Powers Volume 3

by Bendis, Brian Michael; Oeming, Michael Avon

• ISBN13: 9781506730196
• ISBN10: 1506730191
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-04-11
• Publisher: Dark Horse Books

Summary

From all-star creators Brian Michael Bendis (Superman, Ultimate Spider-Man, Jessica Jones) and Michael Avon Oeming (Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, United States Vs. Murder, Inc., Mice Templar) comes the entire third year of the Eisner Award–winning series Powers.

In a world where superheroes soar through the sky, homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim travel the dirty streets below, doing their grueling work. Assigned to the special "powers" cases, they face the worst their city has to offer.

A member of the classic supergroup falls victim to a seedy sex scandal, and the murder investigation takes Walker and Pilgrim on a journey that will forever change how they look at the world of superheroes. Then, a story spanning the history of mankind follows a lone warrior's trek through time, revealing the truth behind some of this universe's greatest mysteries.

From the award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming comes this classic series in volume three collecting Powers (Series 1) #25-37 with a brand-new cover by Michael Avon Oeming!

Author Biography

Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books. Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching Ultimate Spider-Man in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with New Avengers in 2004, and has also written the Marvel "event" storylines "Secret War" (2004–2005), "House of M" (2005), "Secret Invasion" (2008), "Siege" (2010) and "Age of Ultron" (2013). In addition to writing comics, Brendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on Graphic Novels at University of Oregon and Portland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, a book about comics published by Random House.