| Runaways | |
|---|---|
 Runaways Vol. 1 hardcover, art byAdrian Alphona | |
| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Runaways #1 (July2003) |
| Created by | Brian K. Vaughan (writer) Adrian Alphona (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Malibu; formerly a lair beneath theLa Brea Tar Pits |
| Leader(s) | Nico Minoru Alex Wilder (formerly) |
| Agent(s) | Current members: Karolina Dean Molly Hayes Old Lace Nico Minoru Chase Stein Gertrude Yorkes Victor Mancha Rufus Gib Doombot Former members: Topher Alex Wilder Zeke Zheng Allis Abernathy Xavin Klara Prast Leapfrog |
| Runaways | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | (Volume 1) April2003 – August2004 (Volume 2) February2005 – June2008 (Volume 3) August2008 – November2009 (Volume 4) May2015 – November2015 (Volume 5) September2017 – August2021 |
| Number of issues | (Volume 1): 18 (Volume 2): 30 (Volume 3): 14 (Volume 4): 4 (Volume 5): 38 |
| Creator(s) | Brian K. Vaughan (writer) Adrian Alphona (artist) |
Runaways is asuperherocomic book series published byMarvel Comics. The series features a group of teenagers who discover that their parents are part of an evil crime organization known as "thePride". Created byBrian Vaughan andAdrian Alphona, the series debuted in July2003[1] as part of Marvel Comics' "Tsunami" imprint. The series was canceled in September2004 at issue #18, but due to high numbers of trade collection sales, Marvel revived the series in February2005.
Originally, the series featured a group of six kids whose parents routinely met every year for a charity event. One year, the kids spy on their parents and learn they are "the Pride", a criminal group of mob bosses, time-travelers, wizards, evil scientists, alien invaders and telepathic mutants. The kids steal weapons and resources from their parents and learn that they themselves inherited their parents' powers;Alex Wilder, a prodigy, leads the team whileNico Minoru learns she is a powerful witch,Karolina Dean discovers she is an alien,Gertrude Yorkes learns of her telepathic link to a dinosaur,Chase Stein steals his father's fistigons (fire gauntlets) and x-ray goggles, and youngMolly Hayes learns she is a mutant with incredible strength. The kids band together and defeat their parents and atone for the sins of their parents by fighting the new threats trying to fill in the Pride's void. Later, they are joined by the cyborgVictor Mancha, the shape-shiftingSkrullXavin, and the plant-manipulatorKlara Prast.
Since the original group's introduction, the Runaways have been portrayed as a somewhat dysfunctional yet loving family. Series creators Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona left the series at issue 24 of the title's second volume, which ended at issue #30. The series was cancelled in November 2009 after issue #14 of Volume 3,[2] but the characters have been seen in other comics. On September 1, 2017,Rainbow Rowell andKris Anka revived the series, which ran for 38 issues.[3][4]
A live-action adaptation of the series was in development for several years, leading to theRunaways television series set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe. It debuted onHulu in 2017.
Series creatorBrian K. Vaughan pitchedRunaways in 2003 as a part of Marvel'sTsunami imprint, the goal of which was to attract new readers, particularly young readers and themanga audience. Marvel editorial staff agreed to it immediately,[5] prompting Wizard Magazine to name the series as "one of the best original concepts from Marvel in thirty years."[6] The Tsunami imprint turned out to be unsuccessful, and the series ended at issue #18. After the series' sales indigests,[7] Vaughan pitched the idea again to Marvel, who accepted it.[5]
Writer Brian K. Vaughan has claimed that he had only planned to writeRunaways for six months/issues, but because of the popularity of the series and new ideas from Vaughan, Marvel decided to continue issuing it on a monthly basis.[5] In 2007, Brian K. Vaughan announced his departure fromRunaways, deciding to leave the series at the top of its game.[8] LongtimeRunaways-fanJoss Whedon was hand-picked by Vaughan to write an arc and finish the second volume; although Whedon had declined at first, he later accepted.[8]
In 2008, writerTerry Moore, alongside artistHumberto Ramos became the new creative team for the third volume.[9] InBlair Butler's "Fresh Ink" segment on the cable television station G4 showAttack of the Show Marvel revealed thatKathryn Immonen and Sarah Pichelli were the new creative team.[10] They began with issue #11 of Volume 3, which will "start with a prom and end with a death"; Marvel editorNick Lowe said that "It feels so right and so wrong at the same time? To be honest, and no offense toJoss orTerry, I hadn't felt this way since Gert died."[11] The story ended with a major cliffhanger that was resolved in other comics.
