Parallax vs Onslaught

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• 0:00:00 - Introduction 
• 0:03:30 - No-Prize Time 
• 0:11:43 - DC & Marvel comics crossover announced
• 0:14:22 - Question of the Week 
• 0:15:05 - Parallax vs Onslaught intro 
• 0:19:00 - Onslaught history and abilities 
• 0:29:14 - Parallax history and abilities 
• 0:37:09 - Fight speculation 
• 0:44:06 - Duel results 
• 0:47:55 - Sign off 
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Episode Transcript

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This is a DynaMic Network Podcast. Hi and welcometo the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we

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review superhero films and debate thesuperiority between Marvel and DC by comparing
their characters in stat-based battlesimulations. I'm Marvelous Joe and I'm his twin
brother Johnny DC. And in this episode, we'regoing to find out who'd win in a fight between the
powerful psychic and emotional entities ofParallax and Onslaught. Yeah, these are two major

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earth-shattering villains from the 90s in thecomics, like some of the coolest villains of all
time from Marvel and DC. Yeah, really lookingforward to this one. We got to thank John Staroski
for pitching this particular matchup. He's one ofour executive producers and of course the host for
console combat. Before we get into that matchupthough, to find out who'd win mathematically,

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we're going to go over the latest comic book movienews to come out this past week, of which there was
none, but we did get really exciting Marvel vs DCcomic book news, so we're going to talk about that
briefly. As always, we list our segment times inour episode description, so feel free to check out
the show notes if you want to skip ahead to aparticular topic. Our artificially intelligent

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dual simulator AJ9K has a quick message for ourlisteners, so listen up. Thanks AJ9K and thanks to

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everyone who supports the show. Guys, be sure totune into the other shows and the Dynamite Podcast
Network this week, including Max Destruction,which pits your favorite action heroes from film
and television against each other. ThisWednesday, hosts Scotty and Gilly are finding out
who'd win in a fight between Mewtwo from DetectivePikachu and Shadow from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. On

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the Senjoh World podcast, hosts Zachary Hepburnspeculates on fights between fan-favorite anime
and manga characters. Zach is on a brief seasonbreak right now, but anime fans should check out
his episode archive, including his recentAkatsuki vs Espada matchup. His next episode is
going to be Vasto Lord Ichigo from Bleach vs SixTail Kyuubi Naruto. I was way off on that. On the

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console combat podcast, hosts John and Deansimulate battles between popular video game
characters. In yesterday's episode, they foundout who'd win in a fight between Morgan from Dragon
Age and Yennefer from The Witcher. Visitdynamicpodcasts.com or click the link in our show
notes to listen to all of the shows in the DynamitePodcast Network. But with that out of the way,

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quick to the no prize! A no prize is an awardMarvel used to give out to fans. Our version,
the Dynamic Dual No Prize, is a digital award wepost on Instagram for the person that we feel gave
the best answer to our question of the week. Lastweek we asked the guys if you could take either the
Marvel or DC Cinematic universes and place them ina separate film franchise, what would it be? And

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this is coming off the news of the leaked conceptart that we saw a few weeks ago for Avengers Secret
Wars, which seemed to set the film in a high fantasyLord of the Rings Game of Thrones-esque world
recreated by Dr. Doom. We got quite a number ofanswers, but we're going to break down our three
honorable mentions before revealing this week'sno prize winner. Our first honorable mention goes

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to Lee Tapscott, who said, Hi, this is Lee. I'd liketo see the MCU in the Terminator future. The movie
starts out as the surviving Avengers are fightingTerminators. Skynet knows it's about to lose
because of Tony Stark. The main story of thismovie, like the original film, Skynet sends a

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Terminator back to the kill a young Tony Stark. Whowill be sent back in the past to protect an
unprepared Tony as he watches his parents die fromthe Terminator? Yeah, this is a great answer. I
would love to see the MCU set in the universe of theTerminator franchise. Of course, I think the
Avengers vs. the Terminators would play outprobably pretty similarly as Avengers Age of

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Ultron, but I would really like to see the moviewhere the Avengers send someone back in time, be it
the Hulk or Captain America or Iron Man himself,goes back to protect young Tony Stark from like a
T-1000 who gets sent back to kill him. Yeah, maybeit's like the Winter Soldier and Captain America
sent back in time to protect young Tony from him.That would be cool. Yeah, like somehow the

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Terminators brainwashed Bucky or basically theyjust turned him into a full on cyborg or something
like that, sending him back in time. That's apretty good concept. I like it. Great answer, Lee.
Our next honorable mention goes to TravisHerndon. Who said? What's up, Dine Medus? Travis
here, shout out to my evil twin. So my answer had tobe the MCU with the old Toho Godzilla franchise

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movies. Like, I'm managing the Avengers andGodzilla teaming up against Thanos and King
Ghidorah and other aliens and stuff, or themfighting Ultron controlling like a whole army of
mecha-gazillas. Just seeing like an old schooltype movie universe combined with this New Age
superhero stuff would be sick. That would be sick.Yeah, this has been done in the comics, or actually

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it's going on right now in the comic books, wherethey're doing a Marvel vs. Godzilla crossover
similarly to what they did with DC last year. Butwould I want to see that in a movie format? Hell
yeah, I would. Hell yeah. Yeah, the stuff thatWarner Brothers and Legendary have been doing
with Godzilla lately has been pretty awesome. Themonsterverse as a cinematic universe is

