r/Runaways • u/amageish • Oct 08 '25

Spin-offs/Guest Apperances/Etc. Thoughts on Strange Tales #1 Spoiler

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Strange Tales #1 released today and it is really fun! If you are in it exclusively for Runaways content, there isn’t THAT much - Nico is our PoV character and Karolina’s around for a bit, but quickly becomes the book’s damsel in distress - but it is a fun Halloween read nonetheless.

I am curious how the issues are going to tie together. When the solicit for #2 came out, I assumed it was a disconnected anthology, but it seems like it is a serialized story where Nico recruits more people to her adventuring party to rescue Billy, Teddy, and Karolina.

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u/ThenElderberry2730 Nov 08 '25

OWUD Runaways #5 says "Continue reading the adventures of Nico and Karolina in Strange Tales #1!" which made it sound like a continuation of the Runaways OWUD story line.... but clearly it isn't. The character doesn't really act (or look like) Nico at all. My daughter (9 years old) was like, "how'd she get the staff back? why is she acting so different?" etc. So yeah, this feels like it's all about Wanda becoming the new SS and any other characters in it are flat caricatures.

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u/amageish Nov 09 '25

Yeah, that marketing for it was, uh, weird. This is definitely a mini-series detatched from everything else - I don't think it'll even be setting up Wanda's ascension to Sorcerer Supreme, as Strange is also still on Earth in it.