Gen13 is a superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell.

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).

He had previously proven himself writing two stories using Gen13 characters ("Grunge: The Movie," published in Gen13 Bootleg, and the standalone 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.

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 six-megaton bomb (Gen13 vol.

However, due to creative differences between creator Brandon Choi and DC, the crossover never happened, although J. Scott Campbell did create artwork showing Fairchild, Grunge, Roxy and Batman in a promotional image.

[citation needed] The title was "rebooted" in October 2006, initially written by Gail Simone[2] with art from Talent Caldwell.

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".

Caitlin Fairchild played a supporting role in Superboy and eventually began starring in the spin-off title The Ravagers.

[citation needed] International Operations started "government internship" for gifted youths, taking place in an isolated training facility.

However, this team existed in what is later revealed to be an alternate reality which was similar to the mainstream Wildstorm universe except for its point of divergence, the last issue of Gen13 volume 2.

At the end of volume 3, the rest of the original Gen13 team was revealed to be alive and, after time-traveling to avoid the detonation that "killed" them, the reunited group returned to the mainstream Wildstorm universe.

In different areas of the country, Caitlin Fairchild, Roxy Spaulding, Eddie Chang, Bobby Lane and Sarah Rainmaker wake up, each wearing a uniform recognized by their parents.

In the course of the series, it is eventually revealed that (in contrast to the previous iterations) these Gen13s were manipulated and formulated from birth by an unscrupulous biogenetics firm from I.O., called Tabula Rasa.

Outside of her newfound origins, the character of Freefall remains mostly consistent to previous iterations, save for a slightly greater level of confidence and self-reliance.

While Grunge is quick to claim that an asteroid, global warming, and other natural disasters were responsible for the destruction, Rainmaker blames terrorists.

The other teens are confronted by the cloned scientist Dr. Cross, who created them after their original deaths; however, he and his assistant Megan are both stuck at ages five and nine, respectively, due to the loss of electricity caused by the cataclysm, while retaining their memories and intellects.

They arrive in a small town that is under the "protection" of a World War II supervillain team, the Fearsmiths (the imprisoned villains from Number of the Beast).

Naturally, their practice sessions ended with the Gen14s being killed, cloned, and their minds transferred and later modified so that they do not remember their ordeal.

Currently on orders from the general in charge of the military squad, Gen14 has invaded the Paladins' headquarters and are ready to confront Gen13, which currently consists only of Burnout, Grunge and Freefall.

Three Gen13 paperback novels were released: In February 1996, it was announced Electronic Arts had signed a deal with WildStorm to develop a series of action-adventure games based on Gen13.