Era #8, Part 10: Zero Tolerance (Gen X)

Grade: B-

Generation X deals with the consequences of the attack on their school. Bastion saved and then kidnapped Jubilee. Black Tom sends to the remaining students to across the globe. That leaves Banshee and Emma Frost to find them.

There are two tie-ins to the Operation Zero Tolerance crossover event. Bastion tries to pry information about the X-Men and the X-Mansion security protocols from Jubilee. The other students are attacked by Sentinel Prime units.

Scott Lobdell co-created Generation X and wrote every issue up to this point. He finally hands over the duties to James Robinson who only stays on for 3 issues (#29-31) before returning it to Scott Lobdell.

[3-Stars] Generation X #26 "Adrift" Generation X deals with the impact of Black Tom Cassidy's attack in Generation X #25. Black Tom Cassidy mourns the death of Emma Frost and the disappearance of the students. Bastion and his Operation Zero Tolerance have Jubilee in custody, and the rest of the team wake up on a tiny, unprotected, and disintegrating island in the middle of the ocean.

[3-Stars] Generation X #27 "The Last X Man" Bastion uses some extreme measures to extract information about the X-Mansion's security from Jubilee.

[3-Stars] Generation X #28 "Oh, Now I Get It..." The students wake to find themselves in another location (again). They've been saved by Glorian who uses his immense power to convert an abandoned boat into a place where each of teenager can explore their deepest dreams -- except Skins.

"Ye Double Feature" Banshee and Emma Frost continue their search for the students.

[3-Stars] Generation X #29 "No Surrender" Glorian transported the students to L.A. Skins takes his classmates to his cousin's home in Venice Beach, but a dangerous surprise follows them. Tores finds her old rival and brings her new allies -- Sentinel Prime units of Operation Zero Tolerance.

[3-Stars] Generation X #30 "Some Things Hurt More than Cars and Girls" Generation X versus Sentinel Primes. Emplate's manservant DOA arrives with an offer of where to find the students in exchange for Penance.

[3-Stars] Generation X #31 "Rites of Passage" Generation X continue to defend themselves against Operation Zero Tolerance. Despite Banshee's protests, Emma Frost considers exchanging Penance for Emplate's information on the location of the students. Jubilee attempts a daring escape from Bastion's stronghold with the help of her newest friend Daria.