Outlawed (comics)

"Outlawed"
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	March 18 2020
Main character(s)	Champions Power Pack C.R.A.D.L.E.
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Outlawed is a comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics starting with one-shot issue of Outlawed on March 18, 2020. This new event for Marvel's young heroes is set after the events of the one-shot issue Incoming!

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical comics for this storyline were not published. Instead, the tie-in issues released digitally starting on May 13, 2020, while main storyline released starting on October 7, 2020.

Plot

The Champions are monitoring a teen summit at Coles Academic High School to protect Ailana Kabua, who has been targeted by Roxxon. The school is attacked by Roxxon using an Asgardian dragon left from the War of the Realms. The Champions brawl against Roxxon while also evacuating the crowd. Power Man sends his chi-force at the dragon but Viv is accidentally hit and becomes unstable. The Champions are unable to keep the high school from being destroyed as they attack and manage to stop both the dragon and Viv, who disappears. Meanwhile, escorting Ailana to safety, Ms. Marvel saves her from falling debris by risking her life. Ironheart breaks down in the aftermath of the chaos. Due to the Coles Disaster, the Underage Superhuman Welfare Act is passed by Senator Geoffery Patrick outlawing superheroes under the age of 21, despite Avengers defending the Champions' actions. Ms. Marvel is in coma in a hospital and to honor her, the act is named "Kamala's Law", without knowing her secret identity as Ms. Marvel. C.R.A.D.L.E. (Child-Hero Reconnaissance And Disruption Law Enforcement) is created consisting of Dum Dum Dugan, Carolina Washington, Jake Oh, Justice, Speedball, and Timeslip. C.R.A.D.L.E. goes after superheroes like Moon Girl at her home and Ironheart at her Chicago lab and observe the first wave of protest while preparing to raid the West Coast Avengers' HQ. They commandeer the Champions Mobile Bunker while arresting Snowguard and Locust, and hang wanted posters of Ms. Marvel in Jersey City.

After waking from coma, Ms. Marvel makes an unexpected and emotional announcement that her team won't go down without a fight. Spider-Man escapes from getting arrested by the NYPD who is in turf war with C.R.A.D.L.E. He reaches at the abandoned warehouse where the Champions, Cloud 9, Energizer, Mass Master, Moon Girl, Squirrel Girl and Vulture's granddaughter Starling have gathered to plan their next move with video conferencing with Ms. Marvel who is still in hospital. Ironheart is not present while Falcon has signed up with Sam Wilson to be mentored. They agree to go against government for their rights but dispute emerges between Nova and Starling when some heroes disagree with Ms. Marvel's leadership as she announced the war without consulting them and she should have stopped Viv from making rampage. Suddenly, C.R.A.D.L.E. led by Justice ambush them. Justice tries to explain them the dangers of being young superheroes, but a brawl breaks between them. Ms. Marvel is forced to end the conference realizing there is a spy among them. Bombshell and Wasp are arrested while others are teleported to safe place by Pinpoint including reluctant Nova. Unbeknownst to others, Viv is the spy who had sent encrypted message to C.R.A.D.L.E.

Bombshell, Locust, Snowguard, and Starling are being forced in Re-education Center for brainwash by C.R.A.D.L.E. Snowguard and Bombshell managed to free themselves using their powers, but are again captured by time-traveling Timeslip. Protests erupt across Chicago where the Champions members Ms. Marvel, Nova and Spider-Man are monitoring the crowd. They call Ironheart and receive no response. When C.R.A.D.L.E. and CPD start arresting protestors, the Champions rescue them by fighting publicly. Later, they find Ironheart in her public identity at her house where they confronted each other. Ms. Marvel suspects her to be spy. Riri is furious with Ms. Marvel for not being there and still held herself responsible for Viv's presumed death but transforms into Ironheart when they are attacked by C.R.A.D.L.E. Elsewhere, Viv is on run and prays for the Champions to stop fighting C.R.A.D.L.E. and be safe.

At a Re-education Center, Bombshell gives interview feeling guilty for Coles Disaster which caused skirmish between C.R.A.D.L.E. and her teammates as they didn't wanted to be brainwashed like her. Bombshell's interview becomes breaking news. Somewhere in Kansas, Viv helps an old woman who gives her place to stay as she correctly guessed her as runaway. Meanwhile, Ironheart, Ms. Marvel, Nova and Spider-Man are still on run from C.R.A.D.L.E. who somehow always evade them. They tried to get help of Avengers and Brawn but fail. They are saved by Dust and Cyclops, who came to rescue them during the ambush with C.R.A.D.L.E. one night. Cyclops offers them asylum on Krakoa and suggest C.R.A.D.L.E. to stop unless they want war with the mutant nation.

Issues involved

Prelude one-shot

Title	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date
Incoming!	Various			December 26, 2019

Main plot

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
Outlawed	1	Eve L. Ewing	Kim Jacinto	Espen Grundetjern	March 18, 2020
Champions	1–5		Simone Di Meo	Federico Blee	October 7, 2020	March 17, 2021

Tie-in issues

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
Miles Morales: Spider-Man	17–19	Saladin Ahmed	Carmen Carnero	David Guriel	June 10, 2020	October 7, 2020
Magnificent Ms. Marvel	14–17		Minkyu Jung	Ian Herring	September 9, 2020	December 16, 2020
Power Pack	1–5	Ryan North	Nico Leon	Rachelle Rosenberg	November 25, 2020	April 14, 2021
New Warriors[a]		Daniel Kibblesmith	Luciano Vecchio	TBA

• ^{^[a]} On April 15, 2020 Marvel Comics announced that a new version of the New Warriors would appear in the Outlawed storyline, under the mentorship of the original team. The new characters, Trailblazer, Screentime, Snowflake, Safespace and B-Negative, met considerable backlash from the online audience, particularly due to the use of internet slang in their names as well as the perceived political agenda of the writing and designs, with Snowflake and Safespace drawing most of the criticism. Originally delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, as of January 2021 it has yet to be rescheduled for release.

Notes

Young heroes and villains who have appeared in this storyline including those for promotional only:
Amulet (Fadi Fadlalah) B-Negative Bombshell (Lana Baumgartner) Brainstorm (Valeria Richards) Brawn (Amadeus Cho) Chase Stein Cloud 9 (Abby Boylen) Devil Dinosaur Discord (Josh Richardson) Dust (Sooraya Qadir) Energizer (Katie Power) Falcon (Joaquin Torres) Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) Ghost-Spider (Gwen Stacy) Gwenpool (Gwen Poole)	Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) Ironheart (Riri Williams) Lightspeed (Julie Power) Locust (Fernanda Rodriguez) Mass Master (Jack Power) Molly Hayes Moon Girl (Lunella Lafayette) Ms. America (America Chavez) Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) Nova (Sam Alexander) Old Lace Patriot (Shaun Lucas) Pinpoint (Qureshi Gupta) Powerhouse (Franklin Richards) Power Man (Victor Alvarez)	Rikki Barnes Safespace Screentime Silk (Cindy Moon) Snowflake Snowguard (Amka Aliyak) Speed (Tommy Shepherd) Spider-Man (Miles Morales) Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) Starling (Tiana Toomes) Trailblazer Viv Vision Wasp (Nadia van Dyne) Wolverine (Laura Kinney) Zero-G (Alex Power)

External links

• Outlawed at Marvel Wiki