Alt 295, Part 06: Amazing X-Men

Grade: A+

The X-Men still have their hands full before Bishop arrived. The first half of this short run is the completion of a mission already in the works before Bishop's arrival X-Men: Alpha. The second half is much more dangerous as the team attempts to infiltrate Apocalypse's strongholds.

• Quicksilver: Pietro has perhaps the most changed personality of any character in the Age of Apocalypse. Without the anger towards his father (and the death of sister that we will read about in X-Men Chronicles #1), Quicksilver becomes a capable leader without the arrogance or brashness (though he is still quick to act). 
• Banshee: Sean was already retired when Magneto convinced him to rejoin the X-Men. 
• Dazzler: The Age of Apocalypse ruined a promising musical career. Allison is now a bitter woman who smokes heavily. She is also in a relationship with Exodus.  
• Exodus: Much like his real-world counterpart, Paris devoutly follows Magneto who saved him from Apocalypse's experimentation. He is still unaware of his full potential.
• Iceman: Bobby was one of the first X-Men and he still retains a sense of humor (even if it is darker and much more sarcastic). Magneto pushed Iceman harder than in the normal reality, so he is able to do much more with his power to include pulling his body back together after it has been shattered and transporting people long distance.
• Storm: Another one of Magneto's original X-Men, Storm is much quieter but no less deadlier in the Age of Apocalypse. She is more than a friend to Quicksilver and often provides him with balance.

[4 Stars] Amazing X-Men #1 - "The Crossing Guards" Magneto has sent many of the X-Men and their allies on different missions to confirm Bishop's story, he still needs to save humans from Apocalypse. He sends Quicksilver's team to prepare for an evacuation that has mutant-hunting Sentinels to ferry the refugees to relative safety in Eurasia.

[4 Stars] Amazing X-Men #2 - "Sacrificial Lambs" The X-Men must defend the human evacuation from an attack by Apocalypse's fanatical followers called the Brotherhood and from Abyss, Apocalypse's newest Horseman.

[4 Stars] Amazing X-Men #3 - "Parents of the Atom" Apocalypse learns the location of the X-Men's base of operations (the destroyed mansion of the long-dead Charles Xavier). Magneto and Bishop are the only ones left to repel the assault and protect Magneto's son.

[4 Stars] Amazing X-Men #4 - "On Consecrated Ground" The X-Men must rescue Bishop from the Madri and Abyss. The Madri is a religious order in blind service to Apocalypse with most of their members forced duplicates of Jamie Madrox whose power is beyond maxed out and his sanity nearly gone.