Runaways #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Animalia - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Runaways (Marvel, 2025 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: December 2025
Key date: 2025-12-00
On-sale date: 2025-10-29
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960621142500511
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Animalia - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Uatu - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Stephanie Hans; inks: Stephanie Hans; colors: Stephanie Hans	Karolina Dean, Doombot, Gib, Molly Hayes, Victor Mancha, Nico Minoru, Old Lace, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, Gert Yorkes
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset	Karolina Dean, Doombot, Gib, Molly Hayes, Victor Mancha, Nico Minoru, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, Gert Yorkes
2	Think of the Children Part Five	comic story	20	script: Rainbow Rowell; pencils: Elena Casagrande, Roberta Ingranata; inks: Elena Casagrande, Roberta Ingranata; colors: Dee Cunniffe; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Karolina Dean, Doombot, Gib, Molly Hayes, Victor Mancha, Nico Minoru, Old Lace, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, Gert Yorkes
3	-	letters page	1	script: Michelle Marchese
4	Next: Strange Tales #1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bayleigh Underwood; inks: Bayleigh Underwood; colors: Jim Campbell	Wanda Maximoff, Nico Minoru, Scarlet Witch
7	Ultimate Endgame	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Mark Brooks	Mei Igarashi, Iron Lad, Logan, The Maker, Maystorm, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Spider-Man, Tony Stark, Wolverine
8	Ultimate Universe. Two Years In.	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ryan Stegman; inks: Ryan Stegman; colors: Frank Martin	Captain Marvel, Giraud, Mayne, Phoenix, Star-Lord, Cosmo Starstalker, Uatu First, Ultimate Nullifier, Ultron
9	Marvel Winter Break Special	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Rachelle Rosenberg	Anna Marie, Deadpool, Emma Frost, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Storm, Kurt Wagner, White Queen, Wade Wilson
10	True Believers Blind Bag	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
11	Age of Revelation	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Netho Diaz, Mark Brooks, Mahmud Asrar; inks: JP Mayer, Mark Brooks, Mahmud Asrar; colors: Fernando Sifuentes, Mark Brooks	Animalia First, Beast, Cyclops, Gambit, Glob Herman, Robert Herman, Kwannon, Remy LeBeau, Hank McCoy, Namor, Psylocke, Revelation, Schwarzschild, Scott Summers
12	The Will of Doom	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jonas Scharf; inks: Jonas Scharf	Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Runaways: Think of the Children #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96397-2	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #45 of 5

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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