#psynapse

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)

Here we meet a new rogues gallery of X-Factor antagonists. I wonder how long these dorks are going to last. I’ve never heard of them up before, and I can’t remember any of these characters having a role after this. Where did they even come from?

Well shit are these Apocalypse’s new horsemen? What happened to his old horsemen? Last we saw they were all drinking Sierra Mist and toasting to their failures. There’s like seven of these guys so I guess they can’t be horsemen. They are just a bunch of nobodies that Apocalypse hired to attack X-Factor because he’s butthurt about his spaceship betraying him. Why doesn’t he just go beat up the X-Men himself?? Why is he always hiring these nobodies to do things for him?? He’s like the most powerful mutant in existence but he has to get Hardriveto do his fighting for him?? Like he could literally just walk into the ship, punch every member of X-Factor once, pick up the ship, and carry it back into space all by himself. Why are all of his plans so elaborate! Just go do it! (X-Factor #65 – Apr 1991)