X-Men Comics (Contains some spoilers)

[Clockwork]

Anyone else read them/ want to read them? Anything you don't get ask away and anything that requires discussion I'll more than happily oblige. I promise to be non confrontational, even if you hate Colossus.

I've not read them all but I'm pretty close, somewhere in the late 80's now

Can someone tell me how the majority of them lost powers. It has something to do with Red Witch and an island iirc but didn't really understand what was happening as it was like 4am and I had too much caffine in my system to concentrate.

Also the apocalypse line, I didn't read the Avengers section of it so I'm a little confused as to the events leading up to that. (I think that makes a difference, not sure). I get the fall of Angel and how that works but I'm not sure as to why Apocalypse is on earth and who 'the twelve' are. I think I might have missed a bit... Or I hold memory like tissue paper holds lead weights.

Anyone that can help I'd be much obliged.