| Description: Banshee
with four of the GenXer's, Jubilee, M, Skin and
Synch, are on a field trip when they come to a
road block. A police officer tells them that they'll
have to make a detour as the bridge to one of the
towns, Faybrook, is closed. M tells the team that
she studied a map before they left and that there's
no bridge. Meanwhile, in Faybrook, police attempt
to coax a boy called Eliot out of the school
house. It appears that he has taken some children
and a teacher hostage, everyone assumes that he's
a mutant as he is malformed. Back at the Academy
Chamber offers Penance a plate of apples while
Paige looks on. In Faybrook the police wait for
Eliot's parents to arrive and the shadowy
assassin, who appeared in the last two issues,
talks to 'Nanny'. He is confused because Eliot is
not showing as a mutant on his monitors but gets
'ready to do his part' anyway. Oblivious of the
assassin, Generation X use their powers to take
out the SWAT team surrounding the school and
Synch attempts to synch with Eliot. Jubilee finds
out what is happening, Eliot transferred to
Faybrook's school but was immediately kicked out.
He just wanted to go to school. Synch locks onto
an unidentified mutant but it isn't Eliot, it's
the assassin inside the ice-cream truck. The
teacher, Mr. Lorenanzo, collapses. His heart can't
take the strain. Meanwhile Jubilee climbs through
the sewers and into the basement of the school.
Outside the assassin, Orphan Maker, emerges from
the ice-cream truck. He makes orphans out of
mutants whose parents 'aren't brave enought to
love them'. He attacks Eliot's parents but is
stopped by Banshee. In the school house Jubilee
makes her way to where Eliot is. The kids run
past her. She goes into the classroom and finds
Eliot holding the teacher in his arms, Mr
Lorenanzo has died. Outside the other GenXer's
defeat Orphan Maker who promptly escapes. They
all reconvene outside and discuss what just
happened. According to Synch's power Eliot isn't
a mutant at all, just born ugly and hated because
he was different. Comments: Loved this
issue, even if the way Generation X became
involved seemed a little too contrived; just
happened to be out on that particular day in that
particular area. But there were some nice moments
such as when Chamber reaches out to Penance or
just when Jubilee reaches Eliot in the school
house and consoles him on the death of his
teacher. It was good that Eliot wasn't a mutant
with glamorous powers, but just someone who would
never fit in because he wasn't 'normal'.
Note
- The Age of Apocalypse crossover occurred after
this and Generation X became Generation next.
There were four issues of Gen next but I,
unfortunately, do not have them. They should be
coming soon though.
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