History ComicBook / Gen13

Following this, Creator/ChrisClaremont was brought in to write an [[{{Retool}} all-new, all-different]] ''Gen¹³'', but the new version poorly received. Set in an alternate universe, the story featured a strangely alive Fairchild mentoring an [[FiveTokenBand all-new team]]. This version was cancelled after sixteen issues, ending with the resurrection of the original team.

Following this, Creator/ChrisClaremont was brought in to write an [[{{Retool}} all-new, all-different]] ''Gen¹³'', but the new version [[ReplacementScrappy was not terribly good]] and poorly received. Set in an alternate universe, the story featured a strangely alive Fairchild mentoring an [[FiveTokenBand all-new team]]. This version was cancelled after sixteen issues, ending with the resurrection of the original team.

* CrossOver: Not counting the fact the team debuted in a massive crossover with Valiant Comics, they did have a new non-Image crossovers, including with Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. The latter made it a point for Burnout to get into an argument with the Human Torch, since both have basically the same powers.

Their mentor was '''John Lynch''', a gruff and grizzled former soldier and ex-agent for the conspiracy that gathered them, who was basically, for lack of a better term, the hybrid love child of Creator/ClintEastwood and {{Wolverine}}. Lynch freed them and acted as TeamDad for this SecretProjectRefugeeFamily.

* FiveManBand
** Fairchild (TheLeader)
** Rainmaker (TheLancer)
** Grunge (TheBigGuy)
** Burnout (TheSmartGuy)
** Freefall (TheChick)

** One of the earlier runs had the Gen13 kids battle an Italian superhero team who worked for the Vatican.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Rainmaker frequently admonishes Grunge for being perverted, but she herself makes perverted comments towards women. For example in Issue 17 she yells at Grunge for staring at them when they were kidnapped and dressed in teddies, but two pages before remarks to Caitlin that a Coda Warrior has a "nice ass."

** Female variant. Issue 17, Rainmaker remarks to Catlin that the villainess Coda Warrior has a "nice ass."

* MistakenForMasturbating: Inverted. In the Creator/GailSimone version, Grunge was shown as being a geekish, mommy-boy kid. Wanting to "reinvent himself", he cleverly and systematically rebels against it, for example disposing of all his anti-asthma medications, vitamins and dietary supplements in the toilet while faking a double-entendre laced ImmodestOrgasm just to mess with his family.

''After that'', it seems to have been folded into the DC Universe along with the rest of Wildstorm as a result of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''; there are no plans to revive the book, but some ''Gen¹³'' characters have shown up in the "[[FanNickname DCnU]]"; notably, Fairchild got connected to Comicbook/{{Superboy}}'s new origin story, as part of Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E..

* '''Caitlin Fairchild''' a.k.a. '''Fairchild''', redhead resident ShrinkingViolet geek girl turned [[AmazonianBeauty Amazonian]] team leader.

See also ''ComicBook/TeamSeven'', where Lynch as well the fathers of various of this team came from.

!!Tropes:

* YourCheatingHeart: At one point, Grunge had a fling with Swift from ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' while he was still dating Freefall.

* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Much of the cast had names or nicknames that would come to perfectly symbolize their powers. The big example is the Native American Sarah Rainmaker getting weather manipulation powers. Caitlin Fairchild meanwhile becomes an AmazonianBeauty while Burnout gets fire powers, despite the nickname from being beforehand.
** However, there may actually be a legitimate yet subtle explanation behind it. Their parents (Gen-12) all had SuperSerum psychic powers, which they could barely control. As such, it's likely that when Gen-13 inherited their powers, their psychic nature meant the powers would manifest themselves as reflections of their wielders in terms of their subconscious desires and motivations:

** Sarah ''Rainmaker'' is pretty self-explantory though keep in mind what practice Native Americans are usually [[RainDance associated with]] to explain where her surname came from in the first place.

** And of course, while Sarah ''Rainmaker'' is self-explanatory, keep in mind what practice Native Americans are usually [[RainDance associated with]] to explain where her surname came from in the first place.