After three years, the Runaways returned in the story arc "Pride Comes Before It", in issues 17 to 19 ofDaken: Dark Wolverine. They appeared inAvengers Academy #27–28.[12] Since then, Victor Mancha became a regular character in the robot-themed comicAvengers A.I.,[13] while Nico Minoru and Chase Stein became part of the cast inAvengers Arena,[14] and its sequelAvengers Undercover.[15]
In February 2015, it was announced that a newRunaways series would be launching during Marvel'sSecret Wars crossover written byND Stevenson and drawn bySanford Greene, featuring a new cast set onBattleworld.[16] The lineup of the new team includedMolly Hayes and a team of all new members. Additionally, Nico Minoru was featured inA-Force.[17] Nico was also used on a second run of A-Force, this time based in the mainstream Marvel Universe, but was cancelled after ten issues.
In May 2017, Marvel released teasers with the characters of the Runaways. In June 2017, it was announced that Marvel would release a new Runaways series written byRainbow Rowell, and illustrated byKris Anka.[3] The new series was released in September 2017. In August 2021, Marvel celebrated the title's 100 issues with co-creatorAdrian Alphona returning for a special giant-sizedRunaways #38, final issue of Rowell's run.[4][18] In 2023, a six-issue arc resolving one of the cliffhangers from that issue written by Terry Blas and drawn by Bruno Olivera was published as part of theMarvel's VoicesInfinity Comic series on theMarvel Unlimited app.[19]
WhenAlex,Chase,Gert,Karolina,Molly, andNico witness their parents ("The Pride") sacrifice a girl in an occult ceremony, the group runs off.[20] As the story progresses, the children learn of their heritage and abilities, and steal resources from their parents, including futuristic gauntlets, a dinosaur, and a mystical Staff. Using these resources, they manage to remove their parents, who were aided by their benefactors, the Gibborim, from their criminal hold ofLos Angeles. Alex, concealing his true loyalty to his parents, betrays the other Runaways to the Pride; in the final battle with the Pride, Alex is incinerated by the Gibborim.[21]
With the Pride defeated, Nico becomes the de facto leader, and the other Runaways now vow to prevent other villains from filling in the void left by their parents.[22] When an older version of Gert time travels to the present, she begs the Runaways to find a boy namedVictor Mancha and stop him before he grows up to become a villain in her time named "Victorious". He betrayed her and then murdered every hero on the planet. It is at this point she dies, but the Runaways decide to comply with her wish.[22] The Runaways track down Victor and discover that his actual "father" isUltron who created Victor as a sleeper agent for theAvengers.[23] The Runaways foiled this plan, but Victor still fears this future may come true.[24] They take Victor in after realizing that he is in the same boat as they are. A shape-shifting alienSkrullXavin arrives on earth and demands Karolina to leave with them.[25] After a brief confrontation with the Runaways, they explain that Karolina is their fiancée as arranged by their parents and they must go to stop the fifteen-year war between their races.[26] During the wedding ceremony, a fight breaks out between the two races and they barely escape before Majesdane is destroyed. They return to Earth, where they join the team and help rescue Molly along with the rest of the Runaways from the New Pride.[27][28] Right before the Runaways defeat a new incarnation of the Pride andAlex's resurrected father, Gertrude is fatally wounded. Before she passes, she transfers her power to control Old Lace to Chase.[29]
In theCivil War crossover event, theYoung Avengers travel toLos Angeles to help the Runaways fight off the government agents andFlag-Smasher. The two teams encounterNoh-Varr, who works forS.H.I.E.L.D. and attempts to capture the teenagers.[30] Chase then hatches a plan, without the consent of the rest of the team, to sacrifice himself to the Gibborim, but the team comes to save him, which then causes the Gibborim to be obliterated.[31] When the Runaways are accidentally time-displaced in 1907, they encounter the deceased RunawayGertrude Yorke's parents.[32] After defeating the Yorkes and deadly gang war, plant-manipulatorKlara Prast joins the Runaways when they return to the present.[33] Upon returning from 1907, the Runaways find themselves in New York helping theYoung Avengers during theSecret Invasion, where the Skrull Armada has invaded seekingHulkling. Xavin pretended to be loyal to the Skrulls to protect her friends during an attack, but helps them retreat away from the battle.[34]
