Old Lace appeared in the Hulu television series Runaways which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Old Lace was created by Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona and debuted attacking the other characters in Runaways #2.
[4] Old Lace was genetically engineered in the 87th century, the project being commissioned by Dale and Stacey Yorkes, the parents of Gertrude.
[4] At the parents request, the designer also put in several character traits which included a tele-empathic bond with Gertrude as well as being incapable of harming any of her immediate family,[4] as discovered when Gertrude orders Old Lace to attack her parents and Old Lace refuses.
This lets her feel each other's thoughts and pain, and allows Old Lace to act on Gert's emotions.
[4] The Deinonychus later went on to follow Chase but when ordered to hurt Karolina as well as Nico, Old Lace showed her own will by greeting them warmly.
3) #11, the first issue written by Kathryn Immonen and drawn by Sara Pichelli, Chase, Nico, Victor and Karolina hold a house prom.
An outside source manages to send a UAV flying into the Runaways' Malibu home, in the upstairs living room where Klara and Old Lace lie.
Years later, Avengers Academy revealed that Old Lace had in fact merely been transported to another dimension where she was alive and well, and she was rescued by the rest of the team.
In the first volume Old Lace had followed Gertrude and the group while they were traveling throughout Los Angeles after they discovered the dinosaur in her parents basement.
Old Lace's claws are also shown to be incredibly sharp, to a point where she can break through and hold onto a wall.
[3] Gert's telepathic bond to Old Lace allowed her to directly communicate with the dinosaur and command it to do anything she wished.
[14] At the moment of Gertrude's death, she transfers her psychic link with Old Lace to her boyfriend Chase.
[6] During the final battle with The Pride, Gertrude tells Old Lace that if anything happens to her, OL should obey Alex's commands.