Runaways #12 Review

Writer: Rainbow Rowell / Artist: Kris Anka / Marvel When Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka go on a week long-Twitter rampage describing this issue as what they’ve been building up to this entire time, you get hype when you lay eyes on the divine cover art. You get all the feels once you see where this issue is going. Once you finish the final page, everything in the universe just feels right. That’s exactly what happened, and I could not be happier with the outcome. Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka and colorist Matt Wilson take us on a time-traveling romp to hunt down one of the most gorgeous, extinct animals to ever live. They bless us with a long-awaited reunion — years in the making. On top of that, they blow the hinges off visual expectations, leaving us with arguably the greatest issue we’ve seen in a Runaways book. Let me stop fawning and get right into this one, then. After leaving readers with that bombshell of a change in hair color, outfit, look and vibe for Gert; we are given a completely unexpected turn of events for our dino-loving non-conformist. After brooding in her new brunette look while complaining about this time machine that she inherited (but just sits in the garage like a forkin’ PT Cruiser), her and Victor get into some Wakandan mischief. No no no, they don’t head out to the motherland…but a key piece of Wakandan technology helps Gert and Victor put that ‘ol time-traveling piece of junk back to good use. What begins as a search for what might be the dopest-soun…