[3 Stars] Generation X #32 - "A Day at the Circus!" With the Circus of Crime on the cover, I often confuse this story as a fill-in. I keep forgetting that it actually does advance the overall story. Banshee takes M and Penance to Muir Island for a thorough examination in hopes to understand more about how the three St. Croix sisters share two bodies. Husk convinces the rest of the team to take some time to relax at a local travelling circus show after all they've been through. There is, of course, trouble (because what travelling circus isn't really a cover for some nefarious plot to rob the local population?).
[2 Stars] Generation X #33 - "Thieves in the Night" Larry Hama starts his tenure with local bullies hassling the Generation X students, a robbery of the school grounds in which very personal items were stolen, and Emplate finds new allies in Chimera, Dirtnap, and the Plasma Wraiths (all villains from the Wolverine series).
[2 Stars] Generation X #34 - "Guilty Secrets" Banshee returns with answers to the mutant relationship between the three St. Croix sisters (M and Penance), but things get more complicated with their evil brother, Emplate, arrives. Skin, Jubilee, and Husk must reveal their deep secrets to the young thief who stole their personal mementos.
[2 Stars] Generation X #35 - "Pool of Tears" The St. Croix siblings (M, Penance, and Emplate) have merged into a single powerful mutant calling her/himself M-Plate. The ensuing battle with the new threat includes Generation X, Chimera, and the Plasma Wraiths. The situation gets more complicated as Skin, Jubilee, and Husk try to "show" their school to their young blackmailer without revealing their true nature as mutants-in-training -- or the raging conflict with super-powered villains.
[2 Stars] Generation X #36 - "Strange Doings" After last issue's big fight, Generation X begins to look for the escaped M-Plate, the kidnapped Sync, and the missing young thief/blackmailer. They stumble into Elwood the Pooka who leads them to another dimension via Landau, Luckman & Lake (another addition from Wolverine). Emma is left in the Biosphere to deal with a magical creature called a Token who appears to have taken the young blackmailer, Artie and Leech captive in the tree-house. What has been a bizarre storyline so far has turned towards silliness from here.
[2 Stars] Generation X #37 - "In Dark Woods, the Right Road Lost" Generation X races (in a train through an outlandish dimension) to the Citadel of the Universal Amalgamator with the help of Elwood the Pooka. M-Plate plans to force the Amalgamator's Guardian, Gaia, to use ancient artifact to merge all sentient consciousnesses together. In the Biosphere, Emma finally gets to the bottom of the Token's recent arrival.
[2 Stars] Generation X #38 - "Mystery Train" Gaia has no intention of activating the Universal Amalgamator for M-Plate which is why Sync was brought. M-Plate plans to use his mutant power to access Gaia's powers. Generation X continues their journey to the Citadel with Emma joining them in the oddball dimension thanks to some help from the Token.
[2 Stars] Generation X #39 - "Return from Forever" Generation X versus M-Plate at the Citadel of the Universal Amalgamator.
[2 Stars] Generation X #40 - "Pride & Penance!" Gaia and Sync return from the other dimension in the hands the two bullies first introduced in Generation X #33. Gaia runs away while Everett is beaten badly. His teammates find him in the hospital, but Everett refuses to snitch. He instead chooses to break the cycle of hate. Everett convinces the St. Croix sisters to finally explain their secret origin and the true tie between M and Penance. It is a big reveal that doesn't feel very satisfying or track with the clues we've been given over the years.
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