Writer: Noelle Stevenson Artist: Sanford Greene
Overview:
The Runaways, written and introduced in 2003 by Brian K. Vaughn, composed of superhero teens who were escaping their super villain parents. They were featured in “Avengers Arena” as well as “Avengers Undercover”. Noelle Stevenson takes a crack on at creating an alternate version of the Runaways in Secret Wars.
Synopsis:
The story starts off in the city/domain of Doomsdadt, where the Victor Von Doom Institute for Gifted Youths is located. The Battleworld version of the Runaways consists of Sanna Strand aka Frostbite, Jubilee, Skarr, Cloak and Dagger, Pixie, Delphyne Gorgon, and Amadeus Cho. The only original Runaways member that actually appears in this book is Molly Hayes. All are seen to be in a detention/correction room.
Earlier, Jubilee and Frostbite were sparring against each other, which Jubilee emerged as the victor by using her powers. Later in the school hall, the Night Witches, an all girls gang consisting of Jubilee, Pixie, and Gorgon, are confronted by Amadeus Cho and his “bodyguard” Skaar. The two groups exchange words to each other before their Final Exam, but nothing really happens here. Molly Hayes pops up and tries to sway Jubilee to let her be part of the Night Witches, but Jubilee denies her because she is a bit too young to join.
Frostbite suddenly storms her way down the hall and calls out Jubilee for using her powers instead of hand-to-hand combat during their training session. She then tries to impale Jubilee’s face off, but Molly distracts Frostbite long enough for Jubilee to blast Frostbite with her powers. But Frostbite was in her ice form, so the blast got deflected, causing Cho to get hit, who bumps into Tyrone (who has Dagger’s powers in this world). This apparently makes Skaar angry and then a fight ensues. Bucky “Hall Monitor” Barnes ceases the fight, then assigns the kids to the correction room for the day.
Back to the present in the correction room, the kids are stuck there for the remainder of the day; they are figuring out how to escape, so that they can register for a team in order to take Final Exam. Pixie and Dagger (Tyrone) hit it off while in detention. Pixie asks about Tyrone's relationship with Tandy, which it to turns out that Cloak and Dagger are actually brother and sister in this Battleworld.
Cho devises a plan to bust everyone out of detention by re-wiring the Doombot teacher’s system. After a quick escape, the kids rush to the gymnasium for the team registration. They appear to be the last group to make it, and begs Barnes to let them register for the Final Exam. Barnes reluctantly agrees, but he assigns all of them to be teammates.
Later, Barnes reports about the Runaways to God Emperor Doom and the Headmistress of the institution, who turns out to be Valeria Von Doom.
Review:
Overall, I really
enjoyed this issue. It was nice to see the diversity between the
characters and interactions they had with each other. I like how they
flipped Cloak and Daggers’ powers. Marvel did the same idea with
them in the Spider-Island event, but I feel like the power switch
seems more appropriate in Secret Wars. Some of these characters
originate from different Battleworlds such as, Jubilee is from Limbo
and Skaar is from Greenland…etc, which makes me more curious and
excited for the other Battleworld titles. The only downside of this
book was that most of the original Runaways members weren’t
featured in this issue, which might be bad news for die-hard Runaway
fans. Despite of that, the story was a light fun read.
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