Empowered TP VOL 06 (Mr) (C: 0

(W/A/CA) Adam Warren. After a fiery disaster claims the lives of several teammates* costumed crimefighter Empowered stumbles upon an ugly little secret of the masks-and-tights business: a growing number of ill-fated superheroes have found out the hard way that* while their bodies are still mortal* their superpowers are not . . . Now* only our downtrodden but doggedly determined heroine can save the (semi)living superdead from a very genuine "fate worse than death*" while simultaneously grappling with the challenges of vengefully vacationing ninja clans* car-trunk carpet burn* superhero-fantasy-league drafts* excessive bedroom chatter* and deals with the devil both figurative and literal! All this* plus Emp's not-so-secret origin is revealed at last! o Adam Warren's work on The Dirty Pair is well known to U.S. comics readers. "A sort of R-rated sitcom exploring geek culture from the inside out* Empowered has its cake and eats it too-it's full of exploitative* titillating imagery* but it also features the healthiest and the most realistic romantic relationship in any comic book featuring capes and masks." -J. Caleb Mozzocco* Las Vegas Weekly