Runaways: Season One Won't Have A Singular Villain

When Marvel's latest episodic effort arrives on Hulu, it will do so without a singular villain catalyzing the plot.

Runaways will focus on a number of baddies helping to push and shape the protagonists. Speaking to IGN in an interview at the Television Critics Assocation press tour, showrunners Josh Schwarts and Stephanie Savage, opened up about why the supervillain team comprised of the protagonists' parents called Pride was the right move for the series.

"Obviously, the parents are the villains in some regard," Schwartz said. "That's the premise. But I think what we want to be able to do is delve into those characters and realize that everybody is kind of flawed, perhaps, but that there are no cliched mustache-twirling bad guys who are just out for world domination. …Kids rebel and don't always want to listen to their parents, and sometimes it's because they shouldn't. And parents do things because they think they know better or they're looking out for their kids best interests, whether or not they're right or they share the same values as their kids."

"Everyone's doing what they're doing for a reason," Savage added.

"Which is true of parents and kids," Schwartz went on. "Kids rebel and don't always want to listen to their parents, and sometimes it's because they shouldn't. And parents do things because they think they know better or they're looking out for their kids best interests, whether or not they're right or they share the same values as their kids."

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Runaways was created in 2003 for Marvel's now defunct Tsunami imprint. Intended to be a miniseries at first, Runaways proved popular enough for Marvel to turn it into a monthly series. Runaways helped earn Brian K. Vaughan an Eisner Award, and it was listed on the 2006 American Library Association's YALSA Top Ten Books for Young Adults list.

Vaughan departed the series in 2007. A series of other creative teams took over Runaways for a time including Avengers director Joss Whedon. Eventually the series ended with the characters being integrated into the larger Marvel universe. Victor Mancha, Ultron's son and a late edition to the team, became an Avenger while Nico Minoru became a member of A-Force.