The Runaways are hunted by several remaining Majesdanian soldiers with the desire to capture Karolina for the problems caused on their planet; in a twisted turn of events, however, Xavin shape-shifts into Karolina and leaves with the Majesdanians.[35][36] The Runaways also prevent a zombie epidemic in Los Angeles.[37] Molly also visits the X-Men in San Francisco and reconciles with Wolverine.[38] The team is attacked while staying in Chase's parent's beach house. Old Lace is critically wounded saving Klara, whose powers cause foliage to keep the house from crumbling, but trapping everybody. A man alleging to be Chase's uncle appears and tries to help, but is followed by the military. The team runs away, but Chase separates and is critically wounded in a car accident while running across the street chasing a figure reminiscent to Gertrude.[39]
The reunited Runaways later formed an uneasy alliance withDaken in order to take down Marcus Roston, a superpowered criminal with ties to the Pride. Then they appeared again at theAvengers Academy asking for help in finding Old Lace, who has been banished into a secret dimension.[40]
The Runaways partially disbanded afterwards, with Victor joiningHank Pym'sAvengers A.I. team while Nico and Chase were both captured byArcade and forced to fight for their lives inAvengers Arena, later joining other teen superheroes who survived Arcade's games inAvengers Undercover. After Nico's brutal death, dismemberment, and subsequent resurrection inAvengers Arena, she is traumatized and has a hard time assimilating back with the Runaways. Chase seemed fine by his experiences in MurderWorld and relished his newfound fame. Chase returned to take care of Karolina, Molly, and Klara.[15] By the end ofAvengers Undercover, however, the Runaways seem to be together once again.[41] Some time after the events of Avengers Undercover, Nico joins theA-Force before returning to Los Angeles.[42] After Victor's time with the Avengers A.I., he is recruited to work with Vision and moves in with him and his family in DC in The Vision (2015).[43]
Some time later, Chase used the Yorkes time machine to go back in time and save Gert before she was killed by Geoffrey Wilder. The plan partially works but Gert is still gravely injured. Nico managed to heal her and they went in search of the past members of the team in the hopes of reforming. Karolina had become a college student, living off her parents' royalties and in a relationship withLightspeed from Power Pack, and Molly went to live with her grandmother and study middle school. Both turned down the offer to rejoin the team, but Gert accepted, becoming Molly's adopted sister living under her grandmother's rule. The pieces of Victor Mancha had been sent by the Avengers to Chase, and he managed to reactive him thereby triggering the "Victorious" program but not completely rebuild him.[44] After rescuing Molly and Gert from her mad scientist grandmother's house, the team reformed and began to live on a derelict underground Pride Hostel, with Nico and Chase magically becoming Molly's legal guardians.[45] Romance blossomed between Nico and Karolina and between Gert and Victor.[46]
Alex Wilder, reappeared to warn Runaways of an impending danger in the form of Seed of the Gibborim, a trio of gods and descendants of the Gibborim that their parents tried to summon with a ritual. They tried to get the team to continue their families' ritual, leaving one of the trio – Gib – to watch over them. On the day the ritual was supposed to take place, Gib betrayed the Seed. The two remaining gods were sent into the future to stop their threat. Gib joined the team while Alex was cast out as his former teammates did not trust him.
They were recruited to join a resurrected J-Team, given costumes and support to become official heroes. However, Gert later discovered that Doc Justice, the man who helped them, was simply trying to keep a brand going and had plans to sacrifice Karolina in order to boost his ratings, as he had done many times before. The team fought Doc Justice and, having defeated him, was about to walk away but Old Lace killed Doc and offered his soul to Gib.
