(X-Man '96 I#1 (fb) - BTS) - During Apocalypse's rise to power, the shapeshifting mutant Kevin Sydney befriended several mutants including the master inventor Forge, the metal manipulating Magnus and the illusion casting Jason Wyngarde.
(X-Man '96 I#1 (fb) - BTS) - When Wyngarde and the power-aping Mimic were kidnapped by Apocalypse's henchman the Sugar Man, Kevin Syndey realized he couldn't free his friends alone. He reached out to Forge who helped him come up with a plan. While Forge contacted Magnus, Kevin was tasked to infiltrate Sugar Man's Niagara Falls facility to learn as much as he could and signal the others to come to his aid at the appropriate time.
(X-Man '96 I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Sydney posed as a lab worker helping Sugar Man test new, more virulent strains of a deadly virus the villain planned to unleash in the water supply. Sydney did not blow his cover, even when it meant seeing Mimic die a tragic death as Sugar Man's latest test subject.
(X-Man '96 I#1) - When Sugar Man began to experiment on Jason Wyngarde, Kevin had to intervene to save his friend. He didn't realize Wyngarde had forced his hand by casting the illusion that he was already in mortal peril from the Sugar Man's testing. Now free, the two men held off Sugar Man's forces long enough for Forge and Magnus to arrive along with the powerful psionic Nate Grey. After defeating the Sugar Man, Morph watched Forge and Magneto send both Sugar Man and Nate Grey back to their proper reality using a hastily constructed fargate.
(Astonishing X-Men I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Magneto welcomed Kevin Sydney to the team as the Changeling. The shapeshifter's distinctive, garish costume evoked a rare moment of wit from Magnus who openly wondered: "...Any shape imaginable and you chose that?!"
(Astonishing X-Men I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Though initially dour and overly serious, Morph eventually let his guard down and allowed his more whimsical side to come out. He playfully teased and taunted his teammates, even openly flirting with Quicksilver (see comments).
(Tales from
the Age of Apocalypse I#2) - After learning that Apocalypse was hiding
aboard his alien space ship over the Blue Area of the Moon, the X-Men
needed their newest recruit Blink to teleport them there. Posing as his
version of the March Hare, Morph rushed through the catacombs of the
X-Men's Kentucky base to Blink's quarters. She was being counseled by
Sabretooth who tried to help her deal with the trauma she endured in
Sinister's Pens. Sabretooth was furious when Morph barged in unannounced
and forced him to leave. Later, Morph returned as Sabretooth to try and
convince the still traumatized young girl to overcome her fears and help
them out. Despite his best efforts to act tough and rough, she saw through
his act but still agreed to help out.(Tales from the Age of Apocalypse I#2) - Morph interrupted a romantic moment between Rogue and Magneto to tell them Blink was ready. When she managed to get them to the Blue Area, he praised her profusely much to Sabretooth's annoyance. Their squabble was cut short by the arrival of Maximus, the Horseman of Death, and his underlings the House of Agon. Morph managed to infuriate the regal Maximus with his banter and crossed the line when he even kissed him. Maximus blasted Morph and ordered his lackeys to attack. The Inhumans made short work of the X-Men with the already weakened Morph losing a battle against Lockjaw.
(Tales from the Age of Apocalypse I#2 - BTS) - The Inhumans also defeated the other X-Men and Death had them brought on board Ship where he chained the mutants up in preparation for exposing them to the Terrigen Mists so they could become the vanguard of a new army he'd use against Apocalypse.
(Tales from the Age of Apocalypse I#2) - Morph and the others revived in time to see prelate Scott Summers turn against Death because he'd grown disgusted by his treatment of Sunfire who was still a fellow mutant. Without his containment suit, Sunfire's atomic fire raged out of control, causing massive damage to Ship which allowed Blink an opportunity to teleport her teammates back home. Morph, ever in good spirits, called Sunfire a hot tamale.
(Blink I#1) - Rogue, Blink and Morph were sent to Dallas to help humans escape the ongoing cullings. When Blink went off on her own unannounced, she endangered the lives of her teammates and those they'd come to rescue. Rogue was furious at the girl, but Morph assured her the young teleporter was a good egg.
(X-Men Alpha I#1) -
Morph joined the X-Men on a mission to Seattle to try
and stop the cullings carried out by Apocalypse's
Infinite troops. When they engaged Prelate Unus and
his forces, Morph turned into a brick wall and allowed
an Infnite to smash against him. Together, they helped
save the mysterious mutant Bishop who claimed to know
Magneto.(Astonishing X-Men I#1) - When Magneto summoned the X-Men, Morph tried to lighten the mood by impersonating Sabretooth. He endured the shifter's routine for a bit before punching him in the face, which briefly caused Morph to assume his original human form. During the meeting, Magneto revealed what he had learned from Bishop: their reality was a mistake that needed to be corrected. Morph then witnessed Blink and Sunfire return from a mission with dire news: Holocaust had resumed the cullings. Some time later, Morph joined Rogue, Sunfire, Blink, Sabretooth and Wild Child on a mission to Chicago to stop the slaughter of the human population of the midwest. Before he left, he played one last trick on Quicksilver by posing as Magneto long enough to give him a big goodbye kiss.
