Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Alt 295, Part 04: Generation Next

Grade: A+

This is perhaps my favorite story of the entire Age of Apocalypse, and it is perhaps the saddest. Don't worry -- no spoilers. It is in the title that we learn more about Magneto's training program to prepare young mutants for the conflict against Apocalypse.

With Bishop's information, Magneto needs a teleporter, and only one still exists. Illyana Rasputin is a prisoner in one of the most productive and most secure energy facilities within Apocalypse's empire. It is up to this next generation of mutants to infiltrate "The Core" and rescue her.

  • Colossus & Kitty Pryde: These battle harden veterans of the war against the Apocalypse. They have been selected to train their students hard, but they go beyond teaching and are willing to kill them in the process. If the young can't survive the exercises, then how can they survive real world conflicts? Once Colossus realizes his little sister is still alive, he is willing to do anything to save her. It is up to Kitty to keep him from being too dangerous.
  • Chamber, Husk, Mondo, and Skin: Most of the students in Generation X are members of Generation Next.
  • Vincente: Vincente makes his first appearance here. He doesn't appear in the "normal" continuity until Generation X #12 (Feb 96).  

Who is missing? You can find Banshee in Amazing X-Men, Emma Frost in Weapon X, and Jubilee in Gambit and the X-Ternals. Know-It-All may be a version of M, and both Synch and Penance are presumed dead.

[4-Stars] Generation Next #1 - "From the Top" Magneto arrives after a brutal training session. He needs the team to retrieve Illyana Rasputin from "The Core". It is likely a suicide mission, but Colossus doesn't hesitate to accept the mission the find the sister he believed died in one of Apocalypse's Russian cullings.

[4-Stars] Generation Next #2 - "Hither Comes the Sugar Man!" Generation Next finds a way to infiltrate "The Core".

[4-Stars] Generation Next #3 - "It Only Hurts When I Sing" Generation Next continues deeper into "The Core" and into the arms of the facility's ruthless mutant in charge -- the Sugar Man.

[4-Stars] Generation Next #4 - "Bye" Generation Next find Illyana and must fight their way out of "The Core".


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