Fictional character biography Reign over Ancient Egypt In the 25th Century, after building a sphinx-shaped time machine, an unnamed  master criminal decides to use it to travel back in time to the year 2960 BC an conquer Ancient Egypt, with plans to claim En Sabah Nur—the mutant destined to become Apocalypse—as his heir. After his ship instead crashes, leaving him injured and blind, the traveller is nursed back to health by a group of travelling Sandstormers and their leader Baal, before fleeing into the desert with his technology and building an army of robots to conquer Egypt, dubbing himself Pharaoh Rama-Tut.Rise of Apocalypse #1–4 (Oct. 1996 – Jan. 1997) Learning of a radioactive herb that could restore his sight, Rama-Tut acquired it and in triumph, built a variety of massive statues in his honour, replacing those of an angered Khonsu and his Moon Knight.Fantastic Four #19 (October 1963)West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #20–22 (June – July 1987) Several weeks later, Rama-Tut sends his new General Ozymandias and an army to the Sandstormers to retrieve his records of En Sabah Nur; after the group refuse to returns his records—having adopted it as a doctrine—Ozymandias slaughters the majority of them and enslaves the survivors for Rama-Tut, while Baal escapes to find En Sabah Nur, raising him over the following twenty years, during which Rama-Tut rules unopposed, trapping the vampire Amenhotep within a pyramid,Avengers #129 (November 1974) and having a child named Ramades.4 #15–18 (April – July 2005) Now engaged to Ozymandias's sister Nephri, Rama-Tut begins to come into conflict with a series of other time travellers, including Killpower.Killpower: The Early Years #1–2 (September – October 1993) After finding the Sandstormers' new location and sending out Ozymandias to kill them and retrieve his records and the young En Sabah Nur, having learned of his adoption by Baal, Baal is killed by Ozymandias while En Sabah Nur escapes, swearing vengeance. As Rama-Tut begins planning for his wedding, he sends his most trusted scientist Logos to find En Sabah Nur, who instead, fascinated by En Sabah Nur, decides to protect him and hide him amongst the other slaves of Rama-Tut's kingdom. In 2940 BC, the West Coast Avengers arrive in Rama-Tut's kingdom using a time machine that can only go backwards in time. Hoping to use Rama-Tut's technology to return to their own era, the god Khonshu disguises their appearances as simple peasants, only for Rama-Tut to quickly subdue them and place their bodies in the temple of Khonshu to die, where unbeknownst to Rama-Tut, they are revived by Khonshu. Shortly afterward, the Fantastic Four travel back in time in search of the same herbs Rama-Tut used to cure his blindness to restore the sight of their friend Alicia Masters, only to be captured by Rama-Tut's guards after being drained of their wills to fight by Rama-Tut's Ultra-Diode Ray. At the same time, a time-travelling Doctor Strange is subdued by Rama-Tut's robots.Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #53 (June 1982) Deciding to wed the Invisible Woman instead of Nephri after becoming fascinated by her appearance, enslaving the other members of the group, only for the Invisible Woman to be freed by a jealous Nephri, whom Rama-Tut then imprisons for her actions. After facing the freed West Coast Avengers once again as they seek to steal his time machine, Rama-Tut finds En Sabah Nur hidden among his slaves and, realizing Logos' betrayal, orders him to be put to be tortured and executed. Upon witnessing Logos' demise, En Sabah Nur rejects Rama-Tut's offer of making him his heir, before manifesting his mutant abilities and decimating Rama-Tut's armies, becoming Apocalypse. While fleeing from Apocalypse, Rama-Tut encounters the Fantastic Four once again, freed by the Thing, who chase after Rama-Tut as he attempts to flee back to his original era in his time machine, recognising his defeat, only to find the radioactive herb they needed while chasing him and deciding to return to their own era. Rama-Tut then leaves for the 25th Century in his time machine, as Doctor Strange and the West Coast Avengers find their own ways back to the present via other means, while Apocalypse, enhancing himself with Rama-Tut's technology, walks out into the desert alone to find meaning.
