Positions
Both the Young Avengers and the Runaways are opposed to the Superhuman Registration Act, but each team enters into the "Civil War" in a different way. The Young Avengers are based in New York City, the epicenter of the war, and they are acutely aware of the Act from the beginning. They are eventually captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., but they are rescued and recruited by Captain America and his "Secret Avengers". The Runaways are based in Los Angeles, which has few superhumans and is far from Captain America and his resistance, who are unable to make their presence felt in L.A. However, government-sponsored enforcers are deployed in L.A. to capture any West coast superhumans. The Runaways don't keep up with current events and maintain a position of indifference and laissez-faire until they are engaged by S.H.I.E.L.D. enforcers.
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