Gen 13 #40 [Kyle Baker Cover]

(June 1999)

Death and the Broken Promise, Part Two (Table of Contents: 1)

Gen 13 / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

John Arcudi (credited as Arcudi)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited as Frank)

Inks

Cam Smith (credited as Smith); Luke Rizzo (credited as Rizzo); Richard Friend (credited as Friend); John Tighe (credited as Tighe)

Colors

Digital Chameleon (credited)

Letters

Ali Fuchs (credited as Fuchs)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why does anybody have to die?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Gen 13: Burnout [Bobby Lane] (featured); Fairchild [Caitlin Fairchild] (featured); Freefall [Roxy Spaulding] (featured); Grunge [Percival Edward Chang] (featured); Rainmaker [Sarah Rainmaker] (featured)
Alex Fairchild (death) (featured); John Lynch (supporting); Isaiah (supporting, death); Keepers (villains); Russell Tindalos (villain, death)

Synopsis

Gen 13 are guests of the enigmatic yet friendly Russell Tindalos but things go bad when Alex discovers that Tindalos is using his old pal Isaiah to seek out gen-actives. The team attacks Tindalos and his Keepers but are beaten back. When Tindalos rips off Caitlin's top and begins to make unwelcome advances, Alex gives his life to destroy the villain and protect his daughter.

Reprints

• in Gen 13 (Juniorpress, 1996 series) #24 (1999)
• in Wildstorm (Magic Press, 2000 series) #5 (Luglio-Agosto 2000)

Gen 13 Variant Cover Madness! (Table of Contents: 2)

Gen 13 / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arthur Adams (credited) (signed as Arthur Adams) (#34 variant); Kevin Nowlan (credited) (signed as K. Nowlan) (#36 variant); Doug Mahnke (credited) (signed as DM) (#38 variant); Kyle Baker (credited) (#40 variant)

Inks

Arthur Adams (credited as Art Adams) (signed as Arthur Adams) (#34 variant); Kevin Nowlan (credited) (signed as K. Nowlan) (#36 variant); Doug Mahnke (credited) (signed as DM) (#38 variant); Kyle Baker (credited) (#40 variant)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Gen 13: Burnout [Bobby Lane] (featured); Fairchild [Caitlin Fairchild] (featured); Freefall [Roxy Spaulding] (featured); Grunge [Percival Edward Chang] (featured)

Reprints

• from Gen 13 (Image, 1995 series) #34 [Adams Cover] (October 1998) [variant cover; no logo], #36 [Nowlan Cover] (December 1998) [variant cover; no logo]
• from Gen 13 (DC, 1999 series) #38 [Doug Mahnke Cover] (April 1999) [variant cover; no logo]

Indexer Notes

Presents full page art for the variant covers of Gen 13 #34, 36 and 38 as well as a tiny illustration of the variant cover for this issue.