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The saddest volume of Runaways. Why did Xavin have to do that? It's been years since I first read this and I still cry like a baby over Xavin's sacrifice. If I could have one consolidation from the new run of comics for Runaways it would be that Xavin somehow comes back to right wrongs and fix her marriage to Karolina. ( )

It’s been a while since I spent some time with the Runaways, so I felt a little lost at first. Once I got a ways in, I could follow OK, but I’m still going to have to go look up why a few characters are missing in this volume. And I could swear Chase already worked for that horrible radio guy in a different arc.
That aside, it was a fun to be back with the gang. I especially loved Molly and Clara’s scenes together and Clara’s rejection of “Tower of Flower” as her superhero name.
I wasn’t too thrilled with the artwork in the action scenes. It was really hard to sort out what was happening. The characters looked OK to me, I guess, but the boys’ pants looked really huge, like bizarrely huge. I don’t know what was up with that, but I’m old, so maybe it is not for me to know.
I’m looking forward to checking out the Rainbow Rowell books in the series.

UPDATE: I think I solved the mystery of my confusion about Chase—I’ve read this before, and probably vols. 10 and 11 too, and just never logged them them on Goodreads.
Never mind, world. ( )

That was terrible. The art was hideous, the writing atrocious, and there is a certain obnoxious blonde male whose current presence in the group frustrates me beyond all coherent thought. Even the ending, sentimental and 'sweet' as it was, left me cold after a while. Bleh. Let us not speak of this book again, and pray that the next one doesn't suck as much. ( )

Ahhh, yes. The oft discussed Moore/Ramos arc of the series. For me, the writing itself wasn't bad (not like BKV though), but my main issue was the art. I do. not. like the art. Ramos' style maybe suited well for other titles perhaps, but I felt it was wrong for this one. I felt he made the characters look too much like caricatures. But then I guess I was spoiled by Alphona's wonderful art from when the series was in it's prime. For me, a good story or series can be utterly ruined by poor art, no matter how good the writing itself is. I guess I'm kinda snobbish that way... ( )