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Runaways: Battleworld
Gurihiru, Marguerite Bennett, Jeremy Whitley, Sanford Greene, ND Stevenson, Val Staples, Katie Cook, David Nakayama, Kris Anka, Felipe Smith, Michael Fiffe
3.41 AVERAGE
36 reviews for:
Runaways: Battleworld
Gurihiru, Marguerite Bennett, Jeremy Whitley, Sanford Greene, ND Stevenson, Val Staples, Katie Cook, David Nakayama, Kris Anka, Felipe Smith, Michael Fiffe
3.41 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't expect this to be that good because the average rating is about a 3.5, but I was pleasantly surprised!
I haven't read Secret Wars yet but I'm slightly familiar with the plot and I understand (for the most part) what kind of world Battleworld is, so I thankfully didn't go in blind. But this is only my second time reading about the Runaways. And judging from some of the other reviews, these aren't the original Runaways either. But they're still likable in that shallow, "there are a lot of young characters here so let's reveal what we can about each of them" way. And the Doom academy they were in was interesting enough. I think my favorite part was the diversity. It's honestly not super diverse, but they do have some significant non-white American characters and LGBT characters. I love seeing that in comics because it makes me feel like progress is being made in one of my absolute favorite genres (superheroes).
The Runaways issues were good and I would like to continue their story. The brief issues in the back about Daredevil, Ms. Marvel, Ant-Man, Iron Fist, and Squirrel Girl were cute and short enough to not be too distracting. Overall, I really liked this.
I haven't read Secret Wars yet but I'm slightly familiar with the plot and I understand (for the most part) what kind of world Battleworld is, so I thankfully didn't go in blind. But this is only my second time reading about the Runaways. And judging from some of the other reviews, these aren't the original Runaways either. But they're still likable in that shallow, "there are a lot of young characters here so let's reveal what we can about each of them" way. And the Doom academy they were in was interesting enough. I think my favorite part was the diversity. It's honestly not super diverse, but they do have some significant non-white American characters and LGBT characters. I love seeing that in comics because it makes me feel like progress is being made in one of my absolute favorite genres (superheroes).
The Runaways issues were good and I would like to continue their story. The brief issues in the back about Daredevil, Ms. Marvel, Ant-Man, Iron Fist, and Squirrel Girl were cute and short enough to not be too distracting. Overall, I really liked this.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was... alright? Not boring, but not very interesting either. A popcorn comic.
I've read a fair bit of the original Runaways and I don't see what this same-titled comic has to do with them: far as I know, Molly's the only one from the original team. It was nice to see her again.
This is one of those "my favourite character is" kind of comics, because the story is kind of bland but I do like the characters. It's Amadeus Cho, by the way!
I was pleasantly surprised to see Bucky!, even though he's on the cover, I didn't recognise him there.
The art style in this book is a little sketchy, it's not bad but it's not to my taste; I prefer cleaner lines.
I've read a fair bit of the original Runaways and I don't see what this same-titled comic has to do with them: far as I know, Molly's the only one from the original team. It was nice to see her again.
This is one of those "my favourite character is" kind of comics, because the story is kind of bland but I do like the characters. It's Amadeus Cho, by the way!
I was pleasantly surprised to see Bucky!, even though he's on the cover, I didn't recognise him there.
The art style in this book is a little sketchy, it's not bad but it's not to my taste; I prefer cleaner lines.
It was great! They took the runaways concept and placed it into a completely different scenario. Battle Royale meets the breakfast club. The character choices were great, I'm so glad jubilee was a major character. And the gayness was wonderful! Ginger haze did real good by this book. Top notch.
I don't feel that I can appropriately rate this cause this book was so wild. It's some alternate universe thing? Idk the context. I just picked it up cause it said runaways on the cover and was then disappointed by the fact that Molly Hayes was the only Runaway present. The characters and narrative was fine, I wasn't super invested. It has good art and good writing, just a weird story.
Noelle Stevenson is good at comics. While I do resent the thing that happens in issue 2, I definitely want Marvel to let her take the reins on a series again sometime. The pacing is a bit off, but that's not too surprising given the limits of being an event tie-in. I think Stevenson managed to excel within those limits, and I think Sanford Greene's art sets the tone perfectly.
Good story. Nice continuation of the spirit of the Runaways comics. I do wish the series was longer. That's my growing realization with a lot of these Secret Wars books... just when they're getting good they end...
An okay story, but nowhere near Lumberjanes quality.