Generation X - Scott Lobdell

Full disclosure: I was a teenager at the time of the book's original publication, so this has definitely coloured my opinion of it.Marvel has not had the best record when it comes to teenager superhero teams, and Generation X is no exception. The second attempt to do a teen X-Men spinoff after the New Mutants team (of which I'm also very fond of), this uses the X-Men Phalanx event (think "less scary version of the Borg") to get veteran X-Man Banshee and former X-Villain Emma Frost to decide to take on the next Generation of young mutants. Apart from the teachers, the only familiar character is ... more

Well where to start... It would seem that in 1994 Marvel Comics (home of the X-men, Spider-Man and all the decent super heros) decided to have a teen version of the X-Men, their earlier attempt (The New Mutants) was kinda cool, so now they would do it again, for the MTV generation.... Well they failed, not just a little bit, but a lot... In my opinion, the cast of characters was the main reason this story failed, none of them were cool, or interesting.... The two teachers for the groups were: Emma Frost - Telepath Banshee - Do i have to explain? Now Emma Frost is quite a good choice, as she ... more