Described by writer Nick Spencer as "Runaways meets Lost," the series focuses on six "brilliant but troubled" new recruits at Morning Glory Academy, a prestigious prep school hiding "sinister and deadly" secrets.
Her parents loved her and gave her affection, especially her father, a former soldier, who taught the tomboyish Casey various survival skills including boxing and how to construct tear gas.
She appears to be the most academically gifted of the students and shows a real flair for leadership, easily organizing her fellow inductees around her.
As the series progresses a darker, and more murderous side to Zoe is seen and it is hinted that she may have a deeper connection to the events at Morning Glory Academy.
"Hunter is like a lot of people who grew up in a broken home - he took to pop culture and his own imagination as a way of coping with the world around him.
In some ways the most straightforwardly heroic student, Jun befriends Hunter and quickly joins in Casey's plans against the school.
"[4] Though the dark forces at work behind the academy are still largely mysterious, a few villains have emerged: Georgina Daramount is the main teacher who the students interact with.
She is shown to be sadistic and greatly enjoys torturing the students she is supposed to be healing, something that puts her at odds with Hodge and Dagney.
Nine has been working at the Academy since she was a young child as she is shown delivering a lethal injection to Hodge's mother shortly after she gives birth.
After completing her tests, Nine concludes that Jade is of no interest to the Headmaster and voices her desire to "crack her head open and see what comes pouring out".
Her plan is thwarted when a guard brings an unconscious Hunter into her office, distracting her long enough for Hisao to remove his disguise, knock her out and escape with Jade.
The sister of Miss Daramount, Lara Hodge is the school guidance counselor and appears more supportive of, and loved by, the students.
Maggie is sent by her teammates to "capture" Hisao, forcing him to return to the Academy and leaving Hunter and Zoe with one less team member.
That night, Maggie is collecting firewood and is brutally stabbed to death by Zoe as revenge on Hunter who insulted her earlier in the day.
Club for the first time, he asks them how they knew to recruit him and Hannah reveals that, before she was killed, Maggie vouched for him and suggested he would be a strong addition to the group.
She is extremely excitable, unhinged and prone to violent mood swings, declaring the trio will be her "bestest friends" but later attempting to murder Jade by stabbing her bed.
She is also the one who wakes up Casey and takes her down to the basement and gleefully tells her she will not have to worry about her parents anymore by showing her their dead bodies.
When the Truants discover that Abraham has been captured by the faculty, they attempt to formulate a plan to rescue him and Vanessa recruits Brendan to help, much to the displeasure of the others who are wary of bringing in an outsider.
In return for a favour in the future, Hodge takes Vanessa to the shrine and allows her to go back in time to their last night together so that she can say goodbye to Brendan.
When Dr Richmond arrives at the Academy, Hodge tells her about Brendan and explains that Vanessa is in a fragile state over his death.
Initially hesitant, Zoe eventually agrees to audition and meets Amanda and the other cheerleaders on the football field after house.
Amanda reports her findings to Miss Daramount, who is pleased and tells her that, in return, the next curfew violation made by the cheerleaders will be overlooked.
When he is rescued by Hisao, Hunter sees that Chad and Steve were hanging from the ceiling with their guts sliced open and the phrase "all will be free" written in their blood.
In issue #39, Isabel is revealed to have been a student at the Academy from a very young age who was planted in Casey's high school in order to give her someone to compete against.
She crashes Ike's party but he calls the guards instantly, making the other students think she was responsible in an effort to cause her to lose voters.
While practising, they are interrupted by one of their teachers who chastises Sarah for being late handing in an assignment but promises he will not fail her if she can get it to him before the end of the day.
During a visit to the library with older Jade in issue #28, Hunter sees a photograph of Julie in a school yearbook and later searches for information on her with Andres.
She grew up as a youth constantly in and out of correctional facility and youth offender centers, she was convicted time and time again for stealing shopping carts and plastic bags from stores all across the land of Canada because she felt Canada was not as good as the great United States of America and did not deserve shopping carts and plastic bags in stores.
All of her criminal career was based around the odd stealing of shopping carts and bags except for one time she got caught shoplifting at a Walmart, she was stealing deodorant because she felt that her roommate James F. Shrub was very stinky and pretty much gave her eyes the same effect that onions give the average human when they cut them.
This led to a high speed chase down through the border of Canada into the great United States, she was successfully able to outrun them at first since Canadian Mounties only have horses and no cars, but the American police quickly brought her to justice and thus ended her sad fight to make the stinky James F. Shrub smell at least decent.