It definitely was the highlight of the collection. Actually I take that back as the artwork was amazing. Essentially, there is nothing really special here. Then sometime during the fight everyone realizes that there is a common enemy and they should be working together instead fighting each other. We have all seen when a team of heroes meet another team of heroes and the big fight ensues. This is your basic story we have seen many times before while its connection to Civil War is tenuous at best. The Young Avengers decide to help them because they feel like they can relate because of the similar age. In this one, the Runaways do a good deed where they use their powers and are soon on the run once again. This is a four issue collection that ties in with the events of Civil War. It wasn't until I'd finished it that I realized the story revolved around a poorly thought out policy that targets the best in a community with extreme (and extremely random) prejudice, which results in giving those unwilling to play by the rules positions of extreme power over those who are, and ends up being an embarrassment to all involved. I essentially picked this book at random from the two foot tower of graphic novels I have checked out from the library (I wish that were an exaggeration). It occurs to me that part of that could be from being shoehorned into a crossover event. It just felt slightly, subtly off to me, but maybe I'm just being picky. Xavin doesn't use human female form once, which felt strange to me. Like Xavin being in human male form almost the entire book, even when picking up groceries in the first issue. He does an ok job, but there are some oddities that probably come from him being less than familiar. I am puzzled as to why Wells was put on this book, though. Wait! One of them is a robot? We can use lethal weapons now! They're kids? Darn, we can't use anything serious against them. Putting aside the fact that they're totally unconcerned with bringing in the superpowered villain that the kid stopped, their reaction is determined based not on the relative threat level of the kids, but on how sympathetic the bystanders would be towards them. It starts off early here, with a government squad being dispatched to bring in the Runaways kids. If that's the case, I think it's fair to say that Wells hates it. I've heard that how the Registration Act is shown in the various books depends on how the writer of those books felt about it personally. As a note, be aware that reading the main Civil War book, Young Avengers through Family Matters, and Runaways through Parental Guidance is at the very least a good idea to understand what's going on here. Luckily, the reset button gets hit at the end, so I think that anyone just trying to read up on Young Avengers or Runaways could skip it entirely. I hated Civil War, and this book did nothing to change my mind. So caveat emptor and happy reading uber-nerds.īottom line: A mildly entertaining, if unnecessary, addition to the Civil War reading list. It’s pretty comprehensive, but the white print on black pages gave me a headache. Files = Tony Stark’s point-of-view on the proceedings at large. ![]() The Young Avengers are young Avengers in training, who are siding with Captain America and the anti-registration crowd but are getting bored just hangin’ around doing nothing, so they rescue the Runaways from those bastards from S.H.I.E.L.D.Īt first it’s a mistrust-a-rama and a flexing of teen muscles until those bastards from SHIELD send in a brainwashed Noh-Varr/Marvel Boy to collect some of the kiddos for secret experiments.īonus content: Because the Young Avengers/Runaways tie-in is only four issues, Marvel threw in the complete Civil War Files to round out this volume. This is the first time reading a Runaways title – they’re a group of kids whose parents were villains and they’re trying to atone for that by doing good deeds. It’s one of those heroes-battle-one-another-then-say-hey-what-the-f*ck-why-are-we-fighting-each-other-when-someone-just-sicced-an-alien-on-both-of-our-asses storyline. ![]() I’m still holding out for Civil War: Dum Dum Dugan, Civil War: Whizzer and Civil War: Wong but I digress. It seems like Marvel Comics really bent over backwards to give every B-list group/character their own title in the Civil War event and for that reason this comes off as overkill - trying to squeeze these two teen groups into the super hero registration hijinks.
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