Synopsis:

CHISPA: The Thirteen Origins is a series of one-shot origin stories for the members of The Thirteen, a group of Mexicans and Mexican Americans who discover they are chispas, able to wield impossible powers. Zoe Vidals birthday is difficult for her, and her eighteenth is no different. As she was born, her mother died willingly to give Zoe life. This years birthday is even worse than normal because a real estate developer is trying to buy out the entire block that her familys restaurant is in to gentrify the entire place. When the real estate developers goons try to burn her home in the middle of the night in a bid to force them out, Zoes powers reveal themselves and she has to choose what kind of spark shell bevengeful, or life-giving.

Artists & Writers:
(W) Rolando Esquivel (A/CA) Amanda Julina Gonzalez