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incredible. Well, Travis was also referring tothe old Toho films, you know, that would be cool
too. That's true. Honestly, Godzilla minus oneand Shin Godzilla are probably better than what
Warner Brothers and Legendary are doing with themonsterverse. I just feel like because the
monsterverse is Hollywood, you would have aneasier time of getting that made. And there's a lot

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of established characters there already,because like you could have King Kong show up as
well. Great answer, Travis. Our next honorablemention goes to Matt from Texas. Who said? Hey
guys, it's Matt from Texas. I would like to see theMCU merged with the Jurassic Park franchise.
Maybe they can think they're going to the SavageLand, but these dinosaurs are going to be way
worse. The DCU, I would like to see merged with theAlien and Predator franchise. Get Batman vs.

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Predator, see if the Alien blood could harmSuperman. That's going to be freaking awesome.
Yeah, I think the Marvel Universe meets JurassicPark movie would play out kind of similarly to
Godzilla. Godzilla is kind of dinosaur like itwould be really cool to see though. And of course,
the Savage Land exists in the comic book. So we'veseen these characters interact with dinosaurs

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and the source material. But we've also seen likeBatman go up against Predator and the source
material as well during those like Dark Horse DCcomic crossovers. Oh yeah, Batman vs. Predator
was pretty damn good. Not going to lie. And so withSuperman vs. Aliens, that was cool. Get Alien, get
Predator, get Superman and Batman all in one film.Make it like a sci-fi horror superhero fight for

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survival. I think that'd be really fun to watch.It'll be the first trillion dollar film. So great
answer, Matt. We want to give a quick shout out toColby Hentges who said he wants Marvel or DC to show
up in 80s hijinks films like Johnny Hughes films. Ifeel like we kind of got that vibe in the recent
Spider-Man Home trilogy because the vibe of thosefilms was heavily influenced by 80s high school

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films. Daniel Alonso said DC should appear intheir own DC cinematic universe because they're
having trouble getting one started, which Ithought was a really good burn. Dishonorable
mention, John Serozky said he would like to see theThunderbolts or the Suicide Squad crossover with
the hateful eight. Quentin Tarantino movie,which was basically a bunch of outlaws in a powder

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keg environment where they're snowed in in thiscabin altogether. I think that'd be pretty fun as
well. And then the Kamacho twins from the MaxDestruction podcast said DC and Marvel should
cross over with each other's cinematicuniverses. That's the best answer. It's
definitely the definitive answer, but probablynot right now because I'm not sure what DC universe

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would cross over. Because the DC EU is dead and thenew DC EU has yet to begin. So I just couldn't
picture it as things stand right now. But thewinner of this week's snow prize is Mason
Thompson. Who said? Hey, it's Mason. I would haveto have the boys or invincible because I'd kind of

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like to see how the picture perfect superheroesinteract with the corrupted. More in like the
boys, but kind of how like everything goes perfectin those universes and then like invincible and
the boys, everything's kind of like a little bitcorrupted. I don't know. I just like to see like the
dynamics between the heroes. I know one thing forcertain. No matter who shows up in the boys

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universe, homelanders get in the Zaskik. Yeah, Iagree 100%. And I haven't even seen the show and I
agree. I haven't seen it either. Actually, everytime an acquaintance or someone finds out that I do
superhero podcasts, they ask me, have you seen theboys? And I don't know why because it's neither
Marvel nor DC and I think people just get confused.But no, I haven't seen the boys largely because I

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watch so much superhero television from Marveland DC that I just don't have time to watch the
Amazon Prime show. But I'm interested in it. Youknow, I like Garth Ennis's writing him and Mark
Millar and like Warren Ellis. They do a great job oftaking these tropes from Marvel and DC and really
deconstructing the superhero genre. I'm not thebiggest fan of that type of work, but I really liked

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Invincible. Invincible was a great show. Yeah, Imean, I see Invincible and the boys as sort of a
parody of sorts of the Justice League. Like evenwanted was a parody of the Legion of Doom because
the DC heroes and villains are so iconic. It's kindof easier to lampoon and spoof those characters.

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So that kind of turns me off and that's probably oneof the reasons why I haven't checked out these
shows too thoroughly. I did watch a majority ofInvincible season one. I just haven't finished it
yet. I thought that was good. But again, I'm JohnnyDC for a reason. The DC characters to me are more
interesting. Robert Kirkman had Invincible showup in a Marvel team up issue. I remember I actually
really liked it. It was funny because he was likemaking fun of all the Marvel characters names. He

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was like, OK, so you're Spider-Man. If that's howyou guys are naming people around here, I'm
guessing your flag, man. It was hilarious. Nice.Great answer, Mason Thompson. You win this week's
No Prize. If you the listener want to shout outwinning your own No Prize, stay tuned to later on
this episode when we'll be asking anotherquestion of the week. But now that that's done, on
to the news. OK, a couple of weeks ago at Comics Pro,which is a comic book retail summit in Glendale,

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California, the two heads of Marvel and DCpublishing, namely C.B. Sibulski for Marvel and
Marie Jevins for DC, were on stage talking aboutthe comic book industry and they began joking
about how they should do another comic'scrossover. And the audience just roared. It looks
like they're going to do it. They're sayingthey're going to release it this year. We don't

