Ninjavember: Ninja High School#41

    "Enter: The Y-Men" Ninja High School#41 (July 1994) with credits to Herb Mallette (script) Ben Dunn (art), David Landhear (letters), and Herb Mallette (editor)

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Meet Barney. Barney works at the local junkyard. The place is overflowing with all the disabled robots that got shut down. Barney chides himself, thinking what a fool he was for staying away. I mean, Professor Steamhead warned him not to mess with the robots, but does that egghead know, right?

A bulky form bursts out of the pile, screaming "I hunger!"

Nice knowing you Barney.

Sammi, meanwhile, is making a delivery. It was WAY out of town but the overall cost convinces her uncle to send her. Why not? Not like HE has to peddle all the way out there. Sammi brings the food in to a massive mansion, where a ridiculously handsome boy in a leather jacket (no shirt) greets her. 

As Sammi leaves, the young man brings the food to the rest of the mansion's occupants-THE Y-MEN!

Yes, the Y-MEN, mysterious teens with powers that set them apart from other humans! Not all like the X-Men, that would be silly!

Their special computer designed to track odd powers is going crazy, so Professor Y sends them to the local junkyard!

Leatherwing (the dude with the jacket, so named due to the giant bat wings growing out of his back) lands first and is shocked to see Sammi. 

Sammi is shocked to see the guy too. 1) his mask doesn't exactly hide his face 2) she ain't likely to forget abbs like his anytime soon.

Back to Barney-yup, still alive. So is Destructo! Only now he hungers for ramen, instead of destruction. He doesn't seem to be aware of who he is, and Barney doesn't care. This newfangled robot is his meal ticket, so everyone else can just buzz off!

Pity that Destructo thinks going with the Y-Men is a swell idea, so off they go, Sammi in tow. Back at the mansion, Leatherwing gives her the lowdown, origins and such. After a spell, Sammi leaves, but she does find herself daydreaming about the winged youth. 

As far as X-Men parodies go, it could have gone worse. The character aren't all expies of the X-Men, so that's nice. Plus we get more character development for Sammi, always a plus.