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The Second Krakoan Age ended in tragedy, with the entire mutant population wiped out. The psychic gestalt of the mutant rage and pain manifested as Onslaught, speculated by some but not confirmed to be the last surviving personality of Legion.[1]
Onslaught would become one of Doom's trusted Acolytes who ruled the world in his name.[2] However, most of the Acolytes actually schemed to murder and depose Doom.[1] Onslaught ravaged the remains of Krakoa to mine the last bits of anti-magic Mysterium, forged into a blade which Killmonger used to strike Doom down.[2] However, reality now lacked a mystical protector, enabling the monstrosity Annihilus to return, a threat more horrible than Doctor Doom was.[1]
The group that finished Doom did not have the means to stop Annihilus.[1] In an unexpected twist, they were recruited by Kristoff Vernard, who used the Time Platform to summon them over a century into the past, in a reality where Doctor Doom had just recently ascended to power. As the Superior Avengers, these heroes were supposed to be a living testimony of Doctor Doom's successful and benevolent rule.[3] Using the Negative Zone as a safe location to hide from Vernard and Doom, the Superior Avengers designed the Arcane Warhead, a powerful device fueled by magical energy that would enable them to destroy Annihilus in their native timeline.[2]
During a mission to apprehend the criminal fugitive Diablo, the Superior Avengers siphoned his mystic power to energize their device.[2] During their next mission to capture Graviton, the Superior Avengers clashed with the original Avengers of Earth-616. Despite sharing a common goal, the two groups immediately engaged in a battle against each other due to their deeply different approaches.[4] Ghost was mortally wounded in battle by the Vision, revealing she was, unbeknownst to all, one of Doctor Octopus' drones. This prompted the Superior Avengers to abandon their mission and promptly seek out the Ghost to find answers and stop a possible betrayer.[1]
Concluding that she likely exposed their true nature to either Kristoff Vernard or Doom himself, Killmonger decided to provoke present-day Annihilus into attacking Wakanda.[1] The Superior Avengers battled and defeated the Annihilation Wave, after which Killmonger stabbed Vernard with Skybreaker to blame it on Wakanda and draw Doom into a war against it, distracting him from their true objective.[5]
The Arcane Warhead was fully charged, but before it could be brought to their future, Abomination revealed he had been possessed by future Annihilus and destroyed it.[5] The mutated Annihilus began wrecking havoc on Castle Doom. Emperor Doom soon arrived and removed Onslaught's helmet, telling him not to resist a melding on minds. Vernard cut off Abomination's head and separated Annihilus from him, but Annihilus immediately jumped into Onslaught, and Doom had to give him a mercy kill.[6]Personality
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- 6 appearance(s) of Onslaught (Gestalt) (Earth-52635)
- 13 image(s) of Onslaught (Gestalt) (Earth-52635)