Warning: Contains Spoilers forSuperior Avengers #3!
Marvel just teased the end of theX-Men, thanks to a newAvengershero who has officially become the last character standing out of the entire franchise. The newSuperior Avengerscome from a version of the future where Doctor Doom’s reign has lasted for over a century, and one of the heroes has a surprisingly tragic connection to mutantkind.
Superior Avengers #3, written by Steve Foxe with art by Luca Maresca and Kyle Hotz, seesDoom’s team go up against the real Avengers. When the team’s twisted version of Onslaught faces off with Scarlet Witch, they reveal fascinating details about the potential future the team comes from, teasing howDoom’s Marvel Universe takeover leads to death for all mutants.
Sometime in the Superior Avengers’ Doom-dominated timeline, this version ofOnslaught claims that somebody in the Scarlet Witch’s family has officially wiped out mutants. While some had speculated about this character’s true identity,Superior Avengers’ Onslaught also establishes that they’re actually a being somehow created by the mutants’ deaths, becoming a living embodiment of “the psychic death song of mutantkind”.
Marvel’s New Avenger Was Created by the Death of Mutantkind
Superior Avengers #3; Written by Steve Foxe; Art by Luca Maresca and Kyle Hotz; Color Art by Mattia Iacono and Rachelle Rosenberg; Lettering by VC’s Cory Petit
Althoughthe Superior Avengers were assembledto prove that Doom’s leadership of the world helped it flourish into the future, this new Onslaught is living proof that Doom’s reign means death for all mutants. The skeletal Magneto look-alike claims to be the result of mutant trauma, misery, and “the final gasps of the X-Gene”,making Onslaught the timeline’s final X-Men hero.
This not only puts Onslaught on the team thatsecretly hopes to defeat Doctor Doomto save their twisted version of the future somehow, but it’s established that they also have a serious vendetta against the Scarlet Witch. InSuperior Avengers #2,Onslaught proposes killing Scarlet Witch to harness her magicas a power source for the team to exploit.
Theupdated version of the psionic entityhas powerful psychic abilities, and even ravaged the Superior timeline’s Krakoa to mine a weapon that successfully kills Doctor Doom 128 years into the future.Created by the death of mutantkind, Onslaught is a seriously disturbing Avengers hero, but perhaps warning Wanda about her family’s potential crimes could ultimately save the future’s mutants.
Who in the Scarlet Witch’s Family Is the End of Mutantkind?
There’s More Potential Suspects Than You Might Think
When the new Onslaught tells Wanda that it was her family that sealed mutantkind’s fate, it calls into question justwhich one of her powerful relativesit may be. Of the options,it seems that only Wanda herself or her son Wiccan could be powerful enoughto wipe out the entire species, but there are plenty of other potential suspects.
Like the original Onslaught, this version of the character resembles Magneto, meaning he might have some involvement in the future’s mutant massacre. Since the Superior Onslaught just blames Wanda’s bloodline as a whole, perhaps it was even a group effortfor the alleged Great Pretender’s family.Mutantkind’s killer could even be a character that hasn’t been conceived in this timeline.
Superior Onslaught Reveals Chilling Secrets About the X-Men’s Potential Future
Will The Maximoffs Ultimately Destroy Mutantkind?
It’s pretty likely that theSuperior Avengers’ future won’t come to pass for the main Earth-616 continuity, sincetheOne World Under Doomtakeoverprobably won’t last for over a century in Marvel Comics. However,the eerie revelation about the Scarlet Witch’s familycould have major ramifications for their place in the X-Men franchise, as it means they’re still dangerous.
In the final moments ofSuperior Avengers #3, Wanda brutally attacks the new Onslaught after the character makes deadly claims about her family, proving her destructive power. By taking down the newAvengershero who embodies mutant trauma, the Scarlet Witch has once again established that she may be a potential threat to theX-Menand mutantkind as a whole.