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know anything about this crossover, except thatit's going to be two one-shot comics tentatively
titled Marvel slash DC and DC slash Marvel. Yeah,we've had previous major crossovers between
Marvel and DC in the comic books. You know, back inthe mid 90s and 96, they came out with DC versus
Marvel. And that was a big event. And then in theearly 2000s, we had JLA slash Avengers. And I was a

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big fan of both events. I really liked the JLAAvengers crossover. Yeah, that was done by George
Perez and Kurt Busick, an iconic phenomenal teamwho knocked it out of the park with that mini
series. But of course, there have been otherone-shot comics to feature Marvel and DC
crossovers like the very first one, Superman andSpider-Man. There's been a Punisher in Batman,

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Batman and Captain America. There was Superman,Silver Surfer. And of course, all of these were
collected last year into graphic novel omnibuseswhen focusing on the 90s crossover and one
focusing on the one-shots. For some reason, theydidn't include the Avengers JLA crossover. Not
sure why. But essentially, these omnibuses werethe catalyst for this upcoming crossover that

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they were talking about at Comics Pro. They don'tknow what characters are going to be featured and
who's going to be writing and drawing theone-shots. But I am so excited that they're even
joining forces because it's been a long time sincethey've done that. Yeah, almost 20 years now. I
think Marvel and DC should cross over at least oncea decade. At least. And to me, I feel like if a lot of

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people jump on board this, there's a strongerlikelihood for the cinematic universes to cross
over as well. Particularly with James Gunn at thehelm of DC Studios considering he's worked for
Marvel in the past. That would be awesome. Maybewe'll even get a Marvel vs DC video game. Which is,
you know, like the end all be all, I feel like. Thedream. The dream! We'll see what happens. We'll

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keep you guys updated on this particularcrossover event in the comic books so that we can
all just jump on it when it gets released. Butspeaking of DC and Marvel Comics Crossovers, that
brings us to our question of the week. What is yourfavorite Marvel and DC Comics crossover and why?

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Yeah, we've mentioned quite a few of them duringthis segment. If you guys haven't read any of them,
definitely check them out. And then call us withyour answer. Record your answer at
dynamicdool.com by clicking on the redmicrophone button in the bottom right hand corner
of the screen, which will prompt you to leave us avoicemail. Your message could be up to 30 seconds
long and don't forget to leave your name in case weinclude you on the podcast. We'll pick our

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favorite answer and award that person a dynamicduel no prize that we'll post to Instagram. Be sure
to answer before March 15th. But that does it forall the news for this episode, so let's go ahead and
move on to our main event where we find out who wouldwin in a fight between the all-powerful entities

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of Parallax and Onslaught. Alright, Parallax vs.Onslaught. Both of these characters were really

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big in the 90s, so they've made subsequentappearances in the comic book since then. But
basically they were known for their corruptinginfluence over major, beloved comic book heroes.
In the case of Parallax, he heavily corrupted thecharacter of Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, and
then on the Marvel side, Onslaught corruptedProfessor X. Yeah, of course Parallax was the

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primary villain in the Green Lantern filmstarring Ryan Reynolds, but we're not going to
hold that against him because the characterreally wasn't done justice in the way he has been
done in the comics. Yeah, as far as I know, the comicbook version of Parallax looks kind of like a big
yellow lobster kind of. I would say cockroach.Okay, but in the movie he was definitely like a big

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watery shit with a face. Yeah, like a turdsandwich. Yeah. Whereas Onslaught, you know, he
doesn't really have a form. He has an energy formwhen you remove his armor, but he's basically just
this psychic entity and he's never been in themovies. They kind of did allude to him, I think, at
the end of X-Men 97 season one, but we'll see if hemanifests in season two. I have no idea how this

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matchup is going to go down because I don't knowmuch about the entity of Parallax, but I gotta say
if he's a giant cockroach, he's nowhere near asbadass as Onslaught and he's probably going to
lose. Oh, you think, huh? Yeah, cockroaches weremeant to be squished. Well, I mean, the cockroach
form is just an energy form. Parallax and the otheremotional entities typically possess beings. So

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I was thinking for this matchup, he was going tohave a host body. Could be Hell Jordan, could be
Kyleraynor, could be any Green Lantern, really.Okay. Oh, has he possessed Kyleraynor in the past,
too? Yes, yeah. Well, I'm sure we'll learn allabout that as we get into the character's
breakdowns. But first to explain the methodologybehind our duels, let's go to our sentient dual
simulator, Alfred Jarvis 9000. AJ9K tell ourlisteners how you go about determining a winner in

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our dual matchups. Yes, of course, sir. The way Idetermine a winner between the contestants is by
running 1000 Monte Carlo simulations using thecharacter's statistics. A Monte Carlo
simulation is a probabilistic model used todetermine outcomes through random sampling. In
this case, I randomize the statistics along anormal distribution as a way to simulate the many

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variables that can occur during battle. The statparameters are based on the official Marvel power
grid from which the DC characters' statistics areextrapolated. Additional stat categories are
included such as range, damage potential,versatility and perception in order to create a
more detailed and accurate simulation. Theresults of the 1000 simulations provide a

