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Age of Apocalypse v3 #1-5

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AGE OF APOCALYPSE v3 #1 (September 2015)
By Fabian Nicieza & Gerardo Sandoval

APPEARANCES:
Holocaust (William Rolfson, horseman), Destiny (Irene Adler), Cypher (Douglas Ramsey), Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur, Baron), Nathaniel Essex (horseman), Iceman, Nightcrawler, Storm (Ororo Munroe), Colossus, Dazzler, Exodus (Bennet du Paris), Dark Beast (Henry McCoy), Doctor Nemesis (Dr. James Bradley), Cyclops (Scott Summers), Havok (Alex Summers), Carol Danvers, Burner, Victor Creed (horseman), Wildchild (Kyle Gibney), Cannonball (Sam Guthrie), Icarus (Josh Guthrie), Husk (Paige Guthrie), Amazon (Elizabeth Guthrie), Jesse Bedlam, Terry Bedlam, Lifeguard, Slipstream, Dr. Peter Corbeau, Magneto (Max Eisenhardt, “Erik Lensherr”), Wolverine (Logan), Blink, Rogue, Emma Frost

SYNOPSIS:
Holocaust chases some mutants (including Cypher) into the Savage Land Domain, but is killed by the X-Men. Cypher is picked up by Doctor Nemesis, who plans to research his abilities. After interrogating Cypher, Cyclops meets with the human resistance to see if he can find out where the X-Men are. Cypher (who has been taken along) overhears their conversation and his language abilities tell him the virus will wipe out all mutants. The X-Men attack!

AGE OF APOCALYPSE v3 #2 (October 2015)
By Fabian Nicieza & Gerardo Sandoval

APPEARANCES:
Magneto, Wolverine, Rogue, Emma Frost, Blink, Burner, Carol Danvers, Cannonball, Husk, Icarus, Amazon, Cyclops (also in fb), Terry Bedlam, Jesse Bedlam, Cypher, Havok (also in fb), Essex (also in fb), Jean Grey (also in fb), Slipsream, Lifeguard, Doctor Nemesis, Dark Beast, Nightcrawler (corpse), Peter Corbeau, Angel (Warren Worthington III), Creed, Wildchild, Abyss (Nyls Styger, horseman), Apocalypse

FLASHBACK:
Scott and Alex are orphaned and taken in by Mr. Sinister. Scott meats Jean.
SYNOPSIS:
Everyone fights and some of the Guthrie siblings are killed. Doctor Nemesis experiments on dead mutants. The X-Men escape with Cypher and the humans argue about when the best time to enact their plan is. Jean Grey visits Angel at his nightclub, but is abducted by Creed and Wildchild. Wolverine interrogates Cyclops. The horsemen confer, and Creed then abducts Carol Danvers (of the human resistance).

AGE OF APOCALYPSE v3 #3 (November 2015)
By Fabian Nicieza & Gerardo Sandoval

APPEARANCES:
Doctor Nemesis (also in fb), Jean Grey, Creed, Wildchild, Carol Danvers (also in fb), Essex (also op in fb), Dark Beast, Abyss, Matt Murdock, Magneto (also in fb & fb-fb), Storm (in fb), Sunfire (in fb), Angel (in fb), Banshee (in fb), Marvel Girl (Emma Frost, also in fb), Apocalypse (also in fb), Sebastian Shaw (in fb, horseman), Namor (in fb, horseman), Charles Xavier (in fb-fb), Cypher, Wolverine (James “Logan” Howlett), Blink, Burner, Cyclops, Rogue, Sugar Man (in fb), Peter Corbeau (also in fb), Cannoball

FLASHBACKS:
Charles Xavier is killed and Magneto decides to take up his cause (fb-fb). Several of Magneto’s X-Men are killed in a fight with Apocalypse and his horsemen (eight years ago). Doctor Nemesis creates the Legacy Virus, which will kill mutants, and gives it to the humans (recently).
SYNOPSIS:
Doctor Nemesis prepares to examine Jean Grey, but is distracted by a conversation with Creed. Carol Danvers is interrogated about the virus the humans plan to use. Emma Frost gets a psychic communication from Jean Grey, who reveals that the humans have a virus that can eradicate mutants. Apocalypse’s forces attack the humans to get the hidden virus and the X-Men try to get it as well. Apocalypse arrives and gets it first, then releases it to see who is the fittest to survive.

AGE OF APOCALYPSE v3 #4 (November 2015)
By Fabian Nicieza & Iban Coello

APPEARANCES:
Cannonball, Icarus, Husk, Cypher, Magneto (also in fb), Essex, Rogue, Blink, Marvel Girl, Peter Corbeau, Apocalypse, Iceman, Burner (Adam Summers), Eve Summers (corpse), Cain Summers (corpse), Abel Summers (corpse), Wolverine, Cyclops, Havok, Jean Grey, Creed, Abyss, Dark Beast, Wildchild, Charles Xavier (in fb), Doctor Nemesis

FLASHBACK:
Magneto deflects a bullet meant for him, which then accidentally kills Charles Xavier. Oops!
SYNOPSIS:
Mutant start to die from the Legacy Virus, including the Guthries. Meanwhile, Cyclops, Wolverine and Burner investigate Nemesis’ lab and discover that Burner is a Summers brother. They’re joined by Havok and find Jean Grey. Magneto and Apocalypse both die from the Legacy Virus. Nemesis attacks, empowered by several mutant powers.

AGE OF APOCALYPSE v3 #5 (December 2015)
By Fabian Nicieza & Iban Coello

APPEARANCES:
Doctor Nemesis, Wolverine, Cyclops, Havok, Burner, Essex, Dark Beast, Marvel Girl, Magneto (corpse), Cypher, Blink, Creed, Rogue, Iceman, Peter Corbeau, Carol Danvers, Phoenix (Jean Grey)

SYNOPSIS:
Doctor Nemesis reveals he wants to be Baron and defeat Doom. Everyone fights and some more characters die. Essex lobotomizes Frost which allows him to return Jean’s powers; she becomes Phoenix and kills Nemesis. She also erases all mutant powers. The End.

NOTE:
This Domain is clearly aware of other Domains and Doom. However, this mini doesn’t line up well with how this Domain is presented in other Secret Wars books. Here, Apocalypse’s horsemen are promoted from within the Domain; in other books, Apocalypse defeats another Domain and makes someone from there one of his horsemen. Here, both Holocaust and Apocalypse die; they’re still around in other books up to the end.

We decided the only way to make things work is to assume this happens early on in Battleworld’s history, and that Doom did the same thing he did in Inhumans: Attilan Rising, which is reset things when he’s unhappy with an outcome. So in theory, Doom resurrected Apocalypse after this, restored mutant powers and erased everyone’s memories. Then, Apocalypse starts recruiting horsemen from defeated Domains after this.

The flashbacks don’t have anything to do with Battleworld, so we can safely assume they all happened in this reality before Doom got involved.

Chronologies!

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