Appearing in "Parental Guidance, Chapter One"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Alex Wilder (Only in flashback)
- The Pride
- Geoffrey Wilder (Only in flashback) (Brought from the past)
- Catherine Wilder (Only in flashback)
- Frank Dean (Photo)
- Leslie Dean (Photo)
- Alice Hayes (Photo)
- Gene Hayes (Photo)
- Robert Minoru (Photo)
- Tina Minoru (Photo)
- Janet Stein (Photo)
- Victor Stein (Photo)
- Dale Yorkes (Photo)
- Stacey Yorkes (Photo)
- Hunter (First full appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Lotus (First full appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Stretch (First full appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Oscar (First full appearance) (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Appears on screen)
Other Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Appears on screen)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Appears on screen)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Appears on screen)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Appears on screen)
- Emma Frost (Appears on screen)
- Daily Bugle (Mentioned)
- F.B.I. (Mentioned)
- The Beatles (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Tarnax VII
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- California (Main story and flashback)
- Los Angeles
- Miracle Mile
- Ye Local Watering Hole (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Malibu (Only in flashback)
- Wilder Residence (Only in flashback)
- Los Angeles
- Minoru Summer Home (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- California (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Staff of One
- Captain America's Shield (Appears on screen)
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters (Appears on screen)
- Abstract (Only in flashback)
- Empty fuel cell for time machine (Only in flashback)
- Wilders' Dagger (Only in flashback)
- Majesdanian Compass (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Minorus' Runestone (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Hayes' mutant blood sample (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Parental Guidance, Chapter One"
Near Tarnax VII, Karolina Dean and Xavin prepare for their wedding. Karolina says she misses her friends back on Earth, and Xavin says he has arranged for their first dance as newlyweds to be the Earth song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The next day on Earth, Nico leads the Runaways. Chase compares her to Alex and Victor wonders who Alex was. Gert explains that he was the team's traitor back when it first formed.
A group of Alex's old Internet pals meet at a bar and discuss Alex's disappearance. Hunter tells them that he hacked into Alex's gaming account and discovered that his parents were members of the Pride. He says Alex left them a file with instructions to bring him back. Months later, they have gathered items from each family of the Pride. Oscar reads from the Abstract to "bring back the one named Wilder," but instead bring back Alex's father, Geoffrey Wilder.
Solicit Synopsis
THE RETURN OF THE PRIDE! PART 1 (of 5)
An epic storyline begins with this perfect jumping-on point for new readers! The villainous Pride returns, but this all-new group isn't made up of the Runaways' evil parents. Who are these shadowy players, and what do they want with the Marvel Universe's next generation of heroes?Notes
- In the photo of the Pride and the Runaways from a year before they discovered the truth, the Runaways are wearing the same clothes they wore in Alex Wilder's flashback to the night in Runaways #17.
Trivia
- In the video game, Alex plays Captain America, Lotus plays Daredevil, Hunter plays Hulk, Oscar plays Spider-Man, and Hunter plays the White Queen.