X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 2 (v. 2) [Paperback]

Warren Ellis (Author), Tom Defalco (Author), Jeph Loeb (Author), Mark Waid (Author), Joe Madureira (Illustrator), Andy Kubert (Illustrator), Chris Bachalo (Illustrator), Carlos Pacheco (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 11, 2008

Who are the traitors in X-Factor? What are the Xavier Protocols? And where does Franklin Richards fit into the plans of the awesome Onslaught? The Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and no less than five mutant teams search for answers in the second segment of the saga that literally re-made the Marvel Universe of the 1990s! Also featuring the villainy of Apocalypse, Dark Beast, and the savage Sabretooth! Guest-starring the Hulk, Uatu the Watcher, and Elektra: Assassin! Collects Excalibur #100, Fantastic Four #415, X-Factor #125-126, Generation X #18, Wolverine #104, X-Men #55, Uncanny X-Men #336, Cable #35, and X-Force #58

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Marvel; Direct Ed edition (June 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785128247
• ISBN-13: 978-0785128243
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time, July 29, 2008

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This review is from: X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

I'm glad that marvel has finally released this whole series in graphic novel form. It's about time that they did because it is such a pivitol time in the x-men history. It is one of the pieces that connects most of the more recent events in the marvel timeline. Highly recommended for any x-fan.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The second Impact, July 29, 2008

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Dave X "X- Dave" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

This book has the attack of the sentinels sended by Onslaught, and you can see Spiderman and the X-factor trying to stop the madness, this book has good art but I like the first volume more, but now I can't wait to read the third book. If you are a fan of X-men's crossover the you must have this one.

3.0 out of 5 stars Pause the Action. Survey the World, July 18, 2011

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E. Mesa "theotaku" (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

For the most part Volume 2 of Onslaught: the Complete Epic is just filler. The first issue or two deal with the X-Men on their mission to deal with Onslaught. Reveals that Xavier is like Batman: crazy prepared! He has files on how to kill each of the X-Men. That was neat to see. The issue where Wovlerine talks to this Aboriginal mutant was pretty awesome. Esp the fact that such a guy exists. But the rest of the book just seemed like filler that could have been safely ignored.

That's not to say it wasn't fun to read. While the X-Factor story was boring and just involved the Beast/dark Beast story, the Spider-Man story was a lot of fun. The only thing that sucked is that it was still during the time of the clones so we had Parker and Reilly both instead of just Parker. The Green Goblin issue was great because it was the same events of the Spider-Man book from Goblin's point of view.

The X-Man and X-Force issues may or may not become relevant in future books.

The only thing that bugged me is that no one in the Marvel universe outside of the X-Men (and their affiliates) seems to know about the sentinels. Now, this may just be because I've only seen the sentinels in the X-Men 1994 cartoon where everyone knows about them. They appear on the news. Senator Kelley campaigns on using them, etc. I understand that heroes that aren't mutants might ignore it because the sentinels are after mutants, but they should still know what they are. Perhaps someone can help me out in the comments and let me know if this is a valid criticism or not.