Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Onslaught Saga | Comics

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of X-Men have previously faced Magneto in his space station Avalon to stop his reign of terror (Fatal Attraction) and during the battle against the master of magnetism and his Acolytes, Magneto extracted the Adamantium from Wolverine's body after being stabbed by him, which left the latter in a withered and dying state. Seeing this, an enraged Xavier immediately attacks Magneto and wiped out his mind, left him in a catatonic state.

Unknowingly, Charles also absorbed the dark essence of Magneto's mind while attacking him, which subconsciously merged with Xavier's consciousness and creates a very powerful psionic entity called Onslaught. Xavier's decades of frustration over the events with mutants made Onslaught take an attempt to forcibly establish his year-old dream of mutant/human peaceful co-existence.

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Onslaught Saga | Comics

At first, Onslaught wanted to establish Xavier's dreams through the means that Magneto used. However, he later decided to destroy all humans too anyway. He approached X-Men's former nemesis, Juggernaut but upon denial, he tore out the crimson Gem of Cyttorak from Cain Marko and left him beaten. Then Jean Grey was approached by the being to join his cause but she refused the offer too.

Onslaught also tried to recruit Xavier's X-Men to fight against humans but upon denial, he attacked them all and both parties engaged in a fight. It was when Wolverine noted that he looked more like Magneto after Onslaught pretends to be Xavier himself, the monster loose his cool and attacked the team. Onslaught now reveals his true form to the X-Men and claims that he and Xavier are one.

During their fight, Bishop absorbs a huge blast of psionic energy thrown at the X-Men from Onslaught to save his friends, while Cannonball, Cyclops, Gambit, Iceman, Phoenix, Storm and Wolverine continues the fight. Onslaught then abducts the powerful mutant child Franklin Richards of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman by posing as a little boy named Charles. Cable's time-displaced brother Nate Grey AKA X-Man was also taken down to have more psionic power from him for himself.

Amidst this chaos, Ozymandias awakens his master Apocalypse who joins Uatu the Watcher in witnessing the end of the "Age of Wonders". The team of Fantastic Four, Avengers, an enraged Hulk and even the villainous Doctor Doom came forward to oppose Onslaught's threat to existence. Together, The Avengers and X-Men formed an alliance against the greatest threat which the world has ever seen but probably all of them will not be able to see the end of it.

For more information on Onslaught Saga crossover event, you can check out these links below.

Onslaught Saga (Comics) Wikipedia


Onslaught Saga (Comics) Marvel Wikia


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Heroes and Mutants United

Here is your links to buy "Onslaught Saga" from Marvel Comics on Amazon.

X-Men – Prelude to Onslaught


X-Men – The Road to Onslaught Volume 01


X-Men – The Road to Onslaught Volume 02


X-Men – The Road to Onslaught Volume 03


X-Men – The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 01


X-Men – The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 02

X-Men – The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 03

X-Men – The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 04

X-Men/Avengers – Onslaught Omnibus

"Onslaught Saga" is a major comic-book crossover event that took place in 1996, published by Marvel Comics and this event was centered on a psionic being of pure evil of the same name. The character, Onslaught was co-created by writer Scott Lobdell (Alpha Flight, Generation X) and Mark Waid (Captain America – Sentinel of Liberty, Deadpool – Sins of the Past), along with artist Andy Kubert (Damian – Son of Batman, Dark Knight III – The Master Race).

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To Survive an Onslaught

Various other writers and artists have contributed in this historical Marvel event. Among them, Mark Waid's plot was something that actually stayed faithful to the core event that nearly shattered the entire Marvel universe. The drawings of Andy Kubert in the second ongoing volume of X-Men and Joe Madureira (Avenging Spider-Man – My Friends Can Beat Up Your Friends, Deadpool – The Circle Chase)'s work in Uncanny X-Men are most magnificent.
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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Hellboy – Wake the Devil | Comics

In the Arctic Circle of Norway's northern coast, the head of the Zinco Company, Roderick Zinco is flying a helicopter to an old castle. He breaks into the castle and there, he met Grigori Rasputin's former allies; Ilsa Haupstein, Karl Kroenen and Leopold Kurtz to inform them of their master’s return. He swears that, on his private island he saw Grigori Rasputin who gave him a purpose and left the words “Ragna Rock” on the beach before disappearing.

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Hellboy – Wake The Devil | Comics

Right after one year of that event, the curator of a wax museum in New York; Howard Steinman is mysteriously killed by the Nazis for reasons unknown. While these weird happenings were taking place, paranormal consultant Kate Corrigan and Director Tom Manning were in the B.P.R.D. headquarters with their paranormal agents discussing the matter at hand. They were busy briefing the agents of a person having Vampire like abilities, named Vladimir Giurescu, a person involved in one of Hitler’s notorious project called “Vampir Sturm”.

