Runaways: Dead End Kids Premiere HC: Dead End Kids Premiere (Runaways (Marvel)) (Runaways (Marvel) (Hardcover)) |
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 | I'd read mixed reviews of the original comic series so despite being a fan of both Runaways and Joss Whedon, I was prepared to be disappointed. As you can guess from the title of this review, this is one occasion where I was happy to be wrong.
The opening scene setting chapters featuring the Kingpin, the Punisher and an enigmatic duo of old woman and flying man-monster were okay but it really takes off when the group end up in New York of a hundred years ago. This is a pretty brutal time of social oppression and social change and Whedon doesn't attempt to prettify it. There are people with powers but they too reflect the period so even the good guys aren't very nice at all. The Runaways find themselves in the middle between superheroes and villains, complicated by their own inter-team strife, falling love, trying to find a way back home, and more. By the end, everything has been satisfactorily wrapped up.
Whedon has a very good handle on the characters (and he doesn't even have to ... read more.
Written by Joss Whedon.
Published 06 August 2008.
Published by Marvel Comics.
rrp £14.99.
152 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 0785128530
ISBN-13: 9780785128533 | |
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