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Onslaught Reborn #1-5
Onslaught Reborn
Marvel's greatest heroes sacrificed themselves to save the world from the deadliest threat they had ever Onslaught! The lives of the Fantastic Four and the Avengers were saved only when Franklin Richards created a parallel universe, where we found those heroes, reborn! But this world has long since merged back into our own, and the evil Onslaught - forged from the most vile parts of Magneto's and Professor X's psyches - has been presumed long dead. But now, he, himself, is reborn - and he's bringing fragments of the other universe with him! Join comics superstars Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld in this no-holds-barred, all-out action extravaganza - celebrating the 10th anniversary of the event that changed Marvel history - as Onslaught, the Marvel Universe and the Heroes Reborn Universe collide in this massive crossover! Collects Onslaught Reborn #1-5.
120 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2007
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Jeph Loeb
1,589 books1,376 followersJoseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.
A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.
A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.
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August 19, 2012
I liked the premise, that the Scarlet Witch's actions at the end of House of M had repercussions echoing back to a previous mega-event and the chance to return to Counter-Earth but I did not like the execution as much as hoped.
September 25, 2016
it's pretty cool to read about rikki barnes
June 14, 2021
A very meh story, maybe if I read the Hero's Reborn story as well as Onslaught I would have been more invested in it...
April 8, 2020
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Onslaught/Heroes Reborn storyline, this book sees the titular villain being reconstituted as an unexpected side-effect of the Scarlet Witch used her powers to rob the majority of mutants of their powers (in Brian Michael Bendis' 'House of M'). Onslaught then seeks to destroy his key enemy Franklin Richards, but the boy uses his powers to recreate and escape into the Heroes Reborn alternate universe.
Back in the day I loved the Onslaught event but was far less impressed with the Heroes Reborn line (perhaps my first experience of disliking reboots) which, if you didn't know, was sort of a messy first-attempt at what would later be redone as the Ultimate Universe line. On the surface level, this book has all too much of what made Heroes Reborn bad and not enough of what made Onslaught great.
However, despite being occasionally a bit nonsensical, you do come to understand that this version of the Reborn universe is one that Franklin has specifically populated with those he'll need to help him and I genuinely liked the twist about the new version of Hawkeye; calling back to a similar element in 'House of M' itself.
The elephant in the room, however, has to be Rob Liefeld's artwork. He's something of a running joke among comics fans and, it has to be said, most of his worst art characteristics are on display here; with his weird take on human anatomy being most prominent (Thor's face is about four faces wide, for example). I also want to draw attention to just how horrible the Reborn design of Iron Man is. Just awful.
All that said, it's not all bad though and I think Liefeld's habit of too many spikes and oversized anatomy actually worked really well in his depiction of Onslaught himself.
Overall, this isn't terrible but it is fairly pointless.
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Back in the day I loved the Onslaught event but was far less impressed with the Heroes Reborn line (perhaps my first experience of disliking reboots) which, if you didn't know, was sort of a messy first-attempt at what would later be redone as the Ultimate Universe line. On the surface level, this book has all too much of what made Heroes Reborn bad and not enough of what made Onslaught great.
However, despite being occasionally a bit nonsensical, you do come to understand that this version of the Reborn universe is one that Franklin has specifically populated with those he'll need to help him and I genuinely liked the twist about the new version of Hawkeye; calling back to a similar element in 'House of M' itself.
The elephant in the room, however, has to be Rob Liefeld's artwork. He's something of a running joke among comics fans and, it has to be said, most of his worst art characteristics are on display here; with his weird take on human anatomy being most prominent (Thor's face is about four faces wide, for example). I also want to draw attention to just how horrible the Reborn design of Iron Man is. Just awful.
All that said, it's not all bad though and I think Liefeld's habit of too many spikes and oversized anatomy actually worked really well in his depiction of Onslaught himself.
Overall, this isn't terrible but it is fairly pointless.