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percentage of wins for each character. Thecontestant with the higher percentage is
declared the victor as they have a higherprobability to win any given battle. In an
equitable pairing, neither character should win100% of the matches. The comic book stories have
shown that there's even a way for Batman to defeatSuperman, so the confidence rate of my method
falls in line with the precedents that have beenestablished in the source material. My

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mathematical simulations are withoutsubjectivity or bias. Feats are not the sole
consideration, nor are fan votes tabulated fordetermination of the winner. Thanks, AJ9K!
Before we run the simulations though, we'd like tobreak down each character's histories and
abilities before improvising a scenario on how weimagine one of the 1000 simulations would play out
beat for beat. And I believe it's my turn to go firstwith the Marvel character for this episode, so let

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me go ahead and tell you guys all about...Onslaught. The psionic entity known as Onslaught
was created during a climactic battle between theX-Men and Magneto's Acolytes. During the fight,
Magneto used his powers to rip the adamantium fromWolverine's skeleton, an act so brutal that it
left Wolverine severely injured, exhausting hishealing factor. Enraged by the attack, Professor

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Charles Xavier retaliated by using histelepathic powers to shut down Magneto's mind,
rendering him catatonic, an act with unforeseenconsequences. During this psionic contact,
Magneto's anger, grief, and thirst for vengeancepenetrated Xavier's subconscious, mingling
with Xavier's own long suppressed negativeemotions. This fusion of consciousness gave rise

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to a new sentience, Onslaught, an entity thatinitially laid dormant deep within Xavier's
psyche. You can learn more about Professor X andMagneto in their respective dual episodes
against the Chief and Sinestro. As Onslaughtremained hidden, he subtly influenced Xavier's
thoughts and emotions, catalyzed by Xavier'sgrowing frustration with humanity's fear and

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hostility toward mutants. The deaths of mutantsfrom the Legacy Virus, his inability to reform
dangerous individuals like Sabertooth, and theoverall rising anti-mutant hysteria all
contributed to Xavier's increasing doubts abouthis dream of peaceful coexistence. The final
breaking point came when a young mutant was killednear the grounds of the Xavier Institute for

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Higher Learning. At that moment, Onslaughtawakened, beginning to exert control over
Xavier's mind and actions. One of Onslaught'searliest manipulations was targeting Jane Gray.
He lured her to the astral plane, revealinglong-buried secrets about Xavier's past,
including the suppression of her telepathicpowers when she first became his student.

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Onslaught hoped that this revelation wouldshatter her faith in Xavier's ideology. Jane
resisted Onslaught's influence, though,rejecting his offer to join his cause. In
response, Onslaught branded his name into hermind before returning her to the real world. You
can learn more about Jane Gray in our Raven vs.Phoenix episode. Onslaught also attempted to

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recruit Xavier's stepbrother, Juggernaut.Seeking to use Juggernaut's immense power for his
own ends, Onslaught approached him in Vancouver,Canada, offering him a place in his crusade. When
Juggernaut refused, Onslaught lashed out,blocking his memory of their encounter and
magnetically flinging him across the continentto New Jersey. Juggernaut, dazed and unable to

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recall what happened, managed to utter only oneword upon being discovered by the X-Men,
Onslaught. You can learn more about Juggernautand his duel against Atrocitus. As Onslaught's
influence grew, he infiltrated agovernment-sanctioned sentinel base, where he
downloaded schematics and reprogrammed themutant hunting machines to serve him.
Onslaught's plans escalated further when heencountered Nate Gray, the telepathic and

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telekinetic mutant known as X-Men. During theastral encounter, Nate inadvertently pulled
Onslaught's consciousness into the physicalworld, allowing him to manifest as an independent
entity for the first time. Onslaught revealedhimself to the X-Men, declaring his aim to reshape
the world by creating a new order, one wheremutants ruled supreme. However, unlike Magneto,

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Onslaught did not merely wish for mutantsuperiority, he intended to force all of humanity
into a collective intelligence. To achieve this,he set his sights on Franklin Richards, the son of
Mr. Fantastic, an invisible woman whose vastreality-warping powers could make Onslaught's
vision a reality. Onslaught created a childlikepsionic projection of a young boy named Charlie to

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befriend Franklin and lure him into his grasp. Inaddition to capturing Franklin, Onslaught
abducted Nate Gray, further augmenting his ownimmense psionic power. With these two young
mutants under his control, Onslaught turned hisattention to New York City. He set his
reprogrammed sentinels to seize control ofManhattan, forming a barrier around the island,

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isolating it from the rest of the world.Establishing a citadel in Central Park,
Onslaught prepared for the final phase of hisplan. The X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the
Avengers all converged to stop Onslaught. Duringtheir initial confrontation, the heroes managed
to sever the link between Onslaught and Xavier,hoping that this would weaken the entity.
However, instead of diminishing Onslaught'spower, the act allowed him to evolve further,

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becoming a being of pure psionic energy. Now fullyindependent, Onslaught unleashed an
electromagnetic pulse that crippled electronicsystems across the city, plunging Manhattan into
chaos. You can learn more about the X-Men,Avengers, and Fantastic Four, and their
respective duels against the Titans, JusticeLeague, and Justice Society. Determined to end
humanity, Onslaught used Franklin Richards'abilities to create a second sun in Earth's

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atmosphere, threatening to incinerate theplanet. To stop him, Jean Gray suppressed Bruce
Banner's rational mind, allowing the Hulk's fullrage to take over. In a mindless fury, the Hulk
launched a brutal assault on Onslaught, tearingthrough his armor. However, this inadvertently
made Onslaught even more dangerous, as hispsionic energy form was now uncontained and

