Who Is Apocalypse? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Apocalypse is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of En Sabah Nur, with over 1,913 comic issue appearances. One of the very first mutants, Apocalypse is both thousands of years old and a monstrous tyrant that has been a longtime foe of the X-Men. Apocalypse believes that only the strongest (whether mutant or superhuman) should survive. His body is a mix of organics and powerful celestial technology, boosting his shapeshifting and other powers to god-like levels.

Who is Apocalypse?

Origin En Sabah Nur The story of Apocalypse began in 3000 BC Egypt during the First Dynasty. Born gray-skinned (although Apocalypse's skin color is sometimes depicted as flesh colored or dark skinned) and blue-lipped with natural facial markings, in the settlement of Akkaba , he was abandoned as an infant, but found by a band of desert nomads, the Sandstormers, whose leader, Baal , saw the child's potential power, and raised him as his own, naming him En Sabah Nur. He was taught in the philosophy that the tribe lives and dies by: survival of the fittest. Nur and Baal were the only Sandstormers to survive on the day that General Ozymandias with his army, destroys the Sandstormers' tribe, as they found refuge in a sacred cave before it collapsed. Baal eventually died from lack of nourishment after weeks of deprivation, but before he did, he admitted to Nur that he had believed him to be a savior foretold in ancient prophecies who was destined to overthrow the pharaoh Rama-Tut. The young Nur vowed to take revenge on the pharaoh and claim his destiny. He hid himself as a slave in Tut's city, where he has visions of Egyptian gods who revealed his great destiny. The pharaoh Rama-Tut, in .

Key facts

Apocalypse is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Revenge of The Living Monolith". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,913 recorded issue appearances, Apocalypse ranks among the most featured characters in comics.