Recently I saw a shop had the first couple of issues of the ne series in a bundle for aliitlle more than one issue. Is the new series worth it or is it rubbish like a lot of the new Wildstorm

I bought the first three (four?) issues of Gen13, based solely on the writing talent of Gail Simone.

Some of my problem with this book was how much I like Gail Simone's work. I wanted to like it very much, but it seemed tied down to previously accepted and expected things about character and plot. I was never certain if I was reading Gail, or reading Gail retelling some crappy 1990s comics disaster.

Like some of the Brave New World miniseries, there seems to be a little disconnect between what the creator/inspiration wants done - Jim Lee, I guess? I don't know enough about Gen13 - and what the writer is doing. Gail's writing is great, and gets you through some of the weak bits, but the overall story is questionable. The art wavers from Talent "aping the style of Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld" Caldwell to Sunny "simply atrocious" Lee.

I decided I'd rather read Gail Simone writing something else, and dropped Gen13. I'm reading Welcome to Tranquility and Birds of Prey now.

--YMMV.
wyld

I read the first story arc (1-6). It was ok but very much considering dropping it. Not sure why, it's just not great enough to keep me excited. Go with "Welcome to Tranquility" like wyld said. It's a great, and original, series. Yup, I've just talked myself out of continuing Gen 13. I am curious to hear other thoughts on it though.

Actually the art's the thing I liked the most about the series (Gen 13). It reminded me of Ramos more than the examples Wyld gave, and I like his cartoony style a lot.

I'd give the title a shot, especially if you can get it on the cheap like that.

I liked the art. As ClownShoes said, it was more reminiscent of Humberto Ramos than Jim Lee to me.

And, I really liked that Gail Simone was writing it. She's never written anything that I've been disappointed with thus far (Villains United, Secret Six, and Birds of Prey to name just a few titles that wouldn't have been nearly as fun as they were without her direct involvment).

As for the story itself, I found the first arc mildly entertaining, but basically a re-telling of the Gen13 team's 'origin' so that new readers who didn't bother with the title the first time around (like myself) to get to know the character's a bit. I expect it to expand beyond that and tell 'new' stories now that the introduction is over with ...

That's what I'm afraid of. That, having gotten this "intro" out of the way, the story will go somewhere awesome as I expect Simone to do. (I'm afraid of this because I've already dropped the title, and I'll miss the boat, if true.)

I do feel like the intro was meant for returning Gen13 readers, though, as it was thin as hell.

--wyld