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Mediocre super-hero art, some decent characterization that loses its impact because of the characters' incessantly lame one-liners (always based around their powers), and a corny villain played for laughs who completely strips the series of any menace. Not that I necessarily thought the heroes were in danger of dying, but I didn't get the feel that Simone was playing the leads tongue-in-cheek, which made the decision to over-comedify the villain a peculiar choice.
Here we go again. After the laughable Gen13 reboot with Chris Claremont, Wildstorm tries yet again with Gale Simone at the writing helm. This time, there's this giant corporation that is genetically engineering kids for violence, or sex, or whatever, and broadcasting it for high paying billionaires. The thirteeth batch, you guessed it, breaks free of their clutches with sheer determination and with the help of a reverend who is one of the high paying billionaires with a conscience.The art is goo...
Edición española, tomo 1 de 7. Traduce los mismos capítulos que el TP 1 USA.
I liked this alot, even though I was inclined to dislike it for various reasons. (I loved Adam Warren's run on Gen 13, and have born a grudge since then when they fired him) So despite by predesposition to hate this run, I found it quite good. Gail didn't write down to the reader and took advantage of the trade format to tell a decompressed, gripping yarn.
This was frothy fun from the typewriter of Gail Simone -- an attempt to reboot Gen13 in the DCU after WildStorm was acquired by DC. In this instance, they're part of an experiment to build super-powered playtoys for the obscenely rich and amoral. Not unexpectedly, they find a way to escape, hilarity and adventure ensuing.Simone tries to channel some Warren Ellis here (I mean, c'mon, doesn't that *sound* like an Ellis plotline?), with mixed success. Her takes on the characters and situation are i...
Tramposo pero entretenido reboot para los 13ºs de WildStorm a cargo de Gail Simone y gran elenco.
I recently read the first volume of Gen13 then this. I am a fan of Gail Simone and read this because I've always like the concept of Gen 13 and wanted to see Gails version of it.Compared to the original origin, this is a lot better. Both have a few unanswered questions, but this volume does a much better job fleshing out all the characters, not just Fairchild, Roxy and Grunge. There are still some things that could have been done better. With less, or more equal, focus on Fairchild, I kept expec...
I have read Gail Simone's best work in the past. And rest assured, ladies and gentlemen, her take on the newly rebooted Gen 13 series certainly ain't one of them.I have never seen such a talented writer fall flat on their face the way this woman has and had I not read this book for myself, I never would believed it to be possible. My friends, I am simply FLABBERGASTED at the sheer incompetence this scribe has just displayed!You know there is something deadly wrong when the villains are far more
I just recently added this book to my "To Read" list here on Goodreads.com, but didn't think I would be able to read it any time soon. I signed into our group Comixology.com account yesterday and someone had added the first 2 volumes of this series. I'm a huge fan of Gen 13. I collected the original miniseries and the first full series of theirs back in the 1990's. I love Gail Simone's writing and when I saw that she had written a series of Gen 13 during the time I didn't read many comics, I was...
The original Gen 13 was a very good teen-team series with excellent writing and illustration, interesting characters, and a willingness to mix humor and tragedy in a very refreshing manner. Then the creators moved on, the company who owned the franchise destroyed the universe for a while and inferior characters were brought in, and a quickly changing ensemble of writers and illustrators came and went leaving confusion in their wake. Gail Simone became the writer for this, the first volume of sto...
It's not a good sign for a reboot when you don't give the lead characters their names until issue 5. Even with the (somewhat limited) Gen13 background I had, I was completely lost for most of this book. Who are these people? What are their powers? These are basic questions that a reboot should address, and this book didn't. The villain was more interesting than any of the other characters, and that's only because he was over-the-top cuckoo. The artwork wasn't great either - very cheesecake, and
