Runaways is an awesomeful series. It's a marvel comic book about some ragtag adolescent superheroes who band together to stop their evil parents. Despite being superficially hokey, it has incredibly realistic characters, which is a feat all the more difficult given the unreal situation, and great comedy. There's a magical artifact called "The Staff of One" and they spend most of the first book just bonking people on the head with it.
The most awesome of all, however, is Gert.
Gert is a purple-haired, chubby, non-foil, non stock character, non comic relief girl. She is smart, whitty, funny, sassy without being obnoxious, and all-around awesome.
Anybody else familiar with this series? (I've only finished the last issue of "Parental Guidance", so no spoilers please)
