Runaways #4

A purple-haired girl in glasses beams with pure delight as she wraps her arms around a massive, roaring dinosaur — one of the more unexpectedly charming images Marvel put on a cover in 2003. Jo Chen's painted cover perfectly captures the offbeat heart of Runaways, balancing genuine warmth with just a hint of teeth-bared danger. Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona are in the middle of their six-part opening arc, "Pride and Joy," and this issue promises that the series keeps finding fresh, surprising emotional notes.