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Available
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Collection
Publication
Marvel (2010), Paperback, 144 pages
Description
Comic and Graphic Books. Young Adult Fiction. HTML: Collects Runaways (2005) #1-6. When a group of teenagers discovers that their parents are actually super-villains, they run away from home...but that's only step one! Now that the evil Pride is gone, nearly every bad guy in the Marvel Universe is trying to fill the power vacuum in Los Angeles, and the Runaways are the only heroes who can stop them! Plus: What does a mysterious new team of young heroes want with the Runaways, and which fan-favorite Marvel characters are part of this group?.
User reviews
LibraryThing member orangemonkey
Volume 4 of Runaways sees the book move into a more traditional superhero sort of setting. The fall of the Pride in vol. 3 has created a power vacuum in LA, with various supervillains attempting to fill it. Add into the mix: a visitor from the future warning Sister Grimm and her team of an
Personally, I'm not a fan of the move. I liked the fact that, in the first few books, the "mainstream" heroes appeared to be these creatures of ethereal celebrity: having the team connected to former X-Men and Avengers seems to take away from that uniqueness.
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apocalypse-to-come, and a group of 'reformed' teen heroes called Excelsior, and we find the Runaways team thrust closer to the centre of the Marvel Universe.Personally, I'm not a fan of the move. I liked the fact that, in the first few books, the "mainstream" heroes appeared to be these creatures of ethereal celebrity: having the team connected to former X-Men and Avengers seems to take away from that uniqueness.
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LibraryThing member fyrefly98
Summary: The gang of Runaways get an oddly familiar visitor who claims she's from the future, and that they have to find and stop a kid named Victor Mancha, who is destined to grow up to be a terrible hero-destroying supervillain... but when they track him down, he seems like just a regular kid.
Review: Up to this point, one of the things that I really liked about the Runaways series was that while it took place inside the Marvel Universe, it was very much its own story, and established Marvel characters existed only on the very periphery of things. However, in this volume, Marvel characters play a much more vital role in the plot. Unfortunately, for someone like me who doesn't know the background of these characters, it made the plot less compelling, and while it was still understandable, knowing that there were things that were going over my head caused my interest in the series as a whole to suffer. It was still a fun read, with some interesting character choices, excellent one-liners and sight gags, and gorgeous artwork, like always... I just wish they'd kept more of the focus on the kids. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Recommendation: There's enough going on that non-Marvel fans will find something of interest, but it's definitely veering in a direction that's geared more towards existing superhero junkies.
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Meanwhile, a group of former teen superheroes is working to get our Runaways off the streets and out of the crime-fighting game - for their own good, of course.Review: Up to this point, one of the things that I really liked about the Runaways series was that while it took place inside the Marvel Universe, it was very much its own story, and established Marvel characters existed only on the very periphery of things. However, in this volume, Marvel characters play a much more vital role in the plot. Unfortunately, for someone like me who doesn't know the background of these characters, it made the plot less compelling, and while it was still understandable, knowing that there were things that were going over my head caused my interest in the series as a whole to suffer. It was still a fun read, with some interesting character choices, excellent one-liners and sight gags, and gorgeous artwork, like always... I just wish they'd kept more of the focus on the kids. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Recommendation: There's enough going on that non-Marvel fans will find something of interest, but it's definitely veering in a direction that's geared more towards existing superhero junkies.
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LibraryThing member hsollom
Personal Response:
The book was so engaging that I have gone back and started the series from the beginning. An excellent subversion of typical superhero stories.
Curricular or Programming Connections:
An excellent book for a comic book club discussion.
The book was so engaging that I have gone back and started the series from the beginning. An excellent subversion of typical superhero stories.
Curricular or Programming Connections:
An excellent book for a comic book club discussion.
LibraryThing member benuathanasia
I love everything Marvel. The storylines are incredible! They have everything you could want: action, adventure, comedy, romance, political intrigue, allegories, metaphors, etc. Some stories drag, some end too soon.
LibraryThing member Samscar
Better than the last one, though the beginning was still a bit flat. Victor seems like an interesting addition to the group.
