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Title: Powers, Volume 2: Role Play by Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Avon Oeming ISBN: 1-58240-232-9 Publisher: Image Comics Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hero Worship at a deadly level.
Comment: Bendis and Oeming's series has always been more than a cop drama in the world of superheroes. In this story arc, they possibly bite the hand that feeds them - they discuss "fanboys" who dress and act like the heroes they idolize, who are being killed off. In the original Image comics, Bendis shows open contempt for "regular" comic book fans; his letter columns (not reprinted in this volume) contain nasty and scatological replies to gushing fans who idolize his work. Here, he openly gives his William Shatner response to fans - "Get a life!" - within the story. He and Oeming are seeking to make "Powers" something more than a standard comic - and while going beyond standard comic book fandom is a necessary step towards that goal, this particular story may seem like unnecessary roughness to many.
Rating: 5
Summary: POWERS: A++++++++
Comment: Powers is a very special comic that has occomplished the impossible. It's original, humourous, entertaining, and every other word that has a hint of positive meaning. BUY THIS ITEM!!! (hey, it's written by Bendis so there isn't much or a risk :)
Rating: 5
Summary: The comic that got me back into comics.
Comment: I stopped reading comics in the mid-nineties. I felt like I had read all of the plots, seen all the characters and heard all of the dialog before. I happened across this book in a bookstore earlier this year (2002), though, and was stunned.
This comic had interesting characters, good dialog and a great setting. The plot isn't anything new (tracking down a serial killer) but it is executed well in this setting.
The two main characters, Detectives Pilgrim and Walker, are normal humans who investigate crimes related to "Powers" (superhumans). The focus here is more on the crime and the characters than it is on powers and special effects. This is what makes the comic so good. Instead of 10 pages of laser beams and force fields, you get dialog, characterization and story. Sure, there are superhumans around, but they are more background than focus.
So, if you stopped reading comics because everything seemed the same, give this one a shot. (The first one in the series is not as strong, although still worth a read.)
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Title: Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming ISBN: 1582401837 Publisher: Image Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Powers: Supergroup by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming ISBN: 1582403090 Publisher: Image Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Powers: Anarchy by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Oeming ISBN: 1582403317 Publisher: Image Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Alias (Alias, Book 1) by Brian Michael Bendis ISBN: 0785111417 Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Cycles (Y: The Last Man, Book 2) by Brian K. Vaughan ISBN: 1401200761 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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