War appeared as part of the "Apocalypse's Horsemen" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1.

[volume & issue needed] Later, during the X-Cutioner's Song story arc, War attacked Colossus and Iceman, but soon fled after Caliban grabbed Jean Grey and Cyclops, handing them over to Apocalypse, who was really Mr. Sinister in disguise.

[volume & issue needed] Much later, War appeared in an hospital, once again paralyzed from the neck down, apparently abandoned by Apocalypse who stripped him of his powers.

Archangel, who had gained newfound powers and had been searching for Kieros, healed him of his wounds, giving him hope to start over with a new life.

While a servant of Apocalypse, he used his sentient ship to construct for War a robot mount that resembles a demonic quadruped beast and that can travel on land or fly through the air and also was capable of teleportation.

In 1459, the Riders of the Dark appeared in Romania where Vlad Ţepeş' army was fighting against the Ottomans and emerged victorious.

The survivors fled for their life, abandoning Dracula on the field who stood his ground and faced War but ultimately fell.

He first encountered the X-Men when they used his station as a staging post for an attack on a group of non-sentient aliens which induced harmful emotions in humans.

However, he remained until an alien resembling Doop, which he had built up to himself as his last hope, passed by his station on its way to crash-landing on Earth near Polaris, who'd seen it in space and had a similar reaction.

[volume & issue needed] As War, Gazer was sent to battle the X-Men and Sentinel Squad O*N*E. Upon returning to Apocalypse's sphinx, he was approached by Ozymandias who wanted his debt repaid.

[volume & issue needed] During a heated battle against the X-Men, Ozymandias finally took his vengeance, stabbing Gazer from behind with a sword.

After his depowering on M-Day, he was taken by Apocalypse and transformed to possess super-strength, enhanced durability, and the ability to absorb and re-channel solar energy as blasts of fire through his eyes.

[5][6] When the forces of the dimension of Amenth invaded Earth and split Okkara into Krakoa and Arakko, War, along with her mother, her siblings, all Okkaran mutants, and the newly created island of Arakko, was voluntarily sealed away in Amenth to stop the invasion while her father Apocalypse remained on Earth.

War outmatched Wolverine in combat (though he had been poisoned by Death) but was unable to cut off his head due to his adamantium skeleton.

Wolverine cut off her left hand (which she would later regenerate)[13] and won the challenge, though the victory went to Arakko since he was standing in for Solem.

[volume & issue needed] War also is seen in the Mutant X reality, where he constantly bickered with Death, but they had a mutual respect for each other.