The series does not use concepts of regular superhero behavior, such as aliases, uniforms, and team names. All the characters in Volume 1, except Alex Wilder, adopt codenames,[47] but they stop using their codenames by the end of Volume 1.[48][49] Unlike many other super hero teams,[citation needed] the Runaways have more females than males.[20] At one point, there was only one male on the team with four females, prompting other groups to refer to him as "the girls' getaway man".[50] At another point, the team has two males, four females and one gender shifter (and a female dinosaur).[51]
Early in the series, Molly is the only character who makes a costume, but she creates it from old bed sheets and clothes,[52] not the traditional uniform of superhero costumes; she never wears the costume again.[53] During battle, the Runaways mainly fight in their street clothes and call each other by their given names.[54] Furthermore, the children almost never refer to themselves as "the Runaways" as the series' title might suggest; their team simply goes unnamed, except for one brief instance, when Nico calls them "the Runaways", and tells them to "run away".[55] Other Marvel characters in the Marvel Universe usually refer to the nameless team as "the Pride's kids" or "those kids in L.A."[56] Vaughan even mocks the notion of superhero catchphrases such as "Hulk smash!", "It's Clobberin' Time", or "Avengers assemble!".[57] During a battle withSwarm, Nico semi-sarcastically tells Victor the team's rallying call is "Try not to die".[57] However, despite Vaughan's efforts to break down the superhero clichés withinRunaways, Marvel's handbooks and website still refer to the characters by their codenames.[1] The Marvel miniseriesMystic Arcana, published late in 2007, featuresNico Minoru under her superhero alias "Sister Grimm", a name she has not answered to sinceRunaways volume two began;[58] the character one-shot's story takes place between 17 and 18 ofRunaways Volume 1 but she is not referred to by the code-name in it.[59]
Excelsior was a support group consisting of former teenage superheroes from defunct Marvel comic series[60] (though one of their members –Lightspeed – was and remains a cast member of a financially and critically successful series ofPower Pack books aimed at younger readers). Excelsior was founded by Mickey Musashi (Turbo of theNew Warriors) andPhil Urich (the heroic formerGreen Goblin), and the group's stated goals were to help fellow/former teenage superheroes to adjust to normal lives and dissuade other super-powered teenagers from becoming heroes.[60] Though they originally debuted under the name "Excelsior", the title of the spin-off series was changed fromExcelsior toLoners, due to copyright issues, asStan Lee held a trademark on the term "Excelsior!"[61][62]
| Character | Alias | Joined in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Wilder | Runaways #1 (July 2003)[20] | The son of mafia bosses, he was a child prodigy at strategic thinking and planning.[63] Later betrayed the team inRunaways #16, and died the following issue.[64] Re-appears inRunaways Volume 5 #12 as a living corpse.[65] | |
| Nico Minoru | The Gloom; formerly Sister Grimm | The daughter of dark wizards, she is a witch capable of manipulating magic.[63] She becomes the group's leader, following Alex's departure. | |
| Karolina Dean | Princess Justice; formerly Lucy in the Sky | The daughter of alien invaders, she is a solar-powered alien known as aMajesdanian.[63] | |
| Molly Hayes | Blue-J; formerly Bruiser, Princess Powerful | The daughter of telepathic mutants, she is a mutant whose powers include super-strength and invulnerability.[63] | |
| Chase Stein | Gun Arm; formerly Talkback, Neo, Darkhawk, Chasehawk | The son of mad scientists, he steals his father's flame generating/manipulating gauntlets called "the Fistigons".[63] | |
| Gertrude Yorkes | Formerly Arsenic | The daughter of time-traveling criminals, she used to have an empathic and telepathic link with Old Lace.[63] Dies inRunaways Volume 2 #18,[66] but rejoined after her resurrection inRunaways Volume 5 #1.[67] | |
| Character | Alias | Joined in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Lace | Runaways #2 (July 2003)[68] | A genetically engineered dinosaur from the 87th century; had a telepathic and empathic bond with Gert and later Chase.[63] | |
| Topher | Runaways #7 (December 2003)[52] | A hundred-year-old vampire who joined the Runaways under the pretense of having been forced into a life of crime by his parents. He planned on turning the Runaways into his undead-vampire familiars. Died inRunaways #10 when he drank Karolina's blood and the solar energy in her blood incinerated him.[69] | |
