Romance, drama, body horror. All the major food groups.

I got a feeling this is the last time in a while we'll get to see the Runaways as a team.

Never heard of this dude but I kinda already love him. Low key Carla Rutton vibes.

I really spoke too soon about how boring the villain is, he has more vulnerability than I gave him credit for.

Heyyyy it is addressed. Neat. "I got better."

Something I don't think they've addressed with the Staff of One, the "only once per spell" thing must be individual to the user.

Alright. First appearance of the Runaways since their series got binned... aaaand it's not explained how Chase is okay. Drat.

Yeeeeeah that kind sucks. They really don't bother explaining why Tony or any of the other Illuminati didn't take further steps to dismantle Pride. They stop them once to rescue to people and set up a single factory, they know they're sacrificing homeless youths for the Gibborim, and don't do shit.

YEAH NOW THE ILLUMINATI ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PRIDE HOW IS THIS GETTING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG BEFORE RUNAWAYS.

This seems... unethical.

Wowee, a woman enters Tony's life and they end up fucking who could've seen that coming?

So. Whole reason I'm reading this Iron Man arc is because it's... a runaways tie-in! Apparently there was a period in the 80s when Tony Stark was homeless in LA so this is about an encounter he had with the Pride during that time. I do love me a little misunderstanding with massive consequences.

This came out in like 2012 right? What, did Kate's retirement last for all of 10 seconds?

Yeah there it is.

Minimalist Victor.

Guys I dunno if Eli is the best leader for this team.

Everything's shaping up really sweet. Anyways there's literally only one thing I knew about this miniseries and it's not very sweet.

Lmao Clint's face. That's a-- uh. Very intricate doombot. Very anatomically accurate.

I feel like they could've put their foot down harder against Logan's "let's kill the child" suggestion.

Yeah for the record Klara, Victor and Xavin. They're just in Humberto Ramos' art. Doesn't match the rest but that's still great!

I read all the stories and not just the runaways parts. Let's see. Fallen Son and House of M were whatever, Newer Fantastic Four was fun, Back in Black was kinda a slog. Secret Wars spent too much time just on Doom's backstory and then the actual new content all had to get crammed in a couple pages

THAT'S where it ends?! Fuuuuuck you!

TRAUMATIZED CHASE IS BACK

NOOOOOOO. WHAT THE FUCK.

Wow, Pichelli's pencils are unrecognizable from when she did Spider-Man. Power of the inker, I guess. Or just her style evolving over time.

Terry Moore's run was nice. Next issue we got Christopher Yost guest writing. I liked the Secret Invasion tie-in he wrote, and it looks like Wolverine's back. Then Kathryn Immonen's taking over. Never read anything by her before.

Sad to see Xavin go. They reunite with Karolina in a Marvel Voices arc, I'm kinda eager to read it. Who knew that a betrothal could feel so sincere? They really cared about each other.

NICO WHAT DID YOU DO.

TOPICAL.

I liked the second issue a lot better than the first. It felt more emotionally personal. If they're trying to imply a schism between Xavin and Karolina I do kinda think it came out of nowhere, though.

Right on cue. Not complaining btw.

TikTok fyp is somehow become about 30% Andrew in Drag covers. Meanwhile the only guy I'm pulling lately makes me feel like I'm a subplot in a sitcom because of how messy it is.

Yeah I feel like they fumbled Sylvie. They could've fleshed out exactly who she really was or what Loki's plans with her even were. Instead they had... random ship tease with Wiccan which everyone knows will go nowhere?

Ah the ol' shapeshifter gambit. Lemme guess, Jonas?

I mean. If the cover's job was to pique my curiosity I guess... mission accomplished.

Sketching Wiccan and Hulkling, i would like see them in Marvel Rivals in the future

Dude who's like .4 days away from pulling a Her with Siri:

Hey man, thats probably because AI, as it's used in popular media is just a crude metaphor for minority struggles, as opposed to IRL, where its being used to deny ppl healthcare and help law enforcement brutalized real world minorities. Fucking idiot.

Watching more Runawaya. I like that we get a scene of Jonah with Karolina's mother as a teenager, we get a direct connection between his grooming of her to his manipulation of Karolina, without the show being too unsubtle.

Well! It's here! And it's in awful shape for how much I paid for it but YAY.

...

I forgot who/what, it was but a couple weeks back I read about two friends in a comic and the writer was like "yeah we wanted them to be a couple but our publisher put their foot down about it," which, there's a zillion stories like that, but then I saw the date and it was like, the late 2010s?

Fourth graders in 2025 for some reason:

Do they know it's legal

Yeah, heard that before.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

I feel like the Dark Young Avengers (Young Dark Avengers?) are too entirely devoid of charisma to really get invested in. But. This issue had some fun interactions. Especially with the artist girl.

But... you look like you're wearing... oh nevermind.

Okay. Progress.

It's kinda funny seeing Clint be a much more... conventional mentor to Kate than he is in his solo series. Some might say "better". This is a Clint who has his shit together, but in Matt Fraction's Hawkeye him not having his shit together is like, the whole gimmick.