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2. True Believers
Runaways #1-6 (2005)
The Runaways' second series kicks off with one of its best arcs.
And this one has a hard battle to fight. With the death of The Pride, figuring out what the Runaways do next became the challenge. Here, we get to watch them beat up the Wrecking Crew and talk about the other D-List Marvel Villains they've annihilated. Then we get the inciting incident for the rest of the arc: Gert from the future appears in The Hostel and dies, revealing that her murderer is still young enough to be stopped in their time period.
Her attacker? Victor Mancha, the future Victorious, and son of one of the world's greatest supervillains. I forgot how this arc is designed to keep you guessing about who his dear old pappy actually is. There are multiple great fakeouts that are designed to obscure the true mastermind. Even his name is a cute trick, designed to manipulate readers into thinking they've figured out the puzzle. I like Victor, although I've always preferred him in his later appearances in Avengers A.I. and The Vision over his original debut. But this is easily his best story in the series.
Oh, and Darkhawk and some other heroes are also here, but I'm out of room to talk about them. They're fine.
