they are the harbinger of doom serving
their master loyally welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origin of the Four
Horsemen of apocalypse those who oppose
diesel perish for my agents distress
pestilence and my greatest creation as
with most comic book characters they’re
often reimagining and different versions
to a character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1986 and 1987 x-factor
issues number 10 and 19 which was
expanded upon in issues number 23 and 25
in 1999 and 2000 s Wolverine number 145
to 147 as well as 2013 uncanny Avengers
issue number 6 first introduced in
passing during the iconic mutant
Massacre storyline the Four Horseman
made their proper debut soon after this
reveal them to be the first wave of
their master apocalypses plan to test
the world’s humanity believing that the
gene pool had become polluted
apocalypses desire was that only the
strong should survive so he created his
horseman to destroy the weak and gather
the worthy survivors to form his team of
horsemen apocalypse selected mutants
whom he deemed worthy of the honour and
altered their minds powers and
physiology to make them instruments of
his will from those chosen it was his
horseman death that served as the de
facto leader of the bunch the first
mutant reconditioned to take on death’s
role was arc angel an already altered an
evil version of the founding x-men
member angel
destroyed
immediately coming to blows with angels
former teammates and founding x-men the
horsemen created anarchy and destruction
around New York to maximize their havoc
pestilence war famine and death had
split up with each member relishing
their new powers and abilities this
first attack ultimately came to a close
when Archangel came to believe that he
had killed his former teammate Iceman
only to break free of his programming
and turn on his new master
caught unprepared apocalypse chose to
retreat and seemingly abandoned his new
team but it was far from the last that
we’d see of this formidable squad in the
year since their debut there have been
many incarnations of the horsemen and
with each passing year the caliber and
star power of the recruits only seems to
increase perhaps the most noteworthy
servant of all the years of the team’s
existence came about in 1999 when
Wolverine was transformed into death it
was at this time that Wolverine found
himself captured by apocalypse and set
in battle against his longtime foe
Sabretooth knowing that this was a test
and whoever prevailed would be chosen to
take their place Wolverine tapped into a
newfound savagery and handedly won the
encounter following this Wolverine
battled the Hulk before encountering a
small group of fellow x-men these
included former horseman inductee angel
and two of his closest allies Jubilee
and Shadowcat ultimately Wolverine was
able to overcome his programming thanks
to the efforts of his friends including
his ally angel who could truly relate to
his internal struggle more of the
history of the horsemen was later
revealed as the earliest incarnation of
the team dated back to the 11th century
this version of the horseman was set on
a task to kill a target by their master
these members were arguably the most
unique and best designed to strike fear
into the hearts of men as it consisted
of a specter a horseman astride a winged
bear a creature with wings and an
eyeball for a head and a man with
rappings around his face this version of
the team was defeated when the god and
future Avenger of four arrived to
protect their intended victim putting an
end to their paths of destruction
appearing in various media the horsemen
have played roles in most x-men animated
series from the 90s x-men cartoon to
x-men evolution in the 2000s what’s he
done to them
Oh defend my pyramids in 2014 they
finally made their brief live-action
debut in the post-credits sequence in
x-men Days of Future past and are
expected to have a sizable role in the
upcoming film x-men apocalypse are you a
fan of the deadly foursome for more
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
and chaos
you
their master loyally welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origin of the Four
Horsemen of apocalypse those who oppose
diesel perish for my agents distress
pestilence and my greatest creation as
with most comic book characters they’re
often reimagining and different versions
to a character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1986 and 1987 x-factor
issues number 10 and 19 which was
expanded upon in issues number 23 and 25
in 1999 and 2000 s Wolverine number 145
to 147 as well as 2013 uncanny Avengers
issue number 6 first introduced in
passing during the iconic mutant
Massacre storyline the Four Horseman
made their proper debut soon after this
reveal them to be the first wave of
their master apocalypses plan to test
the world’s humanity believing that the
gene pool had become polluted
apocalypses desire was that only the
strong should survive so he created his
horseman to destroy the weak and gather
the worthy survivors to form his team of
horsemen apocalypse selected mutants
whom he deemed worthy of the honour and
altered their minds powers and
physiology to make them instruments of
his will from those chosen it was his
horseman death that served as the de
facto leader of the bunch the first
mutant reconditioned to take on death’s
role was arc angel an already altered an
evil version of the founding x-men
member angel
destroyed
immediately coming to blows with angels
former teammates and founding x-men the
horsemen created anarchy and destruction
around New York to maximize their havoc
pestilence war famine and death had
split up with each member relishing
their new powers and abilities this
first attack ultimately came to a close
when Archangel came to believe that he
had killed his former teammate Iceman
only to break free of his programming
and turn on his new master
caught unprepared apocalypse chose to
retreat and seemingly abandoned his new
team but it was far from the last that
we’d see of this formidable squad in the
year since their debut there have been
many incarnations of the horsemen and
with each passing year the caliber and
star power of the recruits only seems to
increase perhaps the most noteworthy
servant of all the years of the team’s
existence came about in 1999 when
Wolverine was transformed into death it
was at this time that Wolverine found
himself captured by apocalypse and set
in battle against his longtime foe
Sabretooth knowing that this was a test
and whoever prevailed would be chosen to
take their place Wolverine tapped into a
newfound savagery and handedly won the
encounter following this Wolverine
battled the Hulk before encountering a
small group of fellow x-men these
included former horseman inductee angel
and two of his closest allies Jubilee
and Shadowcat ultimately Wolverine was
able to overcome his programming thanks
to the efforts of his friends including
his ally angel who could truly relate to
his internal struggle more of the
history of the horsemen was later
revealed as the earliest incarnation of
the team dated back to the 11th century
this version of the horseman was set on
a task to kill a target by their master
these members were arguably the most
unique and best designed to strike fear
into the hearts of men as it consisted
of a specter a horseman astride a winged
bear a creature with wings and an
eyeball for a head and a man with
rappings around his face this version of
the team was defeated when the god and
future Avenger of four arrived to
protect their intended victim putting an
end to their paths of destruction
appearing in various media the horsemen
have played roles in most x-men animated
series from the 90s x-men cartoon to
x-men evolution in the 2000s what’s he
done to them
Oh defend my pyramids in 2014 they
finally made their brief live-action
debut in the post-credits sequence in
x-men Days of Future past and are
expected to have a sizable role in the
upcoming film x-men apocalypse are you a
fan of the deadly foursome for more
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
and chaos
you
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