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Sunday, 27 November 2016

Runaways (2005) # 1-24, Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) # 1-4


(I originally read these comics in early June 2016)

Thought I'd pick up the second volume of Runaways, having read the first this time last year and before I forget everything about it. To refresh the memory, it follows a group of West Coast kids who came to discover their parents made up a shady crime cabal, and then teamed up to defeat them. There's no great, overarching plot to this series. Two new members join - a cyborg 'son' of Ultron and a noble Skrull who, while male, takes on a female guise after he shows up to announce his long since pre-arranged marriage to lesbian member Karolina. (And "Squee!" go the Tumblrettes.) There's a team-up with Cloak (of Cloak and Dagger), a meeting with Spider-Man (they eat sushi) and a clash with a support group for ex-teen super-heroes made up of Marvel third(or even fourth)-stringers. One Runaway dies.

This continues to be well-written stuff by Brian K. Vaughan, with great character interaction and dialogue. Of course, the kids are all far more likeable, responsible and intelligent than real-life counterparts would be. Vaughan left after # 24, so I'm gonna take a break as I'm not enjoying it quite as much as I did previously. 

I'm very surprised Marvel hasn't announced a film (or at least a TV series) of this already. It has broad crossover appeal and would seem destined to be a surefire mainstream hit.


   
   
   
   
  
  

   

  


Runaways (2005) # 1-18 and Free Comic Book Day: X-Men/Runaways (2006) # 1 are collected in:

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Runaways (2005) # 1-12 and Free Comic Book Day: X-Men/Runaways (2006) # 1 are collected in:

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Runaways (2005) # 1-6 are collected in:

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Runaways (2005) # 7-12 are collected in:

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Runaways (2005) # 13-24 are collected in:

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Runaways (2005) # 19-24 and Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) # 1-4 are collected in:

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Friday, 16 September 2016

Runaways (2003) # 1-18


(I originally read these comics in June 2015)

I consider Runaways a 'recent' Marvel series, even though it came out over a decade ago. I heard some buzz about it at the time, but just got around to reading the first series. It's pretty fun, well written by Brian K. Vaughan, with many charming moments. The series concerns a group of five teenagers (and one eleven year-old) who meet once a year while their parents attend a clandestine gathering, ostensibly for business. Turns out it's not for business, but to perform a sacrificial ceremony; they're in the thrall of evil, ancient beings who plan to eliminate mankind and start over. When the kids discover this they go on the run, with their parents' shadowy operatives in pursuit. 

Cloak and Dagger guest star and Captain America turns up for a couple of pages in the last issue, but it's easy to forget this takes place in the Marvel Universe and instances where other characters from the wider sphere are name-dropped are clumsy. I think 'Runaways' would have benefited from greater integration into the Marvel U., but that setting it on the West Coast was a conscious decision; the idea of a shadowy organisation infiltrating all levels of society under the noses of the NY super-heroes would have raised too many questions. 


   
   
   
  
  


Runaways (2003) # 1-18 are collected in:

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Runaways (2003) # 1-6 are collected in:

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Runaways (2003) # 7-12 are collected in:

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Runaways (2003) # 13-18 are collected in:

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