Era #7, Part 29: Onslaught Impact 2

Grade: C

What little hope I had for the Onslaught crossover event evaporated by this point. I didn't bother to pick up some of the other issues as we got closer to the end. I still find the Impact stories better than the main story, but that really isn't saying much here.

This run is very average, but there are some elements that spared it from obscured in my mind. We finally see the conclusion of the Dark Beast arc (though I am still completely unclear why this would be in X-Factor when Dark Beast was impersonating an X-Man). There are also solid team-building in crisis moments in both X-Force and Generation X, and we get some closure on the whole Juggernaut sub-plot running through the build up to Onslaught. The other stories here are really just heroes trying to stop Sentinels.

X-Factor #126 - "The Beast Within" X-Factor must deal with a traitor in their midst and a mind-controlled Havok while trying to rescue the real Beast. It is the final showdown with the puppet-master orchestrating it all -- Dark Beast.

[3-Stars] X-Force #58 - "...Before the Dawn" Onslaught tempts each member of X-Force with the deepest desire.

Incredible Hulk #445 - "Dancing in the Dark" I do not own this issue.

Iron Man #332 - "Night Neverending" The Avengers continue to protect people from the army of Sentinels while also trying to find a way to confront Onslaught.

Avengers #402 - "End of the Line" I do not own this issue.

Punisher #11 - "Manhattan Onslaught" I do not own this issue.

Green Goblin #12 - "Even the Brave Can Fall!" I do not own this issue.

[3-Stars] Generation X #19 - "Don't Wait Up..." Emma Frost isn't quite herself thanks to Onslaught's powerful disturbance on the psychic plane. In a misguided attempt to protect the students, she secludes herself and Generation X. Her haywire powers also impacts their behavior and powers just as the Toad arrives to evict them all. Banshee teams up with Alpha Flight's Sasquatch to find Emma and the students.

Amazing Spider-Man #415 - "Siege" Peter Parker and his pregnant wife, Mary Jane, return to the city only to find it occupied by Onslaught's Sentinels. The mutant hunting robots have orders to terminate any super powered human placing Peter (and anybody around him) in danger.

Wolverine #105 - "Faces in the Fire" Wolverine does not have the power to take on Onslaught, so he focuses on saving people from the damaged caused by the epic battle. He races into a burning building to save a young boy and finds an old man with a message. Wolverine has been devolving into a primal animal, and a fighting vision of Stick (Daredevil's deceased mentor) who reminds the X-Man that loosing his adamantium (in the classic X-Men (v2) #25) to not take away his humanity.

Spider-Man #72 - "The World's Gone Mad!" Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) and Peter Parker try to do their part in stopping Onslaught's Sentinels.

[3-Stars] X-Men Unlimited 12 - "The Once and Future Juggernaut" We first met Gomurr the Ancient on the Road to Onslaught (Part 3), but it seems he was also a hidden part of the X-Men mythos. He was one of the two sorcerers responsible for imprisoning the Cyttorak in the gem that transformed Cain Marko into the unstoppable Juggernaut. Onslaught removed the gem from Juggernaut creating an opportunity for Cyttorak to escape, so Gomurr must convince Cain to help keep the power and destructive mystical entity contained.