forced to retreat by a combined assault of the X-Men and the Avengers. Ultimately, it is discovered that the Celestials lent their technology to Apocalypse, requiring as payment greater sufferings later.
He attempts to embrace death as an escape from his lifelong pact, only to find himself instantly resurrected and hearing a voice: ' We cannot let you die. It is time Apocalypse it is time'. In a future timeline seen in the 2009 storyline ', a greatly weakened Apocalypse is attacked by and, but he survives the attack. Afterward, Apocalypse contacts in the future and begs him to kill him. Archangel refuses and instead hands over some of his techno organic wing blades to him, telling Apocalypse he no longer holds any control over him. Coming into contact with the blades rejuvenates Apocalypse and he offers to join forces with Archangel to kill Stryfe who is on the verge of killing X-Force, Cable, Bishop, as well as.
Archangel takes Apocalypse to a Celestial ship, where Apocalypse is then fully restored and wants to avenge what Stryfe did to him. Just as Stryfe is on the verge of taking Hope for himself, Apocalypse and Archangel confront and defeat Stryfe.
Apocalypse releases Hope into Cable's care, but says that he will return for her eventually. Apocalypse then drags Stryfe away, intending to use him as a new host body. Stryfe manages to escape and travels back in time to the present. 2010s In the 2010 ' storyline, versions of Apocalypse and his Horsemen from a possible future appear in the Avengers Tower after Kang breaks time itself.
After a fight with the Avengers, he and his Horsemen disappear. Apocalypse's followers, the, manage to bring about Apocalypse's return, albeit in the form of a child they will indoctrinate. Upon learning of Apocalypse's return, X-Force seeks to kill him, but when they discover he is a child, Psylocke decides to protect him, believing they can rehabilitate him and train him as a force for good. To the shock of the rest of the team, Fantomex fatally shoots the child. In a 2011 storyline, as X-Force succeed in stopping the Deathloks inside, the home of all Weapon projects, it is revealed that, guardian of the World, is keeping watch over an incubating young boy labeled En Sabah Nur, aged 847 days.
During the 2012 storyline ', it is revealed that Apocalypse had fathered a with and she kept this a secret from Apocalypse out of fear of what he would do to him. At the end of the storyline, it is revealed that Fantomex creates a clone Apocalypse which he helps raise to the age of a teenager in an artificial world, where the clone knows Fantomex as the kindly 'Uncle Cluster' who taught him to use his abilities for good. The boy, code-named Genesis, helps X-force fight Archangel and when the battle is over, Fantomex enrolls him in the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Evan Sabahnur In Wolverine & the X-Men #4 (March 2012), Evan Sabahnur a.k.a. Genesis is admitted as a student to the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning, where his classmates notice his resemblance to Apocalypse.
En is worried when a visiting, who reveals to the students their likely futures, shows reluctance to do so with Evan. When Evan presses him, Deathlok informs him that this is what Evan is at the school to discover. Deathlok then tells Wolverine that Evan has great potential and may be a great savior, or a conqueror. After being called Kid Apocalypse by, Evan begins learning about Apocalypse and is saddened that he himself looks like the villain, raising the possibility of a future that Evan rejects. After saving Angel and discovering that he possesses the ability to see the essence of those he looks upon, Evan asks him to tell him what he sees when he looks at him. Angel tells En he sees only goodness inside him, which makes Evan happy, so he thanks Angel for being a good friend. In fact, Angel lied, as the only thing he could see was the dark image of Apocalypse.
A new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by son, kidnaps Evan during a field trip to 's remains. Hoping to sway the boy into becoming Apocalypse, the Brotherhood reveals to him that he is a clone and tells him of X-Force's assassination of the child En Sabah Nur from which he was cloned and the falsehood of his life under the tutelage of. After the Brotherhood reveals that they have killed Fantomex and further tortures Evan, Daken tells En that he has a choice: either immediately ascend as Apocalypse and kill the Brotherhood as revenge for the death of 'Uncle Cluster', or let the rest of X-Force die at the Brotherhood's hands to avenge the death of the original boy En Sabah Nur and to prevent X-Force from killing Evan the way they killed Apocalypse and Archangel.
Daken offers Evan a suit of Apocalypse's Celestial armor to do with what he will, secretly planning to control the new Apocalypse through the psychic abilities of the. After Deadpool's failed attempt to rescue Evan, the boy dons the Celestial armor to prevent Wolverine's death at Daken's hands and nearly kills Brotherhood members. Enraged by the lies he has been told and filled with new-found power from Apocalypse's armor, Evan prepares to attack Wolverine himself, but Wolverine convinces him of the ultimate futility of revenge. Evan is later visited by Deadpool at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Deadpool tells Evan he is not Apocalypse and that Deadpool will always be there for him when he needs him.