| Leapfrog | Runaways #18 (November 2004)[70] | A sentient frog-shaped vehicle with an advanced artificial intelligence designed by Chase's parents, it is the group's personal transport equipped with lasers and a cloaking device.[70] | |
| Zeke Zheng | Runaways An Original Novel (January 2018)[71] | A teenager with the ability to switch his body with one of the Kurdogrim (a race of elder gods similar to the Gibborim). Zeke infiltrated and manipulated the Runaways to gain their aid in defeating the Nightwatch to allow the Kurdogrim to enslave humanity. He was defeated by the Runaways and captured by the Nightwatch.[71] | |
| Allis Abernathy | Runaways An Original Novel (January 2018)[71] | A telepathic teenager with the ability to influence the thoughts and actions of others. She infiltrated the Runaways after a faux-rescue and became a romantic interest for Karolina. She used her abilities to convince the Runaways to accept both herself and Zeke. She was defeated by the Runaways and captured by the Nightwatch.[71] | |
| Victor Mancha | Kid Justice, formerly Victorious | Runaways Volume 2 #6 (September 2005)[24] | The creation of the Avengers' foe Ultron and Marianella Mancha, he is a cyborg who can manipulate electricity and metal.[63] Victor left the team to joinAvengers A.I. and died inVision (2016) #11;[72] having since been reactivated as 'just' his head.[73] |
| Xavin | Runaways Volume 2 #17 (August 2006)[74] | The child of Skrull warlords, Xavin can shape-shift and also manifest the powers of the Fantastic Four. Xavin leaves the team inRunaways Volume 3 #6.[75] | |
| Klara Prast | Formerly Rose Red, Tower of Flower | Runaways Volume 2 #30 (August 2008)[76] | A Swiss immigrant to America from 1907 and child bride of an abusive older man, she can control the growth of plants.[77] Currently adopted by a homosexual couple after the team disbanded. |
| Rufus | Runaways Volume 5 #6 (April 2018)[78] | One of a number of stray cats artificially given telepathicmutant powers by Molly's Grandmother for use as spies. Rufus joined the Runaways following Dr. Hayes' defeat.[78] | |
| Gib | Old God | Runaways Volume 5 #18 (April 2019)[79] | Former member of the Seed of the Gibborim, Gib is a six-fingered giant with immense strength. Remained with the Runaways after his nestmates, Bo and Rim, were sent 999 years into the future by Gert.[79] |
| Doombot | Runaways Volume 5 #32 (December 2020)[80] | A Doombot reprogrammed by Hank Pym who became Victor's former Avengers teammate and friend. Doombot visited the Runaways to offer to build a new body for Victor's severed head, eventually moving in with the team following the betrayal of Doc Justice.[80] | |
At one point, Gertrude's future self travels back in time.[54] She is in her thirties, appearing under the name Heroine, and is without Old Lace.[54]Nico reveals, with the aid of magic, that this version of Gertrude is the leader of theAvengers of her timeline.[50] Superheroes in her time includes characters yet to make an official appearance in the regularMarvel Universe, including an "Iron Woman", a heroicScorpion, the "Fantastic Fourteen", and "Captain Americas".[50] She, the rest of her team, theX-Men (led byArmor), and the Fantastic Fourteen are killed by Victor Mancha's future self, who completed his original mission programmed by Ultron to become the ultimate supervillain "Victorious".[50]
In theHouse of M reality warp, the Pride is mentioned as ruling not onlyLos Angeles, but all of Southern California. Unlike in the normal reality, their children stay with their parents.[81] Karolina is mentioned as being a "go-to" girl for theWolfpack.[81] When theScarlet Witch takes the majority of the mutants populations' powers,Molly is one of the handful that keeps her powers.[82]
In an interview withComic Book Resources, Brian K. Vaughan revealed thatRunaways (despite being in the mainMarvel Universe) will not refer to theHouse of M reality warp. Vaughan's reason for not wantingRunaways to refer to the Scarlet Witch's attack was because he did not want the readers ofRunaways to be confused about the complexHouse of M storyline.[82] He did, however say there would be a brief one-line reference, which happened in the following issue: after Molly angrily punchesWolverine out of a church, he lands in the snow and bitterly says, "Only198 mutants left on the planet... and that girl had to be one of them."[83] The events ofHouse of M and "Decimation" are referred to later in an issue written byChris Yost with Wolverine encountering Molly again and stating, "I don't know if you're keeping up with the current events, but there used to be millions of mutants and now there's under 200."[38]
InMarvel Zombies/Army of Darkness #2,the Blob is chased by various zombie super heroes. Behind him, in the background, zombie versions of the Runaways are shown feeding uponOld Lace.[84]
