Runaways: Pride & Joy
Marvel · 2008 · 1 issue
About the series
Marvel's 2008 one-shot Runaways: Pride & Joy serves as a concise, standalone reintroduction to the teenage runaways and their villainous parents, the Pride. Written by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Adrian Alphona, this issue distills the series' core premise—a group of kids discovering their parents are a secret cabal of super-villains—into a single, tight narrative. It's an efficient entry point for new readers and a fond revisit for fans, capturing the series' signature blend of teen angst and superhero drama.