** However, there may actually be a legitimate yet subtle explanation behind it. Their parents (Gen-12) all had SuperSerum psychic powers, which they could barely control. As such, it's likely that when Gen-13 inherited these psychic powers, they would manifest themselves as reflections of their wielders in terms of their subconscious desires and motivations. Caitlin ''Fairchild'' was a nerdy shy wallflower who wanted attention and to be strong, and now she has a [[AmazonianBeauty very fair body]] to say the least. Percy "Grunge" Chang, the ''wannabe'' who ''changed'' his appearance and colors his personality to not be seen as nerd, has the power to ''mimic'' the properties of anything he touches. Robert "Burnout" Lee is an angsty musician who's ''burnt-out'' regarding his passion for music and thus may be looking for something to ''re-ignite'' his passion or ''fire'' for music. Roxanne "Free Fall" Spaulding was a ShrinkingViolet who was always ''pushed'' around and now wishes to ''push back'' against people and ''force them down'' to make herself go up. And of course, Sarah ''Rainmaker's'' powers is a reflection of [[RainDance a certain aspect associated with Native Americans.]]

** A bizarre crossover happen with a 1996 tale which sent Grunge through several worlds where he meet characters from ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'', the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles and many others like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, ecc..

* '''Sarah Rainmaker''' a.k.a. '''Rainmaker''', a weather-controlling Native American who had bisexual "will she or won't she" tendencies.

** The Claremont's run turned out to be this as well, with the entire continuity existing inside Fairchild's mind as she restructured reality to bring her team back to life.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Zigzagged with Rainmaker. Despite originally claiming to be lesbian in early stories by Mike Choi, later stories by Scott Lobdell insisted that she was bisexual and even dating Burnout. When the Wildstorm universe was rebooted, this was undone, and Rainmaker became a lesbian again.

* {{Adorkable}}: The ''ComicBook/New52'' Fairchild in her [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/9/91/Fairchild_0005.png "normal"]] form

''Gen¹³'' and its spinoffs have also tended to gather a wide variety of talent. To start with, this is the book that made J. Scott Campbell famous before ''ComicBook/DangerGirl''. Creator/WarrenEllis wrote the first eight issues of ''[=DV8=]'', a book starring the titular [[ThePsychoRangers Psycho Rangers]] and series ArchNemesis Ivana Baiul. Adam "''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''" Warren did two well-received parody miniseries ("[[{{Wuxia}} Grunge]]: [[HeroicBloodshed The Movie]]" and "[[MagicalGirl Magical Drama Queen Roxy]]") and was the writer for what turned out to be the final issues of the original series. In an unexpected twist, the entire cast were KilledOffForReal by a nuclear weapon.

* TakeThat: Issue #8 of Simone's run has the kids fight ComicBook/TheAuthority'', with Roxy going on a tirade about how much they suck and how they're always ruining everything. This may have been a dig at Creator/GrantMorrison, whose aborted run on ''Authority'' was supposed to set the tone for Worldstorm but which ended up being cancelled, leaving writers like Simone to fend for themselves as people became increasingly unsure of what Worldstorm was supposed to be.

* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily

* TwoferTokenMinority: Sarah Rainmaker, Native American Lesbian. Her personality rarely went beyond that.

** However, there may actually be a legitimate yet subtle explanation behind it. Their parents (Gen-12) all had SuperSerum psychic powers, which they could barely control. Given how Gen-13's powers remained dormant, it's likely that the power was given shape and form by the desires and perspectives of their wielders' personalities. Caitlin ''Fairchild'' was a nerdy shy wallflower who wanted more attention and so she gained a very ''fair'' body (hers is the most subtle example.) Slacker ''wannabe'' Percy "Grunge" Chang would end up with the power to ''mimic'' the properties of anything he touches. Robert "Burnout" Lee is an angsty musician who's ''burnt-out'' regarding his passion for music and thus may be looking for something to ''re-ignite'' his passion or ''fire'' for music. Roxanne "Free Fall" Spaulding was a ShrinkingViolet who was always ''pushed'' around and now wishes to ''push back'' against people and ''force them down'' to make herself go up. And of course, Sarah ''Rainmaker's'' powers is a reflection of [[RainDance a certain aspect associated with Native Americans.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: The "ComicBook/New52" Fairchild in her [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/9/91/Fairchild_0005.png "normal"]] form
* AllJustADream: The penultimate two issues of Warren's run feature an over-the top hedonistic party night complete with skinny dipping and hook-ups between the team and their other Gen-active friends. It turned out that this was all happening in Fairchild's subconscious in the microseconds before she and the others were [[KilledOffForReal vaporized by a nuclear weapon]]
** The Claremont run turned out to be this as well, with the entire continuity existing inside Fairchild's mind as she restructured reality to bring her team back to life.

-->'''Roxy:''' God, I frickin' ''hate'' having pleasant dreams, 'cause... 'cause... 'cause I always wake up.

* EvilAlbino: The Albino