The Superhero Dictionary

Apocalypse (Marvel)

Claiming to have been alive since the dawn of mankind, and worshiped by ancient civilizations as the god of death and war, Apocalypse instigates an all-out-war on humans in order to claim the earth for mutants.

apocalypse

noun

any of a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 350 and were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose. As seen in the Revelation of St. John the Divine - the last book in the New Testament

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Also See:

Doctor Doom
Doomsday
Four Horsemen of Apocalypse
mutant

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