Clan Akkaba
| Clan Akkaba | |
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Clan Akkaba Symbol
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula #1 (April, 2006) |
| Created by |
Frank Tieri Clayton Henry |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Religious Cult; Terrorist |
| Base(s) | Various |
| Leader(s) | Apocalypse |
| Agent(s) |
Ozymandias Kabar Brashir Margaret Slade Hamilton Slade Frederick Slade Jack Starsmore Blink Chamber |
Clan Akkaba is a fictional cult appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Frank Tieri and Clayton Henry. The Clan is composed of the descendants of the mutant supervillain Apocalypse and first appeared in X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula mini-series.
The name Akkaba had its origins in the time of ancient Egypt, before the arrival of the time traveling Pharaoh Rama-Tut who would one day become Kang the Conqueror and Immortus. Akkaba was a small but promising lone settlement situated on the very edge of the Amentet and the Valley of the Kings. Its members were a suspicious and superstitious lot who prided themselves on their culture, which they considered separate and apart from the rest of Egypt. Their fear, however, proved to be their undoing. News spread throughout Egypt about a new Pharaoh who had fallen from the sky and seized control of the throne. They took this as an ill omen, so when one of their lot gave birth to a gray child with blue lines running across his lips and face, they quickly cast the child out unaware that their rejection would cause the child to eventually become Apocalypse.
Not realizing the value of the child they had left to die, they carried on with their simple life. This mistake would be their last, as Baal and the Sandstormers massacred them all in search of the child. Akkaba was bathed in blood. The only survivor was En Sabah Nur, the first one, so named by his new father Baal.
When Apocalypse fully realized his power and defeated the Pharaoh and his army, Egypt entered a new age, one in which his children walked among them. Apocalypse forged his clan, now called Clan Akkaba, after his birthplace and those who had abandoned him and left him to die. During this time the site of Akkaba reached somewhat of a renaissance as great monuments were erected there, whether by Apocalypse, his descendants, or by the new Pharaoh, no one knows.
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