![](https://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/9/03/62e1a86061929/clean.jpg)
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/4254f3421bbc928a5d5da22bc001e113/f81d3ca425f56882-3d/s1280x1920/33cc7ced2b24f34ecd72f5dcbc2901033815ea3a.jpg)
Synch has been vamp-o-tized by Emplate, and is home in St. Louis stalking his own family. Generation X go looking to stop him.
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd6857bdeb78bb56e4d75126a409014e/1ac04ad1a4807cb9-f4/s1280x1920/10acd2650eff1045a9e21bfd6f501e807a454ed0.jpg)
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/950f1517dc71c478b00eb7132da04bbc/1ac04ad1a4807cb9-f0/s1280x1920/88fdf9b4d461d8c3a1f9a95e0ab1e056dfa181f7.png)
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/f61b8dd7f80b9d42e14e3a4ac03c223b/1ac04ad1a4807cb9-9f/s1280x1920/7e23b584bea498f0dd4f6183545a3d9e5c04f6ca.png)
Eventually, they catch up to him.
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a8bcebbc1a938f095a3dc9e7719c6a77/c8242d5b455b616f-69/s1280x1920/389f436ab40c2c5c897051d86f92b76ba427a76b.jpg)
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a042f888751486fab475e900722c8018/c8242d5b455b616f-a6/s1280x1920/93c5f1b1f5b20ab9091f0a7de8e4e0de9efcba5e.png)
During the battle, Husk gets attacked in mid-shed, leaving her with only half her skin.
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/248dbec0cf4d7943925d7b88989688e3/aff987c30843639c-83/s1280x1920/f43abef388702bcd3228c703346eeb6f6830f73b.jpg)
Gruesome.
Synch is defeated when he tries to absorb Monet’s power and learns her secret.
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d1dbe14d3f6b89cf39387d3201754323/e1da604c42ee50dd-64/s1280x1920/0ac42f85019c3e47881df92cff0c2b7b66582c8b.png)
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e9fd50c556b4ed99a63d58414fc4d119/e1da604c42ee50dd-a4/s1280x1920/3b0b7b52f33fa6047957cb0e64309838c9dfc860.jpg)
We, the readers, still don’t know it.
Then at the end of the issue, X-Cutioner shows up as a prelude to the next story.
![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/74fce1ed676b0203f5dbbf89158cea7f/027393b96f5dd2bb-b6/s1280x1920/17e59676b9f9be73703fcb22d93d1c62b01fd168.png)
This issue is more straightforward than the others in this series. It’s nice to have a standard superhero tale with fights and all, and there is more than enough intrigue to keep this book well above the others coming out in 1996.