Chase Stein (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

**Victor Chase Stein** (mostly referred to as Chase Stein) is one of the six main protagonists of the Hulu series *Marvel's Runaways*. He is a member of the Runaways and the son of Pride members Janet and Victor Stein. Chase has a brilliant mind and scientific intelligence, a trait he shares with both of his parents. Chase developed a project of energy gloves called Fistigons, which he uses. Joining his childhood friends, Chase and the Runaways team up to defeat the forces of evil known as Jonah, their parents and a group of aliens known as the Gibborim.

## Abilities

* Gifted Intellect
* Expert Engineer
* Combatant

## Appearance

Chase Stein is a young male who is 17 years old at the beginning of the series, with brown hair, brown eyes and pale skin. He usually wears long-sleeved shirts with his sleeves rolled up and wears his Fistogons when fighting crime.

As he grew older, Chase started working out and became more muscular so he could defend himself from his father, who was abusive to him and his mother. This gave him a chance to defend himself in case and being set helped him be a better lacrosse player

## Possessions

* **Fistogons:** An invention of Chase Stein's own design, which he later perfected when working in his father's shop
	+ **Energy Blast**
	+ **Laser Beam Emission**
	+ Anti-Gibborim Blade
* **X-Ray Spec**
	+ **X-Ray Vision**
* **Victor Stein's Time Machine**: In the future, Chase Stein used his father's time machine in order to warn him not to use the Fistigons.

## Relationships

### Family

* Curtis Stein - Grandfather
* Step-grandfather
* Victor Stein - Father
* Janet Stein - Mother

## Trivia

* Chase has had three love interests in the series: Karolina Dean, Gertrude Yorks, and Eiffel. (Chase initially had a attraction on Karolina, but lost interest dissolved when he realized his friend was a lesbian and in love with Nico Minoru.; Chase never returned Eiffel's affection, effectively making this crush only one-sided. Gert is the woman Chase ends up being with despite them being popular opposites.
* Chase is the only member of the Runaways to be an only child. Nico has a late older sister, Karolina has a younger sister (Elle) and two half siblings through her father, Alex has a stepbrother and Gert and Molly are both sisters by adoption.
* Chase and Alex are also the only males in the team, as Karolina, Nico, Gert, Old Lace, and Molly are females and Xavin is gender fluid.
* In the comics, both of Chase's parents were abusive, unlike the series, where Victor is abusive.
* In the comics, Chase is the oldest of the Runaways, starting off at 18 years old. However, in the MCU, Nico, Karolina, Chase Alex, and Gertrude all appear to be the same age except for Molly who is fifteen.
* The way Gert died in Chase's arms was how her passing was portrayed in the comics and how future Chase died in her arms in the series finale.
* According to Chase, his father was obsessed with time travel. In the comics, the parents of Chase's girlfriend Gert.
* Like the comics, he dated Gert Yorkes. However, unlike their comic book counterparts, they are still dating. In the comics, after her resurrection, by the time Gert was brought back to life, Chase was already in his early to mid twenties. They couldn't date anymore due to the age difference, because Gertrude was 15 when she originally died.
* Like the comics, Chase is close to Molly and has an older brother / younger sister relationship with her.
* Unlike the comics, Chase was the one to betray the Runaways instead of Alex and become a member of PRIDE
* Second time Greg Sulkin appeared in another project where one one of the main characters name was Alex. The first was his character, Mason Grayback from Wizards of Waverly place whose girlfriend's name was Alex Russo.
* Second Disney role for Greg Sulkin to play a major sport. The other is Will from Avalon High, except The difference is Will plays football and Chase plays lacrosse.

## Navigation

Runaways: Alex Wilder •  Nico Minoru •  Karolina Dean •  Gert Yorkes •  **Chase Stein** •  Molly Hernandez
PRIDE:  Catherine Wilder  •  Geoffrey Wilder •  Leslie Dean •  Frank Dean •  Janet Stein •  Victor Stein •  Stacey Yorkes •  Dale Yorkes •  Tina Minoru •  Robert Minoru • PRIDE • interdimensional Villains: Magistrate • Magistrate's Wife • Magistrate's Daughter • Magistrate's Son • Morgan le Fay • Bronwyn † • Cassandra Other:  Xavin • Eiffel • Destiny Gonzalez • Vaughn Kaye • Darius Davis • Detective Flores • Amy Minoru • Kincaid • Graciela Aguirre • Tamar • Livvie • Mike on a Bike • Megan • Topher • Anthony Wall/AWOL • Tandy Bowen/Dagger & Tyrone Johnson/Cloak