Generation-X #61
When the Gen-Xers arrive to see what was going on outside they
find Black Tom with The Juggernaut alongside him. The
young X-team then engage Cain while Banshee tangles
with Black Tom and Emma Frost comforts her sister Cordelia.
The Juggernaut grabs Skin who uses his mutant power of...skin
to break free. Then Jubilee uses her fireworks which
manage to simply annoy The Juggernaut but set up a
sneak attack from Chamber. This wasn't a smart move as it only served to make The Juggernaut aware of his
existence.
Chamber decides to get a little
cocky and starts to talk a bit of trash
to The Juggernaut. Cain welcomes the challenge and Chamber
lets loose with a constant stream of his biokinetic blast.
As The Juggernaut begins to wade through the blast towards
him Chamber utilizes for the first time the full strength
of his power which causes a blinding lightshow of energy. Though an impressive display the attack proves only cosmetic at best as The Juggernaut
forages right through the blast. When the smoke clears,The Juggernaut is unharmed and smugly holding Chamber's limp body by the collar as Chamber is totally spent from the blast.
During all this,Black Tom is beating
up on his cousin Banshee much to the dismay of Emma
Frost. After Tom smacks his shillelagh across Banshee's
chin Emma's had enough and seizes control of Tom's mind
and has him fire upon The Juggernaut. After seeing his friend Tom's mind being manipulated Cain was now the one who'd had enough and decides it's time to end this
little game. He claps his hands together and the shockwave
knocks out the whole Gen-X crew. They wake up
to find themselves wrapped together in a steel girder.
With Gen-X and their mentors tied up Tom explains
his purpose there and tells the story of Mondo. While
Tom does this,Skin sees Penance in the woods and figures
if he provides a distraction she could free them. Skin
slips free and lures The Juggernaut away. Penance then
springs onto the scene and cuts through the girder with
her claws. Regrouped,Gen-X gets into position to follow
Emma's telepathic battle plan. Chamber catches Cain's attention which allows Penance to jump onto The
Juggernaut's shoulders and slice off his
helmet before being tossed away. Vulnerable to her attacks
now,Emma Frost hits Cain with a psi-bolt that takes him
out of commision. Tom then has Mondo take them away.
Favorite Issue Quote:"OK kiddies. This was
fun for awhile,but now playtime's over."-Juggernaut,after
he felt Emma had stepped out of bounds with her attack on Black Tom
and decided it was time to knock the lot of them out before it got out of hand.
*You're probably wondering what's so great about this
issue. Well,I'll tell you. No,the story behind this
appearence wasn't anything special. And no,while good,the fight
was nothing to write home about necassarily. Frankly,I don't like
the idea of The Juggernaut in a Gen-X book in the first
place since I can't stand Gen-X. This issue made the list for one reason and one reason alone. This was The
Juggernaut's first and only X-appearence
since that horrid Onslaught storyline where he wasn't written into some belittling situation.
Not only was he reduced to a skinny,wheezing shell of a man in
Uncanny X-Men #361 with his armor fitting him like
an oversized dress,but in Uncanny X-Men #369
his mind was so viciously attacked that he could do little but huddle up under a stairway crying.
In this Gen-X issue he looked almost
like the Juggy of old X-dom. He outright wrecked shop on his
own merit. He did it with no annoyingly decreased powers and he
didn't cry once.
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