Tales From The Age Of Apocalypse # 1 - By The Light

is a comic book published by Marvel Publishing & released on 12 / / 1996

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Plot Summary

Magneto is in Central America which is now under the control of Apocalypse. There he is freeing American Statesman Robert Kelly from Apocalypses prison camp at a Mayan temple when all of a sudden Magneto is attacked by the of the prisons guards Diablo and Absorbing Man. Diablo uses his magic of alchemy to grab Kelly by controling vines and Absorbing Man in a rock-like form hits Magneto off his feet. Seeing that Magneto can't control Absorbing Man's rock body, he turns his helmet into a war club and smashes Absorbing Man in the face with it. Diablo then tries to stab a raped Kelly, but Nightcrawler teleports right in the middle of the two and blocks Diablo's blade and then drop kicks Diablo knocking him out and saves Kelly . Meanwhile Absorbing Man tries to fight Magneto but he is taken by surprise by Rogue who touches his stealing his powers and Rogue then punches him hard enough to break him while still in his rock form. After the fight, Nightcrawler gets a message from Mystique that they found Apocalypse and where he is hiding. This Amazes Magneto.

Elsewhere, the Prelate Scott Summers waits in a royal chamber as he watches a barbaric torture of the mutant Sunfire. Scott then meets with the horseman Death. He tells Death he wants to see Apocalypse about a transport to Black Beast. Death tells Scott the transport is sent and the Apocalypse is not seeing anyone at the moment. As Death walks away, Scott wonders about what is going around him.

Meanwhile in the wasteland of Kentucky, we come to an abandoned farm house and under it is a cavern. A wacky rabbit hops in the cavern and comes to a door. Inside he sees Sabertooth with a scared Blink with Sabertooth tryong to calm her. The moment is ruined by the rabbit. He tries to lighten things up but Sabertooth just chokes the Rabbit who turns out to be Morph.

Men while in th War Room, Magneto and the X-Men find out where Apocalypse is hiding getting his strength back. He is on something called the SHIP which is hovering around the Blue side of the Moon.

Up in the SHIP Scott meets Death who gives Summers canisters of Terrigen Mist filed with deformed mutants. Scott also findds out that while Apocalypse is resting, he is in charge.

Back on Earth, Sabertooth goes to Blink and tells her that they need her teleporting power to transport to the SHIP. He convinces her threw a heart felt speech. Blink says thanks to Sabertooth who she knows is Morph. Outside Magneto is feeling doubts about how the war against Apocalypse is going, that so many have died and that he is bring false hope. But Rogue tells Magneto that he is a born leader and that things will get better.

On the SHIP, Summers starts to believe that Death is trying to take over Apocolypse's power this intire time. He plans to stop him. Minutes later the X-Men arrive on the Moon and get attacked by Death and soldiers that were his family that he killed only to turn them into his monster soldiers. Morph tries to joke with Death but he shocks him. Death's force end up defeating the X-Men and they take them to the ship. All except Blink.

Moments later she gets on the SHIP but is found by Prelate Summers who say that Apocalypse left the ship hours ago. Summers agrees to help Blink save the X-Men. Meanwhile Death palns to turn the X-Men into monster soldiers but is stopped by Blink and Summers. He breaks Sunfire free. Blink then teleports the team off the SHIP while Summers teleports someplace else. Sunfire ends up burning Death and destroys the SHIP. All members of the X-Men including Sunfire return to earth with brighter hopes of the future and that Summers might be an ally in the future.