A Defense of the Onslaught Saga
The Onslaught Saga is a bad event comic. I don’t really think that is up for debate. What I am trying to highlight is the good that is weighed down by the cruft. But to fully grok the frankly insane story we are about to embark on we have to turn our attention back the 1993 crossover event Fatal Attractions, penned by Fabian Nicieza and Scott Lobdell, the event chronicles the aftereffects of Magneto’s heel turn in X-Men (1991) #1-3. The key part of the event, at least for our purposes, is the iconic finale where the X-Men confront the villain on his asteroid base Avalon. It is here after Magneto uses his power to rip the adamantium coating from Wolverine’s bones, that Magneto has his mind wiped by Professor Xavier in a fit of anger. This is the moment that will create Onslaught and sets us on the path to one of the most notorious event comics of all time. Now what precisely is Onslaught? In the simplest terms, the being known as Onslaught is the psychic gestalt of M