Still catching up on news that was announced while I was gone, the mention that Chase and Nico from Runaways will be appearing in Avengers Arena (This year’s winner for most gratuitous use of the “Avengers” brand so far, I think we can all agree?) brings to mind this question: Did anyone ever attempt to address the cliffhanger from the final issue of Kathryn Immonen and Sara Pichelli’s canceled-way-too-soon run on the Runaways title? I mean, there was a seemingly-back-from-the-dead Gert, Chase was knocked over by a car, and the team had joined up with a mysterious figure who claimed to be Chase’s uncle. I know that the characters have made appearances in the three years or so since that book ended, but were any of those plot threads even acknowledged, never mind addressed, in those appearances, or will the Immonen/Pichelli run be one of those “Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen” things that happen every now and again when titles get cancelled?
(For my money, that run was the first time since Brian K. Vaughan left the book that it actually felt like it had some kind of forward momentum again. Four issues was way too short, and I still miss it.)
September 14th, 2012 at 10:28 am
I asked this same thing awhile back. http://ifanboy.com/articles/lost-found-marvels-runaways/
September 14th, 2012 at 11:11 am
Marvel just seems determined to not treat its young heroes with much respect. And clearly the Runaways are something of an orphan.
I didn’t like the Immonen run that much, but it was a lot better than either the Whedon or Moore issues. (Joss’s run on Runaways was, without a doubt, the only thing he ever did that I thought was actively BAD.) I think that even though BKV clearly intended for other writers to play with his kids, he is the only person who really understood them.
Though I bet Nick Spencer could do a good job.
September 14th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
I agree, and the thing I am really concerned about is that Nico and chase (not including X-23) are two of the only characters in this new series that I actually care about. The fact that this book is running on the probability that there’s gonna be a large body count, I’m hoping they fare better than the others. Maybe this book will be a springboard for Runaways to return. Perhaps it will be the remaining Runaways that save their teammates and go on the run again…from Arcade.
September 14th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
LOVED those issues. Did they ever make it to digest?