Later Deadpool enlists Evan and Quentin's help to help him saving his daughter Eleanor Camacho from the, with Evan promising Quentin a bloodbath and some action to motivate him. He manages to save Ellie's life and proposes Deadpool to let Quentin erase from the girl's mind every memory of the ordeal.
Deadpool loudly refuses and to Evan's surprise, he hugs him and tells him to stay in school. During the 2014 ' storyline, Evan is one of many mutants captured by the on the island of Genosha. During a fierce battle between the, the united X-Men, as well as a group of villains who all attempt to defeat the Red Onslaught, Evan assists Kid Omega in preventing Red Onslaught's telepathy from affecting the combined combatants. In the energy released when the and use the combined power of order and chaos spells to suppress the Red Skull's personality in favor of the sliver of Professor X's that still exists in his brain, Evan ascends to adulthood, stepping out of the rubble with a looming, muscular body and the presence and appearance of Apocalypse.
Deadpool even comments on how changed Evan is. When and Cyclops argue with and the new over who should take custody of the body of Red Skull, Evan convinces the Summers brothers that Professor X is dead and they have other problems to deal with. Acting as Apocalypse, 'En' vows to lead the mutants in an uprising, rallying the converted X-Men into helping him take Avengers Tower—now disregarded by the inverted Avengers after they captured almost all other heroes using —to use as the site where he will detonate a Celestial-based 'gene-bomb' to wipe out all humans not carrying the X-gene.
With only the inverted villains present at the original confrontation to oppose the inverted X-Men and Avengers, the gene bomb is nearly detonated, but is contained thanks to the sacrifice of. As Apocalypse broods on his failure, the decapitated Deadpool—converted to a peaceful version of himself by the inversion—convinces Apocalypse that now is the time to be heroic, proclaiming that nobody liked En Sabah Nur but everyone appreciated Evan, as he represented the hope that nurture could beat nature. Inspired by Deadpool's words, Apocalypse turns on the X-Men and the Avengers, allowing the Astonishing Avengers (along with non-inverted heroes Steve Rogers and ) to retrieve the White Skull and undo the inversion.
At the conclusion of the storyline, Evan is shown on the run with Deadpool. Apocalypse Wars During the Apocalypse Wars, the Extraordinary X-Men travel thousands of years into Earth's future in order to rescue Colossus and his team of young mutants after they were investigating the sudden appearance of six hundred new mutant signatures in Tokyo. Arriving into Earth's future, the X-Men found themselves in a destroyed New York City and soon discovered that at some point Apocalypse had risen and what remained of Earth after his ascension became the Omega World, a huge structure composed of bubble worlds. The ones who survived the Great Trials lived on Omega World under Apocalypse's rule as he functioned as the Omega World's heart, keeping it alive, while his Horsemen functioned as its antibodies, cleansing the structure of anything that could harm their master.
Omega World crumbled as the result of Apocalypse being fatally wounded by Nightcrawler. Storm was forced to take Apocalypse back to the present with them so they could undo the transformation of Colossus, who was turned into a Horseman, however, before he could restore Colossus back to normal, Apocalypse instead teleported him away, sending him to Clan Akkaba. It's left unknown if this Apocalypse was actually a future version Evan or Apocalypse himself using a new host body. Apocalypse was kept at X-Haven, inside a cell specially built to contain him by Forge, and later after again retrieving Colossus, Forge tried to find a way to cure him by reverse engineering Apocalypse's powers but failed. During the World-Eater's attack on Limbo, Nightcrawler agreed to free Apocalypse in exchange for a cure for his friend.
After returning Colossus to his normal self, Nightcrawler indeed released Apocalypse from his prison, however what Apocalypse didn't expect was that Nightcrawler would throw him into the vortex created by the World-Eater to consume Limbo, seemingly killing him in the process. Degeneration Apocalypse is later revealed back on Earth, no details about what the Celestials did to him were revealed, and is shown performing experiments to create an immortal vessel which he can then use as a host for his vast power and consciousness by utilizing a modified ancient Celestial technology known as the Finch, which can repair genetic decay. His efforts are not in vain, as he begins to impose his own consciousness onto a human test subject, the fourth attempt, lending it his own regenerative powers to withstand the assault.
However, the test subject resists the process, causing a massive chain reaction that bathes Apocalypse and the subject in a wave of energy. Apocalypse's mind and body are torn apart. He finds his mind wandering to that of his birth before his being is fused, mixed, and exploded along with this human form. Once the wave subsides, Apocalypse finds himself in a strange new land that he deduces was the result of the explosion within the Celestial machine that must have caused a dimensional rift which threw him into another dimension. He also discovers that his body has changed as well.
