Apocalypse is among the most terrifying mutant villains in Marvel historical past. Created by Louise Simonson and Jackson Guice and debuting in 1986’s “X-Issue” #5, En Sabah Nur was born hundreds of years in the past, making him one of many first mutants on Earth. A war-mongering immortal pressure, Apocalypse seems all through totally different deadlines, his quest for management and to rule the world extending throughout centuries.
When he surfaces within the twentieth century, he clashes with the X-Males and, finally, the Avengers in an effort to achieve extra energy. Within the “Daybreak of X” storyline, Apocalypse joins the X-Males on Krakoa and is reunited together with his spouse Genesis as his previous is explored like by no means earlier than. The villain is at the moment preventing alongside the embattled mutant paradise because the “Fall of X” continues.
Apocalypse’s first look in “X-Males: The Animated Collection” noticed him fail in his makes an attempt to create the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse — a bunch of mind-controlled, genetically altered mutants who serve him and perform his machinations to rule every thing. After failing to take out the mutant psychics standing in his means, Apocalypse is banished to the Astral Airplane, however is final seen taking up the physique of Fabian Cortez. The villain has been roaming free in Genosha, however he appears to have found out a option to return to his bodily type, or has someway morphed Cortez’s physique into a brand new model of his personal look. Both means, “X-Males ’97” is establishing the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse — and the eventual rebirth of the lately murdered Gambit, which X-fans have been clamoring for since his tragic demise.