Children. He's using children. I shouldn't be surprised. Children are always in the front lines of a war. At least this won't take long. One look at me and they're frozen. Like they're looking at the angel of death. It's a good start. 
Appearing in "Dead-End Kids"
Featured Characters:
- Runaways (Main story and flashback)
- Nico Minoru (Main story and flashback)
- Karolina Dean (Main story and flashback)
- Chase Stein (Main story and flashback)
- Old Lace (Main story and flashback)
- Molly Hayes (Main story and flashback)
- Victor Mancha (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Xavin ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Gertrude Yorkes (Only in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
- Pride (Photo)
- Frank Dean (Photo)
- Leslie Dean (Photo)
- Alice Hayes (Photo)
- Gene Hayes (Photo)
- Robert Minoru (Photo)
- Tina Minoru (Photo)
- Janet Stein (Photo)
- Victor Stein (Photo)
- Catherine Wilder (Photo)
- Geoffrey Wilder (Photo)
- Dale Yorkes (Photo)
- Stacey Yorkes (Photo)
- Pusher Man (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Other Characters:
- New Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in flashback)
- Alex Wilder (Mentioned)
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Lillie McGurty (First appearance)
- Tristan (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Staff of One (Main story and flashback)
- Karolina's Medical Alert Bracelet (Main story and flashback)
- Overdrive
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Dead-End Kids"
The kids make it to New York City, and arrange a meeting with Wilson Fisk, the former Kingpin. Fisk tells the teens that he will offer them protection and lodging from the government if they steal a mystical artifact for him. The members of the team have some trouble accepting the fact that they are working for Fisk, but they still decide to steal the artifact. The team succeeds in taking the artifact from it's vault, but as they head out, they are confronted by the Punisher, who is followed by a winged monster. They then begin a three-way battle.
Solicit Synopsis
The kids start running in a different direction. Superstar JOSS WHEDON (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ASTONISHING X-MEN) and rising star MICHAEL RYAN (NEW EXCALIBUR, NEW X-MEN) take the Runaways to the Big Apple. While there, they make surprising allies and even more surprising enemies. This is the cannot-miss book of 2007!
Notes
- First issue written by Joss Whedon and penciled by Michael Ryan.