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Issue: Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005 #[nn]
Publication Date: May 2005
 
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 2005
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Pages: 52
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UPC/EAN: 75960605625500111
Price: $5.75 CAD
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Content Items: 48 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Inside front cover. Credits and indicia, including an illustration taken from X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #1.
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X-Men Age of Apocalypse 2005

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Title page on an illustration taken from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.
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The Age of Apocalypse

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Twenty years in the past, Charles Xavier was murdered... and everything changed.
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Illustration from X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #1.
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Apocalypse

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One of the earliest mutants on the planet...
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Illustration from the cover of Age of Apocalypse: The Chosen (Marvel, 1995 series).
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Abyss

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Abyss
Most of Abyss' life is shrouded in mystery.
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Illustration from Age of Apocalypse: The Chosen (Marvel, 1995 series).
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Dark Beast

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Henry McCoy was a genius.
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Illustration from X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #1.
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Holocaust

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Holocaust
Originally known as Nemesis and claiming to be the son of Apocalypse...
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Illustration from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #60.
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Mikhail

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Mikhail
Mikhail Rasputin was a national hero of the former Soviet Union.
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Illustration from X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #2.
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Sinister

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Nathaniel Essex, a brilliant scientist and geneticist...
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Illustration from Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines (Marvel, 1998 series), although the image is reversed.
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Sugar Man

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Sugar Man
The Sugar Man was in charge of the Seattle Core...
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Illustration from X-Man '96 (Marvel, 1996 series) #1.
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The X-Men

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? (Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Colossus, Iceman, Jean Grey, Morph, Sabretooth & Wild Child
? (Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Colossus, Iceman, Jean Grey, Morph, Sabretooth & Wild Child
? (Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Colossus, Iceman, Gambit, Wolfsbane, Jean Grey, Morph, Sabretooth & Wild Child
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Reality changed. The son of Chalres Xavier, the boy named Legion...
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Includes 25 headshot illustrations of past and present members of the X-Men from Earth-295. Illustrations from the following issues:

Magneto - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #4
Rogue - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
Quicksilver - ?
Nightcrawler - ?
Silver Samurai - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
Banshee - ?
Colossus - ?
Exodus - Amazing X-Men (Marvel, 1995 series) #1
Iceman - ?
Beak - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
Dazzler - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #3
Gambit - the cover of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #5
Kirika - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
Storm - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
Sunfire - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
Wolfsbane - the cover of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #3
Xorn - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
Jean Grey - ?
Scarlet Witch - X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #1
Shadowcat - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
Blink - Blink (Marvel, 2001 series) #1
Morph - ?
Sabretooth - ?
Weapon - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
Wild Child - ?

Seven different inkers are credited in X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #4, but it's likely only one of those inkers applied the inks to the Magneto illustration.

Six different inkers are credited in X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #3, but it's likely only one of those inkers applied the inks to the Dazzler illustration.
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Magneto

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Eric Lensherr's life changed the day his good friend Charles Xavier was murdered by Legion...
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Illustrations from (page 1) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (although the image is reversed), (page 2, 1st illustration) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 and (page 2, 2nd illustration) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.

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Colossus

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Piotr Rasputin was the younger brother of his nation's greatest hero, Mikhail...
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Illustration from X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #2.
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Dazzler

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The months leading up to Apocalypse's first strike against America...
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Illustration from the cover of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (although the image is reversed).
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Gambit

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Remy LeBeau was adopted into the Thieves Guild of New Orleans as a young child.
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Jean Grey

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Jean Grey was the first mutant, other than Magneto's own children, recruited to be an X-Man.
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Illustration from X-Men Chronicles (Marvel, 1995 series) #2.

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Nightcrawler

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Kurt Darkholme lived a lonely childhood in the German countryside.
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Quicksilver

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Pietro and his sister Wanda were living a quiet life in the Transian countryside...
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Illustration from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.
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Rogue & Charles Lensherr

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Little is known of Rogue's past before being delivered to Magneto and the X-Men...
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Illustrations from (page 1) the cover of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (although the image is reversed) and (page 2) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.

