A Night to Remember

Issue: 57 ( 5th Anniversary Special )
Story- Jay Farber;  Pencils- Terry Doson & Chris Renaud ; Inks- Rachel Dodson, Scott Elmer, & John Czop ; Colors- Kevin Tinsley ; Letters- RS & Comicrafts Saida Temofonte ; Editor-  Jason Liebig ; Evil Dark Jack Ass OverLord I, I mean Chief Editor- Bob Harras

It's the BIG dance issue!!! It starts w/ Jubilee and Paige trying on dresses for the school dance. We also see Emplate watching them in his like invisable sort of way (PERVERT!). M is walking and being stared at by boys and Emma gives Sean the skinny on what happened while he was away. Jonothan and Ev are trying on tuxes. Skin gripes to Artie and Leech about the pain of having wierd colored skin and again we see Emplate lurking in the background. Later on the team is fighting a hologram of The Living Island of Krakoa in the Danger Room and they lose. Enter Bobby Drake (AKA Iceman). Jubie askes Sean when hes gonna ask Emma to the dance  in her annoying kinda way, and Emma tells them that she is already goin w/ Bobby?! Anyway, Penance is in her room trashing everything and in walks M who decides not to let Penny see her because seeing her in formal wear might bum her out even more. OK so now we're at the dance. Enter  Tristan and Paige, Jubilee and Ev, Jono and this super freaky chick whose name, I don't think, is mentioned, and M and............................. SKIN?????!!!! Yup you heard right. Emplate rears his ugly head and the team destacts the kids while jubie sets off the sprinkler system. Then they fight Emplate and figure out that he's only distracting them while his lackies are kidnapping Penny. So half of them go and save her from DOA, Vincente, Wraps, and some girl whose name I dont know. The goons get their butts kicked and the team heads back to rejoin the  others who have now turned into Emplates mind slaves. Ev gets Jubers so mad that it breaks Emplates hold over her and she blows up Proudstar Hall. The kids are saved by Iceman's ice shield, all except Penny, who has split back into the twins leaving behind the lifeless Penance shell. Tristan and Paige smooch and the Team tries to figure out what to do w/ Emplate and the Penance shell. At the end we see the Penance shell thats supposed to be EMPTY open its eyes and escape into the night. * suspenceful music * DON DON DOOOON

Review by Cannonball