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immune to physical attacks. In a desperate finalgambit, Thor flew into Onslaught's energy mass,
attempting to disrupt him from within. Realizingthat Onslaught needed a physical anchor to be
destroyed, the non-mute members of the Avengersand the Fantastic Four sacrificed themselves by
merging into his energy form. With Onslaught nowbound to something tangible, the remaining

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heroes struck their final blow, seeminglydestroying him. Although it was believed that
these heroes had perished, Franklin Richardssubconsciously created a pocket universe
Transporting them to an alternate reality knownas Counter-Earth. They remained there for some
time before eventually returning to the primaryMarvel universe. Though Onslaught was thought to
be eradicated, remnants of his consciousnesspersisted. Years later, in the aftermath of the

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Scarlet Witch's depowering of most of Earth'smutants, Onslaught resurfaced. Reforming from
the residual energies of Xavier and Magneto'spowers, he set his sights on Franklin Richards
once more. Onslaught manipulated the human torchand Mr. Fantastic into attacking Franklin, but
the boy managed to escape into the recreatedCounter-Earth. Onslaught followed him where he

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battled the heroes of that world. Ultimately,Ricky Barnes, the Bucky of Counter-Earth,
sacrificed herself to banish Onslaught into analternate dimension known as the Negative Zone,
which you can learn more about in our Mongol vs.Annihilus episode. Despite being trapped,
Onslaught eventually found a way to escape. Hepossessed Ricky Barnes' form using her as a vessel

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to return to Earth. However, Ricky resisted hisinfluence and in a final act of defiance, had
herself killed to ensure that Onslaught could notreturn. Later, a new version of Onslaught known as
Red Onslaught emerged when the Red Skull grafted aportion of Xavier's brain onto his own, granting
him powerful telepathic abilities. This newincarnation of Onslaught spread hate and chaos

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across the world, manipulating heroes andvillains alike. He was eventually defeated when
Scarlet Witch and Dr. Doom performed a magic spellthat temporarily inverted the morality of
everyone affected. Most recently, when theEarth's mutants created an independent island
nation for themselves on Krakowa, Onslaughtreturned once again as part of a plot by the
anti-mute organization Orcus. They implanted afragment of Onslaught's essence into the mind of a

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mutant named Lost, allowing him to infiltrateKrakowa undetected. Under the guise of a psychic
entity called Patchwork Man, Onslaught preyed onthe negative emotions of Krakowa mutants, subtly
influencing them toward destruction. He waseventually discovered by Xavier, who believed
this Patchwork entity to be a manifestation of oneof his son, Legion's personalities. However,

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Legion revealed it was actually Onslaught who hadreturned. You can learn more about Legion in his
duel against Crazy Jane. Onslaught eventuallypossessed most of the mutants on the Krakowa
island, planning to have everyone kill each otherwithout the benefit of the mutant resurrection
process, which you can learn more about in ourDanny the Street vs Krakowa duel episode.
Nightcrawler managed to free everyone byteleporting them into a pocket universe inside of

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Legion's mind, and together, the mutantcollective united in communion to embrace
Onslaught instead of fighting him. Theircombined will weakened Onslaught to the point
where Nightcrawler crushed him, seeminglyending his reign of terror for good. Powers-wise,
Onslaught as a psychic entity possesses thecombined powers of his creators, Professor X and
Magneto. This means that he has vast telepathicabilities which grant him mind reading, mind

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control, mind erasure, mind transference,thought casting, illusion casting, psychic
cloaking, psychic shielding, psychic paininduction, and psychic astral projection, all on
a global scale. Onslaught can also control thefundamental horses of electromagnetism, which
grants him complete molecular control of metalsat any scale, from manipulating iron and

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hemoglobin to moving mountains. He can also fly,create impenetrable electromagnetic energy
shields, and emit electromagnetic blasts andpulses at the level of a nuclear bomb. In a
combination of these powers, Onslaught alsopossesses telekinesis, allowing him to move or
destroy matter with his mind, from small objectsto entire city blocks. His telekinesis can

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teleport and can be used with such acuity as tocreate holographic illusions by manipulating
dust particles and water vapor to refract lightwaves. Physically, Onslaught has vast strength
and durability able to lift in excess of 100 tons onhis own. He can psychically absorb mutants in
order to gain their abilities as he did withFranklin Richards and Nate Gray, but he won't be

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wielding those additional powers in this match.Finally, with the combined expertise, training,
and strategic thinking of Professor X andMagneto, Onslaught is supremely intelligent
with some combat experience. Interesting. Thisalmost feels like it's going to be a beefed up
version of Sinestro vs. Magneto and Atrocitus vs.Juggernaut. Oh, for sure. Yeah, but that makes me

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think that Parallax's abilities are to createconstructs like a Green Lantern or a Red Lantern.
He can do that and a whole lot more. Let me get intohis backstory. No, Parallax was a primordial
entity that came into existence with the dawn ofsentient life in the universe. In the spectrum of
emotional energy that emerged, Parallax was theembodiment of fear, yellow, and color, a

