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Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 Free FREE RUNAWAYS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: VOLUME 4 PDF Kathryn Immonen,Terry Moore,Humberto Ramos | 432 pages | 21 Jul 2015 | Marvel Comics | 9780785189053 | English | New York, United States Runaways: The Complete Collection, Vol. 4 by Terry Moore The Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 adventures conclude! Soldiers from Karolina's home planet arrive, demanding that she be handed over. Squabbling over the best course to take, the Runaways fracture. Can they face the alien threat when they can't face one another? Meanwhile, a DJ creates a mystical song that transforms anyone with plastic surgery into an obedient zombie. And when a mysterious airplane crash takes a Runaway's life, the team's mourning is cut short by armed troops, dispatched to retrieve the wreckage. But an ominous figure from the group's past has returned to confront them! Plus: Nico in solo action! And what if the Runaways became the Young Avengers? 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And when a mysterious airplane crash takes a Runaway's life, the team's mourning is cut short by armed troops, dispatched to retrieve the wreckage. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published July 21st by Marvel first published July 14th More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Runawaysplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Oct 25, Kate GirlReading rated it liked it Shelves: poc-replgbtqia-repyoung-adultgraphic-novels-comics. Aug 24, Nicole Craswell rated it liked it. On one hand I love these characters and still enjoyed reading this, on the other hand it's just not quite the same Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 the original writer and artist The character development didn't feel like it went deep enough, like there were things that looked like character development but Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 never explored them enough to make for compelling developments. The art style kept changing which, I know was likely a result of Marvel trying to find the righ On one hand I love these characters and still enjoyed reading this, on the other hand it's just not quite the same without the original writer and artist The art style kept changing which, I know was likely a result of Marvel trying to find the right artist after the previous one left and the fact that some of these stories are weird crossovers, but it made the story feel like it was confused. Also, it's not the the other art styles were bad persay, I just don't like them nearly as much as the original, many of them were far too cartoon-y for the story. Just because it's about a young group of heroes doesn't mean it has to look like it's for 7 year olds Overall my main takeaway from this is just Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 08, Emma rated it it was ok Shelves: science-fictiongraphic-novelsyawitches. Different author, different artist, much lower level of enjoyment. Jul 23, Katie rated it it was ok Shelves: graphic-novel. I think the main thing that's made my satisfaction with this series steadily decline is the loss of its best characters. Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 ones that have joined aren't as interesting. Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 the plots here were May 01, Beth rated it it was ok. Mar 03, Blythe Penland rated it it was amazing. I thought this collection was a good compilation. Not only did it include three volumes, but also a few one-offs and bonus content. I especially liked the bonus content because it had all the characters and groups from the entire series and their history as well as statistics about them. I'm not sure if the charts on the characters were correct, however. I feel like the Runaways have higher powers on a number scale than they received. But the history was a good recap and explanation of every sto I thought this collection was a good compilation. But the history was a good recap and explanation of every story arc. Also, I loved seeing the variant art in the back of the book. My review is going to be split into the parts of the main issues and their volumes for the remainder of this review. I'm still Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 clear on all that the Minorus have done, or their clan's past, but I'm sure there will be more on that later. I like that we get to see Nico mourning for Alex a little more. You can't just come up to Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 and be like, "Hey, I knew your dead parents and they stole this thing that I got back, but I need your blood to unlock it. Can you just give me some of your blood? It's different from all the other Runaways, but it feels unique to Nico. I liked Mystic Arcana. Dead Wrong So Karolina is confronted by her parents' sins yet again. The Majesdanians are totally crazy. I get that their home planet is wrecked and all, but Karolina doesn't deserve to be dragged into that mess. If anything, she's completely human and of Earth. It's kind of cool Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 the Pride still had a house in Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4. Right by the beach and it's spacious, which they are in dire need of with seven people on the team and one Dinonychus. I'm not too keen on the neighbors, though. I have a feeling they'll be asking a lot of Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 that might end in cop cars and the Runaways running away. I get that that's the main plot for superhero comics, but poor Klara can't even keep up. She's been in the 21st century for a good while now, but she still has not been introduced to anything technological in the proper way. I guess it would make sense that Chase should get a job how else are they going to get money? This guy sounds like a white supremacist that's utterly full of it. I'm not even sure how Chase likes him. Gert would have hated him and all his misogyny. Unfortunately, I've got a feeling that Val might even turn out to be a threat to the Runaways later on. Especially since he's already murdered his producer. I've noticed that Xavin's Skrull form has changed to have features like a girl. I'm glad that Xavin's finally figured out her Runaways: the Complete Collection: Volume 4 and everything, but I'm a little lost. It was funny to see that one comment from one of the neighbors about how it was almost the season for wildfires. As much as I agree that New York does not agree with the Runaways, California doesn't seem to do that good of a job either. The natural disasters alone should be enough to scatter them. Speaking of scatter, it was clever of Victor to realize that the scatter spell affected the Runaways, too. I should have seen it before because they all started acting way worse than usual toward each other. I liked seeing Nico and Karolina's moment on the beach. They may not be together or have feelings for one another, but it's nice to see that they still love each other and will be there for one another.
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