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Read Up Before X-Men: Apocalypse

by Andrea Purcell

The X-Men face their greatest threat yet in the upcoming film, X-Men: Apocalypse. Continuing the story from X-Men: Days of Future Past, a new class of teenage mutants have joined the fight against the powerful mutant menace of Apocalypse and his deadly Four Horsemen.

We’ve picked the trade paperbacks you should read before seeing X-Men: Apocalypse and hopefully give more history on the characters making the leap from comic to screen. 


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Essential X-Factor, Volume 1

The powerful mutant known as Apocalypse first appeared in the pages of X-Factor thirty years ago. Brought to life by writer Louise Simonson and artist Jackson Guice, Essential X-Factor volume 1 (APR110739contains the first appearance of this ancient and evil mutant. Pitting his Alliance of Evil against the mutant hunting X-Factor team of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel, and Iceman; Apocalypse’s goal is to show the world that mutants are superior to humans and to ensure that only the strongest survive. An intriguing look into the history of a character that has become enmeshed into X-Men lore, this collection is a time capsule back to a defining era of Marvel Comics.

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X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, The Complete Epic

One of Marvel’s most popular events, Age of Apocalypse brought the mutant menace of Apocalypse front and center to change the X-Men forever. The death of Professor Xavier leads to an alternate timeline that shows a world in which Apocalypse succeeded in his vision and took control of the earth. The X-Men that fans know and love, now altered by this new timeline, rise up to oppose the tyrannical despot that has destroyed their world; and with the help of the time traveling mutant Bishop, ensure that this future will never come to pass. The entire Age of Apocalypse epic is available in softcover as Book 1 (JAN051878), Book 2 (AUG051976), Book 3 (FEB062080), and Book 4 (SEP062182or as a hardcover Omnibus collection (OCT150967)

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X-Men: The Rise of Apocalypse

The history of Apocalypse had always been shrouded in mystery with no one knowing the secrets behind the mighty being called En Sabah Nur, “The First One”. The hidden history of one of the X-Men’s greatest villains was finally revealed in the series Rise of Apocalypse (FEB160976), detailing how the life of an ancient Egyptian boy cast out for his pale blue skin lead to the creation of a relentless tyrant bent on shaping the world to his view or destroying it in the process. Follow Apocalypse as he travels through the Marvel timeline; from Egypt and the scheming pharaohs, his battles with the Black Knight in the middle ages, to dealing with Mister Sinister in the 19th century, and even his centuries old rivalry with Dracula! 

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Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution 

Apocalypse has returned and there’s only one thing that can stop this mutant monster from destroying humanity again – the Uncanny X-Force! In the first volume of Rick Remender's popular Uncanny X-Force (AUG110733series, Wolverine must unite an unlikely team of heroes to save mankind; but can Deadpool, Archangel, Psylocke, and Fantomex band together and destroy Apocalypse? Their mission gets even harder when they discover that Apocalypse has been reborn as an innocent child, unaware of his former incarnation. As the Uncanny X-Force battles against Apocalypse’s deadly Final Horsemen, will the reign of Apocalypse be ended once and for all?




 

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