Gen 13 (Volume 2) #77 is an issue of the series Gen 13 (Volume 2) with a cover date of July, 2002. It was published on May 15, 2002.
Synopsis for "Dead Friends and Imminent Catastrophe"
Two weeks after the detonation of the Gen-Factor bomb, various disasters are devastating southern California. Amp gathers the Mongolian Barbecue Horde, and they meet with the Blood Congress, a mass of sentient Gen-Active blood cells which move among human hosts. The Congress explains that Gen 13 died in the bomb blast, but their powers were amplified into raging energy patterns that have caused the storms, wildfires, gravitational distortions, and giant sludge monsters affecting the region. Amp directs Tommy to rescue bystanders while Voodoo Doll retrieves scientist Morrie Bleibtreu from a secret Gen-Factor research facility. Leslie then uses her powers to teleport herself, Amp, and the scientist to a storage garage where he has stashed a prototype nullifier device. Immediately, they are attacked by Gen-Active cancer cells taken from Melanoma. Bleibtreu is killed, but Leslie saves Nate by using her memory of him rescuing her from a lab to boost her powers. The remnants then attack her. Nate struggles to help her, and she has a vision of Gen 13 before passing out. Leslie awakens on a hilltop where Nate is activating the nullifier. She uses her powers to protect them from the surrounding maelstrom while the device dissipates the energy patterns, ending the threat. Transformed into a living reality distortion, Caitlin appears in the sky and then vanishes.
Appearing in "Dead Friends and Imminent Catastrophe"
Featured Characters:
- Gen 13
- Burnout (In a vision)
- Caitlin Fairchild (Also in a vision)
- Freefall (In a vision)
- Grunge (In a vision)
- Sarah Rainmaker (In a vision)
Supporting Characters:
- Blood Congress
- Mongolian Barbecue Horde
- Amp (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
- Trauma Queen (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
- Twenty-Man Tommy
- Voodoo Doll
Antagonists:
- Gentelechy Enterprises (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Morrie L. Bleibtreu (Single appearance; dies)
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Notes
- This is the final issue of the series.
- The story of Caitlin Fairchild continues in Gen 13 vol. 3, and the rest of the team appears in the later issues of that series.
- Given the events of Gen 13 vol. 3 #16, the story in this issue may no longer be in continuity.
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