X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 4

by John Francis Moore, Fabian Nicieza, Joe Madureira, et al.

Learn who lives and who dies in either reality as the apocalyptic arc ends in treachery and tragedy While certain heroic humans prove their mettle without armour or magic hammers, it's a race to see... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785120521
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

necessary to get the full story

this is the 4th and final edition of the epic 1995 storyline, Age of Apocalypse. a storyline that affected ALL of the X-Men titles for about 18 months. this is an important story for numerous reasons, namely because of the addition of characters from this alternate timeline making it to the mainstream Marvel universe. Dark Beast, Nate Grey - the X-Man, Sugar Man, and also Blink lived on in this timeline and became immensely popular. this also saw the rise of artists like Joe Madureira, Steve Epting, Bryan Hitch, (yes, that Bryan Hitch!!!!) Jeff Matsuda, (who would go on to do design work for the Jackie Chan Adventures and The Batman saturday morning cartoon fare) Salvador Larroca, Terry Dodson, the Kubert bros., and Roger Cruz (the best artist on the series, IMO). granted, this is a 15 year old story, but it still kicks ass and holds up. I recommend it, for fans and first-time readers like myself. I just read it for the first time, because admittedly, I was never an X-Men fan, but couldn't resist my curiousness for a story that is largely regarded as the best cross-over from the X-Men corner of the Marvel universe.

how to read

in volume 4 the age of apocalypse comes to an end in the issue xmen omega. however for some reason there are more issues included afterwards that really have little to do with AoA. the AoA series is great but i think these collections could have been better. they could have left out some of the stuff in volume one and all the stuff after xmen omega in volume 4 and made it into three volumes.

Great

What can I say? I'm a big fan of alternative realities in the Marvel universe...

Excellent novel

This novel does an excellent job finishing up the story. It gives all of the finishing details needed to find out how it all ends.