false 105864 5 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. 102045 2001 Powers Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl? total:607|5:227|4:240|3:107|2:28|1:5| 607 2477 706 49 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 23 04:44:50 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 07:41:30 -0800 2007
It starts out alright.

The indestructible Retro Girl is found dead.
Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim try to find out who did it.

My favorite part is when the police co...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:07:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 14:54:53 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 28 17:06:55 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 17:16:55 -0700 2009 Many years ago, I was lucky enough to add the first issue of Powers to my add-list. I didn't know who BMB was, but the concept sounded neat and it was an adult title.

I have been in love with Mr. Bendis ever since.

Sure, I avoided a lot of his work at Marvel. I didn't w...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 09:15:39 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 10:42:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 06:05:55 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 06:16:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 19:39:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 19:41:08 -0700 2009 1
I don't know how I've missed picking this up, but it'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 08:52:54 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 13:53:49 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:00:01 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:01:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 08:08:39 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 08:14:57 -0700 2007 Law and Order than L.A. Confidential, but the elements of a good myst...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 08:45:11 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 08:50:37 -0700 2008 Watchmen you'll find more of the same here. The art is sharp with great clean lines and nice coloring. Th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 09:45:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 11:56:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 15:06:04 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 15:07:17 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Sep 12 09:18:14 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 09:23:09 -0700 2009
I own the entire series, just too lazy to type them all in.]]> 2 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:46:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:48:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 11:53:25 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:12:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 24 11:12:15 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:13:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 27 09:49:09 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 09:50:17 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 10:13:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 12:30:20 -0700 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 18:39:19 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:43:40 -0700 2009 Story was pretty good, too.]]> 1 0 false false Fri May 11 08:44:50 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 08:49:04 -0700 2007 Powers is to Watchmen and Astro City as The DaVinci Code is to Foucault's Pendulum. The anemic and obvious writing is only overshadowed by the nauseating copy-and-paste art of the "Anatomy? What's that?" school.

If you want to read a good heroes-and-cops book, pass this one up ...more...]]>