Warning! This article contains SPOILERS forSuperior Avengers #4Two of the X-Men’s most powerful villains combine to become a member of a darkAvengersteam in a future Marvel timeline.Doctor Doom’s successful plan to turn the world into United Latveriacreates huge ripples across the Marvel universe and its countless possible futures. Thanks to Doom’s adopted son,Kristoff Vernard, several villains from those futures have assembled to become the Superior Avengers in the present day.
InSuperior Avengers #4, written by Steve Foxe, the Superior Avengers cross paths with the real, present-day Avengers as they fight Graviton. Heroes such as Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch have an easy time containing both Graviton and the Superior Avengers, but this may only be possible because one of the latter allows it.Onslaught, the most powerful of the Superior Avengers, can end any battle without throwing the first punch.
Rumored to be a"surviving personality"of Charles Xavier’s son Legion, Onslaught is described by Ghost as"mutant death personified."
Legion Has Become Onslaught, The Harbinger Of Death For Mutantkind In A Dark Marvel Future
Superior Avengers #4; Written by Steve Foxe; Art by Luca Mareska, Mattia Iacono, Kyle Holtz, Rachelle Rosenberg; Letters by Cory Petit
Legion is one of Marvel’s most powerful mutants, possessing a vast and constantly-evolving array of Omega-level abilities tied to his fractured psyche. Onslaught,originally a fusion of Professor X and Magneto’s darkest traits, has also threatened the world multiple times.Although details are still scarce, it’s safe to say that the combination of Legion and Onslaught’s powers may have created the most powerful psychic in Marvel lore.
All mutants once joined their efforts to create a utopia in Krakoa. Even the X-Men’s most dangerous villains agreed to participate. Yet, everything fell apart and mutantkind’s closest attempt at peace entered their long list of failures. The fact that Legion is one of the last survivors of a second Krakoan era and the death of mutant hope incarnate suggests that mutants' second attempt was somehow even more tragic.
The Superior Avengers' Onslaught Can Defeat The Avengers With His Thoughts
Superior Onslaught Is One Of Marvel’s Most Powerful Mutants Introduced So Far
It doesn’t take long for Onslaught to show off his abilities as the Superior Avengers face the present-day Avengers.Onslaught is able to stop any fight dead in its tracks by commanding everyone on the battlefield to stop moving. He constantly reads his teammates' minds and neutralizes his enemies with a mere thought. For instance, Onslaught selectively erases Diablo’s memories so the team can continue to further their plans under Doctor Doom’s radar.
Killmonger reveals to the Avengers that Onslaught can kill every flesh-and-blood Avenger instantly by giving them a brain hemorrhage.
The original Onslaught already posed a near-apocalyptic threat and required the sacrifice of multiple heroes to stop him. Red Onslaught, fused with a telepathic Red Skull, unleashed global-scale chaos duringAXIS. Now, this new Onslaught surpasses every previous iteration with the ability to turn his enemies' minds and bodies off with his thoughts.
However,Superior Onslaught’s immense power only underlines how lethal Doctor Doom and Annihilus are. The Superior Avengers only assemble in the present day to plant the seeds of Doom’s downfall, which causeda monstrous version of Annihilusto rise in the future. If Onslaught can’t solve this problem using his near-omnipotent abilities, it’s clear that it takes more than sheer power to match Doctor Doom’s might.
