Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways
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Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways is a comic book limited series tie-in to the "Civil War" crossover event. The series serves as a team-up between the the characters from Young Avengers and Runaways. The series is written by Zeb Wells and drawn by Stefano Caselli. Allan Heinberg and Brian K. Vaughan, the series' respective writers, serve as creative consultants to Wells.
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[edit] Production History
Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways bridges the gap between the first and announced second volumes of the Young Avengers series, which is taking a break until early 2007 due to writer Allan Heinberg's busy schedule with various television projects and his run on DC's Wonder Woman. It takes place after the events of Runaways v2 #21 and Young Avengers v1 #12 [1] and before Civil War #3
[edit] Plot summary
The runaways intervene in a fight between the Flag-Smasher and S.H.I.E.L.D., whose agents damage Victor. The Young Avengers see the altercation on television, and the Vision suffers a seizure, and they steal a Quinjet and use Wiccan's magic to find them. Molly attacks the group, thinking they are working with S.H.I.E.L.D., but the team subdues her and enters the Hostel to talk to the runaways. The Vision and Victor experience seizures when they are near; the Vision explains that he and Victor share the same electromagnetic signatures, most likely due to their both having been created by Ultron.
Noh-Varr, a Kree from an alternate reality sent by S.H.I.E.L.D to capture the teenagers, attacks the teenagers, breaking Xavin's neck. Noh-Varr's handlers capture Wiccan, Hulkling, Karolina, and Xavin's body and take them to Cube high-security metahuman prison. The Cube's warden attempts to dissect Hulkling, but his organs shift to avoid the knife. Xavin rights his broken neck and attacks the warden. Victor, realizing that the Vision's arm, embedded in Noh-Varr's chest, has begun to interface with the alien, overloads him by coming near, and the Vision removes Noh-varr's psychological conditioning. The two teams part ways and Noh-Varr takes control of the Cube.
[edit] Positions
Both the Young Avengers and the Runaways are opposed to the Superhuman Registration Act, but each team enters into the "Civil War" in different ways. The Young Avengers are based in New York City, which is the epicenter of the war, and they talk about the Act from the beginning. They are eventually captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., but Captain America rescues them and recruits them into his "Secret Avengers". The runaways are based in Los Angeles, which has few superhumans. The resistance doesn't have the manpower to make its presence known in L.A., but the government-sponsored enforcers were able to attempt to round up any West Coast superhumans. The runaways don't keep up with current events until they are engaged by S.H.I.E.L.D. enforcers.
[edit] Covers
The covers of the four issues of the miniseries can be placed side by side to create a large panoramic poster. It can be seen below.
