Yes, it's time to carefully unsheathe our double-bagged, holographic comix with their embossed 3D trading cards. It's time to carefully open these "spare copies" (NO CRINKLING) of Generation X and get down to business!
But hold on a minute! I'll have you know that these X-men aren't your parents' X-men! No, no no! These X-men are way more broody than those other X-men... these X-men have ISSUES! And not just double-bagged, holographic with the the embossed trading card issues! By "issues" I mean that they get dark!
It could have worked. The problem is that the villains in this series outshine the heroes, and what might have been an interesting little horror comic fails to stay in its lane. Every time the more colorful, more "adult" X-men show up it really kills the mood, and the costumes these new heroes are saddled with could have been done away with entirely.
Leaving them in street clothes would have worked a lot better, and ramping up the horror elements would have improved Generation X even more. As it is it's a decidedly lukewarm effort, a slightly darker take on the Image titles that were probably outselling Marvel titles at the time. Youngblood it ain't, (Jim Lee's) X-men it ain't, and they failed to venture into Swamp Thing territory, which would have been a more natural fit.
Oh well. For the record I enjoyed it. I can't say I remember most of the character's names, I can't say I remember what most of the plots were about, but it was an enjoyable detour back into a time when the comics industry was in a state of flux, and when a signed copy of Generation X might have been something that someone actually wanted.
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