US 0 1 5 1 1 T+ $3.99 RATED RATED MARVEL.COM 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 8 7 3 0 3 RAINBOW ROWELL • KRIS ANKA • MATTHEW WILSON MATTHEW • ANKA KRIS • ROWELL RAINBOW 15 # When they were younger, Nico Minoru, Chase Stein, Gertrude Yorkes, Karolina Dean, Molly Hayes 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 Pride, the kids ran. The Runaways 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 offspring of the Gibborim--the gods whom the Runaways’ parents served in exchange for power for all of them and eternal life for some of them--have found the Runaways. One younger Gibborim, Gib, is guarding the Hostel until the Runaways fulfill their parents’ bargain, perform a human sacrifice, and give the junior gods dominion of Earth. Molly can’t beat Gib in combat, so it’s up to the family to find a way out. And they might be ignoring their best options. Alex Wilder--who once betrayed the Runaways in an attempt to claim the Gibborim bargain for himself, Nico, and their parents--is imprisoned with them, but can’t be trusted to use his strategic genius selflessly. And Nico has been avoiding using her Staff… WRITER ARTIST COLOR ARTIST RAINBOW ROWELL KRIS ANKA MATTHEW WILSON LETTERER COVER ARTIST VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA KRIS ANKA GRAPHIC DESIGNER ASSISTANT EDITOR EDITOR CARLOS LAO KATHLEEN WISNESKI NICK LOWE EDITOR IN CHIEF CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER C.B. CEBULSKI JOE QUESADA DAN BUCKLEY ALAN FINE RUNAWAYS CREATED BY BRIAN K. VAUGHAN & ADRIAN ALPHONA RUNAWAYS No. 15, January 2019. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2018 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO RUNAWAYS, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. subscrip- [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOHN NEE, Publisher; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel. com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Custom Solutions & Integrated Advertising Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 10/12/2018 and 10/22/2018 by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, MECHANICSBURG, PA, USA. .