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Shadowcat

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Katherine Pryde lived in the suburbs of Illinois...
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Storm

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Ororo Munroe was a goddess.
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Illustration from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.
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Sunfire

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During the beginning of Apocalypse's rise, Magneto approached Japan's greatest heroes.
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Weapon X

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Weapon X was a loner and, initially, an unwilling recruit to the X-Men.
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Wild Child

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Wild Child
Kyle Gibney was one of the original volunteers for Beta Flight...
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New Mutants - Wolfsbane

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The story of Rahne Sinclair is a sad one.
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Illustration from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.
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New Mutants - Silver Samurai

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Silver Samurai
Silver Samurai was a mutant rebel in his homeland of Japan.
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Illustration from the cover of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.
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New Mutants - Kirika

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Kirika
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Illustrations from (1st illustration) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 and (2nd illustration) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.

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New Mutants - Xorn

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Xorn
Xorn was discovered in the Dark Beast's pens following Apocalypse's fall.
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Illustration from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #3.

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New Mutants - Beak

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Beak
Despite Beak's obvious mutation, his father's standing in the Human Council...
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Illustration from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Marvel, 2005 series) #2.
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The Exiles

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The Exiles are a team of heroes plucked from their own separate realities...
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Includes a Group illustration, along with twelve headshots of past and present members of the Exiles. Illustrations from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) as follows:

Exiles Group (Blink, Morph, Sunfire, Sasquatch, Nocturne, Mimic) - Issue #12
Blink - Issue 37
Beak - Issue #54
Mimic - Issue #35
Morph - Issue #35
Namora - Issue #52
Sasquatch - Issue #36
Magik - Issue #35
Magnus - Issue #1
Sunfire - Issue #35
T-Bird - Issue #9
Sabretooth - Issue #60
Nocturne - Issue 37
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Beak

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Beak
Barnell Bohusk has lived a difficult life since his mutation first manifested.
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Illustration from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #56 (although the image is reversed).
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Blink

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Blink
Blink was born into the nightmare reality that is the Age of Apocalypse.
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Illustrations from (page 1) the cover of X-Men Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #41 and (page 2) X-Men Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #41.
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Magik

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On her very first mission as an Exile, it was clear Magik was closer in temperament...
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Illustration from the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #26 (although the image is reversed).
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Magnus

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Magnus
Magnus is the son of Magneto and Rogue.
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Mimic

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Calvin Rankin was born into poverty.
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Morph

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Morph
Morph has been successful since his mutant abilities manifested in his early teens.
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Illustrations from (page 1) Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #43 (although the image is reversed), (page 2, 1st illustration) Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #44 and (page 2, 2nd illustration) Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #22.

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Namora

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Namora was born in the kingdom of Atlantis, deep below the ocean, Atlantis' first mutant.
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Illustration from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #46.
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Nocturne

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Nocturne
T.J. Wagner is the daughter of two of the world's most successful heroes...
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Illustration from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #16.
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Sabretooth

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Sabretooth's history is as sordid as it is noble.
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Illustrations from (page 1) Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #5 and (page 2) X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.
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Sasquatch

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In her home reality, Heather Hudson was heading up a cutting edge experiment...
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Illustrations from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #33 and (inset) Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #35.
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Sunfire

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Mariko Yashida grew up in Japan, raised by strict parents...
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Illustration from the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #21.
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T-Bird

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T-Bird
John Proudstar was born on an Apache Reservation and served in the Army.
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Illustration from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #1.
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Timebroker

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Timebroker
The Exiles first encountered the Timebroker moments after they were plucked from their own realities...
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Illustration from Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #35.
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Weapon X

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? (Deadpool, Spider, Storm & Hulk (JW) & Daredevil)
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Gathered by the Timebroker, Weapon X was created to take on the missions...
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Includes sixteen headshot illustrations of past and present members of Weapon X. Illustrations from the following issues:

Sabretooth - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #60
Gambit - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #38
Hyperion - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001) series #40
Colossus - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001) series #25
Deadpool - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001) series #12
Firestar - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #43
Hulk (Bruce Banner) - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #43
Iron Man - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #13
Kane - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #5
Ms. Marvel - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #43
Spider - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001) series #12
Storm - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001) series #12
Vision - Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #38
Hulk (Jen Walters) - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #12
Daredevil - ?
Angel - the cover of Exiles (Marvel, 2001 series) #24
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Age of Apocalypse Checklist

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Inside back cover. Checklist of all issues containing Age of Apocalypse storylines.
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Power Ratings

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Inside back cover.
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Age of Apocalypse

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Back cover. List of characters/profiles included in this issue.

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