The great and powerful Apocalypse, perhaps the most infamous X-Men villain in history, has never succeeded in his plans for world supremacy on Earth-616, besides his time as ruler of the altered Age of Apocalypse reality. Now, in a shocking twist seen in Timeslide #1, En Sabah Nur's heir - the kind and gentle X-Men hero Cypher - has successfully taken over the world in Marvel's future, with the terrible Revelation ruling planet Earth.

Cypher was transformed into Revelation at the conclusion of Heir of Apocalypse, which saw the peaceful mutant emerge victorious as En Sabah Nur's successor, with his best friend Warlock and wife Bei the Blood Moon becoming his first Horsemen.

Timeslide #1, a one-shot from writer Steve Foxe with artist Ivan Fiorelli, follows X-Men warriors Bishop and Cable as they travel across Marvel's timeline in an attempt to save mutantkind from the Children of the Vault, where they...