Dates
- Cover date
- March 1995
- On sale
- January 17, 1995
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604202900111
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602530603
This edition’s page
Story arc: Age of Apocalypse
This is part 1 of 23. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- X-Man #1
- Amazing X-Men #1
- Astonishing X-Men #1
- Factor-X #1
- Gambit & The X-Ternals #1
- Generation Next #1
- Weapon X #1
- X-Calibre #1
- Astonishing X-Men #2
- Factor-X #2
- X-Man #2
- Amazing X-Men #3
- Astonishing X-Men #3
- Factor-X #3
- Generation Next #3
- Weapon X #3
- X-Man #3
- X-Universe #1
- Astonishing X-Men #4
- Factor-X #4
- Generation Next #4
- X-Man #4
- X-Men Chronicles #2
Creators
Stories
- The Infernal Gallop · 22 pages
Switchback is taken to Avalon by Mystique. On orders from Magneto, Nightcrawler contacts Angel for help in finding his mother. Magneto commands Mystique to enter Avalon and contact Destiny. Kurt makes plans with Proudstar to get him to Avalon but their plans are overheard by Moonstar. She reports to Apocalypse who sends his own agents to find Avalon and destroy it. Destiny meets Switchback and foresees the end of Avalon.
Publisher’s description
Enter Now: The Age of Apocalyspe Switchback has arrived to the Antartica, as a leap of faith she almost get to her destiny: Avalon, the promised land for Humans and Mutants, a real paradise to hide from Apocalypse. His scort, Cain, is a massive monk with few words to say. Meanwhile, Kurt Darkholme has embarked on a new mission set by Magneto, he must get entrance to the Infernal Gallop so he must meet his mother Mystique to embarck to Avalon and reach Destiny, the only mutant who can confirm Bishop´s story about another reality without Apocalypse´s carnage. During his travel Nightcrawler must go into diferent scales. The dark lord Apocalypse has learned about Darkholme´s quest so he sent the Pale Riders to follow him and destroy Avalon, this group is leading by Damask.
Reprinted in
Ultimate X-Calibre (1995), X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic (2005), X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus (2012), X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (2015)