What If...? #69
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn What If...? #69, a devastating alternate timeline unfolds when Apocalypse fails to cure Professor X from Stryfe’s technovirus, triggering a chain reaction of loss. With Xavier’s death echoing across the moon, Stryfe’s fatal mistake dooms Cyclops and Jean, and the X-Men’s fight against Apocalypse turns dire—until Forge unites the surviving mutants in a final stand. Written by Mariano Nicieza and illustrated by J. R. Justiniano, with inks by Roy Richardson, colors by Kevin Tinsley, and letters by Janice Chiang, the issue’s cover by Justiniano and Richardson captures the stakes in a single, haunting image.
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Apocalypse is unable to cure Professor X of Stryfe's technovirus and he dies. On the moon, Stryfe is blasted by Xavier's death scream which causes him to accidentally drop the force bubble keeping Cyclops and Jean alive so they die too. The X-Men attack Apocalypse and he kills many of them. Forge gathers the surviving mutants and makes them all X-Men. They fly to the moon where Stryfe and Apocalypse are fighting over a time vortex machine. Realizing Cable and the X-Men are the closest thing he has left of a family, Stryfe sacrifices himself to destroy Apocalypse.
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