Four Horsemen of Apokolips
The Four Horsemen of Apokolips are a supervillain team that features in DC Comics.
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History
The Four Horsemen of Apokolips were entities that existed in the time before the Gods and the New Gods where they ruled the void. They later came to rule dreaded Apokolips during the time of the four ages. (52 v1 #38)
For weeks, the Horsemen had been secretly responsible for the discord and disasters plaguing the kingdom of Kahndaq. This saw the Four Horseman laying waste to the sovereign nation. It was then that Sobek revealed his true nature as Yuurd the Unknown by tricking Osiris into turning to his mortal form whereupon he murdered him. He was then joined by his brother Horsemen who battled Black Adam and Isis where they mortally wounded the latter thus killing her. In a rage, Black Adam responded by battling the Four Horsemen and destroyed their mortal bodies. (52 v1 #44) Black Adam fought and destroyed three of the Horsemen in Kahndaq, then followed the avatar of Death to the nation of Bialya for a final showdown. The battle was immense, but ultimately Black Adam proved victorious and he killed the last of the Four Horsemen. (52 v1 #45)
However, the Four Horsemens' souls were not destroyed with their bodies. Instead, Yurrd, Rogga, and Zorrm's spirits rejoined Azraeuz's spirit in Bialya, which had been devastated by Black Adam and empowering them. Once each had taken over a human host, Azraeus used his power of corpse reanimation to build a work force that built the Four Horsemen new bodies which could contain their forms. Their rebirth was accidentally accelerated by the Justice League of America, whom threw a chunk of ice at the mound they were based in, igniting the firepit and rebirthing the Four Horsemen. In the case of Yurrd, his new body resembles a humanoid hyena with cybernetic parts. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #3)
Azraeuz dispatched Rogga to destroy Oolong Island, where Veronica Cale was overseeing efforts to return the Horsemen to their dimension of origin. Yurrd and Zorrm were in turn dispatched to deal with the Justice Leaguers Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. The three were able to defeat the Horsemen save Azraeuz, but were in turn possessed by them. Fortunately, Cale swallowed a crystal intended to contain the Horsemen, removing the Horsemen from their host bodies and trapping them for the time being. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #6)
Overview
In appearance, the form of these Apokoliptian demigods varied as their essences could control mortal hosts and they could have their bodies constructed to suit their needs. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #2)
Members
- Azraeuz : Silent King of the Age of Death. (52 v1 #38) As harbinger of death, he possessed a morphogenetic carrion with limited psionics keyed towards the Mortuus Dominion. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #2)
- Rogga : The Age of War. (52 v1 #38) As the harbinger of war, he possessed a morphogenetic ordnance with limited psionics keyed towards overt aggression. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #2)
- Yurrd : The Unknown in Formless Time Before Time. (52 v1 #38) As the harbinger of famine, he possessed a morphogenetic pathogen with limited psionics keyed towards famine. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #2)
- Zorrm : Lord of the Age of Fevers. (52 v1 #38) As the harbinger of plague, he possessed a morphogenetic pathogen with limited psionics keyed towards lower life form override and hard targeting pestilence vermin. (52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1 #2)
Notes
- The Four Horsemen of Apokolips were created by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid where ttey made their first appearance in 52 v1 #38. (January, 2007)
Appearances
- 52 v1: (2007)
- 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen v1:
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