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tawfek's review
4.0
Honestly after i finished the onslaught event i had this nagging feeling that maybe i missed an issue here or an issue there and i couldn't get over this feeling
so i got to the book and looked what i might have missed
turns out as far as the first book goes i only missed 2 pages from two different comics so yay for me.
when i read the onslaught event and i was really done with another comic event over at superman called the final days of superman and i was really fed up with events but i have to say that near the end i enjoyed it immensely that's why i hated to skip any back issues even if it will hold me back from my x men reading for a while.
so i got to the book and looked what i might have missed
turns out as far as the first book goes i only missed 2 pages from two different comics so yay for me.
when i read the onslaught event and i was really done with another comic event over at superman called the final days of superman and i was really fed up with events but i have to say that near the end i enjoyed it immensely that's why i hated to skip any back issues even if it will hold me back from my x men reading for a while.
unladylike's review
1.0
I'm only reading this because Warren Ellis was listed as one of the writers (minimally, and only in Volume 2) but I'm starting to feel like it's a waste of time. Nothing but deception, chase sequences, and trash-talking, all in the most cliché ways. I'm seeing more and more why so many readers of comics - presumably the ones who like to actually learn from them - lost interest in Marvel in the '90s.
crookedtreehouse's review
2.0
It became popular with comic fans to complain about crossovers where the heroes fought amongst rather than solve the problems around 2007ish. Civil War, Secret Invasion, the DC crises, they all contained too many characters unable to even deal with the supervillain/crisis of the year because they began infighting as soon as they crossed paths.
In this way, Onslaught was ahead of its time.
There are So Many Characters with So Much Continuity. It takes a truly deft hand to pull off a story of this magnitude. Sadly, none of the roughly seven million writers and artists on this event were capable.
This series is An Important event in the history of Marvel comics, as it completely levelled the universe, but it is an absolute chore to read, no matter how familiar you are with the characters and subplots.
In this way, Onslaught was ahead of its time.
There are So Many Characters with So Much Continuity. It takes a truly deft hand to pull off a story of this magnitude. Sadly, none of the roughly seven million writers and artists on this event were capable.
This series is An Important event in the history of Marvel comics, as it completely levelled the universe, but it is an absolute chore to read, no matter how familiar you are with the characters and subplots.
erikdudek's review
4.0
There was a lot of material in the preface that wasn't covered in the "Road to Onslaught" series. The story was nice and linear, they did a good job touching on past story lines that helped to build up to this point. A lot of the information you want going into this is covered in "Road to Onslaught" and "Age of Apocalypse" so I didn't feel left out of the loop. I didn't feel like I was missing much back-story when they introduced plot lines from the Avenger's, Fantastic Four, Cable, and Hulk.
I like the little touch they added where they have Onslaught constantly messing up how he refers to himself and correcting himself.
I like the little touch they added where they have Onslaught constantly messing up how he refers to himself and correcting himself.
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