Gen 13 #1 (1995) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Gen 13 (Image, 1995 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: March 1995
Key date: 1995-03-30
On-sale date: 1995-03-30
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $2.95; 4.20 CAD
Pages: 44

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Cover (1995).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Charge!	cover	1	pencils: J. Scott Campbell; inks: Alex Garner; colors: Jess Ruffner	Gen13 [Fairchild [Caitlin Fairchild]; Burnout [Robert Lane]; Freefall [Roxanne Spaulding]; Grunge [Percival Chang]; Rainmaker [Sarah Rainmaker]]
1	Cast Call...	recap	1	pencils: J. Scott Campbell; inks: Alex Garner	Gen13 [Fairchild [Caitlin Fairchild]; Freefall [Roxanne Spaulding]; Grunge [Percival Chang]; Burn-Out [Robert Lane]; Rainmaker [Sarah Rainmaker]]
2	Among Friends and Enemies!	comic story	29	script: Brandon Choi, J. Scott Campbell; pencils: J. Scott Campbell; inks: Alex Garner, Sandra Hope; colors: Wendy Fouts, Joe Chiodo, Wildstorm Effects; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft	Gen13 [Fairchild [Caitlin Fairchild]; Freefall [Roxanne Spaulding]; Grunge [Percival Chang]; Burn-Out [Robert Lane]; Rainmaker [Sarah Rainmaker]; Jack Lynch; Housekeeper Anna; Qeelocke] Hardball; Jade; Rake; One-Eyed Jack; Keiko (Mortal Conflict game); Ronan (Mortal Conflict game)
4	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
5	Pinup	illustration	2	pencils: Joe Benitez; inks: Chuck Gibson
6	Wildstorm Gallery	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
7	Gen 13 #1 Premiere Party	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
8	-	letters page	3	script: Sarah Becker, Tom Harrington
9	Gen 13 #2	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
10	Issue One	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover 1-C - Li'l GEN13	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-D - Barbari-GEN	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-B - Thumbs Up	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-E - Your Friendly Neighborhood Grunge	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-M - Do-It-Yourself-Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-H - GEN-et Jackson	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-G - Lin-GEN-re	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-I - That's the Way We Became the GEN13	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-F - GEN13 Goes Madison Avenue	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-J - All Dolled Up	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-K - Verti-GEN	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover 1-L - Picto-Fiction	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Newsstand	price 2.50 USD; 3.55 CAD; barcode 07099233323301
Chromium Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Backlash #6	1995	On eBay ›
Gen13: Starting Over #[nn] ISBN 1563895447	1999	On eBay ›
Gen 13 Backlist #[nn] ISBN 1-887279-41-5	1997	On eBay ›
Gen 13 3D #1	1998	On eBay ›
Gen 13: Starting Over The Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-942-0	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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For variant covers, match the listing photo against the variant list on this page before paying a ratio-variant price.
Pressable defects (spine stress, corner blunting) matter to graders; ask for photos at an angle.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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