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April 21, 2023
I remember Onslaught from when it happened. I didn't really follow Heroes Reborn after that, but have since gone back and checked it out, and thought I would read something a bit different. The art is of the time. Hands and feet are weird, and everyone has the same skinny nose and weird, dead eyes, but I remember when that was the style, so I can get past that. Action scenes are done reasonably well, at least. The story is kind of sparse. Onslaught comes to Counter-Earth, and heroes have to stop him, and he takes them over along the way. The book doesn't really tell you until the end that this came after M-Day, but I guess that was the catalyst for it happening, and it sets up Rikki Barnes coming to the 616, which I saw as backup stories after the Death of Captain America, so at least this tied to a couple of things. Overall, I'm not mad that I read this, because it did tie in to other things I have read, and was reasonably interesting, but I could just as well have skipped it and not minded.
October 30, 2021
I like the huge artistic pictures throughout the book. They have really allowed for some beautiful fights. That said the whole reason for most of these fights is kind of hard to believe. Onslaught takes control of heroes one by one so we get Hulk v Thor, Cap v Hulk, Cap v Iron Man etc. Onslaught is more powerful than her been portrayed here. He comes off as a B grade villain. The narration is repetitive, the Loki v Thor stuff seems unnecessary and the women in this book have crazy ridiculous proportions. Some nice art but the story is something of a let down. The "reveal" of Hawkeye was absolutely pointless to the conclusion. Could have been more.
January 13, 2023
I am a Liefeld diehard, man. His Thing? Rocks. His Cap vs Iron Man? Dynamic. His Hulk?! Real big boy. The story in Onslaught Reborn isn’t very memorable in comparison to the REAL fun Heroes Reborn Avengers and Captain America but man, some good fights. I might be the only one on this Earth hoping someday we get a Liefeld Fantastic Four mini. Comics are fun.
August 3, 2022
Wasn't bad, liked the storyline though wasn't familiar with what came before. I got this on clearance at the local bookstore. I wonder if that would have helped me understand this idea of Franklin "making it up" or whatever that green ball was. But overall, it was enjoyable!
February 23, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
Ugh. Just... Ugh. That's about all that I can say about this one.
Ugh. Just... Ugh. That's about all that I can say about this one.
April 30, 2012
The Onslaught-saga is one of my favorite Marvel storylines, but his Reborn is a dissapointment. There are hundreds of Marvel-characters, then why choose af female version of Bucky Barnes ? It makes everything to complicated. In the original story, all superheroes where necessary to get rid of Onslaught, now it seems some big shots like Thor, Iron Man and Captain America plus this Bucky Barnes-type are enough.
July 11, 2012
This book was mediocre at best. The plot and dialogue were below decent and the narrator, a girl named after Bucky, was annoyingly repetitive. Yes, we GET that you can't believe Franklin is Reed and Susan's kid. You don't have to repeat it 10 times. Chill, and move on! Honestly, how stupid do the authors think we are?
I could barely finish it. If you're bored, go ahead give this comic book a shot. But if you want quality or just something plain decent, find something else.
I could barely finish it. If you're bored, go ahead give this comic book a shot. But if you want quality or just something plain decent, find something else.
June 27, 2012
It was a fun book. I am just getting into Marvel again after reading a lot of DC. I'm kind of a comic book novice still, so I don't know Onslaught's story. I like when characters travel different universes and the way this one did it was fun.
September 25, 2014
I only read a quarter of this off of ComiXology so I wont say much. Hopefully it picks up because there was not a lot of the main guy Onslaught at all. I'll check it out if I ever come across the full version.
September 28, 2016
Read as single issues.
Not worth the time. As bad as the original Onslaught Storyline was, this is infinitely worse. The story makes little to no sense and actually calling it a story at all is being generous.
Artworks sucks, too.
Not worth the time. As bad as the original Onslaught Storyline was, this is infinitely worse. The story makes little to no sense and actually calling it a story at all is being generous.
Artworks sucks, too.
August 15, 2012
Story by Jeph Loeb gets 3.5 and Rob Liefeld's art a dismal 2.
May 1, 2016
Ultrašpaténka se nekonala, je to jen nuda
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