Appearing in "Generation Gap"
Featured Characters:
- Generation X
- Gen¹³
- John Lynch (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Grunge (Percival Edmund Chang)
- Freefall (Roxy Spaulding)
- Caitlin Fairchild
- Burnout (Bobby Lane)
- Sarah Rainmaker
Supporting Characters:
- Jamie Moore (First Appearance) (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Anna
- Qeelocke (First Appearance)
Antagonists:
- Carlos Ramirez(Only appearance; dies) (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Freaks (First Appearance)
- Emplate (Marius St. Croix)(First Appearance)
- D.O.A. (George Baker)(First Appearance)
Other Characters:
- United States Army (Main story and flashback)
- I.O. (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Black Razors (First Appearance) (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Colby (Frank) (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Black Razors (First Appearance) (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Generation X (First Appearance)
- Artie Maddicks
- Leech
- Emma Frost (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth-7642
- Earth
- United Kingdom (Main story and flashback)
- England (Main story and flashback)
- Nottinghamshire (First Appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Tollerton (First Appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Nottingham Airfield (First Appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Tollerton (First Appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Nottinghamshire (First Appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- England (Main story and 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 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth
Items:
- Black Razor TRV Suits (First Appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- X-Uniforms
- Cerebro
- Kewpie (Mentioned)
- Happy Meal (Mentioned)
Events:
- Cold War
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.