Fictional character biography Reign over Ancient Egypt In the 25th Century, after building a sphinx-shaped time machine, an unnamed Egyptomaniac master criminal decides to use it to travel back in time to the year 2960 BC an conquer Ancient Egypt, with plans to claim En Sabah Nur—the mutant destined to become Apocalypse—as his heir. After his ship instead crashes, leaving him injured and blind, the traveller is nursed back to health by a group of travelling Sandstormers and their leader Baal, before fleeing into the desert with his technology and building an army of robots to conquer Egypt, dubbing himself Pharaoh Rama-Tut.Rise of Apocalypse #1–4 (Oct. 1996 – Jan. 1997) Learning of a radioactive herb that could restore his sight, Rama-Tut acquires it, and in triumph, builds a variety of massive statues in his honour, replacing those of an angered Khonsu and his Moon Knight.Fantastic Four #19 (October 1963)West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #20–22 (June – July 1987) Several weeks later, Rama-Tut sends his new General Ozymandias and an army to the Sandstormers to retrieve his records of En Sabah Nur; after the group refuse to returns Rama-Tut's records—having adopted them as a doctrine—Ozymandias slaughters the majority of them and enslaves the survivors for Rama-Tut, while Baal escapes to find En Sabah Nur, raising him over the following twenty years, during which Rama-Tut rules unopposed, trapping the vampire Amenhotep within a pyramid,Avengers #129 (November 1974) and having a child named Ramades.4 #15–18 (April – July 2005) Now engaged to Ozymandias's sister Nephri, Rama-Tut begins to come into conflict with a series of other time travellers, including Killpower.Killpower: The Early Years #1–2 (September – October 1993) After finding the Sandstormers' new location and sending out Ozymandias to kill them and retrieve his records and the young En Sabah Nur, having learned of his adoption by Baal, Baal is killed by Ozymandias while En Sabah Nur escapes, swearing vengeance. As Rama-Tut begins planning for his wedding, he sends his most trusted scientist Logos to find En Sabah Nur, who instead, fascinated by En Sabah Nur, decides to protect him and hide him amongst the other slaves of Rama-Tut's kingdom. In 2940 BC, the West Coast Avengers arrive in Rama-Tut's kingdom using a time machine that can only go backwards in time. Hoping to use Rama-Tut's technology to return to their own era, the god Khonshu disguises their appearances as simple peasants, only for Rama-Tut to quickly subdue them and place their bodies in the temple of Khonshu to die, where unbeknownst to Rama-Tut, they are revived by Khonshu. Shortly afterward, the Fantastic Four travel back in time in search of the same herbs Rama-Tut used to cure his blindness to restore the sight of their friend Alicia Masters, only to be captured by Rama-Tut's guards after being drained of their wills to fight by Rama-Tut's Ultra-Diode Ray. At the same time, a time-travelling Doctor Strange is subdued by Rama-Tut's robots.Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #53 (June 1982) Deciding to wed the Invisible Woman instead of Nephri after becoming fascinated by her appearance, Rama-Tut enslaves the other members of the group, only for the Invisible Woman to be freed by a jealous Nephri, whom Rama-Tut then imprisons for her actions. After facing the freed West Coast Avengers once again as they seek to steal his time machine, Rama-Tut finds En Sabah Nur hidden among his slaves and, realizing Logos' betrayal, orders him to be put to be tortured and executed. Upon witnessing Logos' demise, En Sabah Nur rejects Rama-Tut's offer of making him his heir, before manifesting his mutant abilities and decimating Rama-Tut's armies, becoming Apocalypse. While fleeing from Apocalypse, Rama-Tut encounters the Fantastic Four once again, freed by the Thing, who chase after Rama-Tut as he attempts to flee back to his original era in his time machine, recognising his defeat, only to find the radioactive herb they needed while chasing him and deciding to return to their own era. Rama-Tut then leaves for the 25th Century in his time machine, as Doctor Strange and the West Coast Avengers find their own ways back to the present via other means, while Apocalypse, enhancing himself with Rama-Tut's technology, walks out into the desert alone to find meaning.
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