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From Newsarama...

CB CEBULKI TALKS MARVEL's LONERS
by Vaneta Rogers

Right behind the news that Runaways is getting a new creative team comes word from Marvel that fans of the series are also getting a new spin-off series beginning in January.

Loners, written by C.B. Cebulski with art by Karl Moline, will pick up the story of "Excelsior," the support group for former teen superheroes that debuted in the "True Believers" story arc in Issues #1-6 of the current Runaways volume.

Holding meetings in a church basement, the Excelsior support group attempted to help former child heroes adjust to their new lives as normal teens. The group included Turbo of the New Warriors, former Green Goblin Phil Urich, Darkhawk, Ricochet of the Slingers, and Julie Power, also known as Lightspeed.

While the humor of self-help group members reminiscing about their past heroic adventures caught the attention of long-time fans, things really got exciting when the group was encouraged by a secret benefactor to take their mission a step further and forcibly convince other child heroes to stop as well -- including the young Runaways.

Although they didn't succeed in stopping the Runaways, the group took on some high-powered Marvel villains and found out that their secret benefactor was none other than Rick Jones, a former teen hero himself, who stood ready to continue supporting their mission. All the right elements seemed to be in place for more adventures with the teens under the leadership of Jones, but the "Excelsior" members haven't been revisited since.

But now, Marvel has obviously decided it's time for the group to continue their mission. As Cebulski visited the Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend, he took a few moments to chat with Newsarama about the new spin-off series and what fans can expect from the group of wayward superpowered teens as they begin anew in their own series.

Darkhawk was my all time favorite comic book in the 90's. He was a teen who found and amulet that turned him into a super hero. He had team ups with Spider-man and the New Warriors. He was apart of a Spider-man series with Moon Knight. He fought Venom and Hobgoblin. He was a reserve member of the Avengers West Coast.

Recently, he appeared in an arc of Runaways. He was a lot darker and a little bi-polar. He was bad ass! Also he appeared in a Marvel Team-up as the leader of the Legion of Losers.

Comic books are so good right now. I can't wait to get new Darkhawk stories.