Runaways #25

Never read this before, but this is Joss Whedons first time writing this and i'm a big fan of his work (save for Buffy strangely enough)this is an excellent first issue for newcomers: first we got introductions to the team and there powers and then we get someone summing up the story so far,
all in a couple of pages ! take that deconstruction!!
anyways the group has a meeting with the Kingpin at a fancy restaurant in new york and they have a nice tete-a-tete about them taking over The Pride.
and Kingpin is written so well that i can actually hear his voice from the 90s Spiderman cartoon!

anyways he lets them know hes not to be played with and they do the same and then he lets them have a place to stay.
of course then we get a story about the Skrull who is apparently dating one of the teenagers who happens to be a lesbian even tho the Skrull in question is decidedly male in his natural form :/
i found this part very intriguing because it raises a lot of questions about sexuality especially when one can change there appearance to look male or female.
(this question has never really been brought up with Mystique that much even tho she is bi sexual)
then we get to the part where apparently The Kingpin wants them to rob someones personal vault and of course thing's don't go as well as planned.
at the end we get a teaser that The Punisher is going to be in the next issue which really ought to be interesting to see how he deals with teenage robbers with super powers.


anyways i give this issue an A- mostly because I'm not so crazy about Micheal Ryans work usually, but this work suits him better than an adult book since his style is very simplistic and almost retro.