Runaways #5

Part five of "Pride and Joy" arrives with a striking Jo Chen cover featuring a determined young man in a tan jacket and goggles, his mechanical gauntlets crackling with eerie green energy against a backdrop of flame. The tension radiating from his expression makes it clear these kids are done playing it safe. Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's series was quietly doing something special in 2003, and this penultimate chapter of the opening arc keeps that momentum building.