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Title: Powers: Supergroup
by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael A. Oeming
ISBN: 1-58240-309-0
Publisher: Image Comics
Pub. Date: May, 2003
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $19.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5
Summary: Powers takes it up a notch
Comment: Bendis really takes a serious step up with this volume. I would put this one on equal footing with the first volume "Who Killed Retro Girl". The dialogue is outstanding (as always) and Oeming's cartoonish style of art, together with the dark moody colors give the work a serious undertone that really packs a punch.

After a mildly lackluster volume 2, and a rather rushed and padded volume 3, Supergroup takes our heros to higher peaks and deeper valleys than before. The usually familiar government conspiracy idea is given greater meaning and impact due to the truly tragic circumstances that befall the main players here. Bendis and Oeming work together perfectly to bring out the raw emotion that needs to be on display to effectively tell this kind of story. The entire Powers universe is ultimately in jeopardy here, and I am very intrigued to find out how this whole thing plays out.

Some comics and subsequent TPB series just continue on, maintaining a staus quo, often without really challenging the reader. Bendis and Oeming appear to be reaching for new heights with volume 4 of the Powers series. I am very much looking forward to voume 5. If you started out with Powers at volume 1, and were disappointed with vol. 2 or 3, I highly recommend that you jump back on the Powers train and get Supergroup.

Rating: 4
Summary: Not as strong as others, but a good read.
Comment: If "Powers" were strictly what it appears to be - cops investigating superhero homicides - it would be a one-joke show. But like the better police procedurals, it examines the detectives and their motivations. Christian Walker was once a Power, and he knows more than anyone about what it is to be a superhero - a LOT more, as the later books show. In this book, without Walker being a "Dirty Harry," he risks everything he has to bring the case of the "FG-3" murders to some kind of conclusion. Bendis seemed to be feeling his way around his unusual theme in this story arc, and he did wander a bit, but this book was the first hint that "Powers" was something more than a cliched dark and cynical look at superheroes.

Rating: 5
Summary: Kicks the series up a notch
Comment: The issues contained in this collection really brought the series to a whole new level. There is a surprising conspiracy, a heart-breaking tragedy and an excellent ending. Bendis is one of the best dialogue and character writers in comics, and here he combines those skills with great plotting.

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