Goofy versions of the original team, includingAlex Wilder, are seen in theWha... Huh? one shot as part of a joke aboutWolverine appearing in every comic includingArchie,Yu-Gi-Oh!, andPokémon.[85]
In December 2008, all five issues ofWhat If...? featured the Runaways becoming theYoung Avengers as back-up stories.[86] The five-part backup feature (entitledWhat If Runaways became Young Avengers?) illustrates howIron Lad recruits the Runaways as the next new wave of theAvengers,[87] forcing them to be an actual superhero team with costumes. However, it is later revealed that the Iron Lad that brought them together was actuallyVictor Mancha; Iron Lad ran into Victor's future self when attempting to flee to the Avengers' era, with Victorious travelling back with him and using Victor to hijack his equipment. Kang's subsequent attempt to rescue his younger self results in Iron Lad being killed. With Kang subsequently erased from history, Victor destroys his future self and departs via Kang's time-belt to find his own way, leaving the Runaways to continue as Young Avengers, withChase now using parts of the Iron Lad armor after he was injured in a fight with Victorious.[87] Written byC.B. Cebulski and drawn by Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, the story had originally been calledWhat If the Runaways didn't run away? But it was not until Cebulski accidentally stumbled onto theYoung Avengers storyline that he decide to merge the two stories.[87]Joe Quesada, editor in chief ofMarvel Comics revealed early in his online interview feature, "MyCup o' Joe", that the main villain in the What if? storyline isVictorious, thoughKang the Conqueror makes an appearance.[88] A reviewer, Jesse Schedeen ofIGN citedWhat If...? itself as "a let down", although theRunaways back-up story was positively received.[89]
In theUltimate Marvel universe, a version of the Runaways exist, but as an all-mutant covert team underS.H.I.E.L.D. DirectorGeneral Nick Fury calledUltimate X.[90] After the events ofUltimatum,Nick Fury contacted formerX-MenJean Grey aka Karen Grant with a purpose to unite fellow mutants to combat threats mostly a conflict in Southeast Asian Republic/SEAR with two cities of superhumans. Members includeJimmy Hudson, son of the lateWolverine,[91]Elizabeth "Liz" Allan akaFirestar, a former classmate ofSpider-Man who discovered she was apyrokinetic mutant,[92] andDerek Morgan akaThe Guardian, a vigilante inChicago who can sprout wings, talons and glowing red eyes.[93] The team was officially namedThe Runaways inUltimate Comics: Ultimates.[94]
An alternate future version of an adult Molly Hayes appeared in theX-Men crossover eventBattle of the Atom.[95] Initially arriving under the guise of a team of future X-Men, Molly and her companions were later revealed to be members of a newBrotherhood of Mutants led by Raze, the shape-shifting son ofWolverine andMystique.[96] Molly appears in the comic as a tall, muscular woman with an armored arm and no longer seems to be affected by the fatigue she formerly experienced after using her powers. Following the Brotherhood's defeat, Molly hid with her team.[97] In a subsequent encounter it is revealed that Molly was under mind control, she and her companions are freed and return to their future.[98] The other Runaways are mentioned in the event, but do not appear.
An alternate version of the Runaways star in the comic's fourth volume, taking place duringSecret Wars under theBattleworld banner. The mini series was created byND Stevenson and Sanford Greene. In the series, a different group of children, who are students at the Victor von Doom Institute for Gifted Youths in Doomstadt, discover that the school's annual "final exams" are actually fatal. They escape but are chased down by senior studentBucky Barnes, under orders from school headmasterValeria Von Doom.
Nico Minoru appears part of the A-Force under theWar Zones banner.[99]
The new team includes alternate versions of Marvel heroes such as:
In addition to the three volumes ofThe Runaways, the group has appeared in two miniseries related to the intracompany crossovers "Civil War" (2006), which occurs between issues 21 & 22 of volume 2, and "Secret Invasion" (2008)[100] which occurs between volumes 2 & 3.
| # | Title | Issues collected | Legacy | Writers | Artists | Format | Pages | Released | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digests, trade paperbacks & premier hardcovers | |||||||||
| 1 | Pride & Joy | Runaways #1–6 | #1-6 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona | Digest | 144 | Apr 14, 2004 | 978-0785113799 |
| TPB | Aug 26, 2009 | 978-0785134701 | |||||||
| HC | Dec 31, 2008 | 978-0785135586 | |||||||
| 2 | Teenage Wasteland | Runaways #7-12 | #7-12 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa | Digest | 144 | Nov 1, 2004 | 978-0785114154 |
