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Runaways Vol. 5: Escape To New York (Runaways (2005-2008)) by [Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa]

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by Brian K. Vaughan (Author), Adrian Alphona (Illustrator, Artist), Takeshi Miyazawa (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

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Collects Runaways #7-12. The team's lineup changes forever when a dangerous alien invades Los Angeles and the Runaways' own Karolina Dean may be the only hero in the Marvel Universe who can stop him...but at what cost? Plus: The Runaways embark on a coast-to-coast adventure, guest-starring Cloak and Dagger AND the New Avengers!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EEH34EE
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Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning writer of Y: THE LAST MAN, EX MACHINA, RUNAWAYS, and PRIDE OF BAGHDAD. His newest work, with artist/co-creator Fiona Staples, is SAGA, an ongoing sci-fi/fantasy series from Image Comics that The Onion's A.V. Club called, "the emotional epic Hollywood wishes it could make." Vaughan lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a writer and producer on various film and tv projects, including three seasons on the hit series LOST.

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dark54555

It's still good at this point.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2013

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Runaways collects into 3 volumes covering 11 books (or 3 books if you buy the larger volume version) plus two side books. Volume 1 (Books 1-3) and Volume 2 (Books 4-8) were really, really good. Volume 3 (Books 9-1) was mediocre and ends kind of abruptly. The two size stories ( Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways and Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers ) are alright but not really essential. If you want to read Runaways, it is a series to simply read in order since it's not that long. However, I wouldn't fault anyone who stopped reading after finishing Book 8 (Dead End Kids) and didn't bother with the last three books.

Here's the complete reading order for the main series:
Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy
Runaways, Vol. 2: Teenage Wasteland
Runaways Vol. 3: The Good Die Young
Runaways Volume 4: True Believers (Runaways (Numbered Paperback))
Runaways, Vol. 5: Escape to New York
Runaways Volume 6: Parental Guidance
Runaways, Vol. 8: Dead End Kids
Runaways - Volume 9: Dead Wrong
Runaways: Rock Zombies
Runaways: Homeschooling

(There's apparently a link limit, but the last two are also on Amazon.)

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Kid Kyoto

Darn good comic booking here

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 16, 2009

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After the initial story arc, Brian Vaughan's Runaway's continues to blaze ahead. While many Marvel books are mired in licensing deals and nostalgia, unable to alter their formula, Runaways stands out as a book where things can actually happen, things can actually change.

In this volume a member leaves and the remaining members take on a mission in New York. They have entertaining encounters with the big name Marvel heroes, Captain America, Wolverine and of course Spider Man all show up.

Vaughan sneaks in some 4th wall-breaking jokes about Wolverine's frequent guest star appearances but it's all good fun.

The art by Alphona and Miyazawa is clean and happy. Faces are expressive, the teens look like teens and not supermodels and the action is easy to follow.

The actual story is secondary, the Runaways have to clear a hero charged with assaulting his partner, but the ride is a lot of fun.

Definitely worth buying.

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Mari

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2017

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Surprisingly fast paced, but still a fun story. As always Molly is my favorite character. Even with everyone else running around, she still manages to surprise me with her moments.

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Didn't really enjoy the art style

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 25, 2017

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But I love both stories. Please bring back my favorite lesbian alien! She is my favorite character, well second after Gertrude.

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Good comic, but bad book binding

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2015

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Kids like this story, but the binding is terrible. It is held together with glue. The binding fell off after two readings.

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A winner

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2013

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Granddaughter has a different list for each Grandmother...I am the one that will be a little more creative when fulfilling wishes...she loves these books.

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Andrew

Required Reading For Any Situation, Including Field Trips

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2006

Escape to New York contains to story arcs from Brian K. Vaughan's amazing Runaways series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the book, Runaways is the story of a group of LA teenagers who learned that their parents were supervillains. They have become a supergroup in order to atone for their parents' sins, but they are one of the most unconventional supergroups in the history of comics. They don't wear costumes, they distrust nearly everyone, including A-list superheroes such as the Avengers (in a previous volume, one of the Runaways was insulted when someone thought that she was part of the Young Avengers), and they are wanted by the police, who see them as delinquants.

Led by Nico Minoru, a powerful witch, the other Runaways include Gert Yorkes, who psychically commands a genetically engineered dinosaur, Chase Stein, their ship's pilot, Molly Hayes, a mutant with superstrength, Karolina Dean, a solar-powered alien, and their newest recruit, Victor Mancha, the cyborg "son" of Ultron, one of the deadliest killing machines ever invented.

In the first arc, Star-Crossed, Karolina finally admits to her homosexuality and makes a move on Nico, which ends up badly for the two of them. But that pales in comparison to the decision she must face when a Skrull warrior arrives and tells her that he is her betrothed husband. After explaining about the history between Karolina's homeworld of Majesdane and the Skrull world, which includes nothing but violence and deception, he tells her that, he tells her that her evil parents made a deal to offer up Karolina in exchange for aid from the Skrulls.

In East Coast/West Coast, the Runaways are reunited with Cloak, of Cloak and Dagger, after the New Avengers accuse him of beating Dagger into a coma. While the Runaways are initially skeptical about helping out Cloak, who was unable to fulfill his promise to them to help them deal with the Pride after the Runaways' parents erased his and Dagger's memory, they eventually concede, and Cloak brings them to New York.

While a few of the Runaways try to find out who the imposter is who framed Cloak, others try to keep the New Avengers away from Cloak. This leads to a great scene with Gert, Victor, and Spider-Man, as well as a hilarious confrontation between Molly and her hero Wolverine.

Both of these arcs are very well done, as usual. Vaughan is a great writer, and the East Coast/West Coast story may be one of the best since the original run of Runaways. Even better is the fact that Marvel actually used some quality paper to print the series on in this digest, so the colors don't bleed together, and everything is clear, though smaller than when it premiered in single-issue format. I really hope that Marvel puts out a second (and third, and fourth, and so on...) hardcover of this series because these digests don't do it justice. This is truly one of Marvel's greatest assets, and everyone should definitely check it out.

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