X-Force #49 [VG]

Grade: VG

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Issue Number: 49
Release Date: 1995-12-31
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Holocaust and Sebastian Shaw enter a dangerous alliance…one that will have devastating consequences for the X-Force squad!Sebastian Shaw has returned and has made a new ally: Holocaust. Together, they hunt down an X-Force team trying to enjoy some downtime.SynopsisSomewhere, Sebastian Shaw contemplates all those that have written him off and believe him to be dead. He stands, however, with Lady Tessa by his side and an new ally: Holocaust. He has just finalized a new suit for Holocaust but is mortified when Holocaust callously kills a henchman. Tessa is able to telepathically convince Holocaust to stand down and Shaw reminds him that their partnership deal means that Holocaust now owes him.In New York, in the Morlock Tunnels, Sunspot accompanies Caliban on a traipse through the sewers. Caliban senses a mutant and gets excited, thinking it could be a stray Morlock. He runs ahead and Sunspot tries to keep up. He finally finds Caliban in the arms of Holocaust. Holocaust easily takes out Sunspot.In the streets of Manhattan, Warpath and Siryn take a walk. Warpath begins to open up about some of the changes he's been going through (mindset, haircut, costume...) but is cut short when Siryn sees a store with clothes she must try on. Warpath is relegated to "guy waiting" and thinks on the Mimic's words saying that Warpath has heightened senses. He decides to test it out and is surprised to hear Siryn is in trouble. He rushes to her aide but is sucker-punched by Sebastian Shaw.Elsewhere, Shatterstar wanders the streets and passes a night club where a girl asks him inside to dance. He refuses and instead finds a mutant being beaten in an alley. Shatterstar brazenly jumps into the fight without his weapons and dispatches the bullies, but is then taken by either Sebastian Shaw or Holocaust.In Pennsylvania, Boomer does something she never thought she'd do - she pays a visit to her father. She is surprised to learn that he is no longer the angry, abusive man she ran away from. He hints that her mother is still alive, but then the doorbell rings. Boomer answers and sees Sebastian Shaw and Holocaust; she tells her dad to get down. The trailer explodes and Boomer is taken.