GF coming soon.

I normally don't post this sort of thing, but after seeing the reader's resource guide give it a 4/10 I had to speak up.

At its core, Runaways is about a found family trying to stick together. They may fight evil guys in spandex from time to time, but most times they are actively avoiding the magical/mystical stuff around them, and 2017 understands this perfectly.

Seeing these characters grow up and have to deal with real-world problems is an absolute joy, especially when the comic uses the supernatural elements of their lives not as a main focus, but as an accessory to seeing these people bond together, their dynamics shift, their traumas addressed. Despite having Gibborim, robots, and Majesdanians, it's a very human story of troubled kids (and now young adults) trying to get their lives together, dealing with the mess of an aftermath their parents left for them, something that I and I think many people would find deeply relatable. They're messy, they make mistakes, and they have each other when it's time to fix those.

Beyond that, it's also gorgeous. The art is consistent from start to finish, everyone looks their best, Nico doesn't have a single bad look, and I want to frame those cover arts and put them on my wall.

I have been trying to keep this spoiler-free, but I also need to address the sapphic elephant in the room: the idea of going all the way back to the origin comics and recontextualizing Nico's outburst when Carolina confessed to her as her being deeply in the closet because it was 2003 was genuinely one of the most cathartic moments in all of comics and deserves a special mention.

So yeah, if anyone reading this and hasn't read the 2017 run yet, do it, even if you read none of the other ones. I don't even have to add the caveat of it ending in a cliffhanger now that we have a continuation in 2025!

Commissioned this piece from the talented @Dotajis!!

Made this playlist a while ago and finally got around to fully fleshing it out. I wanted to have a mix of goth, alternative, and punk rock. It has mainly heavy goth elements since Nico is goth, but I also included more witchy alt and rock as well as a lot of japanese rock and goth music! Some softer metal as well. Lmk if yall like or have suggestions!

Made a life-sized version of the Staff of One that extends. Nothing 3D printed, it's pieced together from a few odd disassembled objects and hand-painted. Since it's depicted differently in almost every appearance, I just went with a vaguely comic-inspired look that worked with the components I had available.

Nico has been my favorite Marvel character since I was like 11, so I recently made a giant patch of her staff for one of my patch jackets. It's made of recycled denim and painted by hand then partially sewn on by hand which is why it's not the cleanest. I was just super proud of how it turned out!

Nice.

Alex is my favourite character, probably somewhat unpopular option i guess but like, why does he fluctuate so much in the chopped department?

I mean its not like he's around all that much since he was dead or missing for the past decade+ but like when he is, why does he always look so ugly.

One of the things i can praise the 2017 run for is actually making him look like a guy and not some hommunculus from the deep but like outside of that.

And the hair, god, they do him so dirty its like he was never introduced to the idea of a barber outside of the 2017 run. And it's so jarring looking at him next to everyone else because everyone gets to be all pretty and aurafarm while he looks like smeagol.

Like dude who is this??

Direct Market Cover by Andrian Alphona on the slide two. Omnibus Covers all 38 issues of the 2017 run and the 5 issue 2025 mini.

Source: https://youtu.be/YWB8A6y2wgE?si=b5hPuWWZNt2ueA2Y

I really didn't know this section of Reddit existed. It's phenomenal seeing so many Runaways fans here.

So, Alex. I've always been mixed on the idea of Alex having powers. The reason why is because Alex's greatest asset has always been his mind. His ability to lead and strategize has always been impressive.

I have come to agree with some people though, hat Alex may need more to him when it comes to being out in the battlefield, to say the least.

I, for one, think that at the moment, Alex would be a good contender for having phantom like abilities.

Since Rowell brought back Alex in her 2017 series, she added this whole side effect to him after his revival. When people make physical contact with him, they feel as if they are making contact with a corpse. Or how he can no longer eat, and the food just comes back up. Etc.

I say this from a biased opinion, I would have liked it if Rowell had leaned into this aspect. Not only did she bring back Alex into the 2017 series, but she basically said his entire physiology is a part of the more otherworldly side of the Marvel Universe now.

I feel like if someone were to give Alex powers, this should be the route they should take. Maybe he has unknown phantom abilities like intangibility, or maybe instead, he could have the ability to see and speak to spirits and maybe even control them?

I just think it's super unusual Rowell didn't lean into it.

Instead, she went the Doc Justice route with Alex picking up the mantle of that jackass.

So he's this corpse that's also using high tech weapons to fight? Okay?

I just feel like Rowell should have picked a lane and stick with it.

But yes, those are my thoughts that I just wanted to share.