You know how, when you're a teenager, you think your parents are evil? Well, what if they really were? And not like, evil in the abstract Mary Poppins banker-dad way. Evil in like, they kidnap people to straight-up murder way. That's Runaways, and it freaking rules.

Premiering its first three episodes today on Hulu, Runaways is an adaptation of a comic book by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. But it's not just an adaptation of any old comic book. It's a take on one of the most revered and beloved comics in recent memory. Ever since it was first published in 2003, Runaways has been considered one of the very best introductions to comic books because it is blissfully free of superhero bullshit—kind of an incredible feat, considering that Runaways is a Marvel comic, set in the Marvel Universe.

True to its roots, while Runaways does flash the Marvel logo at the beginning of every episode (and is technically titled Marvel's Runaways but seriously who gives a shit), this is, emphatically, not a superhero show. It might even be a disservice to call Runaways a "Marvel" show, since referencing other Marvel properties is a cornerstone of most Marvel shows and movies and Runaways doesn't even bother with that. At least, if there's a mention of any "incident" in New York or a brief flash of Stark-branded technology, I missed it. And that's how it should be.

Instead, we have a show that's squarely focused on a group of teens in the Breakfast Club mold—there's a jock (Chase), a nerd (Gert), a goth (Nico), a normie (Alex), and the kid sister (Molly). Of course, while Runaways eschews superhero conventions like costumes and codenames, it does go off in some wild comic book-y directions. A lot of the fun of Runaways is just seeing the crazy places it takes you—there's a dinosaur involved, and also some magic—but a lot of that is best experienced firsthand.

Then there's the parents. As I hinted at the start, Runaways is a show about teens who discover their parents are evil, and struggle with what to do with that knowledge, in addition to, you know, normal teen stuff. But what makes Runaways fun to watch is the way that it complicates these two extremely familiar teen things. The parents aren't just in a secret murder club. They also are involved in a weird Scientology-style hip cult thing called the Church of Gibborim. And the kids, while united in their discovery of their parents' secret, aren't really so hot on the idea of being the friends they once were. A friend's death set them adrift, and as they settle into their high school identities it turns out they preferred being adrift, free of the superficial bonds they shared simply because their parents know each other.

It's all stuff that makes for easily binge-able drama that, even with sci-fi and magic lurking around the edges, weirdly feels more grounded than Gossip Girl or The O.C., two shows that are very much in its DNA (and shows its creators, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, are famous for working on). If that turns you off, don't let it—one of the most fun shows to watch on TV right now is Riverdale, and it totally pulls from the same playbook, veering off into hilariously goofy neon-noir and angst where Runaways instead aims for jokes and dinosaurs.

And come to think of it, there's nothing more relevant in 2017 than a good teen show, which by definition is about what happens when all the adults in the room are completely and totally delinquent—and the people they're responsible for have no choice but to step up.