Part of the X.S.E. Timeline
Date: Jan-98
Story: Dreams of Tomorrow (22 pages)
Feature Characters: Shard, Polaris, Wildchild, Forge
Regular Characters: XUE: Fixx, Greystone, Archer
Guest Stars:
Villains: Fitzroy and Bantam
Other Characters:
Credits:
Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Howard Mackie
Inks: Jaime Mendoza
Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
Colors: Glynis Oliver
Editor: Kelly Corvese
Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras
Synopsis: The XUE let Bantam escape, so they can attack him and scare him into leading them to Fitzroy. They attack and capture him.
Shard explain they want him to send a volunteer back in time, to change history. He agrees, so she frees him, and he attacks her. She and the XUE recapture him, but Shard decides their plan is hopeless and wants out. She goes back to being a good XSE officer.
In the present, Shard is in Polaris's body. Fixx is still psionically linked to her, so she sends the XUE through her back to the past. Shard emerges from Polaris and leaves X-Factor so she can stop them before they screw up the future.
Review by CharleyX: Concluding Shard's flashback. I suppose this is a pretty good two-issue story. It introduces new characters, gives more background on some old ones, and has a plot. I guess the art is bringing my opinion down. It's really messed up. In terms of the story itself, I find it hard to believe that Shard would be so trusting of Fitzroy. Then again, they were lovers (Ugh!), and this is obviously before he had her killed, but still! I mean she was a lieutenant in the X.S.E.! You don't uncuff a prisoner, especially if he hasn't done what you wanted yet! Anyway, as I said earlier, Shard was in Lorna's body. Also, it looks like the X.U.E. are going to be the new X-Factor: Remember the last thing Shard said before she left.