Runaways Vol. 3: The Good Die
Young by Jo Chen
Exciting, Shocking And Satisfying Conclusion
The world as we know it is about to end and the Runaways are the only
hope to prevent it! But if our fledgling teenage heroes are going to
succeed, they may have to become just as evil as their villainous parents.
The Runaways have learned how their parents criminal organization
began, and now they must decide how it should end. As the Runaways
epic battle against their evil parents reaches its shocking conclusion, the
teams mole stands revealed, and blood must be shed. Which kids will still
be standing when the smoke finally clears? This is the story that changes
everything (seriously!).
Personal Review: Runaways Vol. 3: The Good Die Young by Jo
Chen
Brian K. Vaughan really knows what he's doing. This volume, collecting
issues thirteen through eighteen of the first run of "Runaways," ties up

every loose end perfectly. The villainous characters that make up The
Pride, the primary villains of the series, are finally--and gracefully--fleshed
out.
The story, simple as it is (kids rush to stop their evil parents from
sacrificing the soul of an innocent girl to giant monsters), will leave you
satisfied with what you've got, though still wanting more. Also, instead of
the straightforward good versus evil that many of Marvel comics offer up,
"Runaways" is really all about ambiguity. No one in this story is pure evil;
there are so many ways to interpret this story that it may in fact leave you
pondering it for long after you put it down.
The story isn't perfect, though. Deus ex machina is heavily put to use
here, from the convenient way that Chase both found and was able to
operate his parent's "ship" as well as the sudden, unexplained appearance
of a very popular Marvel hero at the end, who neatly brings things to a
close. However, the story is simply tasty enough to ignore that. You don't
get the kind of quirky fantasy-drama that "Runaways" brings to the table
without a price, and the usage of deus ex machina in this volume was that
price. In my book, it was more than worth it.
The final issue collected in this volume is one of the best comics I've read,
period. There's not much action--though there is some--but it's a perfect
wind-down if I've ever read one. That's a problem many writers have,
whether it be in prose, comics, or script-writing. The wind-down of a story
has to be equally as good as the climax, answering any questions that
weren't answered at that climatic moment, and at the same time giving a
little nod to every little plot thread that was addressed earlier in the work.
Brian K. Vaughan, seemingly effortlessly, does that.
9/10
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