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Warning : despoiler forExcalibur # 2
In a surprising twist , the first betrayal of Marvel’sX - Menrelaunch has made Apocalypse the victim . Jonathan Hickman has seen the X - valet find a new mutant nation on the island of Krakoa , and candidly readers are more than a minuscule funny . Everyone has seemed to be behave ever so slightly out of character , or else to be conceal their true agenda .
Apocalypse , for example , seems to have reinterpret his history and forsake the idea of " survival of the fit . " He ’s chosen anindecipherable new nameand reinvented himself as apriest of Krakoa , apparently in preparation for a warfare withmystical forces from Otherworld . course , it ’s only a matter of time before Apocalypse ’s agenda conflicts with the X - Men ’s , and the answer could be bloodcurdling . In an dry twist , Excalibur#2 disclose that Revelation of Saint John the Divine himself has seen those firm to him switch side of meat .
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Revelation has always been follow by an ancient cult cognize as Clan Akkaba , who let in powerful sorcerers ; they ’ve been his most patriotic operatives , even giving their own lives to resurrect him on occasion . It seems they fare to consider what Revelation call a heresy ; that their magic made them on a par with mutants , and that Book of Revelation would honor them as well . They lost religion when Apocalypse abandoned them to go to Krakoa , proving that he saw them as nothing but pawn , and they have determine a new superior -Morgan le Fay .
It ’s a lurid construction , becauseClan Akkabahave been loyal to Apocalypse for millennium . They lived by the " survival of the fittest of the fit " credo , and learn Apocalypse ’s mantra across the total public , going so far as killing family phallus in their master copy ’s name . They fought against the USA of Alexander the Great , they lit the match that ready Rome alight , and they slaughtered warriors on all sides in the Crusades . They traversed the earth look for out mutants like Exodus , and bringing them to Apocalypse . When all others have empty Apocalypse , when hisHorsemenor his Dark Riders have decrease away , Clan Akkaba have been loyal .
And yet Apocalypse seems to have winnow out Clan Akkaba without a 2nd cerebration . It ’s an indicant that , whatever Apocalypse may in truth have design for the mutant Carry Nation of Krakoa , he really is committed to it . Whatever ’s going on the right way now really is Apocalypse ’s end game , and he ’s dismissing all old loyalty in the name of Krakoa . Unfortunately , it search as though the tenner - Men will pay the Leontyne Price for Apocalypse ’s choice , because his old servant have now sided with Morgana Le Fey and the enemies of the mutant race .
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