Runaways: Marvel Age, Vol. 6: The Hostel

Marvel Age: Runaways #6

by Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona (Illustrator), Craig Yeung (Illustrator)

When six young friends discover that their parents are all secretly super-powered villians, they run away together and find strength in one another to overcome their evil legacy.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics, Teen

24 pages, Library Binding

First published November 20, 2003

About the author

Brian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com

BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.

Reviews

[Asun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love my six children and their dinosaur equally!!!! Also, didn't think the parents could be worse than in the show but yep, they are.

[Ellie Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

72/100

[Danya Itani · Rating 2 out of 5]

This comic was anything but entertaining. I found out after I read it that there is a series to it. that's why I didn't quite understand it. I'm not familiar with the books or series, my friend picked it out for me and I just decided to read it. It was funny.. at times, and the only reason was because I found the idea of the book so... weird! After I was done with the book I questioned how the author even thought of such an idea,what an imagination. I recommend if you want to read the book, read the books that come before so you have background knowledge and you're able to understand.
This comic (based from what I understood) is basically about these group of friends. One of them, a teenage girl is abnormal... and has super powers. In the book once you become an adult, you become violent and evil, (and get super powers as well) and like to harm/kill kids but the adults' (who are obviously parents as well) violence is hidden from their own children. None of the children know about their parents until this book, when they find out. The abnormal girl has enough power to defeat the adults. The book came to an end when the children hid inside a cave from their parents. (There was a reason, but that reason was very unclear to me)

[Nichole · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Runaways: Marvel Age, Vol. 6: The Hostel is graphic novel written by Brian K. Vaughan and it is one out of many. I didn't realize that there were other volumes to this series until I finished reading the novel. In the beginning of the book there is a short eulogy that helps you understand the what is going on in each volume. Volume 6 was based around the children in the novel trying to catch their parents in their illicit activities. Their parents are framing them so that they are blamed for the murders. The whole book is about the children running after their parents and the obstacles they endure. This book confused me because I didn't read the volumes before so I didn't enjoy it that much.

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Runaways: The Hostel
By Brian K. Vaughan

The book Runaways is all about the group of "super hero kids" with evil villains as parents. They are framed for there parents murders and run away and hide in a cave. The story was all over the place and very confusing, this may be because I think this book is part of a series. But I honestly didn't enjoy reading it.

Although this book wasn't my favorite the artist did a very good job at the art work. The characters weren't described at all so having pictures was very helpful.

I would recommend this book to people who have read the series or are interested in super heroes and villains but other than that I didn't enjoy reading this book, I found it boring and couldn't wait to finish.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this not knowing it was part 6. However, with the brief synopsis at the beginning, it wasn't bad at all. This seems like a really good, albeit a bit short, series for kids. The art is nice, and the story is interesting enough. An adult could read the entire series in an hour.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ahora que veo que esto tiene sólo 24 páginas ni sé si es un capítulo suelto o si es algún especial que creo haber leído pero no estoy seguro. Cuando lo corrobore, actualizo.

[Andy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interesting, I liked that we got to start seeing a little more backround and the kids powers showed through more.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is just a single episode, very short and it reiterates previous books. still love the story and the art.

[Laura Lawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the books. I am not sure if I can get more right now but I will eventually.

[Nieves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me da en la nariz que van a empezar a tirar de tópicos... pero bueno, de momento lo voy disfrutando mucho. Me están entreteniendo, que es el objetivo que tenía cuando empecé a leérmelos :)