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Warning : despoiler for Dark X - Men # 3!A so - call approving fromApocalypsejust became a bane for Archangel . Warren Worthington III has go through a multitude of transformations in the yesteryear . Some are respectable , butother transformation are in a flash atrocious . His most authoritative upgrade fare when Apocalypse restored his wings following their amputation . His most late – courtesy of Madelyn Pryor inDark X - Men#2 – seemed to be his most potent yet , even if it isnightmare fuel .
Dark X - Men#3 – by Steve Foxe , Jonas Scharf – made it clear that same upgrade fromMarvel ’s young great playerhas seemingly already come back to haunt Archangel . What takes place inDark X - Men#3 may be Archangel ’s glowering moment , but it would never been made possible without Apocalypse ’s transformation appendage .
As one of the original X - Men , Angel ’s transformation into Archangel at the hands of Apocalypse was one of the most thrilling , most gamechangingX - storyline of the 1980s , and as find recently in the pages ofDark X - Men , this major part twist continue to have recoil to this day .
Gambit Kills Archangel Using His Wings
Dark X - Menfeatures Madelyn Pryor debuting her own X - team , though not without some casualties . When Archangel is killed in battle , she attempts to come to him using her dark conjuring trick , but when both his trunk – and Madelyn herself from Limbo – diminish under the influence of Orchis , Angel returns as a terrifying shell of himself . Now forced to treat his former teammate as an foe , Gambit has Azazel teleport him onto Angel ’s back , using his own great power to overcharge the metal wings gifted to Warren long ago by Apocalypse . Gambit ’s do-or-die move result in the late Angel ’s almost immediate decomposition .
Angel agreed to become Apocalypse ’s Horseman , War , in commutation for restoring his wings inX - Factor(1986 ) # 18 – write by Louise Simonson , with art by Walter Simonson .
This is very much an instance of the chickens coming home to perch or , more only , the past come back to haunt the present . When Angel first agreed to the transformation that Apocalypse gave to him , it was at a point in his life when he was desperate for his wing back , as his original feathered wings were cut off during theoriginal Mutant Massacrestoryline of 1986 . Not only did he want them back badly enough to endure the pain in the ass that came with the subprogram , he match to become one of Apocalypse ’s Four Horsemen as repayment , in a classic " trade his soul " here and now .
Apocalypse Gifted Angel His Downfall
later on , Angel ’s metallic wings have had a complicated story in their own rightfield . Dark X - Men#3 not only depict Warren Worthington ’s tragic going of lifespan , and his failed Resurrection of Christ , but in the mental process it include a devastating defeat that is made possible by the wings that he barter his heroism for . It all traces back , sadly , to Warren ’s original unfitness to accept the loss of his offstage ; had he never seek to supersede them , the farseeing chain of events leading to his horrible demise inDark X - Men#3 would not have add up to pass . This was the gift that Angel askedApocalypsefor , but clearly , he obtain far more than he bargained for out of it .
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