WHAT_? Is Gen13 writer John Arcudi trapped in a closet or something?
I mean, when was the last time this book had a story line? For the last year
(at least), Gen13 hasn't had a decent story line, let alone one that lasted more
than one issue. So what has been happening in Gen13? Well, not much! Besides I.O.'s
constant background sub-stories: nabbing gen-actives and building
better-than ever battle suits for their keepers, the book tries to focus on each of the
characters trying to be a team and what problems they have with each other.
The team has gone from Mexico to California to New York to a tropical island
in Cuba, where they now reside, the team seems to move from place to place
every ten issues or so. The main cast right now consists of the regular 5
youngsters, Caitlin Fairchild (Caitlin Fairchild), Grunge (Edmund Chang),
Burnout (Bobby Lynch), Rainmaker (Sarah Rainmaker), and Freefall (Roxi
Spaulding) , and thier leader, who is now Alex Fairchild, Catlin's father.
Even though this book has a lot of down sides, they all contribute to the
uniqueness of the book, which is why I like this book. Although I would like
to see more action and depth in this book, I like Gen13 because the
characters are vary REAL, with real powers: Caitlin has the powers of
superhuman-strength and neigh-invulnerability, Grunge has the power to mimic his cellular
structure to whatever substance he can touch, Burnout has the power to
project high energy plasma that bursts into flame when in contact with oxygen, (he
turns into something like the human torch and can shoot fire-blasts)
Rainmaker can control air and water, and can shoot lighting blasts from her hands,
and Freefall can control gravity (not just to fly but she can make things as
light as a tooth pick fall so hard they can be as heavy as a ton of bricks.)
Real problems: Bobby dealing with his father, Roxi finding her mother, and
finding out that her real father is actually none other than Alex Fairchild
the teams leader, Sarah being a *lesbian* and Grunge being, um, horny.
One of the main reasons I like this book is because of the hi-jinks and
general funniness of it: Grunge trying to catch Catlin or Sarah naked, Roxi
and Sarah cheating at Lizard races, the team helping an old scientist that
has turned himself into a ten foot tall baby while trying to find a solution to
growing old, amongst a few of them. This is a great book but it needs a good
long story plot and now that D.C. owns WildStorm, there can be some
interesting crossovers like Gen13/Teen Titans or maybe even a guest shot
from Superman. I think Mr. Myxsptlk would make quite an interesting tie in with
the Gen13 titles.