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Powers (2000) #6, pps.12-13

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Location: Michael Avon Oeming
Title: Powers (2000) #6, pps.12-13*
Artist:  Michael Avon Oeming (All) ,  Brian Michael Bendis (Writer)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Double Page Spread
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 262
Likes on CAF: 12
Comments: 9
Added to Site: 9/25/2024

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This time around, I’m posting a sequence of five published pages (on three boards) from the climax of “Who Killed Retro Girl”, the first volume of Brian Bendis’s and Mike Oeming’s outstanding ’Powers’.

It’s a very dramatic finish to Walker and Pilgrim’s first investigation together, as the noir tone, pacing and illustrative style adhered to the first 5 1/2 issues are ruthlessly hacked by a photon-charged explosion of super-powered violence and vengeance. In this sequence we see Retro Girl’s killer disintegrated by Triphammer, Retro Girl’s former teammate.

And Triphammer gets away scot free, as our non-powered detectives lack the means to pursue (much less apprehend) the armored executioner. Although Oeming channels his very best Toth and Mignola into the gorgeous, noir-fueled art (let’s call it “noirtwork”), Bendis’s examinations of some of the grey areas throughout the series (what makes a hero? how far can one fall and still be redeemed? how permanently do our choices define us? what does The Law, law enforcement, the public trust -and similar societal structures- mean in the context of those that literally rise above them all?) are just as compelling. A desert island series of mine, and I’m still in awe that I have the good fortune to showcase these pages.

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James S Member Since 2017
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Posted On 9/25/2024

Nice set!  Really enjoy Michael's art. 

Paul P Spiderversity Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 9/25/2024

This is a stunning double page spread with that great splashy panel.  I especially like the the reactions on the faces of the onlookers.    I need to read this story!!

Newell T aka Stingray Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 9/25/2024

Loved this book back in the day!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
2    
Posted On 9/25/2024

Triphammer in the enforcement
Avon Oeming Bendis hit
Revenge is sweet isn't it?
Really, really noir comic
Above the law won't fix a thing
Retro Bendis that I could bring to you
All the feels you make volumes
A Hammer Tripping in pursuit
I wish I was powered, I could shoot through
Not through, take your art, take your house
Take issues, take your heart
Now here comes that tripping plot

I'm daydreaming
Let me count the page (let me count the page)
How I'll get you (get you) or now disintegrate (ohh)
Babe, I'm Pilgrim (hurtin')
And now you'll feel the same (ooh)
That's my plan (that's my plan)
That's my plan
That's my plan

We could do revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge
Triphammer in Powers with Walker
We could take revenge, revenge, revenge
Revenge is sweet
We could do revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge
Together, Triphammer and Walker
We could take revenge, revenge, revenge (now, now)
Revenge is sweet

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
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Posted On 9/25/2024

You know, there was a time when as a fan of realism in illustration, stuff like this just turned me off immediately. The giant, pointy square chin, etc. So I'm happy that over time, I slowly but surely gained an appreciation for it. Mostly because I was able to get past the style and focus on the substance, but in time, even the style has really grown on me!

K Gearon Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 9/25/2024

The arrival, then the eventual BLAST.  Whew, watch out folks!  What a way to set the scene then get things going...

JN 80 Member Since 2016
1    
Posted On 9/26/2024

What an incredible spread 

F M Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 9/26/2024

Intense reveal dps!

Bill J Member Since 2009
Posted On 10/1/2024

Powers was a great read. It was one of those rare comic books that let us readers see Superheroes the way ordinary people saw them. In this splash, we look up at the super-powered Triphammer from the same POV as detectives Walker and Pilgrim. Like them, we are powerless to intervene. Gorgeous layout and art from Michael Avon Oeming really made this book a pleasure to read. Fabulous pick-up, congrats!

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