That's how Apocalypse gained the iconic armor fans are familiar with today, and is mostly why he's revered as one of the most powerful villains in X-Men canon, making this moment integral in ...

As Apocalypse reveals to the “Quiet Council” of Krakoa (the X-Men’s new mutant homeland) that in ancient times, Krakoa was actually a much larger piece of sentient land, called Okkara.