Gen13 & Evil Ernie... Connected?

The Maiden and the Monster!

BPD WORLD HQ - One is tall, redheaded and voluptuous, with muscles strong enough to shatter bricks. The other is scrawny, with shaggy black hair, a maniacal grin and a torn-open belly full of magic green bile. Oh, and he's undead to boot.

Heroine and villain, they couldn't have less in common. And yet--could it be they're related?

It appears to be true.

BPD has learned that Caitlin Fairchild (of teen supergroup Gen13) and Ernest "Evil Ernie" Fairchild (undead homicidal maniac and purveyor of "Mega-Death" on behalf of Lady Death) are cousins!

"I remember him," Caitlin admitted during a recent interview with WildStorm World News. "We visited his family when I was little-- I was probably nine and he would've been, oh, ten or eleven. He was kind of quiet, and his room had lots of religious stuff in it, probably 'cause his dad was a minister. That's the only time we ever saw them. I heard he got into some trouble back in New Jersey but I've been kind of busy with stuff on my own, you know? Lots of stuff. Continuity problems you wouldn't believe."

Chaos!, the underground prozine which has followed Evil Ernie and his spectral benefactress, had no statement for BPD and didn't return our calls. After the collapse of "Mega-Death" and Ernie's subsequent escape into hiding, Chaos! temporarily severed all ties with the undead mass murderer, though there are informal reports that the magazine may once again chronicle his doings.

BPD will stay on this story as it develops.

Gen13 artwork copyright DC/WildStorm; Evil Ernie artwork copyright Devil's Due. All rights reserved.

Gossip: Lady Death Getting Breast Reduction?

Hey gossipmongers, it's the Gossip Ghost with a tantalizing rumor from the Endless Graveyard. Seems you might be seeing less of a certain Lady D (or should that be DDD?) in the near future.

"These things are absolutely out of control," complained the lady once known as Hope, now queen of her own li'l corner of the Afterlife and implacable enemy of Lucifer. "It's just ridiculous. Try swinging a sword or a battleaxe with a chest like this. Or using a bow or rifle. Running? Forget it! Even riding a horse is a nightmare for me.

"I'm lucky I have rotting zombies to do my housework. Not to mention clothes-- I can't wear anything off the shelf, ever. Do you know how hard it is for me to find anything that fits? Yeah, they get me a lot of attention, but c'mon! I might be a bad girl but I'm still a girl... and what girl doesn't want to shop now and then?"

Asked if she thought her sexy image would suffer, Lady Death shrugged it off as unimportant. "Back in the day, I sold tons of calendars and trading cards but not so much these days. There's a sort of been-there-done-that to my image. Like Madonna, it's time to reinvent who I am. Besides, it's not like I'm getting much action in the Graveyard. Being able to sleep on my stomach for once might be a nice change."

Her one-time paramour Evil Ernie was contacted regarding this rumor, but all he said was "D***mit! I really liked those things!"

Lady Death artwork by Steven Hughes, all rights reserved Chaos! Comics/Avatar Press