Fatal Attractions (August 17, 1993) This Day In Comics

Fatal Attractions (August 17, 1993) This Day In Comics

“Fatal Attractions” is a major X-Men crossover which served to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Marvel’s X-Men. The UN Security Council activates the Magneto Protocols, which uses a network of satellites to create a barrier around the planet that will prevent Magneto from using his powers from within. Magneto retaliates by unleashing 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 via Shi’ar teleportation device, 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 after nearly being gutted by Wolverine, tears the adamantium out of Wolverine’s skeleton. Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton is torn out in X-Men #25 (August 17, 1993).

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.