№ 25

X-Men

October 1993 52 pages 3.50 USD; 4.40 CAD; 1.90 GBP

Synopsis

During Fatal Attractions, the X-Men assault Avalon in a devastating confrontation where Magneto rips the adamantium from Wolverine and Xavier mindwipes Magneto. The battle involves nearly every X-Man and ends with catastrophic consequences for both sides

Part of Event

Fatal Attractions core

The X-Men assault Avalon — Magneto rips the adamantium from Wolverine; Xavier mindwipes Magneto

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90s X-Men

Fatal Attractions (1993)

THE essential 90s X-Men issue. The X-Men assault Magneto's space station Avalon. Magneto rips the adamantium out of Wolverine's skeleton through his pores. Xavier retaliates by psychically lobotomizing Magneto. Both acts have enormous consequences — Wolverine discovers bone claws, and Xavier's mind-wipe eventually creates Onslaught. The moment this era is remembered for.

Essential Wolverine

Fatal Attractions — Adamantium Lost (1993)

The moment that redefined Wolverine for the 1990s. In a battle on Avalon, Magneto uses his magnetic powers to rip every molecule of adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton — tearing it out through his pores in one of the most visceral scenes in X-Men history. Xavier retaliates by mind-wiping Magneto. Nothing is the same after this issue