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En Sabah Nur akaApocalypseis perhaps the most herculean enemy theX - Menhave ever face , though his influence on the wider Marvel Universe stretches far beyond a mere ‘ villain - of - the - week ’ . In fact , despite decades of funnies depicting him as such , it ’s difficult to even call Revelation of Saint John the Divine a villain when considering everything he ’s done throughout his extensive history . However , he ca n’t be accurately address a hoagie , either , as the evilness he ’s unleashed upon the world can not be ignored .
For both dependable and big , Apocalypse has had a figure of endure impacts on the Marvel Universe . From effectively make characters who would go on to make their own impacts on the domain at large , to cause a direct hand in the alteration of mutantkind ’s berth in history , here are the 10 way of life Apocalypse changed X - Men lore eternally .
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10The Age Of Apocalypse Saw En Sabah Nur Conquer The World
First:X-Men: Alpha#1 by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Roger Cruz, and Steve Epting
AfterLegion went back in time to vote down Magneto , only to accidentally kill his father , Charles Xavier , Apocalypse saw the alterations made to the timestream as an opportunity to launch an fire on manhood , and claim the creation for mutant superiority under his prescript . Thus , theAge of Apocalypsewas bear , and to this day it remain one of the most entertaining and overall badassX - Menstorylines to escort . While it ’s easy to write it off as a simple ‘ What If ? ’ , theAge of Apocalypseactually had some prejudicious impacts on Earth-616 , despite be in a branched reality .
When the Age of Apocalypse was undone by Bishop , a few var. from that timeline crossed over into Earth-616 , include X - Man ( Nate Grey ) and Dark Beast . X - Man would later be regarded as a mutant savior who would have his own Age of X - human after create a scoop dimension ‘ utopia ’ for all mutantkind . Dark Beast would also have a lasting impact on Earth-616 , as he was directly responsible for the ill-famed Mutant Massacre . All of this because Apocalypse strike over the worldly concern in an all different world .
9Apocalypse Saved The World From Daemons In The Ancient Past
X-MenVol. 5 #12 by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu
With theDawn of Xcame a number of changes to the establishedX - Menlore , and one of the most interesting was the origin of Apocalypse . Nothing that was established in Apocalypse ’s official origin fib -Rise of Apocalypse- was sunk , but there is a slice added to Apocalypse ’s personal chronicle that puts his entire life story from a unlike view : he save the world from a horde of daemons . These daemons were crossing over from a realm called Amenth through a rift on the living island Okkara , and they threatened to conquer the Earth . So , Apocalypse and his family made the impossible pick of severing the island in two at the rupture , creating Arrako , which fell into Amenth , and Krakoa , which persist on Earth .
Apocalypse ’s family fell into Amenth with Arrako while he remain on Krakoa . Long before there were any superheroes , it wasApocalypse who saved the world , and he sacrifice his family to do so .
8Apocalypse’s Existence Created Marvel Comics’ First Kang: Rama-Tut
Rise of Apocalypse#1-4 by Terry Kavanagh and Adam Pollina
Pharaoh Rama - Tut was the first version of Nathaniel Richards aka Kang the Conqueror introduced in Marvel Comics canon ( inFantastic Four#19 , to be precise ) , andRise of Apocalypseconfirms that the only reason he exist at all is because of En Sabah Nur . Rama - Tut trip to the past and seize Egypt as Pharaoh in decree to get his hands on Apocalypsebefore En Sabah Nur became the mutant scoundrel Rama - Tut be intimate him as .
Rama - Tut want to mold Revelation of Saint John the Divine into his perfect handmaiden , and use him to unfeignedly seize the timestream . While his plan at last give out , Apocalypse was the accelerator that created Rama - Tut in the first spot , making him in some ways responsible for everything the villain would do as one of the Fantastic Four ’s original enemy , and Marvel Comics ’ very first ‘ Kang ’ .
7Apocalypse Created The Most Sadistic X-Men Villain There Is: Mister Sinister
The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix#3 by Peter Milligan and John Paul Leon
Nathaniel Essex aka Mister Sinister is perhaps the most sadistic baddie in the history ofX - Mencanon . Not only is he a mad scientist without a conscience who bear savage and torturous experiments on mutation on a regular footing , but he ’s also been directly responsible for a telephone number of atrocious acts throughout his chronicle . While Dark Beast may have been the catalyst , it wasMister Sinister who range the carrying into action of practically the integral Morlock society during the Mutant Massacre . Then , years after , it was Mister Sinister who threw the entire Marvel Universe into chaos during theSins of Sinisterevent - and those are just two of the plethora of examples .
Apocalypse is directly responsible for every evil affair Mister Sinister has ever done , as it was En Sabah Nur who twist this human scientist into a mutate with the drive and intelligence to commit the most heinous heinousness one could imagine .
6Apocalypse Actually Created Dracula (Yes, Really)
X-Men: Apocalypse vs Dracula#1 by Frank Tieri and Clayton Henry
During the mid 1400s , the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse led an army called the Riders of the Dark that was so annihilating in engagement , that many did n’t even believe they existed , that the Dark Riders were just a myth told among the ranks of soldier . However , when Vlad the Impaler go out the Riders first hand , he learned that they were n’t a myth , and that he would have to defeat them if he want to expand his empire . This conflict extend to Vlad and Apocalypse engaging in single scrap , whereApocalypse defeated the Impaler . This defeatled to Vlad becoming the Lord of the Vampires , Dracula .
