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The Rise of Apocalypse (X-Men) | 
| Authors: Terry Kavanagh, James Felder
Creators: Adam Pollina, Mark Morales
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 890068
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0785105867
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780785105862
ASIN: 0785105867
Publication Date: March 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
 APOCALYPSE? ... EGYPT? ... COOL. November 12, 2005
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Apart from being the X-Men's most dangerous enemy, Apocalypse is one of my favorite X-Men villains (he may even be my favorite X-Men villain). I was rather surprised to read the other reviewers' thoughts about Apocalypes's origin story. I thought the storyline was pretty good, although I do agree with the detractors that it could've been better than what it was. But I wouldn't say it SUCKED either. The artwork is awesome! Really good stuff. If you have the money and time, check this out. It's pretty good.
 One Of The Best X-Men-related Trades October 27, 2004
Stephen B. O'Blenis (Nova Scotia, Canada)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Another trade paperback where I have to mention that I don't have this format of the material; I have the original four-issue mini-series.
Both as an essential piece of the X-Men continuity and an individual piece of storytelling that could be read by anyone unfamiliar with the X-mythos, "The Rise Of Apocalypse" is one of the great pieces of literature ever presented in comic book format. Probably more rewarding if you've been long familiar with the entity known as Apocalypse, this could nonetheless serve as the first X-Men story you've ever read, taking place as it does entirely in ancient Egypt, eons before the formation of the X-Men or the births of Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr, or even the dawn of Sinister (magnificently told in the "Further Adventures Of Cyclops And Phoenix" trade paperback, possibly THE greatest 4-issue mini-series Marvel has ever published). Taking place at the beginning of the building of the pyramids, the book tells the tale of Apocalypse, aka En Sabah Nur, apparantly the first Homo Superior mutation in world history. Chronicles a period of years, from his very beginnings as a newborn infant left by his tribe to die out in a sandstorm because of their fear of his mutated physical appearance to his dawn as early conqueror and the manifestation of the first hints of his true power potential. It performs a difficult task in arousing sympathy for the character without diminishing the evil of what you know he's going to become. For a few years Marvel had been making the mistake of turning almost all their top-tier villains good; it's good to do that sometimes, and it's good to have characters like Magneto and Doom who can often straddle the line between 'good guy' and 'bad guy' distinctions, but if you turn All your villains into straight-up 'good' characters, you're left with no adversaries higher than Tier 2. This book makes one empathise with En Sabah Nur while superbly foreshadowing the eternal terror and bane on the world he's to become, both making the character even more frightening and adding a previously undreamt-of air of tragedy.
There is not a single appearance by any of the other main 'X-Men' characters, but the tale ingeniously weaves in the Fantastic Four by juxtaposing itself with an FF/Rama-Tut time travel story originally told in the 60s (I believe) and takes place in the exact same time frame without even a hint of contrivance. The FF doesn't have a large role but Rama-Tut is a major player and fills his role perfectly.
An outstanding book, amongst the best X-material in Trade Paperback form out there. Definately among the best things Terry Kavanagh has ever written.
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