Runaways #30

Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan bring their "Dead-End Kids" arc to a close with this striking issue, its cover by Jo Chen presenting two figures set against a gnarled, bare-branched tree — a dark-haired young woman in period Victorian dress gripping an ornate golden staff, while a blond young man crackles with electric blue-white energy at his fingertips. Chen's painterly style lends the scene a moody, atmospheric tension that perfectly suits the Runaways' ongoing story of young people navigating a dangerous world on their own terms.