Apocalypse

⭐ Key Issues

X-Factor (1986) #24

First Appearance: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) — full appearance

First full appearance of Apocalypse, following his cameo in X-Factor #5. Establishes the full threat of En Sabah Nur, one of the X-Men's most powerful and enduring villains. A key Bronze Age issue.

Apocalypse — born En Sabah Nur — is the world's first mutant, an ancient Egyptian who has spent millennia culling the weak and empowering the strong according to his survival-of-the-fittest philosophy. Virtually immortal and possessing the ability to reshape his own molecular structure, Apocalypse is one of the X-Men's greatest and most powerful enemies. He is the central villain of the Age of Apocalypse — one of Marvel's most acclaimed alternate-timeline stories.

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