Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home | 2018 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
| 2 | Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever | 2018 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
| 3 | Runaways, Vol. 3: That Was Yesterday | 2019 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
| 4 | Runaways, Vol. 4 | 2018 | Rainbow Rowell | N/A |
| 5 | Runaways, Vol. 4: But You Can’t Hide | 2019 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
| 6 | Runaways, Vol. 5: Canon Fodder | 2020 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
| 7 | Runaways, Vol. 6: Come Away with Me | 2021 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
| 8 | Think Of The Children | 2026 | Rainbow Rowell | Buy |
Marvel announced Rainbow Rowell as the writer of a new Runaways series in 2017, a choice that made sense on paper. Rowell had spent years writing teenagers with precision and warmth, and the Runaways were a team defined by the specificity of their relationships rather than their powers. Her run launched in late 2017 with artist Kris Anka, whose clean, character-focused art complemented Rowell’s dialogue-heavy approach, and continued until 2021.
The run focuses on the group reuniting and trying to rebuild their lives and friendships after the original series ended. Rowell leaned into the interpersonal dynamics, giving particular attention to Nico and Karolina’s relationship and the ongoing complications of being teenagers with nowhere to go and parents who turned out to be supervillains. The tone balances genuine emotional stakes with the kind of humor that comes from people who know each other very well and have been through too much together.
Rowell returned to the title in 2025 for a new arc tied to the One World Under Doom event, with artist Elena Casagrande. Think of the Children, collecting those issues, arrived in 2026. Her Runaways work showed that novelists crossing into comics can bring real strengths to character-driven team books when the match between writer and material is right.