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Powers (Dark Horse Edition) #4
Powers, Volume 4
In a world where superheroes soar through the sky, homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim travel the dirty city streets below doing their grueling work. Assigned to the special "powers" cases, they face the worst their city has to offer.
When all powers are declared illegal, a bloody powers crimewave hits the city hard. A hero has returned, but is it enough to keep the city safe from the crossfire as the city's most powerful villains gun for one another in a massive turf war? And how far will Detective Pilgrim go to prove she has what it takes?
From New York Times best-selling writer Brian Michael Bendis ( Superman , Ultimate Spider-Man , Jessica Jones ) and artist Michael Avon Oeming ( Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye ), comes several years of the Eisner Award-winning series Powers .
Powers Book Four collects Powers (Marvel) #1-18 and a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes content from the making of this superhero noir classic.
When all powers are declared illegal, a bloody powers crimewave hits the city hard. A hero has returned, but is it enough to keep the city safe from the crossfire as the city's most powerful villains gun for one another in a massive turf war? And how far will Detective Pilgrim go to prove she has what it takes?
From New York Times best-selling writer Brian Michael Bendis ( Superman , Ultimate Spider-Man , Jessica Jones ) and artist Michael Avon Oeming ( Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye ), comes several years of the Eisner Award-winning series Powers .
Powers Book Four collects Powers (Marvel) #1-18 and a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes content from the making of this superhero noir classic.
600 pages, Paperback
Published July 11, 2023
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Brian Michael Bendis
4,443 books2,566 followersA 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.
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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December 14, 2023
This contains a couple of great story arcs in the Powers series.
Without being spoilery, there are a few pretty BIG things that happen to the characters in between the pages here.
Even though I've read this before, my memory is shitty enough that I'm looking forward to finding out what happens all over again.
Alright.
It says this collection contains issues #1-18. But this is NOT the start of a new series and the confusion is due to renumbering nonsense that happens when you switch publishing companies and this has (correct me if I'm wrong, Goodreads) volumes 8, 9, 10.
Iif you haven't given this series a shot, it's pretty fun.
Recommended.
Without being spoilery, there are a few pretty BIG things that happen to the characters in between the pages here.
Even though I've read this before, my memory is shitty enough that I'm looking forward to finding out what happens all over again.
Alright.
It says this collection contains issues #1-18. But this is NOT the start of a new series and the confusion is due to renumbering nonsense that happens when you switch publishing companies and this has (correct me if I'm wrong, Goodreads) volumes 8, 9, 10.
Iif you haven't given this series a shot, it's pretty fun.
Recommended.
October 6, 2024
An excellent continuation of the Powers run. Knocking a start off because sometimes Bendis can’t help messing with panel layouts in a way that can be needlessly confusing.
March 7, 2024
I love these characters but I need Pilgrim to be ok. I was hoping the powers would help her/ make her stronger. She is spiraling
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July 28, 2025
I think we've reached a point where I had stopped reading the title due to lack of funds at the time. Always nice to finally get the chance to continue the story!
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