What is "the twelve"

Twelve \Twelve\, n.

1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.

2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.

   The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles.
   --Matt. xxvi. 20.

The Twelve is a controversial long poem by Aleksandr Blok. Written early in 1918, the poem was one of the first poetic responses to the October Revolution of 1917.

The Twelve is an American comic book limited series from Marvel Comics, which the company announced in July 2007 would run twelve issues beginning spring 2008, with the creative team of writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Chris Weston. The series stars 12 obscure superheroes from Marvel's earliest incarnation as Timely Comics from the 1940s period historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books.

The Twelve may refer to:

• " The Twelve", a poem by Russian poet Alexander Blok
• The Twelve, a collection of interviews with Cuban revolutionaries by Carlos Franqui
• The Twelve, an anthem by William Walton, with text by W. H. Auden (1965)
• The Twelve (novel), a 2012 novel by Justin Cronin
• The Twelve (comics), a Marvel Comics limited series
• Apocalypse: The Twelve, a Marvel Comics crossover event
• Quorum of the Twelve, the priesthood body of the Latter Day Saint movement
• The twelve Minor prophets, the book of the Bible containing the 12 minor prophets
• The Twelve Imams of Islam
• The Twelve Apostles of Jesus
• The Twelve Olympians of Ancient Greek mythology
• "The Twelve", a group of twelve upper class Swedish women (including Ellen Key) who improved working class ladies' manners

The Twelve is a 2012 horror novel by Justin Cronin and is the second novel in The Passage trilogy, following the novel The Passage. The Twelve was published on October 16, 2012 by Ballantine Books. The trilogy was concluded with the publishing of The City of Mirrors, which was released in 2016. The Twelve has been optioned by director Ridley Scott along with the other two books in the trilogy for a planned series of film adaptations.