Appearing in "Generation Gap"
Featured Characters:
- Generation X (First appearance)
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (First appearance)
- Synch (Everett Thomas) (First appearance)
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (First appearance)
- Skin (Angelo Espinosa) (First appearance)
- M ("Monet St. Croix") (First appearance)
- Husk (Paige Guthrie) (First appearance)
- Chamber (Jono Starsmore) (First appearance)
- Gen¹³
- John Lynch (Main story and flashback) (As Skipper in flashback only)
- Grunge (Percival Edmund Chang)
- Freefall (Roxy Spaulding)
- Caitlin Fairchild
- Burnout (Bobby Lane)
- Sarah Rainmaker
Supporting Characters:
- Jamie Moore (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (As Vortex in flashback only)
- Anna
- Qeelocke (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Carlos Ramirez (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
- Freaks (First appearance)
- Emplate (Marius St. Croix) (First appearance)
- D.O.A. (George Baker) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Green Party (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- The Devil (Drawing) (Only in flashback)
- NYPD (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- United States Army (Only in flashback)
- I.O. (Main story and flashback)
- Black Razors (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Colby (Frank) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Black Razors (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Interpol (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Hellboy (Anung Un Rama) (Name only) (Topical Reference)
- Generation X (First appearance)
- Artie Maddicks (First appearance)
- Leech (First appearance)
- Emma Frost (Mentioned)
- Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Mr. Snuffleupagus (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Demons (Drawing)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Gen-Active (Main story and flashback)
- Robots
- Hawks (Statue)
- Gorillas (Statue)
Locations:
- Earth-7642 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United Kingdom (Only in flashback)
- England (Only in flashback)
- Nottinghamshire (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Tollerton (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Nottingham Airfield (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Tollerton (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Nottinghamshire (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- England (Only in flashback)
- United States of America
- New York
- Long Island
- Moe's Cafe (First appearance; destruction)
- Long Island
- California
- Massachusetts (First appearance)
- Snow Valley (First appearance)
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (First appearance)
- Danger Grotto (First appearance)
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (First appearance)
- Snow Valley (First appearance)
- Virginia (First appearance)
- Quantico (First appearance)
- New York
- United Kingdom (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Black Razor TRV Suits (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- X-Uniforms
- Cerebro
- Kewpie (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Happy Meal (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Events:
Synopsis for "Generation Gap"
Trance tracked down Carlos the Jackal in a bar, and used his mind powers to discover the location of Vortex. He then commanded Carlos to kill himself. Trance and his Freaks found and abducted Vortex from his containment center. This caused the mutant Emplate to sense the being's existence, and he began to search for this new potential power source.
The abduction also set off Cerebro, alerting Banshee to the situation, just as Lynch was alerted to it by the government. Cassidy's team Generation X and Lynch's team Gen 13 arrived moments apart, and the three groups had a stand-off, Emplate, from his dimensional prison revealed himself and tried to feed on the power source he sensed earlier, but Trance convinced him to work with him in return for the secrets to the powers of Qeelocke, Gen 13's teleporting "pet." Emplate, Trance and the Freaks escaped just as Vortex woke up from his containment. At first startled to see Lynch, the being responsible for imprisoning him, the two teams pleaded with him to trust them.
As Emplate and Trance's alliance began to quickly crumble, Vortex transported the heroes to their location. During the fight, the villains were defeated and escaped. Generation X and Gen 13 parted on amicable terms, leaving Vortex to find his own destiny.
Trivia
- The 3-D variant included 3-D glasses.