

If you are buying regular TPB or the pocket-sized digest versions of the series, be careful to get the right edition! TPBs will be listed with a height of around 10″ – digests are only about 7.4″. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona OmnibusĬollects Runaways (2003) #1-18, Runaways (2005) #1-24, and Free Comic Book Day 2006. It tells a complete story with a definitive end. This was the debut of the core cast of Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Molly Hayes, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, and Gertrude Yorkes. The original 18-issue Runaways series written entirely by Brian K.

Join the Crushing On Crushing Krisis mailing list for a notice whenever this page is updated with new collections – plus, a not-more-than-weekly ping about new comics content. 2017 – present: In Marvel Legacy / Fresh Start.2016 – 2017: In All-New, All-Different Marvel.2008 – 2010: By Terry Moore and Kathryn Immonen.Vaughan and Joss Whedon (+ Civil War & Secret Invasion) Over time, these random characters thrust together and forced to be friends and occasional heroes have transformed into Marvel’s most-modern family – a family of that chose each other, and will support each other until the end.

Those characters seem more fantastical to the Runaways than they do to us as readers, which in turn helps us to see them with new eyes. It’s surprising he did not, as Marvel was long since out of the game of creating new teams of characters wholesale without attaching them to another franchise.Īs a result, the Runaways cast offers something magical every time they do bump up against a Marvel stalwart. Vaughan could have just as easily penned them as a creator-owned title. Yet, part of the continuing gift of the Runaways – and part of why their new connections are so interesting – is that they never needed to be in the Marvel Universe in order to exist. Over time that initial direction has faded, new cast members have been added, and the Runaways have begun to make more connections across the Marvel Universe. Some of them discover inherent powers they were never aware of, while others inherit special artifacts or technology, but they are kids first and super-powered teens second. Instead, they are thrust together by the insane circumstance of their parent’s plotting. They aren’t even friends with each other. They’re just kids – regular, average kids. The Runaways are are a team that are not a team and a heroes that don’t mean to be heroes. Vaughan, who would later write such modern classics of the medium as Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, and Saga. The Runaways are a unique gift to the Marvel Universe from author Brian K. Last updated November 2018 with titles scheduled for release through July 2019.

The definitive, chronological, and up-to-date guide on collecting Runaways comic books via omnibuses, hardcovers, and trade paperback graphic novels. A part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics.
