Avengers Universe (UK) Vol 1 22

Proving the world's impression of you-- A braindead fool! Do you see now?! See how wrong you are! You believed I could be better... I am better. Better than you. Better than all humans. I am Apocalypse... and the end of man is nigh.

—Apocalypse

Appearing in "New World Disorder: Chapter 1 - End The Line"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #7

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Apparent death)

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
Katie Summers (Mentioned)
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Mentioned)
Steve Rogers (Mentioned)
Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Mentioned)
X-Force (Mentioned)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Apocalypse's ship

Synopsis for "New World Disorder: Chapter 1 - End The Line"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #7

As the Astonishing Avengers stormed Apocalypse's ship and fought the X-Men, Zenpool and Spider-Man attempted to sneak past Apocalypse and try to defuse the gene bomb. Zenpool attempted to distract Apocalypse while Spider-Man deactivated the device, but both failed and were thrown outside the ship, where they joined the ongoing battle between the X-Men and the Avengers.

Meanwhile, in Latveria, the Scarlet Witch unleashed her power to fight Doom and seemingly killed both Quicksilver and Magneto, as well as discovering she actually had no blood ties with the Master of Magnetism since a curse she threw at her bloodline only affected her brother, before forcing Doctor Doom to flee. In San Francisco, Captain America arrived to Iron Man's Stark Island, where the Armored Avenger introduced him to the reassembled inverted Avengers and Medusa, willing to join forces once again upon learning Steve Rogers was looking for the Red Skull to reverse the inversion.

Back to Manhattan, Deadpool kept trying to reason with Apocalypse, but in the end he was beaten and beheaded, thus defeated like the rest of the Astonishing Avengers. As Apocalypse claimed his victory, the gene bomb's countdown was almost finished.^[1]

Appearing in "New World Disorder: Chapter 2 - Why They Sting"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #8

Featured Characters:

Astonishing Avengers
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Apparent death)
- Loki
- Amora the Enchantress
- Absorbing Man (Carl Creel)
- Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley)
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) (Impersonates Charles Xavier)
Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

X-Men
- Apocalypse (Evan Sabahnur)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Havok (Alex Summers)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
- Rogue (Anna Marie)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (Appears on screen)
Axis (Named)
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

Other Characters:

Zenpool (Wade Wilson) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
White Skull (Johann Shmidt)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Ship (clone)

Synopsis for "New World Disorder: Chapter 2 - Why They Sting"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #8

With no options left, Carnage used the symbiote to wrap around the bomb and contain the explosion, sacrificing himself in the process. Soon after Spider-Man confronted the X-Men for the death of Carnage, the Axis arrived to the scene and began fighting the X-Men. During the fight, Loki distracted Thor, and tricked him into following him into a portal to the Moon. In the Avengers Mansion, Steve Rogers and Nomad were watching the fight when Jarvis entered, announcing that he knew a way to stop them. Meanwhile, in Latveria, the Scarlet Witch began destroying Doomstadt, as the defeated Quicksilver and Magneto tried to convince her not to do so. Doctor Doom returned with the resurrected Doctor Voodoo, who used the spirit of his brother Daniel to possess the Scarlet Witch and try to defeat her. In the Avengers Mansion, Nomad received a message from Steve, who had equipped himself with his old Exoskeleton and Energy Shield, that he was going to free the Red Skull. This piece of information was intercepted by Iron Man, who informed Captain America about it, and both set out to go to the Avengers Tower, where the Red Skull had been all along, he hadn't been freed, Jarvis had merely used one of Stark's cloaking devices to hide him from the Avengers. When Sam entered the building, he encountered Steve holding the Red Skull, threatening Sam to stand down or face him.