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parasitic force that thrived by instillingterror in its victims and feeding on the emotions
of those it infected. As it traveled from world toworld, it consumed entire civilizations,
driving them into madness and self-destructionthrough paranoia and terror. Billions of years
ago, the Guardians of the Universe from the planetOwa recognized the danger posed by Parallax and

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sought to contain it. They imprisoned the entitywithin the Green Lantern Central Power Battery on
Owa, sealing it away with the green energy of will.To prevent others from learning of Parallax's
existence, the Owens concealed the truth,allowing the legend of the yellow impurity within
the battery to persist. This impurity limited theGreen Lantern's ability to affect anything

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yellow and ensured only that those who couldovercome great fear could wield a Green Lantern
Ring effectively. For centuries, Parallaxremained contained within the Green Lantern
Central Power Battery, but its influence subtlyseeped into the minds of the Green Lantern Core.
When the renegade Green Lantern Sinestro wasimprisoned within the battery, his cordian

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yellow power ring unknowingly drew uponParallax's energy, awakening the entity from
dormancy. You can learn more about Sinestro in hisduel against Magneto. Over time, Parallax's
influence began affecting Hal Jordan,recognizing him as one of the greatest Green
Lanterns of all time. Without Hal's knowledge,the entity slowly planted seeds of fear and doubt

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within him, causing minor but noticeable changesin his psyche. You can learn more about Hal Jordan,
of course, in our Green Lantern vs. Nova duelepisode. Parallax's influence on Hal became more
pronounced after the destruction of Coast City atthe hands of Mongol and the Cyborg Superman.
Overcome with grief and desperation, Jordansought to use his ring to restore the city, but when

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the Owens refused his request, his emotionalstate deteriorated further. Secumbing to
Parallax's control, Jordan turned against theGreen Lantern Core, attacking Oa and
slaughtering the Lanterns who stood in his way.Upon entering the central power battery and
absorbing all of its energy, Hal fully merged withParallax in the process. Now wielding

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unimaginable power, Hal cast aside his identityas a Green Lantern and took on the name of Parallax,
seeking to reshape reality itself. With the fullpower of Parallax, Jordan attempted to reshape
time and recreate the universe to his own liking inorder to undo the chaos and destruction that
plagued existence. After teaming up with thevillain Extant, who shared similar goals, their

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plan to rewrite history nearly succeeded, butParallax was ultimately defeated by Earth's
heroes and the timeline was restored. In the wakeof his defeat, Jordan began to fight back against
Parallax's control. When Earth's sun wasextinguished, Jordan, in an act of sheer
willpower and redemption, used his power toreignite it, sacrificing himself in the process.

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His soul, however, was not allowed to rest,instead becoming bonded to the Spectre, the
spirit of divine vengeance that you could learnmore about in our Spectre vs Galactus episode. But
even in death, Parallax's influence lingeredwith Jordan, corrupting his time as the Spectre's
host and preventing him from fully embracing theentity's mission. Parallax remained dormant

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until Kyle Reiner uncovered the truth behind theyellow impurity in the central power battery. He
discovered that Parallax was not merely aweakness in the rings but a sentient entity
imprisoned within the battery for billions ofyears. With this knowledge, Ganthit and the
remaining Owens worked to separate Parallax fromHel Jordan's soul. You can learn more about Kyle

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Reiner in our White Lantern vs Null dual episode.As Parallax was exercised, Jordan was
resurrected, regaining his physical body andstatus as a Green Lantern. Parallax, meanwhile,
was re-emprisoned within the central powerbattery. Sinestro, having formed his own army of
fear-wielding lanterns known as the SinestroCore, sought to use Parallax as a weapon against

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the Green Lanterns. He freed Parallax from itsprison and bonded it to Kyle Reiner, forcing
Reiner to become its host. Under Parallax'scontrol, Reiner led an assault on Owa, spreading
fear across the universe. Hel Jordan and the otherlanterns managed to free Reiner and Parallax was
recaptured. This time, to prevent its escape, theOwens split the entity into four parts and

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imprisoned each portion within the personalpower batteries of Hel Jordan, Kyle Reiner, John
Stewart, and Guy Gardner. During the rise of theBlack Lantern Core, Parallax was once again
unleashed when Hel Jordan voluntarily allowed itto possess him in order to battle the Undead
Spectre, who had been corrupted by a Black LanternRing. With Parallax's power, Jordan was able to

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free the Spectre and push back the Black Lanternforces before expelling the entity once more.
Parallax was later captured by Krona, the rogueguardian of the universe who sought to use
Parallax and the other emotional entities toexert control over the Green Lantern Core. Krona
placed Parallax back into the central powerbattery, reinstating the yellow impurity and

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corrupting nearly every Green Lantern in theuniverse. Jordan and his allies, however,
resisted its influence using the rings of otherLantern Cores to combat Krona's forces. In the
final battle, Parallax was removed from thecentral power battery and Krona was defeated.
Eventually, Sinestro, seeking ultimate power,allowed Parallax to possess him, though he was

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able to maintain control over its influence. WithParallax's power, Sinestro became one of the most
formidable beings in the universe, enabling himto kill the Guardians of Oa. When the other
entities of the emotional spectrum were drawnback to the Source, the primordial origin of all
energy, to restore the emotional spectrum when itwas thrown into disarray, Parallax was the only

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one who remained behind, still bound to Sinestro.Parallax was eventually separated from Sinestro
and was greatly weakened. Struggling to regainits strength, Parallax began abducting
children, feeding on their fears to sustainitself. In a desperate bid for power, it possessed
the Reverse Flash, who you can learn more about inhis dual episode against King the Conqueror.

