Grunge

GRUNGE

Real Name: Percival Edmund "Eddie" Chang

Class: Human mutant

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Gen13

Known Relatives: Absolom (brother), Stewart Chang (Bulleteer, father)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile, Earth-50

First Appearance: Deathmate Black (Wildstorm) (September, 1993)

Powers: Grunge could absorb the properties of any matter he touched.

History: Caitlin Fairchild, Burnout, Grunge and Freefall were offered a government internship by IO , but it turned out to be their program to unlock the powers of gen-active humans. They fled the facility and struck out for themselves as Gen13.

(The Authority I #13, 14, 16, 21) - The Authority became worldwide celebrities, and Gen 13 were invited to one of their after-hours parties aboard the Carrier. Swift invited Grunge back to her room for some romance, but after a sub-par performance he dozed off, and Swift commented to herself that he was all talk.

(The Authority I #20) - Grunge got invited to another Authority party, and Swift gave him another shot at love, but she also invited Dingo to hang with them.

(The Authority I #29) - Gen13 were invited to the marriage of Apollo and the Midnighter aboard the Authority's Carrier.

Comments: Created by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi & J. Scott Campbell.

Grunge was originally published by Wildstorm Comics, which DC acquired the rights to in January, 1999.