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X-Men Milestones
X-Men Milestones: Onslaught
The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! And this event rocked not only the X-titles, but the entire Marvel Universe! For months, the force of nature known only as Onslaught has struck from the shadows - but when the X-Men discover Onslaught's startling true identity, the villain's plan kicks into high gear! Determined to punish mankind for a litany of sins, Onslaught laid siege to the X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and more - kicking off a cataclysmic conflict destined to deprive a world of its most revered icons! Earth's greatest heroes face their ultimate enemy in an explosive saga that transformed the Marvel Universe!
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (1981) 333-337, X-Men (1991) 53-57, Onslaught: X-Men (1996), Onslaught: Marvel Universe (1996), Onslaught: Epilogue (1996), Avengers (1963) 401, Fantastic Four (1961) 415, Wolverine (1988) 104, Cable (1993) 35
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (1981) 333-337, X-Men (1991) 53-57, Onslaught: X-Men (1996), Onslaught: Marvel Universe (1996), Onslaught: Epilogue (1996), Avengers (1963) 401, Fantastic Four (1961) 415, Wolverine (1988) 104, Cable (1993) 35
488 pages, Paperback
First published January 22, 2020
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Scott Lobdell
1,624 books230 followersScott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
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November 15, 2023
Listen, this isn't nearly as bad as it's remembered. It's the apex (or nadir) of late-90s maximalist superheroics, where the grim-and-gritty spirit of 80s deconstruction, or rather the industry-wide misunderstanding and lazy duplication of that moment's best creators, had been fully subsumed into 90s blockbuster brand opera. Everything is connected, and never more so than here: a feral Wolverine, regressed to Neanderthal state by a botched adamantium transfer (I know), finds himself under the tutelage of Daredevil's ninja allies, Elektra and Stick; Nate Gray, cosmic refugee from the Age of Apocalypse, is roommates with the fucking Fantastic Four. It all results in an avalanche of editor's notes and reading guides: exciting in the moment, but too diffuse to satisfy.
What does satisfy is the hook: Who stopped Juggernaut, the unstoppable force? Who else but Professor X, patron saint of the Marvel Universe: monkish founder of the X-Men, rehabilitator of Evil Mutants, staunch defender of a world that hates and fears him. The character had flirted with moral ambiguity in the past, but he never got past first base: The ends, as Magneto would say, always justified the means. Not here. Beset by problems, surrounded by enemies, and saddled with the guilt of telepathically lobotomizing his best friend (comics!), Xavier's mask slips, revealing the monster beneath.
The monster is the storyline's dumbest and most interesting choice. For a moment, it seems that Onslaught is Xavier, or an expression of Xavier, and the writers mine this for maximum discomfort. In one of the arc's most infamous moments, Onslaught allows Jean Grey to peer into Xavier's memories, where a thought bubble--pulled verbatim from an early issue--reveals Xavier's romantic feelings for her. It's gross, it's shocking, and it works. Onslaught, as its names suggests, is a force of unstoppered emotion, the feelings contained in the wheelchair-bound frame of a lonely, tired, frustrated man. But of course it isn't just that. No, Onslaught is some kind of psychic parasite, born from the contact between Xavier and Magneto's minds (remember the telepathic lobotomy?). Because at the end of the day, these soap operatics must end, we must return to our regularly scheduled programming, and there's no room in that for an evil Xavier, a good Magneto, or a Manhattan ruled by Sentinels (that happens, too). So let's orphan poor Franklin Richards, start over fresh, with the next big-money event: Heroes Reborn. That everyone hated that, and held it in some ways responsible for Marvel's financial slide, is not Onslaught's fault--but it is its legacy.
It stopped the unstoppable force.
What does satisfy is the hook: Who stopped Juggernaut, the unstoppable force? Who else but Professor X, patron saint of the Marvel Universe: monkish founder of the X-Men, rehabilitator of Evil Mutants, staunch defender of a world that hates and fears him. The character had flirted with moral ambiguity in the past, but he never got past first base: The ends, as Magneto would say, always justified the means. Not here. Beset by problems, surrounded by enemies, and saddled with the guilt of telepathically lobotomizing his best friend (comics!), Xavier's mask slips, revealing the monster beneath.