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Parallax was ultimately expelled, however, andleft once again without a host. Now, powers-wise,
Parallax is an entity of pure fear energy, capableof infecting minds and its victims and exerting
near total control over them. It possessesindividuals who experience even the slightest
fear, corrupting their thoughts and twistingtheir emotions. Those under Parallax's

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influence exhibit immense power, oftensurpassing the capabilities of a standard
lantern. Parallax creates energy constructssimilar to a green or yellow lantern, but on a far
greater scale, often forming monstrous avatarsof fear to intimidate and attack its enemies. It
can instill terror on a planetary level and candrive entire civilizations to

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self-destruction. In its true form, Parallax hasno physical body, existing as a shapeless entity
that takes on forms designed to terrify those whobehold it. Though it is vulnerable to willpower,
it is nearly impossible to destroy. That'sParallax. Interesting, yet the entity of
Parallax is a little bit more abstract than theentity of Onslaught, so I'm really curious how

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this speculation is going to go down. But if we canmake a sentient street go up against a sentient
island, we could probably do anything. So let'sgive it a shot. Now that we've got their histories

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and abilities out of the way, let's speculate onhow one of the 1000 simulated matches will go. The
winner is determined by simulations, not thespeculation, but it's fun to imagine how this
fight could play out. AG9K, what are the rules ofour speculation? Well, I should say there are no
rules other than the characters have no priorknowledge of the other going into the fight. All

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they are aware of starting out is that the othercharacter is a threat that needs to be eliminated.
For the speculation, the contestants will beginapproximately 50 meters apart in a nondescript
environment that will have no bearing on the matchitself, as no environmental statistics are
considered in my simulations. The contestantsmust earn victory on their own merit. All right,

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then let's get into it. Parallax and Onslaughtmeet on the battlefield. Who goes first? I'm going
to say Parallax goes first by, you know, of course,probing the fears of Onslaught. That's stupid
because Onslaught is a manifestation of negativepsychic energy, like he has no fears. I don't even
think he's literally capable of fear. I think anysentient mind has at least a fear of dying. So, you

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know, Parallax, he's going to create a yellowenergy construct of this giant moonsized skull
that's going to crash onto Onslaught like anasteroid and just demolish him. Onslaught's
going to be terrified of that. No, he's not. AllOnslaught is going to do is going to look up at this
moonsized skull and he's going to stretch out hishand and be like, behold, my mighty hand. And it's

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going to send out this electromagnetic shockwavethat's so powerful that it rips into this asteroid
and just like crumble it into boulders, likethousands of boulders that are going to rain down
all around Onslaught. But he's going to be okaybecause he has his energy shield up. But like the
planet they're fighting on is probablycompletely devastated and they're probably just

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fighting now on like this demolished asteroidbelt in the middle of space. But that is when
Onslaught is going to probe the mind of Parallax'shost and learn exactly what this entity is. Okay,
yeah, sure. You know, Onslaught, he's going to geta glimpse of Parallax's true like dragon
insectoid form, which is scary as fuck. And whileOnslaught is the slightest bit momentarily

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distracted and jarred by this reveal, Parallax isgoing to spew from his mouth like dozens of
tentacles with razor sharp claws in place ofsuction cups. And they're going to wrap around
Onslaught and just rip his armor off. Okay, we'llsay that these tentacles remove a portion of
Onslaught's armor. But all that's going to do ismake Onslaught stronger because as he becomes

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less contained, he grows more powerful, you know,he's going to grow in size so large that he breaks
free of these tentacles. And he's going to snatchup Parallax's hosts and hold him in the palm of his
hand and just crush him into dust. And when he openshis hand, that's going to reveal Parallax's true
demon form. And he's going to telepathically pullthis entity into the astral plane. So now, both

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Onslaught and Parallax are psychic entitiesbattling it out in a realm where anything goes now
basically. Well, wait, so Onslaught's willinglygoing to allow the universal embodiment of fear
onto a plane where Parallax doesn't need a host. Sohe's like unbound to be his most pure night
marriage self. I will allow this. I will allowthis. So right away on the astral plane, like this

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putrid yellow sky is going to emerge and suddenlythese two bright yellow terrifying eyes open in
the sky looking down and piercing Onslaught with agaze that would drive mortal minds insane. And
it's going to shatter Onslaught's mind. Okay, youknow what? I'm starting to think that maybe taking

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Parallax to the astral plane was not my best play.I'm going to admit that. Except Onslaught's no
mere mortal mind. Okay. In fact, he broughtParallax to the astral plane for a reason. And that
is because he absorbs mental energy. So like theseyellow eyes feed into Onslaught, which is going to
make Onslaught grow larger than the sky. You know,his form abstractly like surpasses all horizons

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and all dimensions on the astral plane until helike actually embodies the astral plane because
he's so powerful now and he consumes Parallax intohimself taking on his power. And now Onslaught
becomes more frightening and powerful than bothParallax and Onslaught combined. Onslaught. I

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was thinking more like Paronslunks. I don't know.Slunks. Okay. I mean, none of this actually
happens. You know why? Because bringing Parallaxonto the astral plane gives Parallax access to
Onslaught's powerful mind. And that's going toallow him to extend his fear influence beyond the

