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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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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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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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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