onslaught appreciation

[gambitxremy]

Onslaught the love child of xavier and magneto




onslaught is Xavier's dark side

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The original story line is a bit of a mess so for newcomers what x-men comics should you read to understand the this epic story.

[ZNOP]

Gambitxremy, you embarrass all members of the Church With this line of dialog...

[gambitxremy]

The creation of Onslaught embarrass the church. Lol

What x- comics in the cross over do you have to read I n the original crossover

[Xalfrea]

My first exposure to Onslaught was Marvel VS Capcom 1, and I think it's solely because of that game that people even remember and look back fondly on Onslaught to begin with. And the sad thing is, among the VS Series Marvel final bosses, he's the only one that has absolutely nothing going about him today.

X-Men COTA had Magneto, Marvel Super Heroes had Doctor Doom & Thanos, X-Men VS Street Fighter & Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter had Apocalypse, and Marvel VS Capcom 3 had Galactus.

[anthony_lynch15]

The Onslaught Saga was one of the first comic stories I ever read.
(I think it was 6 tpbs collecting entire story, including tie ins)
I loved it back then, but sadly it hasn't fully withstood the test of time.
Some of the X-Men stuff is still pretty good, particularly the Juggernaut & Onslaught revealing himself stuff.



But the tie-ins ..... yikes, the Avengers & Fantastic Four must have been all over the place back then.
No wonder they got erased from existence for a few years.

Still it got me hooked on X-Men and introduced me to the Avengers, so it served it's purpose well.

Plus I hadn't been overexposed to the arrive at the last second and strike a heroic pose trope back then - so I thought moments like this were super cool:

[Darth Phoenix]

I hated the Onslaught idea and had hoped never to see it again. I did not enjoy Skullslaught either.

[Zero Hunter]

The build up was so good. If they had not chickened out and went with the lame "Magneto corrupted him" angle and stuck with it just being Xavier's dark side alone I still think the story would have been so much better. The story getting highjacked by the powers that be to use as a spring board for Heroes Reborn also pretty much ruined it.

You can always tell when a story get highjacked that you are getting a half ass story and not the one the writers originally wanted to tell.

[Swashbuckler]

For the fans, there is an Onslaught Omnibus coming out on July 14th, 2015. It's been highjacked by the Avengers of course it's official title is X-Men/Avenger Onslaught Omnibus. I don't even remember how many Avengers issues actually tied in, but the thing has 1296 pages which is pretty freaking huge. The X-Statix Omnibus (the biggest one I have, it's a brick) is only 1200 pages.

[gambitxremy]

Sounds like uncanny avengers and Axis.. can you just read the x-men issues of onslaught to get the story and what issues are they

[Swashbuckler]

Sounds like uncanny avengers and Axis.. can you just read the x-men issues of onslaught to get the story and what issues are they

EARLY HINTS

0) X-Men (2nd series) #25
1) Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #322
2) X-Force (1st series) #46
3) X-Men (2nd series) #46
4) X-Force (1st series) #52
5) X-Men (2nd series) #49
6) X-Men (2nd series) #50
PROLOGUE

7) Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #333
8) Excalibur (1st series) #99
9) X-Man #15
10) X-Man #16
11) X-Man #17
12) Cable (1st series) #32
13) Cable (1st series) #33
14) X-Men (2nd series) #53
15) X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #11
16) Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #334
17) X-Men (2nd series) #54
18) Onslaught: X-Men
PHASE & IMPACT 1

19) Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #335
20) X-Man #18
21) X-Force (1st series) #57
22) Cable (1st series) #34
23) Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #444
24) Avengers (1st series) #401
25) Excalibur (1st series) #100
26) Fantastic Four (1st series) #415
27) X-Factor (1st series) #125
28) Generation X #18
29) Wolverine (2nd series) #104
30) X-Men (2nd series) #55
PHASE & IMPACT 2

31) Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #336
32) X-Factor (1st series) #126
33) Cable (1st series) #35
34) X-Force (1st series) #58
35) Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #445
36) Iron Man (1st series) #332
37) Avengers (1st series) #402
--) Punisher (3rd series) #11
38) X-Man #19
--) Green Goblin #12
39) Fantastic Four (1st series) #416
40) Generation X #19
--) Amazing Spider-Man #415
41) Wolverine (2nd series) #105
--) Spider-Man #72
42) X-Men (2nd series) #56
43) X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #12

EPILOGUE
44) Onslaught: Marvel Universe
45) Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #337
46) X-Men (2nd series) #57
47) Onslaught: Epilogue

[Swashbuckler]

And yes, you can just read the X-Men related issues.

[Mr. Brightside]

Even Doom was there

[Mr. Brightside]

For the fans, there is an Onslaught Omnibus coming out on July 14th, 2015. It's been highjacked by the Avengers of course it's official title is X-Men/Avenger Onslaught Omnibus. I don't even remember how many Avengers issues actually tied in, but the thing has 1296 pages which is pretty freaking huge. The X-Statix Omnibus (the biggest one I have, it's a brick) is only 1200 pages.

I have the AVX companion book and it says 1100 pages, so wow, not sure I want another one of those in my comic drawer thingamajig lol. Thanks for the info, though, it's very helpful!

[Swashbuckler]

I have the AVX companion book and it says 1100 pages, so wow, not sure I want another one of those in my comic drawer thingamajig lol. Thanks for the info, though, it's very helpful!

Yeah, if I'm calculating this right, it should contain all of those issues I listed about, over 50 comics.

[JackalsIII]

As a kid of the 90s, I hate this up, and even bought the eight trade volumes. Sure it is all over the place but it was a bunch of fun. Who wouldn't want a perfect combination of Magneto / Xavier powered by X-Man and Franklin Richards? Then the heroes sacrifice and the X-Traitor reveal, it is awesome. Now Post-Onslaught nonsense, ooof, that's another thing all together.