X-Men Milestones: Onslaught

X-Men Milestones

by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Larry Hama

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

Genres: X Men, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Comics, Superheroes

488 pages, Paperback

First published January 22, 2020

About the author

Scott 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.

Reviews

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Nate Deprey · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Onur · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!!

[Omar Gómez · Rating 3 out of 5]

  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.