Gen12
Gen12 is a
Wildstorm by Brandon Choi with art by Michael Ryan. It was a 5-issue mini-series published in 1998. It featured characters from the series Team 7
. It is also the codename for the subjects of a scientific experiment within the Wildstorm Universe.
Publication history
The story takes place in the 1990s, but is filled with
flashbacks
that take place in the late 1970s and early 1980s, following events in the Team 7: Dead Reckoning mini-series.
After the death of Miles Craven, head of International Operations, the US government orders commander Thomas Morgan to investigate Miles Craven's secret operation, Project Genesis, the resulting defection of John Lynch and the disappearance of Ivana Baiul. The main subjects of Project Genesis were the members of Team 7 and Morgan tracks down their friends and families to find out what happened between Craven and Team 7.
The purpose of the Gen12 series was to provide the connection between the stories in
Divine Right, Deathblow
and many more.
Fictional history
Miles Craven, head of
Gen-Factor, a substance with the ability to bestow superhuman powers on people exposed to it, making them Gen-actives. The Gen-Factor was discovered by Dr. Simon Tsung, who had extracted it from Ethan McCain, a baby he had found with superhuman powers. Craven used the Gen-Factor on many subjects, but all either died, went insane or mutated into monstrous beings. He finally succeeded with Team 7
and the survivors of the experiment were labeled Gen12. Later other Gen12-superhumans were seen, but the Team 7 members appeared to be the most successful and the most powerful of the Gen12.
A revival of Project Genesis about 20 years later produced
DV8) Gen12 and Gen13 refer to generations of Americans.[1]
References
- ^ Team 7: Dead Reckoning #3
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