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planetary level to the universal. And Parallax isgoing to draw upon the emotional turmoil to infect
Onslaught's mind like a parasite, making himthink he's one. But really Parallax is in control.
No, Onslaught's in control. Sure. Yeah. That'sexactly what I want you to think. If someone like
Sinestro can still be in control while possessedby Parallax, then Onslaught sure as hell can. Oh,

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you think so, huh? Yeah, that's fine. Meanwhile,Parallax uses Onslaught's body to take over the
universe and win this match. No, you meanOnslaught uses Parallax's power to take over the
universe and win this match? Oh, sure. Yeah.Definitely not the other way around. Wink. The
listeners don't know, but I'm winking. Let's goahead and see which of these results happens by

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inputting the stats and running the simulations.It sounds like either way, Onslaught is absorbing
Parallax into himself. It's just a question ofwhether Parallax is then in control or Onslaught
is then in control. Let's find out who's in controlwith our simulator. 8G9K, hit it. Inputting data,
running calculations, processing results,simulations complete. All right, guys, that was

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pretty fun. Didn't quite go down like how I thoughtit would be, but really, if you think about it, I
don't think he could finish any other way. Oh,yeah, totally. It was very different from what I
thought it was going to be, but essentially, theseare two abstract energy entities. So yeah, it's
not like they're going to throw hands against eachother. I mean, Onslaught has thrown hands before,
you know, against the Avengers and the X-Men andthe Fantastic Four, but we said that both of these

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guys have about the same level of strength, alsothe same level of durability and also equal in
range. Although we gave Parallax the edge when itcame to movement speed, because he could traverse
the universe much easier than Onslaught can.Yeah, for as powerful as Onslaught is outside of,
you know, being able to handle a majority ofEarth's heroes, he doesn't have any really

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planetary or cosmic level of feats on the samelevel as Parallax, but he's a mind reader with a
combined intellect of Professor Exo Magneto,whereas Parallax is more of like a primordial
entity who's maybe not as evolved and usually getscaptured, you know. So we said that Onslaught has
greater intellect. Yeah, Parallax kind of seemsto drive more on instinct. He's kind of at the whim

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of the host regarding his intelligence. He's lessof a mind reader and more of a fear sensor. So
Onslaught got the advantage and perception aswell. Parallax in his Green Lantern host is much
more versatile than Onslaught as well. And we alsogave him the edge when it came to damage level.
Yeah, I mean, for as strong as Onslaught is, hehasn't destroyed a planet like Parallax has.

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Right, which makes me really surprised at ourInstagram poll results, considering that 53% of
our poll takers chose Onslaught for the win. Like,do you guys know how powerful Parallax is? The guy
literally almost rewrote all of reality in theuniverse. Our Instagram poll takers are pretty
keen, though. It's not like Onslaught hasn'tworked reality before, you know, using the powers

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of Franklin Richards, of course, but, you know,he's still done it. Let's find out who won. AJ9K,
the results, please. Hey, you are, sir. All right,the winner in the duel matchup between Parallax
and Onslaught is Parallax. Hell yeah! Hell yeah!How did this like little worm guy beat one of the

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biggest badasses that Marble has to offer?Parallax is a universal embodiment of fear, and
Onslaught is just like the embodiment of sharedtantrum. How much did Parallax win by? Out of the
1000 matches, Parallax won 524 of them compared toOnslaught's 476 wins. So Parallax wins 52.4% of

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the time. I'm not gonna lie, I actually thought thepercentage was gonna be much higher for Parallax
than that. Well, what kind of saved Onslaught washis intellect and perception. Basically, his
ability to telepathically read and control mindsmade sure he didn't lose too bad here. Parallax may
win a majority of the matches in a fight againstOnslaught, but there's one thing that he can never

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take away from Onslaught, and that is the coolfactor. Marble just says that cool factor that DC
cannot hope to touch, and so I feel like Marble fanscan still take away that consolation. Plus, who
thought Parallax was a good name? Like, that's astupid name. I will cede that Onslaught has the
much cooler name. I think DC was just trying to gofor something that sounded like parasite, but

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didn't want to use parasite because that wasalready taken. That makes sense, actually, I can
see that. But that does it for this duel, guys. A.J.and I.K. help close us out. Our next episode is

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going to be another team duel episode, where inhonor of Women's History Month, we're going to pit
the female teams against each other of Birds ofPrey and A-Force. Yes, it's a surprise team duel
episode. Actually, we're planning on surprisingyou guys with a new team duel episode every month
this year. So look forward to that. Well, didn'tyou just ruin the surprise by saying that?

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Surprise! But that does it for this episode. Wewant to give a big thanks to our executive
producers, John Staroski, Zachary Hepburn,Miggy Mathen-Gian, Brandon Esregard, Nathaniel
Wagner, Levi Yeaton, Austin Wizalowski, A.J.Dunkerley, Nick Ibonto, Scott Camacho, Gil
Camacho, Adam Spees, Dean Maleski, Devin Davis,Joseph Kirsting, Josh Leiner, Mike Williams, and

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Oscar Galvez for helping make this podcastpossible. And we'll talk to you guys next week. Up,
up and away, true believers! The best amalgam ofparallax and onslaught would be Papa's X-Lacks,
obviously.