Fatal Attractions

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Fatal Attractions


Cover to X-Men (Vol. 2) #25. Art by Andy Kubert.

Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Crossover
Publication dates Jul 1993 - Nov 1993
Number of issues Six
Main character(s) X-Men
Creative team
Writer(s) Fabian Nicieza, Scott Lobdell
Artist(s) Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, Greg Capullo, Joe Quesada, Ken Lashley, John Romita, Jr.

Fatal Attractions is a major X-Men crossover written by Fabian Nicieza and Scott Lobdell, published by Marvel Comics in 1993.

When Magneto and his Acolytes return, the X-Men are forced to cross a moral line to stop them.

[edit] Plot

The saga begins with the X-Men burying Illyana Rasputin (Magik), who was killed by the Legacy Virus. Magneto and the Acolytes crash the funeral, stating their intentions to wipe out humanity from their space station Avalon. Colossus, distraught over his sister's death and faltering in his faith in Professor X and his dream, joins Magneto and the Acolytes.

Meanwhile, the government-sponsored mutant team known as X-Factor defends a military base against the Acolytes. During the battle, Acolytes leader Fabian Cortez tries to get Quicksilver to take his rightful place as Magneto's heir.

Magneto extracts Wolverine's adamantium. Art by Andy Kubert.
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Magneto extracts Wolverine's adamantium. Art by Andy Kubert.

Magneto unleashes an electromagnetic pulse on the Earth that creates havoc on the world's electrical systems. Professor X dons a Shi'ar exoskeleton that enables him to walk, and assembles Jean Grey, Gambit, Rogue, Quicksilver and Wolverine to go to Avalon and stop Magneto. Arriving in the Blackbird (modified for space flight), the team boards Avalon and disables the station with a virus created by Beast. Magneto engages the X-Men in battle, and in a fit of rage, tears the adamantium out of Wolverine's skeleton. Professor X, enraged by Magneto's actions, mindwipes Magneto, leaving him in a coma. The X-Men race back to Earth to treat Wolverine, while Colossus stays in a devastated Avalon to care for the comatose Magneto.

As the Blackbird returns to Earth, it runs into rough turbulence. Flashes of Wolverine's consciousness are shown as he struggles to stay alive. The X-Men on Earth watch in horror as the crew frantically tries to stabilize the ship and care for Wolverine. The ship's hatch opens, and Wolverine sees himself "going towards the light", but he is pushed back. He awakens in time to prevent Jean Grey from getting sucked out of the Blackbird. The X-Men land on the Earth safely. As Wolverine recovers from his injuries, he and the X-Men learn that his claws were a part of his actual skeletal structure all along, as he now possesses claws made of bone.

[edit] Impact

  • In wiping out Magneto's mind, Professor X unleashed an evil psychic entity, Onslaught, that festers in his mind, leading to the Onslaught Saga of 1996.
  • The mind-wiped Magneto did not return until 1999.
  • After the destruction of Avalon, Colossus would later join Excalibur as part of his rehabilitation.

[edit] Publication

  1. X-Factor (Volume 1) #92
  2. X-Force (Volume 1) #25
  3. Uncanny X-Men #304
  4. X-Men (Volume 2) #25
  5. Wolverine (Volume 2) #75
  6. Excalibur (Volume 1) #71
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