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Powers (2000)
Series · 9 books · 2000-2007

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#1

Powers, Vol. 1

Who Killed Retro Girl?

2000

Heroes glide through the sky on lightning bolts and fire. Flamboyant villains attempt daring daylight robberies. God-like alien creatures clash in epic battle over the nighttime sky. And on the dirty city streets below, Homicide Detective Christian Walker does his job. Walker has to investigate the shocking murder of one of the most popular super-heroes the world has ever known: Retro Girl. He is teamed up with spunky rookie Detective Deena Pilgrim, and the murder investigation takes them from the seediest underbelly a city has to offer, to the gleaming towers that are home to immortal beings. As shocking, hidden truths about Retro Girl come to light, Walker finds that to solve this crime, he might have to reveal his own dark secret.
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Powers, Vol. 2

Roleplay

2000

Powers features one of the most awarded and acclaimed teams of the last several years and winners of the 2001 Eisner award for best new series.Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim work out of the special homicide office in charge of cases that involve Powers, those that have talents and abilities far beyond those of normal men. This graphic novel details one of the most disturbing cases of their careers. A group of college kids who role play their favorite super-heroes are being murdered one-by-one, and unless Walker and Pilgrim can stop the killer, more kids will die.
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Powers, Vol. 3

Little Deaths

2002

A selection of Powers' most intriguing and salacious stories to date, plus an explosive gathering of some of the most hard-to-find Powers material. Included in this volume are the stories "Groupies," a super-hero sex scandal like you have never seen before; "Ride Along," a tale starring Warren Ellis as himself; the very first reprinting of the entire Powers Wizard Edition; the complete, critically-acclaimed Powers Annual; and the Powers Coloring & Activity Book. Also inside, "Keys," a bonus crime story, plus a dazzling Mike Avon Oeming sketchbook, a cover gallery, an in-depth interview with Brian Michael Bendis and a brand new cover by Oeming.
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Powers, Vol. 4

Supergroup

2003

Widely considered the best storyline of this Eisner Award-winning series. When one of the key members of a popular supergroup is found violently murdered, the events that follow unveil the federal government's multi-layered control of the super-hero elite and how far they will go to cover up. Walker and Pilgrim are forced to make choices that will forever change their lives and careers... and how the world at large will see their heroes.
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Powers, Vol. 5

Anarchy

2003

Anarchy! Society is violently lashing out at their superheroes. Anti-powers groups are rising up with a series of gruesome murders against the cities most colorful capes. With Walker retired, Detective Pilgrim teams up with a new partner to investigate this murderous super-hero backlash and the people behind it.
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Powers, Vol. 7

Forever

2004

FOREVER! The comics experience of the year - the origin of POWERS! FOREVER! The story that literally spans the history of man as all the mysteries of Powers and the Powers universe unfold, following a lone warrior's trek through the greatest stories ever told. FOREVER! The largest Powers collection yet! WE SAID, "FOREVER!" WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES!! the entire unedited script to the controversial Powers #31, andother brand-new "Bendis and Oeming interview each other," a stunning look into Oeming's research and sketch work for every era, bonus text pieces, a cover gallery, a making of the scene, and much more. We'd tell you, but we're already out of breath!
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Powers, Vol. 8

Legends

2005

Homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim investigate murders specific to super-hero cases. And with all super-heroes declared illegal, a Powers crime wave has hit the city, and hit it hard
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Powers, Vol. 9

Psychotic

2006

Detective Deena Pilgrim is holding a dark secret, one destroying her life at every turn. Presents a collection of Powers, numbered 7-12.
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#10

Powers, Vol. 10

Cosmic

2007

Powers are dropping out of the sky, leaving bloody bodies in their wake. When one of the victims is revealed to be the cosmic guardian of our galaxy, homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim find themselves knee deep in cosmic doo. And if things weren't bad enough, Internal Affairs would like to have a word with Detective Pilgrim. All that and it's a perfect jumping-on point for new readers From the writer of some of you favorite Marvel Comics, (New Avengers, House of M, Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil, Secret War) comes a brand-new chapter from the award-winning book Collects Powers #13-18.

Authors

Michael Avon Oeming
Michael Avon Oeming
Author · 9 books

Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name. The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass,[1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma,[2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics. As of 2010, he is employed as a staff member of Valve Corporation, working on Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.

Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis
Author · 216 books

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man. Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce. Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly. Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six. Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion. He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

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