#4136: Emplate

EMPLATE GENERATION X (TOY BIZ) “It’s unknown how long the evil being known only as Emplate has existed. Uninterested in plots of destruction or world domination, the mysterious mutant has one concern only: satisfying the eternal hunger that possesses him. To do this he feeds on the genetic marrow of other mutants – the younger the better! This, coupled with his ability to rechannel energy that he absorbs, makes him a most dangerous threat to Generation X” The ‘90s X-Men spin-off Generation X started off in the pages of the main books, coming out of the “Phalanx Covenant” crossover, so, they’re first antagonists were, you know, the Phalanx. When they got their own book, they also got their own antagonists, and first amongst them was Emplate, a dark and mysterious villain that nobody knew anything about, who actually turned out to be related to a member (or rather, members) of the team. What? That totally *never* happens in an X-Men book. Since Emplate was right there at the start of…