Ages of Apocalypse
"The Ages of Apocalypse" is a series of sub-chapters to Marvel Comics' saga, wherein En Sabah Nur finds himself trapped in the body of Scott Summers after a failed attempt to possess Nate Grey. Using his newfound powers, Apocalypse warps reality several times, trying to get the Twelve to feed him more and more power. "The Ages of Apocalypse" arc is mainly an exploration of the trapped heroes finding a way out of those alternative reality warps.
Characters
Reading order
- Part 1 – Uncanny X-Men #378 – Back in the Past, Gambit and Storm replace Cyclops and Angel in the original X-Men.
- Part 2 – Cable #77 – Cable is the leader of an opposition group based in Egypt.
- Part 3 – Wolverine #148 – Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Peter Parker and Hulk are the Fantastic Four.
- Part 4 – X-Men Unlimited #26 – In the near future, the aged X-Men face an attack by the Sh'iar Empire.
- Part 5 – X-Men #98 – Far in the future, the X-Men now come from many different worlds.
Collected editions
| Title | Material collected | ISBN |
| X-Men Vs. Apocalypse Volume 2: Ages Of Apocalypse TPB | X-51 #8, Uncanny X-Men #378, Annual 1999, Cable #77, Wolverine #148, X-Men Unlimited #26, X-Men #98 and X-Men: Search for Cyclops # 1–4 | |
| X-Men Vs. Apocalypse: The Twelve Omnibus | Uncanny X-Men #371-380, Annual 1999; X-Men #91-93, 94, 95-99, Annual 1999; X-Men Unlimited #24, 25-26; Gambit #8-9; Astonishing X-Men #1-3; Wolverine #145-149; Cable #71-78; X-Man #59-60; X-51 #8; X-force #101; X-Men 1999 Yearbook |