Runaways v3 #7-9

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Runaways v3 #7-9

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RUNAWAYS v3 #7-9
Writer : Terry Moore
Penciller : Takeshi Miyazawa
Inkers : Takeshi Miyazawa (#7-9), Lee & Yueng (#8), Roland Paris (#9)
Published from February to April 2009

Cast :
- The Runaways : Nico Minoru/Sister Grimm, Molly Hayes/Bruiser/Princess Powerful, Chase Stein/Talkback, Victor Mancha/Victorious, Karolina Dean/Lucy in the Sky, Klara Prast, Leapfrog (Old Lace is mysteriously absent from this arc)
- KZIT radio station : Val Rhymin, Lydia Stumpmeyer, various others
- "Mother"/Monk Theppie

RUNAWAYS v3 #7 :
Characters : Victor Mancha, Molly Hayes, Klara Prast, Chase Stein, Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Leapfrog, Val Rhymin, "Mother", Lydia Stumpmeyer

(presumably all in one day)
It's business as usual for the Runaways, as they hang out at their house, and then go out and stop an hostage crisis in town (the Retching Pigs rock band are not happy about being dumped by their producer). Meanwhile, Chase goes to his job, and completely fails to spot his boss Val Rhymin plotting with a creepy dude known only as "Mother".

Their plan ? Turning most of LA into zombies through the use of a magic song. It only works on people who have had plastic surgery, but hey, this isn't a very restrictive condition in LA. They proceed to test the song on poor fellow KZIT employee Lydia, and it works.

Notes :
- There's no precise indication about how long after the previous arc this is supposed to happen, but Nico is "surprised [Chase] is sticking with [his job at KZIT]", so I'd say it should be quite soon after RUN3 6. Especially as Val and "Mother" were already starting to plot in the last arc.
- "Mother" is an old associate of the Minorus, or so he says. The song is based on one of their old spells, but it would be really stretching to call this a BTS appearance for them (they've been dead for a while, after all).
- There's an unnamed female employee at KZIT in RUN3 1, but she barely looks like Lydia at all.

RUNAWAYS v3 #8 :
Characters : Nico Minoru, Molly Hayes, Chase Stein, Victor Mancha, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Klara Prast, Val Rhymin, Lydia Stumpmeyer

- Pages 1-4 (late afternoon) : the Runaways (Chase included) are camping out in the middle of the desert.
- Page 5 : Val starts broadcasting the zombie song. Lydia is still around in zombie form, so presumably it's the same day as the previous issue.
- Page 6 (sunset) : the Runaways are still camping out.
- Pages 7-8 (broad daylight) : the zombie song is affecting people in LA.
- Pages 9-10 (dawn) : Molly wakes up and chats a bit with Karolina
- Page 11 : the other employees of KZIT start complaining about Val hogging the airtime (one of them indicates that he's far exceeded his timeslot), but they run off afraid when they see zombie!Lydia.
- Page 12-22 (morning) : the Runaways head back home but LA has fallen into complete chaos. On the radio, they hear Val saying he has the cure and offering to give it out if the zombies destroy the city and pillage it for valuables. The Runaways start fighting the zombies a bit, until one of Nico's spells backfires and creates a big zombie-combination monster.

Notes :
- Either some of the scenes are out of order, or the colorist messed up. You decide !
- This is where we find out about Lydia's full name.

RUNAWAYS v3 #9 :
Characters : Nico Minoru, Molly Hayes, Chase Stein, Victor Mancha, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Klara Prast, Val Rhymin, Lydia Stumpmeyer, "Mother"

Pages 1-11 (continued from last issue) : the Runaways dispatch the monster, and then go to the KZIT station. They find it empty, apart from Lydia.
Pages 12-20 (that night, from midnight on) : Val had indicated a reunion place for the zombies at midnight, so the Runaways infiltrate it. Big fight, "Mother" is eaten by a dragon when he tries to take Nico's staff, while Val and various other co-conspirators are delivered to the police.
Pages 21-22 (broad daylight) : epilogue with Chase, Klara and Molly hanging at the house.

Notes :
- This is where we learn "Mother" 's real name. He's part of something called the California Witchcraft Community.
- Chase has lost his job as a consequence of KZIT being shut down.
- Thus ends the Terry Moore run.
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Re: Runaways v3 #7-9

Post by Paul Bourcier »

Much appreciated, JD!
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