And I still can't buy the Gert/Chase relationship, Gert calling Chase stuff like "Honey" or "Darling" just feel so out of character from her, and I don't understand why they
Nico is doing a good enough job as the team leader, but she does not seem as fit for the job as Alex was.
And I still can't buy the Gert/Chase relationship, Gert calling Chase stuff like "Honey" or "Darling" just feel so out of character from her, and I don't understand why they
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like each other.Nico is doing a good enough job as the team leader, but she does not seem as fit for the job as Alex was.
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LibraryThing member swampygirl
Picked this one up because I read volume one of the Terry Moore series, and I thought a different interpretation might come off better. It didn't. Of course, I thought that the sentence "Collecting Runaways #1-6" meant I was reading volume one, which I apparently was not, which was kind of
Maybe if I was more into small time young marvel superheros, I would be more into this series. Right now the series comes off as a series of shocking plot twists to keep you turning pages, with no real character or depth.
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annoying/confusing.Maybe if I was more into small time young marvel superheros, I would be more into this series. Right now the series comes off as a series of shocking plot twists to keep you turning pages, with no real character or depth.
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LibraryThing member regularguy5mb
Picking up a little while after the end of the first Runaways series, the gang is back in action! Their modus operandi? Help other runaway kids who might be getting mixed up with the wrong element (meaning super villains). We find the group squaring off against the Wrecking Crew, which really seems
While the Runaways test their mettle against some enchanted metal, we are introduced (or re-introduced, really) to some former child and teen heroes who are now in a support group to deal with their issues. Right off the bat, they are contacted by a mysterious benefactor who offers them a large sum to track down the Runaways and return them to foster care. Included in this group are some familiar, if not regularly seen faces. There's Darkhawk, Julie from Power Pack, the female Turbo, Ricochet of the Slingers, Chamber of Generation X, and Phil Ulrich (the former good-guy Green Goblin).
Things start to turn weird (weirder?) when an adult Gert appears from the future in her parents' time portico to warn the group of a serious threat to their future, a hero turned villain and currently a kid named Victor Mancha. Future Gert tells the team that they must stop Victor before he becomes a danger to the world. This becomes the major storyline for the rest of this collection.
Good run of issues in this set. I really enjoy the Victor storyline, especially the secret of what big bad is the boy's father. There are some interesting theories from the group as to who it could be.
One thing I really like about this book is that the group is rather girl-heavy. In fact, for all Chase's male posturing, he seems more than willing to just be the team getaway driver (and Gert's boyfriend). It's nice to see each member start to come into their own here. Also, Chase has one of my favorite lines in this set:
Victor: "What's your power?"
Chase: "A poor upbringing."
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to be a test for any new do-gooder out there. This time, one of Wrecker's goons has his kid tagging along on their first heist since moving to LA.While the Runaways test their mettle against some enchanted metal, we are introduced (or re-introduced, really) to some former child and teen heroes who are now in a support group to deal with their issues. Right off the bat, they are contacted by a mysterious benefactor who offers them a large sum to track down the Runaways and return them to foster care. Included in this group are some familiar, if not regularly seen faces. There's Darkhawk, Julie from Power Pack, the female Turbo, Ricochet of the Slingers, Chamber of Generation X, and Phil Ulrich (the former good-guy Green Goblin).
Things start to turn weird (weirder?) when an adult Gert appears from the future in her parents' time portico to warn the group of a serious threat to their future, a hero turned villain and currently a kid named Victor Mancha. Future Gert tells the team that they must stop Victor before he becomes a danger to the world. This becomes the major storyline for the rest of this collection.
Good run of issues in this set. I really enjoy the Victor storyline, especially the secret of what big bad is the boy's father. There are some interesting theories from the group as to who it could be.
One thing I really like about this book is that the group is rather girl-heavy. In fact, for all Chase's male posturing, he seems more than willing to just be the team getaway driver (and Gert's boyfriend). It's nice to see each member start to come into their own here. Also, Chase has one of my favorite lines in this set:
Victor: "What's your power?"
Chase: "A poor upbringing."
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Subjects
Awards
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Top Ten — 2007)
Original publication date
2006
ISBN
0785141456 / 9780785141457
Other editions
Runaways Vol. 4: True Believers by Brian K. Vaughan (Paperback)
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