The monster is the storyline's dumbest and most interesting choice. For a moment, it seems that Onslaught is Xavier, or an expression of Xavier, and the writers mine this for maximum discomfort. In one of the arc's most infamous moments, Onslaught allows Jean Grey to peer into Xavier's memories, where a thought bubble--pulled verbatim from an early issue--reveals Xavier's romantic feelings for her. It's gross, it's shocking, and it works. Onslaught, as its names suggests, is a force of unstoppered emotion, the feelings contained in the wheelchair-bound frame of a lonely, tired, frustrated man. But of course it isn't just that. No, Onslaught is some kind of psychic parasite, born from the contact between Xavier and Magneto's minds (remember the telepathic lobotomy?). Because at the end of the day, these soap operatics must end, we must return to our regularly scheduled programming, and there's no room in that for an evil Xavier, a good Magneto, or a Manhattan ruled by Sentinels (that happens, too). So let's orphan poor Franklin Richards, start over fresh, with the next big-money event: Heroes Reborn. That everyone hated that, and held it in some ways responsible for Marvel's financial slide, is not Onslaught's fault--but it is its legacy.
It stopped the unstoppable force.
February 14, 2021
It had some great moments and was a fun read, but ultimately there were too many inconsistencies...a character has long hair on one page, then short on the next, then long again a few pages later, or the origin details of Onslaught switch back and forth and back again (it was always in Prof X, no it was in Magneto and infected him, no it was created when the two fought...). Also, some key issues are left out and instead summed up in a quick text blurb between issues. Sure, it was already a huge collection, but even just adding key panels as they did with some prologue stuff would have been better.
Still, was fun to relive the times when I read it as it first came out.
Still, was fun to relive the times when I read it as it first came out.
October 21, 2021
This was an Onslaught. This X-Men event is at the same time overly long and lacking in resolution for things way, way beyond the normal scope of X stories. The art is solid for the 1990s and with few exceptions, see the 4 on Sue Storm's uniform, don't feel unnecessarily sexualized or like the body horror that helped doom the Phalanx Covenant. The problem here is story. Whether it's Onslaughts desperation to keep upping the stakes or the speed at which characters and plotlines are grasped and then abandoned. This event just never seemed all the way baked or thought out.
April 11, 2020
Like the other X-Men I've read, this one was also great at building up tension, but it also was anticlimactic. Still, I'm curious of the future so I'll continue!!
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September 1, 2024
X-Men Milestones: Onslaught, calificación 3/5 estrellas.
Solo es como dice el título los números principalmente con The Uncanny X-Men, X-Men y los especiales de Onslaught,
Para leer todos los números faltante tiene que leer el libro con los números recopilados de Avengers, Iron Man, X-Factor, X-Force, The Incredible Hulk, Cable que faltan. Leí varios números hace varios años mas de veinticuatro años.
No había leído el último número Epílogo de Larry Hama fue buen final. Grande el arte de Andy Kubert, Ian Churchill, Joe Maduriera, adam Kubert.
La historia empezó bien con la unión de X-Men, Avengers y Fantastic Four ante la crisis pero con los números faltantes se vuelve floja en el último tercio y aún leyendo los números faltantes no fue tan grande la historia.
Disfrute de varios números y del arte. Aunque no me gustaron como escribieron a los Fantastic Four realmente no me agrandan.
Solo es como dice el título los números principalmente con The Uncanny X-Men, X-Men y los especiales de Onslaught,
Para leer todos los números faltante tiene que leer el libro con los números recopilados de Avengers, Iron Man, X-Factor, X-Force, The Incredible Hulk, Cable que faltan. Leí varios números hace varios años mas de veinticuatro años.
No había leído el último número Epílogo de Larry Hama fue buen final. Grande el arte de Andy Kubert, Ian Churchill, Joe Maduriera, adam Kubert.
La historia empezó bien con la unión de X-Men, Avengers y Fantastic Four ante la crisis pero con los números faltantes se vuelve floja en el último tercio y aún leyendo los números faltantes no fue tan grande la historia.
Disfrute de varios números y del arte. Aunque no me gustaron como escribieron a los Fantastic Four realmente no me agrandan.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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