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It’s hard to say for sure how much build up one needs to the return of Apocalypse, but the answer according to Marvel editorial in 1999 was … More.
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Cable visits X-Force, who are playing video games, to warn them about The Twelve and Apocalypse and how he’s prophecized to die in the battle and all that.
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The main story has Caliban returning as the horseman Pestilence and fighting with Cable and X-Force. Rob Liefeld draws #73, but then he needs a rest so Bernard Chang takes over. (I guess Liefeld is just drawing every other issue?)
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Caliban is joined by Deathbird, who is the new War Horseman, and together they capture Cable–who is the first of the Twelve that Apocalypse needs for his big return.
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I am calling this the start of the Twelve event, since Cable is captured and represents #1 of 12. I mean, there’s been build-up for at least six months now–something has to kick off this event.