GENEXT #2 – CHRIS CLAREMONT – DOUG GREGORY COVER – 2008 MARVEL

GENEXT #2 – CHRIS CLAREMONT – DOUG GREGORY COVER – 2008 MARVEL

AUGUST 2008

CHARACTERS – Beast, Colossus (Pavel Rasputin), Cyclops, Emma Frost, Becka Munroe, No-Name, Psylocke, Oliver Raven, Rico, Shockwave Riders, X-23

STORYLINE – Runaways, Part 2; Datenight; It’s the Thought That Counts; Ill-Conceived Character Couplings; Mutant Mishaps

Continuing the adventures of the newest generation of Xavier’s School of students in a world where the X-Men premiered in 1963 and aged in real time. This issue, we focus on a member who is the grandson of a familiar mutant hero. He might not like school, but he does enjoy his burgeoning romance with the team’s most mysterious member. Unfortunately for them both, her secret past is about rear its cybernetic head.

*SPOILERS*

Story opens with Pavel doing some mechanic work while No-Name chides him for not attending class. After a bit he kisses her and though she liked it she flees. Later he brings her artificial flowers and plants real ones outside her window so she can enjoy them for years to come. We see that she has a thing for him as well with the mini colossus plushie in her hand. She kicks him out when the phone rings and he asks his friends for help.

PUBLISHER – MARVEL COMICS

WRITER – Chris Claremont, J. Torres, Walt Jaschek, Jim Lee, Todd Nauck

INTERIOR ART – Patrick Scherberger, Takeshi Miyazawa, Jim Lee, Todd Nauck

COVER ART – Doug Gregory

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