Not only does he discover that he can bleed, something that should be impossible with his injury-resistant mutant physiology, but after a fight against a resident of the twisted dimension, which he was able to defeat, Apocalypse learns that his body is actively refusing physiological mutation. Needing to breathe air for the first time in centuries, he comes to a shocking truth as he watches his hand turn from its usual mutated appearance back to a human form. He's becoming Human. After degenerating into an ape form, he is taken out by his previous human test subjects who unlike him, had ascend in form after been empowered by Apocalypse's own DNA. He and other apes are tortured with the Finch, which was recovered and repaired by the human test subjects. When test subject D experiments on Apocalypse, he uses the last of his mutant power to try to transfer his mind into D and is finally able to possess him which restores Apocalypse to his former glory.
Apocalypse was soon afterward captured by some mysterious force and is being held captive along with Kitty Pryde and anti-mutant senator Ashton Allen. Powers and abilities Apocalypse is an ancient born with a variety of superhuman abilities who further augmented himself after merging with technology. He is an immortal being, with total control over the molecules of his body, enabling him to alter his form as it suits him, such as allowing his body to become extremely malleable and flexible, enhance his physical abilities, transform his limbs into weapons, wings, or jets, regenerate from fatal injuries, generate a wide range of powers at will, and adapt his body to apparently any disease or hostile environment.
He can also project and absorb energy and is capable of, being able to directly interface with the various technologies he has at his disposal. Thanks to the aid of his mutant abilities allowing him complete control over his body, special 'regeneration' chambers, Celestial technology, and changing bodies, Apocalypse has further enhanced his abilities and now he can generate almost any mutant power at his will. So what this guy's kind of like on steroids? Yeah, his powers have always been sort of nebulous, but as long as he's cutting through X-Men teams like through, I don't think the fans care., Interview about X-Men: Apocalypse vs Dracula Aside from his superhuman powers, Apocalypse is extraordinarily intelligent and a scientific genius with knowledge in various areas of science and technology including, and, all of which are more advanced than conventional science. Apocalypse has knowledge of Celestial technology that he uses for his own applications, such as altering mutants or humans.
Apocalypse is also a skilled and a master strategist. Apocalypse's blood can heal other mutants, but is fatal for humans. Apocalypse's blood can also restore his de-powered mutant descendants as is seen when a large dose of Apocalypse's blood regenerates the lost body part of and gave him a look similar to Apocalypse. In the film, his powers are portrayed slightly differently.
Like most so-called 'Class 5 Mutants,' Apocalypse is near- in his abilities and their applications. Among his more aggressive powers is the apparent ability to create matter (including enormous buildings and structures but also clothing, weapons, armor, etc.) from within seconds and also to turn matter into dust, also within seconds. Another of his major powers is his ability to augment the powers of other mutants, a power he uses very selectively and chiefly as a means to recruit co-conspirators for his plans for. The mutants whose powers he augments are sometimes taken with him as and eventual, and are treated as his children; however, even in such a role, a given mutant might suddenly be deemed unfit by Apocalypse and ejected from his confidence, at any time. Other versions.
Apocalypse, as depicted in the pages of X-Men Alpha (February 1995), during the ' storyline. In the ' storyline, Apocalypse awakens ten years before Cable would arrive, witnessing the accidental death of Charles Xavier, attacks humanity and conquers much of the Earth. In this universe, his son is. In the universe, Apocalypse is an ally of the X-Men. The title features an alternate version of Apocalypse who is an entity worshiped by Sinister. After completing a series of tasks, Sinister is transformed into Apocalypse who intends to conquer the planet. The heroes are unable to defeat him until the Phoenix Force appears and destroys him.
Although his abilities are never directly stated in total, he is shown to be capable of negating other mutant powers, adapting mutant powers into his own by exposure to them and 'evolving' as he is fought. Following a heavy assault by the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and SHIELD forces, he emerges from an explosion in a red and silver version of his traditional blue cybernetic battle armor. He is also capable of adapting to and overcoming Professor Xavier's psychic assault despite his training during his time in the future with Cable. Cable makes the most concrete implication that evolving is the major element of his powers when he remarks that Xavier must kill Apocalypse quickly before he adapts to his attacks and becomes immune to the telepathy.
Apocalypse is finally dispelled by while leaving an alive Mr. His actual nature is unknown: he proclaims himself to be the first mutant (like in the mainstream series) and Phoenix readings portray him as an ancient being, but this is later contradicted by 's revelation in, that explains mutants are a recent creation of the humans. He later appears again as part of Sinister's psychosis. In the universe created by, Apocalypse was installed as the ruler of North Africa. He was apparently killed by after a failed attempt to assassinate at Magneto's behest. The character appears in a number of issues.
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