The Runaways are a pretty obscure Marvel team and they are typically in obscure areas. No matter where they go, other heroes are never around to help them which can be pretty sad for them. They’ve been on their own for a while and things are getting to be pretty tough. I haven’t really cared for the previous comics so will this one be able to surpass the others?

The plot involved one of the members making a giant forest and then there’s a lot of tension and drama. If they cut down the plants, will it end up hurting her? They don’t think that it will…but can they take the chance!? Meanwhile, there’s also a pretty intense plot at the end that involves a super villain who may be the strongest Marvel character ever!

The Runaways is definitely not my favorite comic series of the bunch and this collection reminds me why. The main characters are all very unlikable and keep on getting into fights. There’s a lot of drama among them and things continue to escalate in this collection. I would go into the characters in more detail, but most of the names aren’t very memorable and it’s hard to place the names for each of them. Nico is the one with magical powers and they are mostly used when it is convenient. She doesn’t seem to have much of a limit as far as her powers are concerned, but she hasn’t mastered them yet which comes back to bite the team more than once. She has her own drama that is basically the same as the rest of the crew. It’s just impossible to actually like any of them and you wish that the Avengers would come in and switch up the lineup.

Luckily, that’s where the final comic comes in. It essentially saved the collection since it was pretty fun and a step up from the rest of the comics. Iron Patriot has assembled the Runaways since they are the only ones that can stop Victorious. In the future…Victorious has wiped everyone out and he may be the strongest being of all time! Pretty impressive hype considering that he’s very unimpressive in the comic. I think that Marvel tried too hard to keep the Runaways relevant, but Victorious made for an intriguing villain. The comic was definitely the best part because we got some good fights and a real plot. The Wrecking Crew are definitely pretty tough and it’s nice to see them get some props.

One final negative is that the art is pretty bad. It’s not incredibly awful, but it suffers from the same problem that Accel World had in the humans. The humans tend to have random blushes, but it’s not even limited to their faces which is just weird and pretty bad. The final comic had good art, but the rest of it was pretty underwhelming. They definitely didn’t hire the all star cast for this one.

Overall, this comic is not Marvel’s best showing. It was very light in the action department and there wasn’t really a villain until the very final comic, which is never a good thing. The plot really dragged on and there wasn’t even much of a plot since it just involved the plants for the most part. The cast can definitely be pretty bad and none of them are likable characters. Let’s not forget the underwhelming art either. It’s a very good thing that they included that final comic. If you want to see teenage superheroes, then I recommend checking out one of the Teen Titan comics.

Overall 4/10