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Suffer the Children

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Generation X [Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Husk [Paige Guthrie]; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Synch [Everett Thomas]; M; Chamber [Jonothon Starsmore]; Skin [Angelo Espinosa]]

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Pages: 2

Notes: Wraparound cover

Chapter One: The End

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Genres: superhero

First Line: When Sean Cassidy was an X-Men -- he would spend hours in the Danger Room.

Synopsis: Banshee is attacked by a monstrous version of Mondo who is under the control of Black Tom Cassidy.

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Pages: 4

Chapter Two: Behind the Eight Ball

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Bumpkin

First Line: Buddy's. Los Angeles, California. Not its most pleasant neighborhood. You're exactly right, chica.

Synopsis: Emma returns to Xavier's school to find the whole place filled with mutated plants and is confronted by Black Tom who tells her that he has taken over the school.

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Pages: 4

Chapter Three: Cutting to the Chase

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Genres: superhero

First Line: C'mon... houh C'mon legs...

Synopsis: Jubilee is fleeing from Mondo when she runs into Bastion who rescues her before he captures her.

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Pages: 3

Chapter Four: Putting Out the Fire

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Tana Nile

First Line: Originally the "bio-sphere," here on the campus... was supposed to be a training center.

Synopsis: In the Danger Grotto, Howard the Duck tries to save Artie, Leech and Franklin by setting fire to Black Tom's wooden form.

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Pages: 5

Chapter Five: The Great Escape

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Genres: superhero

First Line: You appear to be in flames. No? Really? Tell me sumthin' I don't know, lady!

Synopsis: Man-Thing arrives and whisks Howard and the kids out of Black Tom's clutches.

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Notes: This portion of the story is continued in Daydreamers (Marvel, 1997 series) #1

Chapter Six: Point of No Return

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Genres: superhero

First Line: I didn't want those wee ones, anyway. And just between me and myself... what would I'ave done with a talkin' duck?

Synopsis: Penance watches as Gateway teleports away from the Generation X kids for good.

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Pages: 2

January 15, 1997

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First Line: Excalibur #106 ushers in the brand new creative team of Ben Raab (2099: World of Tomorrow) and Salvador Larocca (Ghost Rider), as well as a brand new direction for the British-based mutant group.

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Notes: Spotlight on Excalibur #106 and Daredevil/Batman. Checklist for Marvel comics shipping the week of January 15, 1997.

Chapter Seven: Enemy Mine

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Are ye awake yet, cousin? Urk Ach, sorry. Let me psionically loosen the vine about yuir neck.

Synopsis: Black Tom has Banshee all wrapped up and presents him with the dying Gen X kids caught in his wooden tendrils. He tells Sean that if he wants to save the kids, he has to kill Emma Frost.

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Pages: 5

Chapter Eight: Duel

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Genres: superhero

Synopsis: Banshee refuses to duel Emma for the lives of the kids but Emma, afraid of losing another team like she did with the Hellions, mentally forces him to cut her down.

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Chapter Nine: Splitting Heirs

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Is this what ye wanted? Has your soul become so black and twisted that ye can only find joy in the sufferin' joy in the sufferin' and death of others?

Synopsis: With Emma fallen, Black Tom gleefully reveals that the Gen X kids he is holding in thrall are all constructs of his wooden form. The real team is far away. Penance attacks and slices Black Tom in half.

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Epilogue: On Land or Sea or Foam...

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): M

First Line: Several thousand miles away... deep beneath the ocean's surface... and rising fast.

Synopsis: With Black Tom gone, the pod in which he has trapped the real Gen X kids rises to the surface of the ocean and bursts, leaving them alive but marooned at sea.

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First Line: Dear Great X-Pectations, Thank you, thank you for a magazine that is consistently clever, witty, fun, exciting, mysterious and filled with humor.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from readers Sally Cutler and Ryan Deringer.

Born to be Wild?

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Genres: jungle

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Pages: 3

Notes: Promo for the new Ka-Zar series.