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Gen¹³ #September Song
Gen¹³: September Song
An intriguing, action-packed adventure of adolescent travails and supernatural occurrences, GEN 13: SEPTEMBER SONG tells that tale of four disparate teenagers and the deadly struggles they endure atter mysteriously gaming superpowers. When an enigmatic being known only as Herod individually gives Ethan York, Gwen Matsura, Ja'nelle Moorhead, and Hamza amazing abilities as well as a message that they will be judged, they immediately enter into a world of unconceivable danger and deadly enemies. Now in order to solve the mystery behind their powerful benefactor, the four teens must first survive brutal attacks by the criminal organization called the Triad and the powerful menace named Purple Haze. Collects Gen¹³ vol. 3, #0-6
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176 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2003
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About the author
Chris Claremont
3,284 books897 followersChris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
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May 19, 2020
This was something of a disappointment. It features a new cast of characters in an overly long kind of origin story that goes on way too long (and nowhere else) and then stops without explaining very much. I've no idea why they decided to reboot with different people; maybe they thought that since it worked for X-Men years ago it would work for them. Maybe they thought X-Men and then thought Claremont and off they went. There's an Asian girl, an African-American girl, a Caucasian boy, and an Islamic boy, from what was apparently a p.c./diversity checklist the publisher provided. The only tie-in to the original Gen13 is Caitlin, who's there as the assistant principal of Stanley Leiber High School which they all attend, and also as they babysitter for the family of team leader (I think) Ethan. It's not really too clear. Claremont's writing is occasionally amusing and entertaining, but the story is both too diffuse and limited. The art is not bad (though I didn't like the pseudo-manga eyes), but the girls are way too young to be depicted as provocatively as they are at times. It's somewhat uncomfortable. It's not a terrible book overall, but not nearly as good as the original.
October 15, 2013
Ah, Gen13. You’re the comic book that got me into comics. Why do I keep coming back to you when you’re so bad to me?
After Adam Warren’s criminally underrated run on Gen13, Wildstorm pulled the plug and rebooted the series with Chris Claremont at the helm and Ale Garza doing pencils. Unfortunately, the series got off to a bad start and things just got worse with each issue. The writing is so horribly forced and the dialogue so laughable that it’s hard to keep reading. The story itself goes nowhere and the characters are completely uninspiring. Five teenagers are forced to cooperate to tackle an evil that is left unexplained, which is just as well since no one cares about him/her in the first place. “You will be judged.” Yeah, I bet we will.
And the characters? A white kid, a black kid, an Arab kid and an Asian kid. No reason why, just being equal opportunity here. Their powers? One controls fire (or something), one’s super strong (like every super hero ever), one stops time (or something), and the other has a tattoo of a dragon that comes to life (a la Neverending Story). It’s almost as if a five year old came up with this. Also, Caitlin Fairchild is back for unexplained reasons except to keep SOMETHING grounding the series.
As for Ale Garza, the guy is full of potential, but something is desperately lacking in his art style. Is it because all his characters look the same? All with pursed lips and the highest of high cheek bones? His women design a clear not-quite-there-yet rip off of J Scott Campbell’s style? Maybe it’s just the poor coloring?
Gen13, you’re the comic book that got me into comics. Unfortunately, you might also be the comic book that gets me out of comics.
After Adam Warren’s criminally underrated run on Gen13, Wildstorm pulled the plug and rebooted the series with Chris Claremont at the helm and Ale Garza doing pencils. Unfortunately, the series got off to a bad start and things just got worse with each issue. The writing is so horribly forced and the dialogue so laughable that it’s hard to keep reading. The story itself goes nowhere and the characters are completely uninspiring. Five teenagers are forced to cooperate to tackle an evil that is left unexplained, which is just as well since no one cares about him/her in the first place. “You will be judged.” Yeah, I bet we will.
And the characters? A white kid, a black kid, an Arab kid and an Asian kid. No reason why, just being equal opportunity here. Their powers? One controls fire (or something), one’s super strong (like every super hero ever), one stops time (or something), and the other has a tattoo of a dragon that comes to life (a la Neverending Story). It’s almost as if a five year old came up with this. Also, Caitlin Fairchild is back for unexplained reasons except to keep SOMETHING grounding the series.
As for Ale Garza, the guy is full of potential, but something is desperately lacking in his art style. Is it because all his characters look the same? All with pursed lips and the highest of high cheek bones? His women design a clear not-quite-there-yet rip off of J Scott Campbell’s style? Maybe it’s just the poor coloring?
Gen13, you’re the comic book that got me into comics. Unfortunately, you might also be the comic book that gets me out of comics.
August 30, 2020
Beautiful story. Amazing artwork. Perfect
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