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Apocalypse was born to the name of En Sabah Nur, and was a slave in ancient Egypt. There, he came into the attentions of the Pharaoah Rama-Tut, who was actually the time-traveller called Kang the Conqueror. En Sabah Nur was beaten for daring to rebel and was left to die; he survived, due to the sudden emergence of his mutant gift of immortality, and came to a position of power once Rama-Tut had been forced to depart for his native time by the time travelling Fantastic Four and The Avengers. Centuries later, En Sabah Nur discovered a starship created by the alien Celestials in Mongolia, and used the technology therein to gain control over the molecules of his body. Becoming one of the most powerful mutants who ever lived, if not the most powerful, and calling himself Apocalypse, he came to believe in a philosophyPhilosophy literally means 'love of wisdom' from the Greek 'philo' and 'sofia'. It is now widely used to designate the pursuit of knowledge or wisdom about fundamental matters concerning life, death, meaning, reality, being and truth. The term may also re later erroneously referred to as DarwinismThis article is about Darwinism as a philosophical concept; see evolution for the page on biological evolution; modern evolutionary synthesis for neo-Darwinism; evolutionism for the advocacy of such, and also evolution (disambiguation . Darwinism is a ter, and entered a state of suspended animationSuspended animation is the technical term for the slowing without termination of life processes by external means. Outside science fiction, the technique is hypothetical. Breathing, heartbeat, and other involuntary functions may still occur, but they can until mutants like him were populous enough to rule the Earth. He emerged briefly in VictorianJune 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. The Victorian Era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. It is often defined as the years from 1837 to 1901, when Queen Victoria EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England to see if the world was ready for him. During that time he turned Nathaniel Essex into the being known as Mister SinisterMister Sinister is a fictional character, a supervillain in Marvel Comics' universe. Sinister is a long-lived and scheming foe of the X-Men and X-Factor. He was first mentioned in Uncanny X-Men #212, by the villain Sabretooth, but he did not appear on-pan. However, Sinister rebelled against him and Apocalypse was forced to re-enter his slumber.

Upon re-awakening in full, Apocalypse came into conflict with the original X-Men (then organized as the superhero team X-Factor) on repeated occasions. When one of their number, the Angel, lost his wings, Apocalypse granted him an artificial pair in exchange for his servitude; Angel accepted, becoming Apocalypse's Angel of Death, but eventually he rebelled and became ArchangelArchangel (Warren Kenneth Worthington III) is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a mutant and is a member of the X-Men and X-Factor. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in X-Men #1 ( 1963). Archangel was. Later, Apocalypse infected Cyclops's son Nathan with a "techno-organic virus" derived from the alien technology that gave him his powers; as a result, Nathan was sent to the future for a cure, where he became the time-travelling superhero known as Cable.

Later still, a time travel episode resulted in a timeline in which Professor X never created the X-Men. In this timeline, the " Age of Apocalypse", Apocalypse ruled the Earth until his death at the hands of Magneto and his X-Men. When the timeline was inevitably restored, so too were all who died in that alternate universe.

Later, in the "Apocalypse: The Twelve" storyline, Apocalypse attempted to undergo a transformation to turn him into a god-like entity similar to a Celestial by kidnapping the Twelve: powerful mutants with the powers necessary to allow Apocalypse to undergo the transformation. The Twelve consisted of Magneto, Polaris, Professor Xavier, Cyclops, Cable, Phoenix, Storm, Sunfire, Iceman, Bishop, Mikhail Rasputin, and the Living Monolith . Their combined powers were to be transferred into the clone Nate Gray, whose body would then serve as Apocalypse's new host. The plan failed when Cyclops threw himself into Apocalypse and merged their minds and bodies. When the X-Men finally did free Cyclops, Apocalypse was rendered bodiless, and the X-Men took advantage of the opportunity to finally destroy him.