Runaways Vol 2 27

Runaways Vol 2 #27
Previous Issue	Runaways (Vol. 2) #26
Next Issue	Runaways (Vol. 2) #28
Art by: Jo Chen
Alternate Covers
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Release Date	July 5, 2007
Cover Date	August, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Dead-End Kids, Part 3"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Joss Whedon
Penciler(s)	Michael Ryan
Inker(s)	Rick Ketcham Jay Leisten
Colorist(s)	Christina Strain
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Nick Lowe

 Man. History just lost one buff. 

—Karolina Dean

Appearing in "Dead-End Kids, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

• Runaways
  • Nico Minoru
  • Karolina Dean
  • Chase Stein
  • Old Lace
  • Molly Hayes
  • Victor Mancha
  • 🢐 Xavin 🢒
  • Leapfrog

Supporting Characters:

• Street Arabs (First appearance)
  • Spieler (Lillie McGurty) (First appearance chronologically)
  • Swell (Eddie Gunnam) (First appearance)
  • Tristan (First appearance chronologically)
  • Dead George Pelham (First appearance)
  • Hoyden (Megan) (First appearance)
  • Creeper (First appearance)
  • Yellow Kid
  • Jacob (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Sinners (First appearance)
  • Maneater (First appearance)
  • Forget-Me-Not (First appearance)
  • Kid Twist (First appearance)
  • Morphine (First appearance)
  • Dale Yorkes
  • Stacey Yorkes
• The Pride (Appears on screen)
  • Victor Stein (Appears on screen)
  • Janet Stein (Mentioned)
  • Robert Minoru (Mentioned)
  • Tina Minoru (Mentioned)
• Mr. Prast (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Gertrude Yorkes (Appears on screen)
• Upward Path
  • Adjudicator 🢒 (First appearance)
• Klara Prast (First appearance)
• Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) (Mentioned)
• Typhoid Mary (Mary Walker) (Mentioned)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Mentioned)
• Professor Duck (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Camelot

Items:

• Staff of One
• Karolina's Medical Alert Bracelet
• Overdrive
• Swell's Stick (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Leapfrog
• Mineola (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Dead-End Kids, Part 3"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

Has there always been a "Runaways?" No. Then what does the above cover mean? You're going to have to read it to find out, True Believers. Joss Whedon (ASTONISHING X-MEN, Buffy) and Michael Ryan (NEW EXCALIBUR) bring you more twists and turns as the Runaways go somewhere they've never been before.

Notes

• The date on the newspaper that Xavin purchases is June 27, 1907, but the boy selling the paper talks about Typhoid Mary being captured. While he describes her capture coming after a fight (she didn't want to be quarantined, so it's accurate), she was actually arrested on March 19, a full three months prior.
• As the Runaways walk through the city, people can be seen protesting against sweatshops, which were known to be dangerous to work in (they often lacked proper ventilation, means of escape in case of fire, and workers were often kept inside for more than ten hours a day). While the fire that breaks out in this issue is fictional, a better-known example of this would be the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911.
• The speaker at the sweatshop protests bears a strong resemblance to the famed anarchist Emma Goldman.
• The Yellow Kid is a direct reference to, and probably intended as the basis for, the first truly popular comic strip character, The Yellow Kid.
• Dale Yorkes mentions the High Evolutionary having a breakdown in "two thousand and--" but is cut off before stating the entire year.

Trivia

• The New York Herald was a newspaper published between 1835 and 1924.

See Also

• 19 image(s) from Runaways Vol 2 27
• 1 reprint(s) of Runaways Vol 2 27

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