The most surprising thing about the return of Colossus is that no one saw it coming from Joss. He's said before that Peter was one of his least favorite characters. Not that I'm complaining, mind, just surprised. I figured that Joss of all people would let that particular plot thread be.

So I caught an episode of the X-Men animated series this morning, which I hadn't seen in a while (I did watch one stand-alone about Scott and Corsair at home, but before then, nope). I don't think I'd seen it before. It was after Bishop stopped the assassination and went back to his own time to discover that inevitably, something else had gone wrong, and now he had to go back and save everyone from the mutant plague. And introducing, Cable.

My question is, what's Apocalypse's deal? Like, what is he supposed to be ? Where did he come from? I love him, cause his name's Apocalypse and he's a megalomaniacal badass, but I've wondered about him.

Ciao P-C

I found this in a Wiki-pedia. It's the comic bio of Apocalypse.

Thanks, Thomash.

Comics are weird.

I'll say. I stopped reading X-men regularly around the time they introduced that character, so I didn't know half that stuff.

I'm once again in awe of Wikipedia. That was remarkably concise, absolutely correct, and avoided all sorts of tangents and plot entanglements. Sady, I think Apocalypse is just as impossible to get rid of as Magneto. It's gotten to the point where "killing" either of them is anticlimactic as hell, because no reader really believes it'll be the real end of the character.

An aside: Apocalypse is also an External, which isn't a group so much as a term they use to define any mutant whose powers include immortality. Cannonball is one as well, or has been referred to as one at one point when someone "killed" him and he didn't die. I don't know if the Externals are canon anymore, though.

After ten years away, Astonishing got me to walk into a comics store again. The sooner Joss' run is over, the better for my wallet.

I liked the imagery of the teams faces upon seeing Colossus - and how similar imagery was used in #4. Plus the well-placed humour - "sweaty and inappropriate".

Anyhow, I found [link] useful for catching up with the X titles.

I also just read the fifth Astounishing.

My tongue is lolling.

That was frickin' great.

So no JLU tonight. Cartoon Network is apparently doing a Samurai Jack/Clone Wars marathon. Are they just skipping it and Teen Titans this week or did they change the schedule?

Are they just skipping it and Teen Titans this week or did they change the schedule?

I think it was just tonight. Sort of a Genedy Tartakovsy (sp?) tribute night. I've never seen JLU yet but I don't mind, I love Samuri Jack.