Gen 13 #4 is an issue of the series Gen 13 (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1994.
Contents
Synopsis for "Free For All!"
Baiul wants to execute Fairchild and Pitt while Lynch prefers to keep them captive. Ivana snaps and shoots Lynch’s Black Razors. Fairchild uses the moment to strike, but Ivana summons more Keepers. The other Gen 13 members watch from above and soon join the battle, fighting back with their powers. Pitt prevents a Keeper from killing Timmy and then escapes the compound with the boy. Lynch summons his special armored troops, the Black Hammers, to hold off the Keepers and leads Gen 13 away from the fight. He explains the history of Project Genesis and reveals that he was a member of Team 7 along with their fathers. IO exposed Team 7 to Gen-Factor, giving them superhuman powers, and now wants to recruit and control Team 7's children. Lynch helps Gen 13 escape through a garbage chute and then prepares to confront Baiul.
Appearing in "Free For All!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- John Lynch (Flashback and main story)
- Pitt
- Timmy Bracken
- Black Hammers
- Hawkins
- Black Razors (Flashback and main story)
- Mackenzie (Dies)
Antagonists:
- International Operations
- Project Genesis
- Ivana Baiul
- Keepers
- Bliss (Flashback and main story)
- Threshold (Flashback and main story)
- Project Genesis
Other Characters:
- Team 7 (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Arclight (Jackson Dane)
- Backlash
- Boloround (Richard McNamara) (First appearance)
- Bulleteer (Phil Chang) (First appearance)
- Deadeye (Cole Cash)
- Deathblow
- Slaphammer (Alex Fairchild) (First appearance)
- Wraparound (Stephen Callahan)
- Rachel Callahan (Flashback only)
Locations:
- United States of America
- Death Valley, Nevada
- Deadwood, Georgia (Flashback only)
Items:
- Gen-Factor (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
Notes
- Originally published by Image Comics.
- This issue is reprinted in:
- Gen 13 trade paperback (1995);
- Wildstorm Archives: Gen 13 trade paperback (1998);
- Gen 13: Who They Are and How They Came to Be trade paperback (2006).
