- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Image Comics; illustrated edition edition (Nov 5 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582402698
- ISBN-13: 978-1582402697
- Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 16.9 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 404 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,558,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Comics about comics continue to multiply with varying degrees of success. Here, the Eisner Award-winning Powers series cleverly adds noirish suspense and pathos to its own postmodern wink in the genre's mirror. In an unnamed city where superheroes not only save lives but end up in photo shoots and car commercials, police detective Christian Walker, a former superhero who has mysteriously lost his powers, and his hipster-chick partner, Deena Pilgrim, investigate crimes related to those with "powers" (superpowers, that is). This volume centers on the death of Olympia, a Superman stand-in, found dead of a heart attack, in flagrante delicto. In this series, superheroes have groupies and are lonely and misunderstood. Bendis offers fake newspaper articles, advertisements and a People magazine-like scandal sheet called Powers to create a satirical world of superheroes much like his obvious inspiration, Alan Moore's The Watchmen. Bendis has a knack for snappy pulp dialogue and takes pleasure in presenting the gritty, seedy underbelly of a city where superheroes have all the visibility and nasty problems of Hollywood stars. Bendis combines a literary naturalism with cop-show suspense to generate a genuine interest in his characters. Oeming offers a deco and animation-influenced style with clean panels and cinematic storytelling. The book also includes "Ride Along," a short story featuring comics writer Warren Ellis as himself, babbling about the death of superhero comics while accompanying Walker in order to research his own graphic novels. It's all very inside-comics, meant to add a sense of reality to Bendis's world and it makes for a fun, engaging read.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
A selection of Powers' most intriguing and salacious stories to date, plus an explosive gathering of some of the most hard-to-find Powers material. Included in this volume are the stories "Groupies," a super-hero sex scandal like you have never seen before; "Ride Along," a tale starring Warren Ellis as himself; the very first reprinting of the entire Powers Wizard Edition; the complete, critically-acclaimed Powers Annual; and the Powers Coloring & Activity Book. Also inside, "Keys," a bonus crime story, plus a dazzling Mike Avon Oeming sketchbook, a cover gallery, an in-depth interview with Brian Michael Bendis and a brand new cover by Oeming.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Powers Volume 3: Little Deaths (Paperback)
This book is not a single storyline, like the other books in the series, but rather three different stories--the death of a popular super hero, a fun annual featuring Warren Ellis as himself, and a has-been hero involved in a (semi) mysterious plot.While not exactly fitting into the ongoing continuity of the series, this collection offers another unique look at Bendis' and Oeming's super hero world. Included in this odd compilation is a People-esque "Powers" magazine, an entire script from an unseen court case, and a humorous section of a coloring book. Some notables in this collection are Oeming's stylish noir style, the good coloring work, and, of course, Bendis' fantastic dialogue and writing. Even though this volume doesn't really fit into the continuity of the series, and is not as strong as other books in the series, it is definitely worth checking out by "Powers" fans. NOTE: this book is recommended for older readers due to strong language and violence/gore (a comic book equivalent to an R-rated movie).
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bendis Never Fails to Please,
By h Gregory Loring (Portland, Maine United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Powers Volume 3: Little Deaths (Paperback)
The third volume of the Powers saga continues the high quality story from the first two, and ends with a cliffhanger that will leave you dying for volume 4. While the main story is pretty short, there are a lot of fun extras. If you have not read Powers, you should.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite...,
By DGoldstein (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Powers Volume 3: Little Deaths (Paperback)
While continuing the Powers series with good art and writing, this is a somewhat uneventful edition. It doesn't really extend the characters, and once again involves the mysterious death of a superhero, however this time it really doesn't lend any great revelation. A large part of the book is taken up by a humerous but lightweight childrens coloring book. Really not as much bang for your buck as the prior volumes, but still a decent read.
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