 Unlimited Highlights: Runaways
Check out these five must read issues of Runaways, available at Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited.
Posted: 2009-06-24 Updated: 2009-06-26 09:55:29 Every week we'll pick a handful of awesome comics from the thousands available through Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. From creator spotlights to editor's picks and more, this'll be your spot to find something new and cool.
To tie-in the new Runaways creative team, Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited puts the spotlight on five awesome issues. The offspring of some serious baddies, this group of teens do all the can to stray from their parents dark path. Super powered teenagers fight their super villain parents, what else could you ask for? Check out all five comics at Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited and see what adventures these runaways get in to.
Also, check out the all-new Runaways theme song and jam out while reading their Unlimited Highlights. By: Johnson W. Sattiewhite
RUNAWAYS #1
At some point during their teen years, most kids have the urge to runaway from home and escape the "horrors" of chores and being grounded. But when six friends discover the sinister double life of their parents, taking out the trash and no net surfing for a week are the least of their worries. At the risk of being permanently grounded, these teens come together to become runaways. But will they survive their flee from the nest?
RUNAWAYS #9 (2005)
There's nothing worse than being falsely accused of a crime you didn't commit, ask Cloak. When Cap and the Avengers come after Cloak for a crime he that he had no hand in, he is forced to flee New York in search of help. With his partner, Dagger, all black, blue and broken in the hospital, Cloak must call upon the Runaways to help clear his name and catch the real culprit behind the crime. Either the Runaways are that good at the hero thing, or Cloak is that desperate to keep other heroes off of his case.
CIVIL WAR: YOUNG AVENGERS & RUNAWAYS #1
Who doesn't want to see two teams of super powered teens duke it out? As the public begins to turn against many of the Marvel heroes in the thick of Civil War, the Runaways not only have to watch their back when fighting crime, but now that have to worry about whether or not they can trust the Young Avengers. Cars are thrown, robots are dismembered and of course a classic explosion or two go down when these teams meet. Don't miss this Civil War tie-in that promises to have lasting repercussions for both teams!
RUNAWAYS #25
Now in the Big Apple, the Runaways end up going on the wrong side of the tracks and start doing some things that aren't exactly heroic. Recruited by none other that Willson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime himself, the young super powered team gets entangled in a web of lies, deception and crime. So much happens, that by the end of this issue the Runaways have made some very surprising allies and one enemy in paticular who thinks these kids need to be "punished."
RUNAWAYS #1 (2008)
The Runaways are finally back in the City of Angels and couldn't be happier. Although, their joy for being home soon changes as they find out that LA is not the same place they left. Doing what they can to stay under the radar and adjust to to the changes of home, sins from their past soon come back to haunt them.
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