Runaways #16

A dark-robed figure stands arms raised against a wall of roaring flame, staff in hand, hair and garments whipping in the heat — it's a striking, almost mythic image that signals this penultimate chapter of "The Good Die Young" means serious business. Jo Chen's cover art carries an intensity that feels genuinely earned, rendered in deep blacks set against scorching yellows and oranges. With Brian K. Vaughan writing and Adrian Alphona on interiors, this 2004 Marvel series continues to deliver something that feels unlike anything else on the stands.