Comics:Runaways Vol 2 27

From Marvel Database

Appearing in "Dead-End Kids (Part 3)"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Swell (First appearance)
• Street Arabs (First appearance)
  • Jacob (First appearance)
  • Spieler (First appearance)
  • Tristan
  • Creeper (First appearance)
  • Hoyden (First appearance)
  • Yellow Kid (First appearance)
• Dead George Pelham (First appearance)

Villains:

• Dale Yorkes
• Stacey Yorkes

Other Characters:

• Gertrude Yorkes (holographic image)
• Victor Stein (holographic image)
• Janet Stein (holographic image)
• Adjudicator (First appearance)
• Klara Prast (First appearance)
• Maneater (First appearance)

Locations:

• New York City, New York State (June 27, 1907)

Items:

• Staff of One

Vehicles:

• Leapfrog (vehicle)
  
  

Synopsis for "Dead-End Kids (Part 3)"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• The date on the newspaper that Xavin purchases is June 27, 1907. But the boy selling the paper talks about Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon, see "links" for more details) 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. Not exactly "news."
• 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 example of this would be the Triangle shirtwaist fire of 1909. See links.
  • The speaker at the sweatshop protests bears a strong resemblance to the famed anarchist Emma Goldman (or at least to photos of Goldman from that period.)
• The Yellow Kid is a direct reference to, and probably intended as the basis for, the first truly popular comic strip character. See links.
  

Trivia

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

See Also

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• Mary Mallon's arrest.
• Wikipedia article on the "New York Herald."
• Wikipedia article on the Triangle shirtwaist fire
• Information on the Yellow Kid