POWERS is one of the longest running independent comics in history and to celebrate the 25th anniversary landmark, the original creators Bendis and Oeming have returned for a brand-new crime and capes story like never before.A fun, dangerous, adult look at a world of heroes through the eyes of special homicide officer Detective Kutter and her brand-new partner, and the first power to ever make powers division, Moebius Moon. Under the watchful eyes of legendary Captains Deena Pilgrim and Enki Sunrise, the new detectives are running through a minefield of all new dangers. A new unsolvable powers murder has Kutter and Moon questioning EVERYTHING about the world and their place in it.This new series is also a celebration of POWERS’ very happy home at Dark Horse, where it joins Black Hammer, Umbrella Academy, and so many other amazing creator-owned worlds.Featuring bonus pinup art by legendary Dark Horse creators beginning with Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), David Mack (Kabuki), Scott Hepburn (Minor Threats), Alex Maleev (Masterpiece), Eric Powell (The Goon), and Jill Thompson (Beasts of Burden)!Along with POWERS 25, the entire classic POWERS comics series is available as several omnibuses from Dark Horse Comics and Jinxworld!Collects Powers 25 #1–#6.
Contributors: (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Michael Avon Oeming
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.