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Gen¹³, Vol. 4 (2006-2011) #Vol. 4
Gen 13: World's End
Genetically altered by a secret government faction, the teenagers known as Generation 13 - Fairchild, Burnout, Grunge, Freefall and Rainmaker - escaped their captors and roam America, finding trouble and fun wherever they go! There's not much fun to be had in the post-apocalyptic Earth since the Reapers came, but Gen 13 are looking for it anyway.
136 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2009
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January 25, 2014
Gen 13 's story is sad. Sad sad sad sad. Not sad because the writing is so great, but sad because of how the book is handled. It's no secret, this latest iteration of Gen13 was doomed from the start (just read my other reviews), but just like it did in the first volume of the series, the book started to get good in the end. It was an utter mess until Scott Beatty came in. Why? It's hard to say because before this story arc, Gen 13's story was nonsensical, unfocused, overly ambitious, poorly-explained, horribly illustrated, and moved along with eye-rollingly bad dialogue. Seriously, it was everything comics shouldn't be. But now, FINALLY the series stops taking itself so seriously and we are able to enjoy it.
Beatty and Huddleston came in, and started pacing the story well, gave the characters more of a personality, made the art raw and fun to look at, introduced fun characters, and put Gen 13 in a story that is more believable and easy to follow. In short, we start caring about these people in this arc. So basically, the series instantly became light-years better.
Unfortunately, this is the last collection of Gen13 that I know of and we don't get the entire story arc, which is a shame. What we get is the first half, which is that the kids find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world and start to deal with it the way normal human beings would deal with it. It's a self-aware zombie-themed horror story, but everything seems to gel together remarkably well. The characters behave like adults and act logically (as much as one can in this setting) and with such GREAT artwork, the story is just fun to read, especially when the character of Goo is introduced (have you every seen such ballzy artwork on the series?).
With the shit-show that the series has been, it's no wonder that Beatty and Huddleston were unable to save it. Instead they offer the only shining light the series got before fading away into another mess with the next creative team.
Goodbye Gen13, it was nice knowing you!
Beatty and Huddleston came in, and started pacing the story well, gave the characters more of a personality, made the art raw and fun to look at, introduced fun characters, and put Gen 13 in a story that is more believable and easy to follow. In short, we start caring about these people in this arc. So basically, the series instantly became light-years better.
Unfortunately, this is the last collection of Gen13 that I know of and we don't get the entire story arc, which is a shame. What we get is the first half, which is that the kids find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world and start to deal with it the way normal human beings would deal with it. It's a self-aware zombie-themed horror story, but everything seems to gel together remarkably well. The characters behave like adults and act logically (as much as one can in this setting) and with such GREAT artwork, the story is just fun to read, especially when the character of Goo is introduced (have you every seen such ballzy artwork on the series?).
With the shit-show that the series has been, it's no wonder that Beatty and Huddleston were unable to save it. Instead they offer the only shining light the series got before fading away into another mess with the next creative team.
Goodbye Gen13, it was nice knowing you!
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June 27, 2011Goofy. And not in a good way. I read three pages then skimmed the rest to see if it got better. I can't say 100%, but this sure isn't something I'd have paid $ for (or been happy to). Brutal art - like cheap Saturday morning cartoons.
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