Age of Apocalypse: Difference between revisions

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In 1995, this crossover from [[Marvel Comics]] among the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Titles]] began when Legion, son of Professor Xavier, travelled back in time to kill [[Magneto]], but ended up killing his own father instead. This story, itself a minor crossover called ''Legion Quest,'' led to the main Age of Apocalypse crossover.

For four months the X-titles were replaced by miniseries that took place in the [[Alternate Universe]] that had come about [[For Want of a Nail|for want of an Xavier]]. This [[Bad Future]] [[Villain World]] was a [[~~dystopia~~]]n [[Crapsack World|Crap Sack]] where heroes were villains, villains were heroes, and [[Anyone Can Die]]. The non-mutant comics weren't part of the crossover, though a two issue miniseries ''X-Universe'' did show what happened to the non-mutant Marvel heroes in the new history. [[Scott Lobdell]] directed the overall story arc and some of [[Chris Bachalo]]'s best work is featured in this series. The series were renamed as follows:

For four months the X-titles were replaced by miniseries that took place in the [[Alternate Universe]] that had come about [[For Want of a Nail|for want of an Xavier]]. This [[Bad Future]] [[Villain World]] was a [[Dystopia|dystopian]] [[Crapsack World|Crap Sack]] where heroes were villains, villains were heroes, and [[Anyone Can Die]]. The non-mutant comics weren't part of the crossover, though a two issue miniseries ''X-Universe'' did show what happened to the non-mutant Marvel heroes in the new history. [[Scott Lobdell]] directed the overall story arc and some of [[Chris Bachalo]]'s best work is featured in this series. The series were renamed as follows:

* ''Uncanny X-Men'' - ''Astonishing X-Men''

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{{quote|'''Apocalypse''': So be it, whelp. Any last words?

'''X-Man''': Four, in fact. '''THIS ONE'S FOR FORGE!''' *kick to the face* }}

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: It's an [[Alternate Universe]], and a particularly [[Grimdark]] one at that, so this trope is in full effect. Longtime but not actually iconic characters in main continuity are [[Red Shirt]]s here.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: It's an [[Alternate Universe]], and a particularly [[Grimdark]] one at that, so this trope is in full effect. Longtime but not actually iconic characters in main continuity are [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]] here.

* [[Apocalypse Not]]: The ten-year revival series makes the world look much less nasty in comparison to the original run.

* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: Colossus expects the younger mutants to kill one another during training to ensure survival of the fittest.

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* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Among others, Charles Lehnsherr, Dead-Eye, and Switchback. The only thing the AoA Arclight, Bastion, and Wolverine share with their classic Marvel Universe namesakes are the names. The classic Arclight is a woman ([[Ao A]] Arclight's a man), the normal MU Bastion appeared as a mutant-hater ''after'' [[Ao A]], and the AoA version of the classic [[Wolverine]] goes by the name Weapon X. Sugar Man had no known counterpart in the classic Marvel Universe, but as noted below he, plus Dark Beast, X-Man, and Holocaust (whose respective counterparts are Beast, Cable, and the recently-revealed Genocide), did literally immigrate from the AoA reality to the classic universe in the finale.

* [[Canon Immigrant]]:

** A version of ~~Abyss—one~~ of Apocalypse's ~~horsemen—later~~ appeared in the normal [[Marvel Universe]], but due to Apocalypse not ruling the world, he was a hero and Damask's 616 counterpart is [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]] villain Emma Steed. Oh, and thanks to recent events in ''Uncanny X-Force'', there's now a 616 version of Holocaust, calling himself Genocide.

** A version of Abyss--one of Apocalypse's horsemen--later appeared in the normal [[Marvel Universe]], but due to Apocalypse not ruling the world, he was a hero and Damask's 616 counterpart is [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]] villain Emma Steed. Oh, and thanks to recent events in ''Uncanny X-Force'', there's now a 616 version of Holocaust, calling himself Genocide.

** Holocaust, Sugar Man, Dark Beast, X-Man, AoA Sabretooth and AoA Blink are literal examples of this; the former four found their way into the classic MU during the finale (X-Man interacted with his counterpart, Cable, a few times and Dark Beast once impersonated his counterpart, the classic Beast) and the latter two, via ''[[Exiles]].'' Given Holocaust died, he's unlikely to meet his newly-revealed 616 counterpart, Genocide, unless he's resurrected.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Apocalypse's constant referrals to the "chosen" and the "forgotten".