The repugnance Dracula wrought upon the earthly concern are well chart throughout Marvel canyon - especially inBladecomics - and behind all of them , there stand Apocalypse as the one who created Dracula in the first post .
5Apocalypse Founded The Global Protection Society That Would Become SHIELD
S.H.I.E.L.D.#1 by Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver
The original name for this bon ton wasthe Brotherhood of the Shield , and Apocalypse was one of its founding membersalongside Pharaoh Imhotep and the Moon Knight of that era . The first threat they came together to fight was the Brood , as the alien specie was rapidly infecting people and circulate across the globe . From that point forward , every personification of the undercover society worked to prevent the final stage of the world , whatever form that took .
Eventually , this Brotherhood would become the SHIELD fans know and love today , and it all started with the public - redeem heroism of a few like - minded power - houses of an ancient era , let in and particularly Apocalypse .
4Apocalypse Gave Life To One Of The Most Popular Mutant Antiheroes: Cable
Uncanny X-Men#241 by Chris Claremont and Marc Salvestri &Cable#6-8 by Fabian Nicieza Nathan
Summers aka Cable is the son of Cyclops and the clone of Jean Grey , Madelyne Pryor , who was infect with Apocalypse ’s techno - organic virus and was sent to the future for a therapeutic . While he was n’t fully cured , Cable did find a path to survive with his condition , and actually used being a cyborg to his reward by integrate a number of advanced , futuristic tech into his forcible physical structure . The reason Apocalypse taint this child is two - fold . The first reason is Revelation wanted to see if Nathan would survive , which would mean Cable would be worthy of being Apocalypse ’s adopted son . The second reason is Revelation of Saint John the Divine desire to create the paradox that would ensure his own survival of the fittest , as Cable would after go back in fourth dimension and infect Nur with the techno - constitutional virus , which allowed him to full merge with Celestial technology .
Not only did Apocalypse have a direct hand in the creation of Cable , but an collateral one as well , since it was Mister Sinister who organize the circumstance surrounding Nathan ’s birth , and Sinister only did that because he wanted to createa mutation strong enough to kill Apocalypse . No matter how one looks at this incredibly convoluted backstory , Apocalypse is right there at the centre , which - in this casing - is a good thing , since it gave fans one of the most democratic mutant antiheroes inX - Menlore .
3Apocalypse Permanently Altered A Founding Member of the X-Men: Angel
X-Factor#17 by Louise Simonson and Walter Simonson
Warren Worthington III aka Angel was a establish member of the X - man , debut alongside the other original five inX - Men#1 . But , when those original members lurch over to X - Factor , Angel ’s life would quickly be thrown into turmoil . InX - Factor#15 , Angel is supposedly killed , but inX - Factor#17 , it ’s let on ( though not yet in full ) that Angel was n’t killed , but was rather pervert by Apocalypse , and flex into En Sabah Nur ’s Horseman of Death . It was at this point thatAngel became Archangel , everlasting with a circle of synthetic wings far superior to his original chromosomal mutation , as well as dismal tegument remindful of Apocalypse ’s own sinister paint .
Not only did Apocalypse boil down a founding X - Men appendage to a villainous striver , but the impact this time in Warren ’s living had on his mind was lasting , even after he was saved by the X - man , as he was forever altered by Apocalypse .
2Apocalypse Restored Wolverine’s Adamantium Skeleton, Becoming X-Men’s Meta Savior
WolverineVol 2. #145 by Erik Larsen and Leinil Francis Yu
“ Fatal Attractions ” is the notorious plot line in which Wolverine had his adamantium skeleton ripped from his body by Magneto in an true badass display . However , what remained was a Wolverine without adamantium claws , but instead his original ivory claw . It was at this degree that it was also give away that the adamantium within Wolverine ’s body contain back the full extent of his natural variation , and that he was destined to develop ( or , more accurately , devolve ) into a ferine beast ( who apparently did n’t need a nose ) . This serial of events in Wolverine ’s personal lore is looked back as one of the worst , and it would n’t truly end untilWolverineVol . 2 # 145 , whenApocalypse gave Wolverine his adamantium back .
While the storyline that surrounded Apocalypse doing this for Wolverine is one that can be easy forgotten , the existent encroachment here is a meta one , as Apocalypse effectively undo the worst thing to happen to Wolverine in his Marvel Comics chronicle , becoming the hero ‘ 90sX - Menfans need .
1Apocalypse Established The First Mutant Homeworld Of Arakko
X of Swords: Destruction#1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, and Pepe Larraz
Apocalypse was the man responsible for splitting Krakoa and Arakko in the ancient past times when he and his family were fighting the invade fiend of Amenth , and this epic climax to theX of Swordsevent saw En Sabah Nur rectifying that situation . At the end of the tournament , an agreement was reached that one mutation from Krakoa must remain in this dark proportion and one mutant from Arakko must go to Krakoa . Revelation chose himself to outride , and decided that the sport to take his property would be the entirety of Arakko itself , include all the mutants who domicile on the go mutant island .
Once on Earth , it was decide that Arakko would be re - established on Mars , where the variation who lived there could have their very own planet on which to live and expand , rather than just a simple island on a Earth already hostile towards mutants . With one act of selflessness that branched from another act of heroism from his own ancient past tense , Apocalypse helped make the first mutant homeworld , making this perhaps the most impactful of the 10 waysApocalypsechangedX - Menlore forever .
