Thursday, March 09, 2006

Runaways

Despite the fact that I'm way too old for this, I've been reading Runaways Volume 1 at Barnes & Noble during lunch hours, which collects, well, Volume 1 of Marvel's Runaway series -- issues 1-18.

Besides gettting a really sore be-hind from sitting on the floor, this was a tremendous comic book adventure. Completely original concept, cool powers, unique characters. Fun, scary and fun.

The comic plays off the idea that every teenager thinks that their parents are evil at one time or another. The question: what if a group of good kids found out that their parents really were evil?

Great characterization, a perplexing mystery, and a complex plot where everything is far from black-and-white. Teen heroes gaining and losing confidence as they fumble with their powers, teenage angst, crushes, corrupt cops, supervillain parents and how to live with a pet velociraptor.

Most excellent.

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