Biography:
In the harsh, unforgiving desert of ancient
Egypt, ruled by Rama-Tut, a band of nomadic raiders found an infant,
gray-skinned and freakish in appearance, abandoned by the settlers of Akkaba.
The nomads took the child in as one of their own, giving him the name En
Sabah Nur, or “The First One,” and teaching him to be "strong" in order to
survive the desert as a child. This idea, that "the strong will survive,"
would shape Apocalypse's actions throughout his lifetime.When En Sabah Nur
was an adult, he and his nomadic clan were captured and forced into slave
labor under the Grand Vizier Ozymandias. Apocalypse quickly became a rebel
and was killed by agents of Ozymandias. He revived soon after due to his
mutant powers, Believing himself "strong" and blessed, he soon discovered
Rama Tut’s technology underneath Egypt, and quickly destroyed all the
Egyptian rulers around him and transformed Ozymandias into the twisted being
he is today.
Apocalypse would go on use Rama Tut’s technology to "regenerate" for long
periods of time, becoming more and more powerful with each awakening. He was
also known to have traveled around the world during these ancient years,
appearing to various primitive cultures as their death god. At some point,
Apocalypse came across an extremely advanced spaceship belonging to the
planet-judging "Celestials". He became obsessed with discovering the secrets
of this technology, he found the key when he happened upon a time-traveling
Cable, then called, "The Traveler". The two fought with Apocalypse almost
getting killed in the process. He escaped with his life but not before being
infected by the techno-organic virus that ravaged Cables body. As irony
would have it, this worked to his favor; the techno-organic virus did not
weaken him, it greatly increased his power and allowed him to interface with
the Celestial ship and he promptly claimed it as his own.
Apocalypse made several appearances through the ages, most notably in the
12th and 19th centuries. During the 12th century, he encountered Bennet du
Paris, Apocalypse recognized him as a mutant and transformed him into
"Exodus". In the 19th century England, Apocalypse met the scientist named
"Nathaniel Essex" who's own scientific knowledge led him to predict the
abundance of mutants in the future. Apocalypse earned the allegiance of
Essex, turning him into the being known as "Mr. Sinister", but they were
soon defeated by a time-lost Cyclops and Phoenix.
Time and time again Apocalypse has plagued the world, and the X-Men in
particular, with his plans for world domination. He has formed several teams
of sometimes willing but mostly unwilling candidates; "The Horsemen of
Apocalypse", "The Dark Riders", and "The Alliance of Evil". Recently, he
ended his own life upon learning that the Celestials were coming for him for
using their technology without permission, the Celestials revived him and
took him away to pass judgment on him. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Personality:
Utterly Ruthless, Believes only those strong
enough to survive deserve to live.
Powers/Abilities:
The full extent of Apocalypse's powers have
never been revealed, especially to the extent they have been augmented by
Celestial technology. However, he claims to have control of his body on the
molecular level; allowing him to alter his shape, mass, and density at will,
be completely immune to the affects of age, disease and sickness, hunger,
thirst, and fatigue. He can also increase his strength to levels surpassing
most, if not all Hulk-level beings, and he can transform into a variety of
human disguises. He had exhibited energy absorption and projection abilities
in the past and has been dubbed an "External" because of his natural ability
of immortality. Apparently, Apocalypse must switch bodies regularly to
survive and most of his replacement bodies must wear an exoskeleton body
armor to contain his vast power and prevent it from consuming him. He can
apparently switch/merge host bodies at will to continually revive his
self-consuming body.
Skills:
Mastery of alien technology, specifically in
regards to genetics and biochemistry.
Appearances:
X-Factor #5 (First Appearance)
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