History Headscratchers / Runaways

* Now, I've only just started the series but why is it that as soon as the kids discover the Pride they immediately assume that their parents want to kill them. Granted, the Pride are supervillains, but from what I've seen, most of them are decent parents and want what's best for their children. Is it just teen angst turned UpToEleven or what? It bothers me that they never give their parents a chance to explain themselves either.

** By the time the Runaways came back from New York, California had lost its Initiative team, ComicBook/TheOrder, and Secret Invasion had hobbled SHIELD to the point that they probably couldn't spare a team to keep track of a bunch of kids. Plus, the Runaways relocated to Malibu rather than going directly back to Los Angeles.

* At the end of "Live Fast" worn out from their fight with the Gibborium (Molly was asleep, Victor not at full power after BSOD-ing, Karolina out of charge and Xavin not in full control over his powers) they got confronted by ComicBook/IronMan and SHEILD agents for not registering with the SHRA. When the book picks up again they are in New York talking to the Kingpin. How did they get past Iron Man?

*** [[spoiler:The Yorks, the Steins, the Minorus, and (it's implied) the Wilders and the Hayes are all fine with having children (the Hayes only protest that they just might not be able to conceive). Mrs. Wilder explains the benefit of them all going along with the plan as a way to ensure that all of their legacies are passed on. In other words, the kids will be ambassadors of their parents, rather than risking that entire couples in the Pride are left out of Paradise. That's probably why the Deans went along with it - to make sure that their service to the Gibborim wouldn't be forgotten.]]

* Exactly how were the Runaways able to just waltz back into LA after the whole 1907 incident? As far as we all know, the Civil War is still going on (I believe it's 2006 by their timeline). What's to stop Iron Man and the cape killers from coming back to arrest them? Even if Civil War has ended, woundn't that mean the 50 State Initiative has been set up? Shouldn't there be a registered team patrolling LA or did I miss an issue?

** Going off of Homecoming,it seems that they seem to become jerks and die(?) after 18.which I guess is one way to handle that problem. as for why only Victor reacts poorly to attacking Spiderman,lets remember he was designed as a major fan boy and hasn't yet expierienced the less favorable adult supers that the rest have.

* The fact that Brian K. Vaughan [[spoiler: killed off Gert]] bugs me more than any other event in fictional history, and not just because she's my favorite character. (MASSIVE SPOILERS ahead for anyone who hasn't finished the second volume.) From a narrative standpoint, Gert should have been the ''last'' character he considered killing off. At the beginning of Volume Two, we find out that Gert is going to be leading the Avengers in twenty years. Gertrude Yorkes, who calls superheroes "super-fascists," who has no powers and no combat training, who calls Nico a dope for thinking that she could ever lead their little band of runaways, grows up to lead the most famous superhero team in the world. That is an absolutely fascinating turn of events. What makes Gert change her mind about superheroes? How does she end up joining the Avengers? What talents does she discover in the next twenty years that make her a candidate to lead them? We'll never know, because Vaughan killed her off. I know everyone complains about how comic book characters never stay dead, but I think someone should resurrect Gert just so that they can do this storyline justice.

Plus, if you've read Vaughn's other works you'll notice the man has an obsession with having Glasses wearing people die. ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' has that bespectacled Amazon leader get killed, ''ComicBook/ExMachina'' has a kid with glasses shoot himself, that one ''ComicBook/TomStrong'' story he did, has a bespectacled villainess jump out a window and die.

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** That is a contradiction in terms. If the agreement with Pym and Tigra was not legally binding in the first place, then why would Social Services care about Nico leaving?

Sounds more like Karolina being selfish and irresponsible. Are there any indications at all that she tried to step up?

** Well, two options [resent themselves: Either they wanted to goad the Pride into exceeding expectations (see who kill the most when Paradise is on the line) or the Gibborim were lying and never planned to take ''anyone'' with them in the end.

* Okay, this has been driving me crazy...in many stories its said that the Runaways are low on money. So how the heck did they afford the fantastic drug addiction that Victor had, ie, with a metal that's as rare as Vibranium!? To a lesser extent, how did Nico afford the plane ticket to Japan, in A-force: Hypertime? I can't imagine the douche looking relatives helped pay for it.