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"Ages of Apocalypse" Publisher Marvel Comics Publication date March 2000 Genre
Main character(s) Writer(s) Artist(s) Penciller(s) Ages of Apocalypse ISBN 0-7851-2264-8
"The Ages of Apocalypse " is a series of sub-chapters to Marvel Comics' "The Twelve" saga, wherein En Sabah Nur finds himself trapped in the body of Scott Summers (Cyclops of X-Men) after a failed attempt to possess Nate Grey . Using his newfound powers, Apocalypse warps reality several times, trying to get the Twelve to feed him more and more power. "The Ages of Apocalypse" arc is mainly an exploration of the trapped heroes finding a way out of those alternative reality warps.
Characters
Team
Leader
Members
Notes
X-Men
Professor Xavier
Beast , Colossus , Gambit , Iceman , Marrow , Phoenix , Rogue , Storm , Wolverine
Former Members : Polaris , Sunfire
Cecilia Reyes and Siphon were both members of a warped reality version of the X-Men.
X-Force
Cannonball , Warpath
All warped reality versions.
Generation X
M , Synch
All warped reality versions.
Excalibur
Captain Britain
Banshee , Colossus , Mastermind , Nightcrawler , Shadowcat
All warped reality versions.
Fantastic Four
Ghost Rider , Hulk , Spider-Man , Wolverine
All warped reality versions.
Horsemen of Apocalypse
Apocalypse
Famine (Ahab ), Pestilence (Caliban ), War (Deathbird ), Death (Erik the Red )
All warped reality versions.
The Avengers
Former Members : Silver Surfer , Thor , Vision
All warped reality versions.
Reading order
Part 1 – Uncanny X-Men #378 – Back in the Past, Gambit and Storm replace Cyclops and Angel in the original X-Men.
Part 2 – Cable #77 – Cable is the leader of an opposition group based in Egypt.
Part 3 – Wolverine #148 – Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Peter Parker and Hulk are the Fantastic Four.
Part 4 – X-Men Unlimited #26 – In the near future, the aged X-Men face an attack by the Sh'iar Empire.
Part 5 – X-Men #98 – Far in the future, the X-Men now come from many different worlds.
Collected editions
The story has been collected into a trade paperback :
Title
Material collected
ISBN
X-Men Vs. Apocalypse Volume 2: Ages Of Apocalypse TPB
X-51 #8, Uncanny X-Men #378, Annual 1999, Cable #77, Wolverine #148, X-Men Unlimited #26, X-Men #98 and X-Men: Search for Cyclops # 1–4
ISBN 0-7851-2264-8
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