The gathered evidence suggests that the recently deceased curator might be the one responsible for the transport of Giurescu‘s corpse after he was killed. As the location of the castle indicates three possible locations, they quickly split into teams. Abe Sapien and Clark teamed up, whilst Liz Sherman and Leach grouped with Bud Waller. Hellboy heads to Romania on his own and accidentally lands on the castle where a giant-ass Nazi cyborg Unmensch attacks him instantly on Ilsa’s order.

For more information on Hellboy – Wake the Devil limited series, you can check out these links below.

Hellboy – Wake the Devil (Comics) Wikipedia

Hellboy – Wake the Devil (Comics) Wikia

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The Imprisonment of Ogdru Jahad

Here is your links to buy "Hellboy – Wake the Devil" from Dark Horse Comics in issues on Amazon.

Hellboy – Wake the Devil 01

Hellboy – Wake the Devil 02

Hellboy – Wake the Devil 03

Hellboy – Wake the Devil 04

Hellboy – Wake the Devil 05

Here is your links to buy "Hellboy – Wake the Devil" from Dark Horse Comics on Amazon.

Hellboy – Wake the Devil

Hellboy – Wake the Devil is a five part limited series by Mike Mignola (Cosmic Odyssey, Lobster Johnson), which is published from Dark Horse Comics in 1996. The series was continued from a storyline that took place in the previously published "Hellboy – Seed of Destruction" limited series from Mignola.

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Destiny of Anung Un Rama

As the previous graphic novel in the line had served as the main inspiration for Hellboy motion picture in 2004, Wake the Devil also provided storyline for the animated film Hellboy: Blood and Iron in 2007.
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Sunday, December 4, 2005

The Darkness | Comics

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The Darkness | Comics
Being the adopted son of mafia don Frankie Franchetti, Jackie Estacado was recruited to mob when he was only six. As a mafia member, he quickly made a name for himself and his increasing reputation in the underworld made Franchetti a very powerful person. Actually it was Sonatine, who told Franchetti that in the upcoming future Jackie will be the reason behind Franchetti's rise in power. He started killing at sixteen, while also lose his virginity at fourteen during an interrogation to a female officer. He became a very violent person as he grew and sexually aggressive but he does have his own set of strict moral codes.

When he was twenty one, he came to know of his secret dark potentials, a very powerful evil heritage that is passed by father to son. Jackie opposed Franchetti and Frankie took revenge on Jackie by sending him footage containing the kidnapping and killing scene of one of Jackie's old friend. He later decides to quit the life of being a mere hitman and become the next host for The Darkness. Often assisting Witchblade in her adventures and makes advancement  with it's current user Sara Pezzini, Jackie also becomes the primary target of the Angelus. As Darkness, Jackie not only is aided by his Darklings but also possesses powers at an unimaginable level with a mystical body armor that not only enhances his superhuman strength, but also protects him from enemy attacks.

For more information on The Darkness, you can check out these links below.

The Darkness (Comics) Wikipedia

The Darkness (Comics) Wikia
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The Bearer of Wicked
Here is your links for "The Darkness" comics from Image Comics.

The Darkness – Coming of Age

The Darkness – Origins Vol 01

The Darkness Ultimate Collection

The Darkness – Heart of Darkness

The Darkness – Origins Vol 02

The Darkness – Spear of Destiny

The Magdalena/Angelus

The Darkness – Origins Vol 03

The Darkness – Original Sin

The Darkness – Origins Vol 04

Witchblade/The Darkness – Family Ties

The Darkness/Batman

Tomb Raider/The Darkness

The Darkness – Flesh and Blood

The Darkness Compendium Vol 01

The Darkness – Resurrection

The Darkness – Demon Inside

The Darkness – Depths of Hell

The Darkness/EVA – Daughter of Dracula

The Darkness/Hulk

The Darkness/Vampirella

The Darkness/Wolverine

Top Cow/Marvel – The Crossover Collection

DC/Top Cow Crossovers

Unholy Union

First Born

Broken Trinity

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 01

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 02

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 03

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 04

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 05

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 06

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 07

The Darkness – Rebirth Vol 01

The Darkness – Rebirth Vol 02
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The Darkness and The Darklings

Progeny

The Darkness – Rebirth Vol 03

The Darkness is a popular fictional character from the banner of Image Comics, created by artist Marc Silvertsi along with writer Garth Ennis and David Wohl. Though the Darkness portrays the character of an anti-hero and a bit similar to Todd McFarlance's Spawn but still it is one of the most popular comic character and one of the fan favourite comic titles ever released by Image Comics till date. Despite having regular appearances to his own monthly series, the character also involved in a few crossover stories with Batman, Superman and JLA from DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Ghost RiderHulk and Wolverine from Marvel Comics and often with Witchblade from their own production as well as other renowned comics characters.
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