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'''Onslaught''' was a 1996 [[Marvel Comics]] [[Crisis Crossover]] involving nearly every superhero comic book they published at the time. The [[X-Men]], [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]], the [[Fantastic Four]] and other heroes fight an incredibly powerful [[Omnicidal Maniac]] which results in the "[[Not Quite Dead|deaths]]" of every hero involved (except the mutants).
The X-Men suffer several attacks by minions of the seemingly omnipotent entity known only as "Onslaught", who appears to know them well. He is also the one behind the recent stealing of the [[Mecha
It turns out that when Xavier brainwashed [[Magneto]] several months before (to cause him to stop being a threat after he cruelly stripped the adamantium off [[Wolverine]]'s bones), a part of the latter's psyche merged with his own mind. Under the stress of constant failures and new misfortunes the Professor became more and more frustrated, until he developed a split personality, which eventually [[Split Personality Takeover|took a life of its own]] and was able to manifest in the corporeal world. Onslaught nearly kills the X-Men before leaving to capture [[Fantastic Four|Franklin Richards]] and [[X-Man]] in order to suck out their powers and become [[Physical God|a living god]]. That brings him into conflict with both the Avengers, who were approached by X-Man, and Franklin's family, the Fantastic Four. Despite that Onslaught successfully kidnaps both of his targets, encircles Manhattan with Sentinels and prepares to [[Take Over the World]].
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* [[A Darker Me]]: What happens when the dark sides of Xavier and Magneto combine.
* [[A God Am I]]: Onslaught at one point actually calls himself a god.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''X-Men: The Road to Onslaught'', a special comic that told [[Exactly What It Says
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: Though other mutant heroes couldn't enter Onslaught's field (they'd get possessed) the Avenger's Scarlet Witch was able to make an exception for herself with her powers.
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: {{spoiler|Charles Xavier}} who lost his powers afterwards.
* [[Capcom vs. Whatever]]: Onslaught served as the final boss of the first Marvel Vs. Capcom game, where he was the resident [[SNK Boss]].
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: The Hulk literally punched Onslaught so hard that he destroyed his physical form.
** Onslaught punched him back hard enough to knock Bruce Banner out of the Hulk.
* [[Enemy Within]]/[[Enemy Without]]: Xavier's evil side had already manifested in physical form once before in the ''X-Men vs [[Micronauts]]'' series.
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* [[Forgot I Could Fly]]: Magneto has limited telepathic powers of his own, it was likely because of this that the mindwipe backfired. He just rarely uses them these days.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: the heroes' (Doom was dragged along involuntarily.)
* [[Humans Are
* [[Literal Split Personality]]: Onslaught and Xavier, as well as Hulk and Banner at the end.
* [[Mecha
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: See above.
* [[Red Skies Crossover]]: ''Wolverine'' # 103 was labeled as tie-in but had no connection whatsover.
* [[Super
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The Heroes Reborn line was advertised on the covers of Onslaught issues.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Early on Juggernaut got beaten up by Onslaught to establish him as a big threat. [[Writing
** It becomes unintentional [[Fridge Brilliance]] after [[The Reveal]] of Onslaught's identity: If you become evil and all-powerful, one of your first targets would be the invincible-til-now man who has bullied and tried to kill you from childhood to the present day.
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