| TPB | Oct 14, 2009 | 978-0785140757 | |||||||
| HC | Jul 8, 2009 | 978-0785139737 | |||||||
| 3 | The Good Die Young | Runaways #13-18 | #13-18 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona | Digest | 144 | Feb 16, 2005 | 978-0785116844 |
| TPB | Dec 9, 2009 | 978-0785136736 | |||||||
| HC | Sep 10, 2009 | 978-0785136729 | |||||||
| 4 | True Believers | Runaways (vol.2) #1-6 | #19-24 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona | Digest | 144 | Oct 12, 2005 | 978-0785117056 |
| TPB | Apr 14, 2010 | 978-0785141457 | |||||||
| HC | Dec 23, 2009 | 978-0785141440 | |||||||
| 5 | Escape To New York | Runaways (vol.2) #7-12; material fromFCBD: X-Men/Runaways (2006) | #25-30 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Scottie Young | Digest | 144 | Apr 5, 2006 | 978-0785119012 |
| TPB | May 12, 2010 | 978-0785141471 | |||||||
| HC | Jan 13, 2010 | 978-0785141464 | |||||||
| 6 | Parental Guidance | Runaways (vol.2) #13-18 | #31-36 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona | Digest | 144 | Oct 25, 2006 | 978-0785119524 |
| TPB | Jul 14, 2010 | 978-0785141501 | |||||||
| HC | Mar 10, 2010 | 978-0785141495 | |||||||
| 7 | Live Fast | Runaways (vol.2) #19-24 | #37-42 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Mike Norton | Digest | 144 | Apr 25, 2007 | 978-0785122678 |
| TPB | Sep 9, 2010 | 978-0785141556 | |||||||
| HC | May 26, 2010 | 978-0785141549 | |||||||
| Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways | Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1-4;Civil War Files | Zeb Wells | Stefano Caselli | TPB | 112 | May 2, 2007 | 978-0785123170 | ||
| 8 | Dead End Kids | Runaways (vol.2) #25-30 | #43-48 | Joss Whedon | Michael Ryan | Digest | 152 | Jun 10, 2009 | 978-0785123897 |
| TPB | Dec 31, 2008 | 978-0785134596 | |||||||
| HC | Jul 9, 2008 | 978-0785128533 | |||||||
| Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers | Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1-3 | Christopher Yost | Takeshi Miyazawa | TPB | 96 | Feb 25, 2009 | 978-0785132660 | ||
| 9 | Dead Wrong | Runaways (vol.3) #1-6 | #49-54 | Terry Moore | Humberto Ramos | Digest | 136 | Oct 21, 2009 | 978-0785141198 |
| TPB | Jun 10, 2009 | 978-0785129400 | |||||||
| HC | Mar 11, 2009 | 978-0785129394 | |||||||
| 10 | Rock Zombies | Runaways (vol.3) #7-10 | #55-58 | Terry Moore, Christopher Yost, James Asmus | Takeshi Miyazawa, Sara Pichelli | Digest | 112 | Apr 21, 2010 | 978-0785133155 |
| TPB | Oct 21, 2009 | 978-0785140740 | |||||||
| Apr 17, 2018 | 978-1302909116 | ||||||||
| HC | Jul 1, 2009 | 978-0785131564 | |||||||
| 11 | Homeschooling | Runaways (vol.3) #11–14;What If The Runaways Became The Young Avengers? | #59-62 | Kathryn Immonen, C.B. Cebulski | Sara Pichelli, Patrick Spaziante | Digest | 136 | Sep 8, 2010 | 978-0785140856 |
| TPB | Mar 24, 2010 | 978-0785140399 | |||||||
| HC | Nov 18, 2009 | 978-0785140375 | |||||||
| Battleworld: Runaways | Runaways (vol.4) #1-4;Secret Wars: Secret Love | Noelle Stevenson | Sanford Greene | TPB | 120 | Dec 9, 2015 | 978-0785198826 | ||
| Runaways was rebooted in 2017, with Rainbow Rowell becoming writer | |||||||||
| 1 | Find Your Way Home | Runaways (vol.5) #1-6 | #63-68 | Rainbow Rowell | Kris Anka | TPB | 136 | May 1, 2018 | 978-1302908522 |
| 2 | Best Friends | Runaways (vol.5) #7-12 | #69-74 | Rainbow Rowell | Kris Anka | TPB | 136 | Oct 23, 2018 | 978-1302911973 |
| 3 | That Was Yesterday | Runaways (vol.5) #13-18 | #75-80 | Rainbow Rowell | Kris Anka, David Lafuente | TPB | 136 | Apr 23, 2019 | 978-1302914134 |
| 4 | But You Can't Hide | Runaways (vol.5) #19-24 | #81-86 | Rainbow Rowell | Andrés Genolet, Niko Henrichon | TPB | 144 | Oct 29, 2019 | 978-1302918019 |
| 5 | Canon Fodder | Runaways (vol.5) #25-31 | #87-93 | Rainbow Rowell | Andrés Genolet, Kris Anka | TPB | 136 | May 26, 2020 | 978-1302920289 |
| 6 | Come Away With Me | Runaways (vol.5) #32-38 | #94-100 | Rainbow Rowell | Andrés Genolet, Natacha Bustos, Kris Anka, Adrian Alphona | TPB | 168 | Oct 5, 2021 | 978-1302925567 |
| Runaways was rebooted in 2025, with Rainbow Rowell starting a new run | |||||||||
| 1 | Think Of The Children | Runaways (vol.6) #1-5 | #101-105 | Rainbow Rowell | Elena Casagrande | TPB | 120 | Feb 10, 2026 | 978-1302963972 |
| Complete Collections | |||||||||
| 1 | Volume One | Runaways #1-18 | #1-18 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa | TPB | 448 | Aug 12, 2014 | 978-0785185581 |
| 2 | Volume Two | Runaways (vol.2) #1-18;FCBD: X-Men/Runaways (2006) | #19-36 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Scottie Young | TPB | 472 | Dec 2, 2014 | 978-0785187844 |
