| Description: Picking
up exactly where the last issue left off, we find
the White Queen still a captive of Hemingway and
Marrow who are using a young mutant boy called
Leech to take away her telepathic powers. At the
same time Jubilee, Skin and Synch are trying to
track down their missing mentor with another
young mutant boy whom they have nicknamed 'Pinky'.
Synch locks on the White Queen with his mutant
power, but when they reach her they realise that
being too close to Leech has cancelled out all
their own powers.Then the White Queen does the
unexpected, she knocks out Leech by kicking him
in the head, because he can't use his mutant
power when he's unconscious, and she then uses
her telepathy to fry the minds of her captors.
She's about to finish them off when the GenXer's
drop in, literally. Watching all this
unfold is the Dark Beast (the version of the
Beast from the reality known as the Age of
Apocalypse). He sets off an explosion, which Emma
senses before it happens. Skin saves her from
being crushed by some debris while Jubilee rushes
to help Leech who is still unconscious, she
reaches him just as a concrete slab begins to
fall on them and she tries to shield him with her
own body. Fortunately M arrives and catches the
slab. Outside Jubilee questions M about the
catatonic state she fell into but gets little
information.
They
then go to the Xavier Institute to inform Xavier
about Gene Nation, they find out that Pinky's
name is Artie and that he and Leech will be
joining the Massachusetts Academy. Jubilee goes
in search of Wolverine and is shocked at his
appearance when she finds him. He has regressed
into a feral state and doesn't like to be around
people much, but Jubilee doesn't care. She
promises to stay with him, a promise he tells her
to break because he's proud of what she's trying
to do by joining Generation X.
Meanwhile
back at the Academy, while all this has been
happening, Paige is feeling the after effects of
her one beer. Chamber isn't very sympathetic but
helps her back to her room and says he won't tell
Sean or Emma. Paige decides that she's more
interested in Jono than anyone would have
supposed. The last sight we see of the Academy is
part of the girls' dorm exploding.
Comments:
The mystery of M began in the last issue and
continues into this one. As time goes on we'll
see that her catatonic episodes will become more
frequent and we will, of course, wonder 'What is
her secret?' I have a few niggles such as when
Synch says "I'm concentrating...using my
synchronistic aura in a way I've never tried
before.' Huh? If he's never tried it before, how
would he know how or why would he try. Also the
Dark Beast's presence seems a little pointless. I
don't see how it furthers the storyline; he
appears, sets off an explosion and isn't seen for
a few more years in GenX.
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