While not totally perfect, its close, and it sets my expectations incredibly high for the future of the series. If youre a long-time fan, pick it up. If not, give it a try, and go get some collections to catch yourself up. Read Full Review

Maybe it's too early to say, but this might just end up being one of the very best comics Marvel's put out in some time. Read Full Review

Runaways #1 may not have all your favorite Runaway characters in the premiere, but the issue still shines a great spotlight onto Nico and gives the Runaways a real, emotionally-driven reason to become a team again after years of separation. Read Full Review

Rainbows Rowells comic book debut delivers an excellent story and added depth to ongoing drama of our struggling young runaway heroes. Partnered with the clean expressive art of Kris Anka and the skillful coloring of Matthew Wilson. It looks Marvel has hit another pot of gold for this awesome relaunch. Read Full Review

I must say that Rainbow Rowell nails her Marvel debut with Runaways #1, along with having an all-star team to handle the art. They say that the series is going to break our hearts, and I just can't believe my heart was already broken in the first issue. That scene alone set the tone for what we can expect from Runaways as their story is never sunshine and rainbows. With a debut like this I can't wait to see what everyone else has been up to or how they might feel about crossing paths again. There's a lot of catching up to do, especially for Gert who you know will have an opinion about it all. Read Full Review

Runaways #1 is a small start for what will clearly be a much larger arc for the comics. It has plenty for old fans of the team to appreciate while providing enough backstory so newcomers won't feel lost. Rowell and Anka are off to a great start here and I for one am going to be following this closely to see where they're taking things from here. Read Full Review

Some will dismiss this as fanfic. A way to get away from what a writer originally wrote, with the audience given what they want rather than what they need. I don't know. I think these days giving the audience a bit of what they want, as long as it comes with a price, is no bad thing. Read Full Review

With enough exploration, though, this comic could be a hit for everyone, especially if it touches upon the vital elements of defiance, rebellion, and queerness that preceding volumes expressed or approached. Read Full Review

The creative team is in top form, suggesting that Runaways could well be Marvel's next big thing. Read Full Review

With word of an upcoming TV series, it's back, but the first story has a surprisingly narrow focus. Read Full Review

All in all, I think RUNAWAYS is in good hands here once it gets off the launchpad. RUNAWAYS has long been a great alternative from the big event mentality that too often plagues most of Marvel's line, and it certainly feels like Rowell and Anka can get this book back there...though they have a little more to go right now. Read Full Review

Great return to Runaways glory with immaculate backstory on Nico, Chase and Gert… despite Gert's dead incapacitated state. Rowell did an excellent job of setting the stage for whats to come. She got me excited to find out who this new villain is. Did one of the Pride parents make it out of that underwater catastrophe?! Will it be a new player alert? We'll find out when issue #2 drops next month. Read Full Review

In Runaways#1, Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka tell a story about guilt, fractured friendship, and trying to create your own identity in your early twenties that happens to feature magical surgery, time travel, a dinosaur, and a smorgasbord of gorgeous colors by Matthew Wilson. Read Full Review

Runaways #1 is a slightly odd way to kick off this long-awaited new series. It only features a handful of characters and is more concerned with addressing the fate of Gert than touching base with the various scattered team members. Despite that, however, the strong characterization of Nico and the generally crisp, attractive art suggest that these characters are in capable hands. But if you're a Runaways newbie, this isn't the place to start. Read Full Review

An intense, emotional start, backed up by strong dialogue, illustration, and color work. The Runaways are back, baby! Read Full Review

The first issue of the relaunched Runways gets off to a strong start, with a lot of tension and strong character moments. But it's over too quickly to really let us sink our teeth into the relaunch. Read Full Review

Bringing back Runaways was always gonna be a tough gig! I was very nervous about this one. But this first issue is a really good start. Nice characterisation of Nico and Chase, and for once Nico mostly looks like Nico! I'm definitely on board to see where this one takes us...

The new Runaways devotes #1 entirely to resurrecting Gert. On the one hand, making that the whole issue shows respect for the enormity of the task. On the other, having Nico repeatedly bumble the necessary spells goes past painting her magic as tricky and casts her in an uncomfortably incompetent light. And there's the lingering suspicion that this single-scene issue is dragging its feet just a bit to make sure all of the "who's where why now?" questions get put off until #2. On the plus side, there's good characterization work and solid humor going on here, and considered as a comic alone (as opposed to an installment in a franchise with a notoriously unpleasable fanbase), this is plenty entertaining. Kris Anka's art helps tremendously, showing the positive possibilities of clean, lightweight lines laid down with confidence and skill.
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Fun, and full of potential

A quick read but enough to set up an interesting story arc of a returning character with a superb artist bringing Rainbow Rowell's Runaways to life.

Totally empty & bowering !
The art isn't great too.
Damn !