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| Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways | |
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 Cover art forCivil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1. Art by Jim Cheung. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Publication date | July 26 - October 25,2006 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Young Avengers Runaways Noh-Varr |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Brian K. Vaughan Allan Heinberg |
| Written by | Zeb Wells |
| Artist | Stefano Caselli |
| Penciller | Stefano Caselli |
| Inker | Stefano Caselli |
| Letterer | Cory Petit |
| Colorist | Daniele Rudoni |
| Editor | Tom Brevoort |
| Collected editions | |
| Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways | ISBN 978-0-7851-2317-0 |
Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways (also calledCivil War: Young Avengers & Runaways in the collected edition) is acomic bookmini-series tie-in toMarvel Comics'Civil Warcrossover event. The series serves as a team-up between the characters fromYoung Avengers andRunaways. The series was written byZeb Wells with art by Stefano Caselli.Young Avengers co-creatorAllan Heinberg andRunaways co-creatorBrian K. Vaughan served as creative consultants to Wells.
Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways bridged the gap between the first and second volumes of theYoung Avengers series, which went on hiatus due to writerAllan Heinberg's busy schedule with various television projects and his run on DC'sWonder Woman. It takes place after the events ofRunaways v2 #21 andYoung Avengers v1 #12,[1] and beforeCivil War #3
The Runaways intervene in a fight between theFlag-Smasher andS.H.I.E.L.D.Cape-Killers, whose agents damageVictor. The Young Avengers see the altercation on television, and something about it causesthe Vision to suffer a seizure. The Young Avengers steal aQuinjet and useWiccan's magic to find the Runaways.Molly attacks the Young Avengers, thinking that they are working with S.H.I.E.L.D., but the team subdues her (when she becomes drowsy as a side-effect of her powers) and enters the Runaways' base to talk to them. The Vision and Victor experience seizures when they are near; the Vision explains that this is most likely ultimately due to their both having been created byUltron.
Noh-Varr, a brainwashedKree from an alternate reality, is sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to capture the teenagers. He attacks, breakingXavin's neck and getting the Vision's phase-shifted lower arm stuck in his torso. Noh-Varr's handlers capture Wiccan,Hulkling,Karolina, and Xavin's body and take them to "The Cube", a high-security metahuman prison. The remaining members of both teams follow and attempt a rescue. The Cube's warden attempts to dissect Hulkling, but his organs shift to avoid damage. Xavin - who possesses similar shapeshifting powers to Hulkling - is able to right his broken neck and attacks the warden. Victor realizes that the Vision's arm, embedded in Noh-Varr's chest, has begun to interface with the alien. Victor overloads him by coming near, as he did with the Vision, and the Vision becomes able to remove Noh-varr's psychological conditioning. The two teams part ways and Noh-Varr takes control of the Cube, claiming it to be the capital of the newKree empire.
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways collectsCivil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1-4 (ISBN 978-0785123170). Thistrade paperback also includesOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe biographies of some of the members of the Young Avengers and the Runaways.
The covers of the four issues of the miniseries can be placed side by side to create a large panoramic poster which is included in the collected edition on two separate pages.
