Apocalypse (Marvel)

Apocalypse is a supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.

Notes

• The character was created by Louise Simonson and Jackson Guice where he was first show in the shadows in X-Factor v1 #5 (June, 1986) before fully appearing in X-Factor v1 #6 (July, 1986),

In other media

Television

• In X-Men: Evolution, the character became the primary antagonist in season 4 of the show where he was voiced by David Kaye. His backstory was revealed in a series of hieroglyphics that state that he dated back during Egyptian times where he was a gray skinned infant abandoned in the desert. In that time, he was discovered by a bandit lord known as Baal who raised the child as his own and named him En Sabah Nur or the First One. The child was raised by Baal into a fearsome and skilled warrior who had abilities that were 'unnatural' compared to humans. At that time, a traveler from the future known as Rama-Tut came with his future technology and used it to become the ruling Pharaoh of the period. After learning of En Sabah Nur, Rama-Tut commanded that the boy be slain which led to the death of his adoptive father Baal. This left En Sabah Nur in a rage where he overthrew the Pharaoh and took his technology. After studying the Eye of Ages, he attempted to use it to turn all of mankind into Mutants but the machine drained him of his power which allowed his advisors to turn against him where they sealed him in the device and locked it behind three doors in the mountains. In the modern age, the imprisoned Apocalypse managed to get a servant in the form of Mesmero and used him to aid in freeing him with the final doorway opening when he took the powers of a mind controlled Rogue. After being freed, he incapacitated the X-Men and Acolytes before moving to the pyramid at the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Afterwards, he easily defeats Magneto, Xavier and Storm seemingly killing them before starting his plan to evolve mankind after merging with the Eye of Ages technology to appear more cybernetic. Apocalypse also defeated an attempt to use Sentinels to destroy the pyramids and unleashes his Horsemen. Whilst within the Eye, Rogue managed to seal him in the device through the use of Leech's power to depower him temporarily and Wolverine helped send the machine spiraling through time thus defeating him.
• In Wolverine and the X-Men animated series, the character made an appearance with a non-speaking role. He first featured as the master of Mister Sinister who he gave an order to acquire the DNA from Jean Grey and Cyclops. In the episode "Foresight, Part 3", the future dominated by the Sentinels was eliminated by the intervention of the X-Men along with the guidance of Charles Xavier whose mind was displaced into the future. However, the change in reality brings about another dark one similar to the Age of Apocalypse where Apocalypse stands at the balcony of his tower with Mister Sinister and a future version of Cyclops.

Films

En Sabah Nur in Days of Future's Past.

• In X-Men: Days of the Future's Past film, a post-credit sequence showed the character with a non-speaking role where he was portrayed by Canadian actor Brendan Pedder. He's shown to be a young robed hooded figure with grey skin and blue lips standing on a desert hill where a large crowd were chanting the name "En Sabah Nur" at a distance. The character was seen to be assembling a massive pyramid with the power of telekinesis whilst a group of four individuals on horses stand in the background.

Appearances

• Uncanny X-Force:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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