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''Gen¹³'' is a fictional superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. It was published by Wildstorm under the Image Comics banner, which went on to become an imprint for DC Comics, who continued publishing the ''Gen¹³'' title. The comic features a loosely organized team of super-powered beings composed of five teens and their mentor. ==Publication history== The series takes place in Jim Lee's Wildstorm Universe, and ''Gen¹³''s stories and history intertwine with those from his own works, such as ''Wildcats'' and ''Team 7'' (in fact, each of the main characters in ''Gen¹³'' is the child of a Team 7 member). The setup of the series is that a group of teens are invited to take part in a government project, which is in actuality a prison-like testing ground on "gen-active" teens. The teens make their escape, but not before they manifest superhuman powers, and are labelled dangerous fugitives. They rely on each other to fight their foes and unveil the personal secrets that linked them to Team 7 and International Operations. After a very successful run ending with issue #20, co-creator and illustrator J. Scott Campbell handed the reins of ''Gen¹³'' over to other creative teams, saying that leaving freed him up to work on both the ''Gen¹³''/Batman crossover and his own new series (''Danger Girl''). Following the run of Choi and Campbell were John Arcudi and Gary Frank. Their realistic style, both in writing and art, was a drastic change from the title's more fantastic elements. Following their run, Scott Lobdell returned the title to its less serious, more sexual roots, but still the title was not received well by fans. After Lobdell's run, Adam Warren was assigned to the title. He had previously proven himself writing two stories using Gen¹³ characters ("Grunge: The Movie", published in ''Gen¹³ Bootleg'', and the stand-alone mini-series ''Magical Drama Queen Roxy''), as well as a two-issue fill-in piece featuring a pop idol who threatened to take over the world with a catchy song. Warren's run was well received by fans and critics, but sales did not support the title. Despite outrageous story arcs and many artist collaborations, the popularity of the book dwindled to the point where Wildstorm decided to blow up the entire team with a 6-megaton bomb (''Gen¹³'' vol. 2, #76, June 2002). This served as the catalyst to revamp the series with a new first issue written by Chris Claremont with pencils by Ale Garza. This title featured an all new team mentored by Caitlin Fairchild, and spawned a spin-off series titled ''21 Down''. However, this title was cancelled after barely a year. The final issue of the series revealed that the original team was, in fact, still alive, and that the new series had taken place in an alternate dimension which had in some fashion crossed over with the known continuity. During the height of its popularity, ''Gen¹³'' spawned two spin-off books, ''DV8'' and ''Gen¹³ Bootleg'', as well as a number of specials and mini-series. The team also starred in crossovers with other comic book characters such as Superman, Spider-Man, the Maxx, Monkeyman and O'Brien, two crossovers with the Marvel Comics teen hero team Generation X, and a crossover with the Fantastic Four. At one point in the early years, Wildstorm and DC were planning a teamup between the team and Batman. However, due to creative differences between creator J. Scott Campbell and DC, the crossover never happened; though Campbell did create artwork showing Fairchild, Grunge, Roxy, and Batman in a promotional image. The title was "rebooted" in October 2006, initially written by Gail Simone〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Simone Files IV: Gen¹³ )〕 with art from Talent Caldwell.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bringing the Kids Back: Talent Caldwell on Gen¹³ )〕 At first, the title had no continuity with earlier series. The series was involved in the "Armageddon" crossover event and then taken over in 2008 with a new creative team, Scott Beatty and Mike Huddleston, as part of "World's End".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=NYCC '08: Living in the Ruins: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End' )〕 The new series was cancelled along with the rest of the Wildstorm titles published at the time when the line folded. When the Wildstorm universe was subsequently folded into the DC Universe following ''Flashpoint'', several of the members of Gen 13 began appearing in other titles. Caitlin Fairchild played a supporting role in ''Superboy'' and eventually began starring in the spin-off title, ''The Ravagers''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gen¹³」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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