(Astonishing X-Men I#2) - Morph used his shapeshifting abilities to help guide the citizens of Chicago to safety while the city was being targeted by Apocalypse's drones as a prelude to invasion. He watched his teammate Sunfire lose control, which forced Rogue to briefly absorb Shiro's powers to calm him down. After making sure they were both okay, Morph gently reminded Rogue and Sunfire the evacuation effort had to continue.
(Astonishing X-Men I#2 - BTS) - To buy Morph and the others more time, Blink teleported Sabretooth and Wild Child to Holocaust's position to stall him.
(Astonishing X-Men I#3) - When Wild Child returned alone with a battalion of Infinites on his tail, Morph and Sunfire were on hand to help him out. Morph distracted the troops by posing as Holocaust long enough for Sunfire to catch them off guard and fry them. Moments later, Blink and Rogue arrived on the the scene. Morph watched his feral teammate lick Rogue's face to transfer the intelligence he and Sabretooth had gathered on Holocaust's new Infinites processing plant in Indianapolis. Rogue decided to attack the facility to cripple the cullings. Sunfire flew the team there on a platform formed by Morph. On the way there, they had a brief spat when the deadly serious Shiro got fed up with Morph's endless array of impressions, songs and silliness. Morph simply explained that if he was going to die, he chose to die with a smile on his face.
(Astonishing X-Men I#3 - BTS) - In order to enter the
plant undetected, Morph changed himself into a giant
whale. He swallowed up his teammates and then swam up
the river used for the plant's cooling systems. (Astonishing X-Men I#3) - Showing up inside the plant as a beached whale, Morph got the Infinites to drop their guard. When he opened its mouth, the X-Men sprang out. Morph joined the fight, now shifted into a large octopus form, all the while singing showtunes. He allowed the team to discreetly enter more secure areas of the plant by becoming a wall they could hide behind. Their infiltration attempt failed when Blink freaked out after seeing the broken body of her mentor Sabretooth hanging from a nearby cross.
(Astonishing X-Men I#4) - Blink took the fight directly to Holocaust, which led her teammates to face the Infinite hordes. Rogue ordered Sunfire and Wild Child to free the humans held in the plant for processing. She and Morph focused on beating back the virtually limitless army of killer cyborgs. When Morph tried to lighten the mood, Rogue quite literally told him to zip up which made him realize that this might well be their final battle.
(Astonishing X-Men I#4 - BTS) - To even the odds,
Morph allowed Rogue to absorb his powers. After
dealing with the Infinites in their immediate
vicinity, Rogue, posing as Morph, went to check on
Blink who had just teleported Holocaust in a vat of
acid. When Holocaust broke free, "Morph" rescued Blink
and caused Holocaust pain when he was subjected to a
magnetic feedback pulse from her powers.(Astonishing X-Men I#4) - The real Morph then joined the battle, dropping on Holocaust as a gigantic brick that weighed a ton. Sunfire and Wild Child entered the fray as well, which led to Rogue challenging Holocaust to give up. The Horseman instead lashed out at her with his full might, which left her so banged up she was barely conscious. Morph cleverly shifted into her infant son Charles to gently call out to her and remind Rogue that they all needed her. The performance was convincing enough to rouse Rogue who was thankful for Kevin's efforts. Before he could get emotional himself, Morph had to grab Wild Child and Blink who Holocaust had also sent flying. Morph held back while Rogue went all-out against Holocaust who joyfully taunted her with the fact both Magneto and Bishop had been captured by Apocalypse and that he had been promised young Charles to play with. Holocaust tried to lead her to a nearby teleport platform that would return them both to Apocalypse's citadel. She was pulled back by Iceman who had traveled across the country to help out. The X-Men then vowed to take the fight to Apocalypse to make sure his reign ended once and for all.
(Amazing X-Men I#4) - Morph and the X-Men returned from Indianapolis to the Xavier Estate. There, they found Shadowcat and Colossus waiting for them without their students. Blink was horrified to learn that they had all perished while trying to save Illyana Rasputin. The young girl felt she should have been with them, but Morph told her she should be glad she's still alive. Some time later, Nightcrawler brought the seer Destiny and the other X-Men returned from liberating Bishop from the Madri. Together, they set forth to storm En Sabah Nur's stronghold on Apocalypse Island.
(X-Men Omega I#1) - Morph and the others were teleported into the pens underneath Apocalypse's citadel by Blink. He fought Apocalypse's forces, buying Bishop, Destiny and Illyana Rasputin time to enter the M'Kraan Crystal and restore the proper timeline.
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005 I#1) - After Sabretooth became unstuck in time, Wild Child was left to his own devices. He grew closer to Morph who would frequently use his powers to mimic Wild Child's missing master.
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005 I#1) - Magneto sent Morph, Wild Child, Iceman and Exodus on an unrevealed mission from which they did not return. Because his team no longer had any trackers or active telepaths, Magneto was unable to easily locate his missing allies.
(Strange Academy I#14 (fb) - BTS) - Jericho Drumm showed his class at Strange Academy images of Earth-295 during the Age of Apocalypse as part of his lesson on time travel and the major impact even minor changes can have. The school's time travel advisory prohibited students from visiting Earth-295 during the Age of Apocalypse without a faculty member or sorcerer present.
