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X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 4 Paperback – January 1, 2006

by Scott Lobdell (Author), Warren Ellis (Author), Jeph Loeb (Author),
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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 armor or magic hammers, it's a race to see who the X-Men will destroy first: Apocalypse or themselves! But even with the crisis concluded, new allies and enemies emerge, guaranteeing that reality will still never be the same! Featuring the dawn of Gene Nation and a turning point for the Legacy Virus! Collects Generation Next #4, X-Calibre #4, X-Man #4 & #53-54, Factor X #4, Gambit And The X-Ternals #4, Amazing X-Men #4, Weapon X #4, X-Universe #2, X-Men: Omega, Blink #4 and X-Men: Prime
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  1. Part of Series
    X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic
  2. Print length
    376 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Marvel Enterprises
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2006
  6. Dimensions
    6.5 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0785120521
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0785120520
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Enterprises; Direct Ed edition (January 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785120521
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785120520
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

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    Mark Waid, a New York Times bestselling author, has written for a wider variety of well-known pop-culture characters and franchises than any other American author, from Superman to Star Wars to the Justice League to Archie to Spider-Man and many, many others. His award-winning work with artist Alex Ross, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time. (Secretly, however, he prefers SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT and his IRREDEEMABLE collections as his favorite works he's produced.)

    Additionally, Waid is a leader in the digital comics medium. His publishing imprint, Thrillbent.com, hosts an enormous collection of multimedia stories in all genres.

    With over thirty years of experience in his field, Waid happily mentors young writers and maintains a blog at www.markwaid.com that is full of advice for beginning writers and experienced authors both.

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    Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer.

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    Warren Ellis is the author of the Amazon Top 100 2016 book NORMAL and the New York Times- bestselling GUN MACHINE, the writer of award-winning graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, PLANETARY and FELL, and is the creator and writer of global top ten streaming hit show CASTLEVANIA on Netflix.

    The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. His GRAVEL books are in development for film at Legendary Pictures. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He's also written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters.

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    Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost, writer for the films Commando and Teen Wolf, and a writer and co-executive producer on the NBC TV show Heroes from its premiere in 2006 to November 2008. In 2010, Loeb became Executive Vice President of Marvel Television.

    A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner, Loeb's comic book work, which has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list, includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale.

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Michael Amrhein
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Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2010
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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.
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VioletMay
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2013
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I'm new to comic books. This is such a great story. With all four books, you'll be on the edge of your seat. Take the tome to read it, you won't regret it.

Seller had sent the wrong book, but was extremely quick to send the correct book. Great communication.
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KMart
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013
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this story line is so amazing and anyone who reads comics should get all four of these books. The alternate universe is well thought out and aside from making it seem like no one can change their destinies, it is still superb
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fair price, speedy delivery
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016
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Very happy with this purchase. It was in good condition. The only reason for 4 stars as opposed to 5 is because there was a page torn out of the novel. But I bought it fully knowing it had been a used library book so I can't be too upset. It is what it is.
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Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied purchase
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2013
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Received quickly and in good condition. My son and I have enjoyed reading the last in this series. Issues 1-3 were easy to find.
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Thomas Mcdonald
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent novel
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2007
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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.
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Ben Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong ending to Marvel's first big alternate universe story
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2014
This is a fantastic conclusion to the Age of Apocalypse story. All the storylines from the previous volumes come to a head here. There are some truly emotional moments (in particular the end of the Generation Next arc) and plenty of action as we see some twists and turns throughout the story.

If I have one complaint, it's that the writers fell victim to a trend that happens a lot in alternate universe stories and started killing people off left and right near the end. It seems like every other page someone was getting killed in the final confrontation. Marvel does that a lot when telling alternate universe stories, probably for the shock value without having to deal with the consequences the way they do by resurrecting everyone in the mainstream universe. I actually went through and counted, and a total of seven characters are killed by the end, including **SPOILER** Havok shooting Cyclops, which should have had no effect according to established continuity **END SPOILER**

Overall, still a great read and essential if you've already got the previous volumes.
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Archie Lillico
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on September 7, 2016
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Nash
5.0 out of 5 stars A great Classic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2014
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I've owned books 1 and 2 for some time and decided to get books 3 and 4 along with the Prelude book to complete the set. It's completed a great collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2016
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Everything was perfect
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J. R. Martinez
4.0 out of 5 stars Cool
Reviewed in Canada on March 18, 2015
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Great conclusion even though it does feel a bit incomplete. Wander if there is some issues missing in the compilation
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Dave Lister
4.0 out of 5 stars Great final edition (except the end filler)
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2012
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I read the first half of the Age of Apocalypse back when it was originally printed in the 90's however I was never able to finish it as my local store stopped stocking it and I was only about 10 years old so couldn't really get the train to London to pick up the last issues.

Finally this year I decided to finish the story and bought all 4 books on Amazon. I was not dissapointed. The world in the AOA is a darker, grittier more mature world showing how various characters would change given different environmental circumstances.

The only negative points I could make about this final AOA book, is that the story ends (lovely) BUT then it goes on to include 2 issues of X-Man (#53 and #54) which are completely unessasary.
They show Nate in a situation and you have no idea how it got there (having not read issues #5-#53) and as they would have originally been released several years AFTER the original AOA ended, they add nothing what so ever to the story and more than anything they ust detract from the true poignant ending of the story.

There is also a short story showing the xmen universe back to normal, which was OK, but again, it detracts from the true ending.

If it weren't for these filler stories this book would easily be a 5/5 but becuase of this, im marking down to a 4/5.
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