Avengers Academy #28 *Spoilers*

**jackolover** · 04-09-2012, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by mikekerrIII

how do you both reign them in and protect them at the same time? Who is going to protect Klara or Molly in a foster home from the folks that would be predictably coming after them?

They can't be.

My point is, these groups of roaming kids should be tucked away by super heroes, and kept safe and isolated while they grow and gain experience. To not do this, is dereliction of duty, which they are guilty of right now. I think the MU heroes have to face the fact that they do not protect their young. Not very heroic is it?

**KurtW95** · 04-09-2012, 10:58 PM

Thought it was stupid that Hank said he had a problem with the term "Godson," because he's an atheist.

**Michael P** · 04-10-2012, 12:49 PM

How come Chase isn't dead?

**HostilSpike** · 04-10-2012, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Michael P

How come Chase isn't dead?

It's not explained here or in the Daken Crossover.

**Personamanx** · 04-10-2012, 04:55 PM

It's being left until someone gets a chance to give the cliffhanger a little resolution. Which will probably never happen at this rate. Would it have been so hard for there to be an editor's note saying that the AA story and Daken appearance took place before "Runaways" Volume 3 #11? It only complicates things.

**mikekerrIII** · 04-10-2012, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by jackolover

They can't be.

My point is, these groups of roaming kids should be tucked away by super heroes, and kept safe and isolated while they grow and gain experience. To not do this, is dereliction of duty, which they are guilty of right now. I think the MU heroes have to face the fact that they do not protect their young. Not very heroic is it?

Kept safe where exactly? A foster home or a prison? How coulsd Hank protect here from villians like the US govement is he had her in legal Custody, the runaways can ignore of fight orders form scum like O.N.E. Hanks as a govermtn employee and an Avenger has to comply with orders.

Where could the possible put two mutants where they were safe from both the Super0-villians and the government?
Is the AA any safer than the Streets for the runaways?
How do you keep Molly and Klara from leaving without doing something that makes them move vulnerable to harm?

Hank could not think up and Answer to those questions, I can't think of answers to those questions. Do you have answers?

**The Cool Thatguy** · 04-10-2012, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by mikekerrIII

how do you both reign them in and protect them at the same time? Who is going to protect Klara or Molly in a foster home from the folks that would be predictably coming after them?

Ya know, who would come after them?

After the Pride died, the majority of conflict in the Runaways was them getting to crap on their own. It was them seeking out fights with Swarm, Wrecking Crew and what have you.

In addition, it's not impossible to hook Klara and Molly up with some superhuman foster parents. Plenty of B-listers out there, after all.

I just fail to see how trying to get them in a stable learning environment is some great crime, while allowing them to bounce around LA starting fights with superhumans and no education and no support system whatsoever is the better choice.

**jackolover** · 04-10-2012, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by mikekerrIII

Kept safe where exactly? A foster home or a prison? How coulsd Hank protect here from villians like the US govement is he had her in legal Custody, the runaways can ignore of fight orders form scum like O.N.E. Hanks as a govermtn employee and an Avenger has to comply with orders.

Where could the possible put two mutants where they were safe from both the Super0-villians and the government?
Is the AA any safer than the Streets for the runaways?
How do you keep Molly and Klara from leaving without doing something that makes them move vulnerable to harm?

Hank could not think up and Answer to those questions, I can't think of answers to those questions. Do you have answers?

What do you suggest?

**MrMancha** · 04-10-2012, 08:22 PM

weren't they trying to do good to make up for the evil there parents did or did everyone just forgot that part of the story

**turtletrekker** · 04-10-2012, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by Michael P

How come Chase isn't dead?

In the Dark Wolverine appearance it's mentioned that Chase had recently been in an accident, and when asked about it, Chase replies that "I got better". Since we last saw him in a hospital, that's really explanation enough for me. I'm willing to take it at face value that he recovered in the hospital and was released, just like thousands of other accident victims every day. There really is/was no real story reason to give it more attention than that as it was an old storyline and making too big a thing out of his recovery would only take space away from the new story being told in the present.

**PaxHouse** · 04-11-2012, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by MrMancha

weren't they trying to do good to make up for the evil there parents did...??

Yes, they were (and trying to avoid certain adults {such as the Avengers} at the same time)....

....or did everyone just forgot that part of the story...??

Looks that way to me.....

**Gymer** · 04-11-2012, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by The Cool Thatguy

Ya know, who would come after them?

After the Pride died, the majority of conflict in the Runaways was them getting to crap on their own. It was them seeking out fights with Swarm, Wrecking Crew and what have you.

In addition, it's not impossible to hook Klara and Molly up with some superhuman foster parents. Plenty of B-listers out there, after all.

I just fail to see how trying to get them in a stable learning environment is some great crime, while allowing them to bounce around LA starting fights with superhumans and no education and no support system whatsoever is the better choice.

so true

But, I took the resolution to mean the Pym and Tigra didn't want to push them away the understand spell showed them how entrenched the runaways were in their incredibly flawed position, so not to sour the relationship they reached a compromise in which they could reign them in over time instead risking alienating them and their current students by forcing the issue. At least that's my head canon till I'm proven wrong.

**The Black Guardian** · 04-11-2012, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by jackolover

I don't understand why the Academy kids agreed that the Runaways were right to keep the two kids on the run, Molly Hayes and Klara Prast. Molly is like 10 years old and Klara has been sexually abused.

Molly is about 13. She was 12 when she debuted.

At any rate, you don't "tough love" kids with powers. The kids weren't let "on the run." They have a stable home. There will be visitations. There will be schooling. That was a reasonable compromise.

**Ebon Phantom** · 04-11-2012, 06:12 PM

Yeah, the compromise was the best choice, sine there was no other option available that wouldn't have involved force or the children being rebellious.

**Emerald_616** · 04-11-2012, 09:13 PM

This was nice, but I feel like Gage has stopped doing many character moments since Fear Itself. While I'm all for the Academy having more students and the simmering subplot of Jeremy Briggs, he hasn't had much go on with the main cast of students except Hazmat being emo over Mettle becoming friends with X-23.