Apocalypse’s new goons, who brandish such Liefeldian designations as … Barrage, and

Apocalypse’s new goons, who brandish such Liefeldian designations as … Barrage,andFoxbat,andHarddrive, attack the X-Factor base, and during Jean’s astral confrontation with … Psynapse, this happens.

It seems Jean is finally regaining some of her telepathic abilities, and all it took was for someone to go into her head and start noodling around in there. Has she been without these powers ever since she was resurrected? Dang that was 65 issues ago! I can’t even remember what the explanation was for her losing these powers in the first place, but it hasn’t had much of an impact on her character. All of that energy and power just kind of got redirected into bending over backwards to facilitate having a relationship with Cyclops. That’s basically all she’s been doing for 65 issues. And it’s been …exhausting. Anyway, we’ll have to wait until next issue to observe the repercussions of this development.

These goons don’t seem like a match for the X-Men, but if all Apocalypse is trying to do is get his ship back, that seems like a more plausible goal. I don’t remember ship being included in the story after this point, so its days may be numbered. Or I have a bad memory. (X-Factor #65 – Apr 1991)