| 3 | Volume Three | Runaways (vol.2) #19-30;Civil War: Young Avengers And Runaways #1–4;Runaways Saga;Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1–3 | #37-48 | Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon, Zeb Wells, Christopher Yost | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Mike Norton, Stefano Caselli, Michael Ryan | TPB | 528 | Mar 17, 2015 | 978-0785189176 |
| 4 | Volume Four | Runaways (vol.3) #1–14;Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm;Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way;What If The Runaways Became The Young Avengers | #49-62 | Terry Moore, Kathryn Immonen, C.B. Cebulski, Christopher Yost, James Asmus | Humberto Ramos, Takeshi Miyazawa, Sara Pichelli, Philip J. Noto, Emma Ríos | TPB | 432 | Jul 14, 2015 | 978-0785189176 |
| Oversized hardcovers | |||||||||
| 1 | Runaways Vol. 1 | Runaways #1-18 | #1-18 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa | OHC | 448 | Aug 10, 2005 | 978-0785118763 |
| 2 | Runaways Vol. 2 | Runaways (vol.2) #1-12;FCBD: X-Men/Runaways (2006) | #19-30 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Scottie Young | OHC | 320 | Dec 6, 2006 | 978-0785123583 |
| 3 | Runaways Vol. 3 | Runaways (vol.2) #13-24 | #31-42 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Mike Norton | OHC | 296 | May 16, 2007 | 978-0785125396 |
| Runaways byBrian K. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona | Runaways #1-18;Runaways (vol.2) #1-24;FCBD: X-Men/Runaways (2006) | #1-42 | Brian K. Vaughan | Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Scottie Young | Omnibus | 1,072 | Jun 19, 2018 | 978-1302912185 | |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Eisner Award | Best Writer | Brian K. Vaughan | Won | [101] |
| 2006 | Harvey Award | Best Continuing or Limited Series | Runaways | [102] | |
| Shuster Award | Outstanding Artist | Adrian Alphona | Nominated | [103] | |
| 2007 | Peach Award | Georgia Peach Book Award For Teen Readers | Runaways | [104] | |
| Shuster Award | Outstanding Artist | Adrian Alphona | [105] | ||
| 2009 | Eisner Award | Best Cover Artist | Jo Chen | [106] | |
| 2019 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Comic Book | Runaways | [107] | |
| Eisner Award | Best Continuing Series | [108] |
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In May 2008, a film version of the comic was in the scripting process, withBrian K. Vaughan writing andKevin Feige,Marvel Studios President of Production, producing.[109] Feige has said, "In our discussions with Brian, we wanted him to be the person to bring it to life. I think it won't be a precise story line of any [of his comics], but certainly it will be most similar to the tone or origins of his structure in its initial run".[110] A 2011 release was considered,[109] as Feige had expected a finished script in early 2009.[111] In April 2010,Peter Sollett emerged as the front runner to direct the movie.[112] In May 2010, British screenwriterDrew Pearce, known for the TV seriesNo Heroics, was reported to be writing the film for Marvel Studios.[113] In July 2010, it was reported that filming would begin sometime between March–July 2011.[114] On August 5, 2010, preliminary casting for the film began.[115]
In October 2010, production plans were halted whenMarvel chose to focus onThe Avengers. It was hoped that the film would be scheduled for release sometime in 2014,[116] but the only two releases that year wereCaptain America: The Winter Soldier andGuardians of the Galaxy. In March 2013, Kevin Feige said during an interview that they elected not to make the film, but that Drew Pearce had been reassigned toIron Man 3 on the strength of hisRunaways script. On September 24, 2013, Pearce revealed that the film is currently shelved due to the success ofThe Avengers, but also suggested it could see a release at some point in the future.[117]
While talking aboutAll Hail the King, Pearce revealed he had been thinking about the possibility ofRunaways being adapted as a TV series.[118] In August 2016,Hulu ordered apilot along with additional scripts for aRunaways TV series written byJosh Schwartz andStephanie Savage.[119] Filming will start in February 2017.[120] It was later announced that Schwartz and Savage were jointly hired to be co-showrunners of the series. In February 2017, Head ofMarvel Television,Jeph Loeb, announced that the roster of the team had been cast withRhenzy Feliz,Lyrica Okano,Virginia Gardner,Ariela Barer,Gregg Sulkin, andAllegra Acosta will appear in the series asAlex Wilder,Nico Minoru,Karolina Dean,Gert Yorkes,Chase Stein, andMolly Hernandez respectively.[121]Later that same month the cast for their parents, the team of supervillains known asThe Pride, were announced. In July 2017, Jeph Loeb officially confirmed that it takes place in theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
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