Caitlin Fairchild

Fairchild
Art by J. Scott Campbell and Alex Garner
Publication information
Publisher	Wildstorm (imprint of DC Comics)
First appearance	Deathmate Black (September 1993)
Created by	Jim Lee Brandon Choi J. Scott Campbell.
In-story information
Alter ego	Caitlin Fairchild
Team affiliations	Gen¹³ International Operations N.O.W.H.E.R.E. The Ravagers
Abilities	Superhuman strength, endurance and durability.

Caitlin Fairchild is a fictional comic book superhero, who appears in the Wildstorm series Gen¹³. She was created by writers Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, and artist J. Scott Campbell.

Caitlin Fairchild is the daughter of Alex Fairchild of Team 7. The identity of her mother is unknown, and Caitlin has never mentioned her.

When he was forced to go underground to escape International Operations, Alex Fairchild left Caitlin in the care of relatives in Portland, Oregon. Raised by her aunt and uncle alongside her cousin Karen, Caitlin grew into a brilliant, but rather mousy young woman. Her academic skill led to her being accepted to Princeton University where she double-majored in computer science and electrical engineering.

In her sophomore year, Caitlin was recruited into Project: Genesis which she believed to be some sort of government internship. One night, Caitlin began to feel ill (due to secretly being fed drugs designed to activate latent Gen-Active abilities) and she staggered out of her room to try to find a bathroom. She inadvertently stumbled into a computer room where her future teammates Grunge and Roxy were hanging out. Caitlin convinced them to go back to their rooms and was about to leave when she spotted her father's name on a computer screen.

Caitlin, investigating this, was interrupted by a security guard who clubbed her with his rifle when she tried to explain herself. The guard was about to turn on Grunge and Roxy, but was interrupted by Caitlin’s anger activating her latent gen-active abilities. Fairchild’s clothing was shredded in the process, and within seconds she was transformed from a mousy computer geek to a powerful, towering amazon.