#14 RAINBOW ROWELL • DAVID LAFUENTE • TAKESHI MIYAZAWA

RATED T+ $3.99US MARVEL.COM 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 8 7 3 0 3 0 1 4 1 1 When they were younger, , , , , and Alex Wilder became friends through circumstance: hanging out once a year while their parents had what they claimed was a dinner party. After discovering their parents were actually the super villain team known as the , the kids ran. The learned to use powers and resources inherited from their parents, and returned to defeat them. The experience made them a family, but that wasn’t enough to keep them safe.

The six original Runaways’ parents, the Pride, made a deal with ancient deities called the Gibborim to trade all human life on Earth for 25 years of prosperity, followed by eternal life for six people in their organization. It was Alex Wilder who led the Runaways’ escape from their parents and kept them safe, but in the end he was willing to trade all of humanity, including his friends, to make his (and Nico’s) family immortal. Now, Alex has returned--trailed by this history, and by ARTISTS the children of the Gibborim, who believe COVER ARTIST KRIS ANKA the descendants of the Pride owe them… DAVID LAFUENTELETTERER & TAKESHI MIYAZAWA WRITER EDITOR VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA RAINBOW ROWELL NICK LOWE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER COLOR ARTISTS ASSISTANT EDITOR ALAN FINE KATHLEENPRESIDENT WISNESKI DAN BUCKLEY JIM CAMPBELLGRAPHIC & MICHAEL DESIGNER GARLAND CARLOS LAO - CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER Printed in the USA. Subscription JOE QUESADA © 2018 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names,

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