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POWERS POWERS Heroes glide through the sky on lightning bolts and fire. 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. Detective Christian Walker is a special homicide officer in charge of cases that involvePowers. What is a cops job like in a world where powers are par for the course? Find out in the gritty, new crime comic book series Powers from super hot comic writer and EISNER award winner Brian Michael Bendis Sam And Twitch, Jinx, Batman and art deco comic artist Mike Avon Oeming Young Justice, Superman. This on going, hard-boiled crime comic with a mainstream twist is brought to you in startling full color by Pat Garrehy JLA cast Detective Christian Walker has the stoic mannerisms that come with the job. As a homicide detective, Walker has seen it all: How power corrupts absolutely, How transparent the label hero can be. The other cops on the force admire him for his detective work, but are leery of his anti social behavior. Walker is a good, even great, determined cop, but underneath his veneer, he is hiding a dark secret. Detective Deena Pilgrim, on the other hand, is a real gung-ho go-getter. Like many cops of her generation, she is unimpressed by superpowers and cosmic nonsense she cant understand. Kutter is a young, severely ambitious rookie detective whose ideals and allegiances may or may not be on the up and up. But theres one thing for sure, his antagonism in the guise of hero worship towards walker is a big thorn in Walkers side. World of powers Powers takes place in a large unnamed metropolitan city. It will feel and breathe like a crime fiction drama but its backdrop will be littered with brand new original and mysterious hero and villain icons created especially for this series. These characters will strictly remain in supporting roles and cameos. See a peak of some of them in the enclosed artwork Detective Christian Walker has to investigate the shocking murder of one of the most popular superheroes the world has ever known: Retro Girl. As the female ex-counterpart of one of the worlds most famous and beloved superheroes, Retro Girl had it all, and she used it to help people who couldnt help themselves.
NEUFELD IN CONTROL OF POWERS FOR SONY By CHARLES LYONS, CLAUDE BRODESSER Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, co-creators of Image Comics Powers, have sold the feature rights to their comic book to Sony-based producer Mace Neufeld Clear and Present Danger. Neufeld exec David Engel brought the project into the company and will oversee its development. Super investigations Powers features a homicide detective whose job is to solve crimes that are superpower-related. Bendis is also writing Marvel Comics Ultimate Spider-Man - the mass-market relaunch of Spider-Man - as well as Daredevil. The comic book creator is especially known for his series Jinx and Goldfish, both of which sold to Dimension last year. He also created the comic book Fortune and Glory, which shows what its like for a comic book artist to deal with Hollywood. Bendis is repped by Justin Silvera and Chris Silvermann at Broder Kurland, Webb & Uffner.
A conversation with the creators of Powers BRIAN: Wow, Mike, to think that me and you started out as bit players in soft-core porn for Cinemax and now we are working on the hit crime comic from Image, Powers. BRIAN: Hey, did I tell you I was the writer of Ultimate Spiderman, Daredevil, Sam and Twitch, and Hell- MIKE: -and Hellspawn. BRIAN: OH, LIKE WARREN ELLIS GUEST STARRING AS HIMSELF IN POWERS 7 in a story called RIDE ALONG GUEST STARRING WARREN ELLIS. For research, writers sometimes go on ride alongs with the police. In this special self-contained issue of Powers, Warren Ellis Planetary guest stars as himself, a famous British comic writer who goes on one of these with a reluctant Detective Christian Walker. But its a trip into hell, as it takes these two characters into very dangerous territory. If you ever wanted to try an issue of the fan-favorite and critically acclaimed Powers, this special jump-on issue is your ultimate opportunity. MIKE: Yeah but BRIAN: And you know what the next big storyline after that is about MIKE: Yeah, I drew it alrea- BRIAN: Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim work out of the special homicide officers in charge of cases that involvePowers. A group of college kids, who role play their favorite real life super heroes D&D style, are being murdered one by one. Im asleep, and you are faking this chat thing to include me and BRIAN: Well, thats all the time we have. Thanks for buying this Image comic and pre-order your copy of Powers today.
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