New Avengers #58
New Avengers #58 is the pivotal chapter of the 'Powerloss' arc — the storyline in which Jonas Harrow's Stark-tech-derived power-inhibiting device strips the team of their abilities, leaving Mockingbird as the sole unaffected defender, a showcase moment that cemented Bobbi Morse's post-Secret Invasion importance to Bendis's roster. The issue also dramatizes the Dark Reign era's defining tension: Norman Osborn simultaneously hunting the fugitive New Avengers and being leveraged by the very criminals he used as proxies, with Harrow using the power-dampener to corner Osborn and fracture the Hood's criminal empire from within. Running beneath the action is an emotionally grounded domestic thread — Jessica Jones arguing with her mother about raising Danielle Cage as a fugitive — that distinguished Bendis's New Avengers from traditional superhero fare and kept the series character-driven through its most action-heavy phase. The issue feeds directly into Luke Cage's surrender to H.A.M.M.E.R. custody so that Harrow can use the inhibitor to permit surgery on his unbreakable skin, a plot-device that forces the team into an agonizing moral compromise with their greatest enemy.
In New Avengers #58, the team battles the dark Avengers in a desperate fight for survival, barely escaping as Norman Osborn takes a wounded Luke Cage into custody. With the Hood back and his powers changed, he returns to find Jonas Harrow in control of his old empire. Meanwhile, Jessica Jones spirals when she learns the truth about her husband’s condition—Carol Danvers delivers the news with grim finality. As Harrow drains Cage’s power and Norman’s doctors prepare for surgery, the stakes for the fallen hero rise sharply. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Stuart Immonen, with cover art by Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger.
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The issue was written by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled by Stuart Immonen, with inks by Wade Von Grawbadger and colors by Dave McCaig — the creative team that had reunited for the 'Powerloss' arc beginning with issue #55, echoing their earlier collaboration on Ultimate Spider-Man. Edited by Tom Brevoort, it was published with an on-sale date of October 28, 2009 and a cover date of December 2009, placing it squarely inside Marvel's Dark Reign publishing initiative, which ran between Secret Invasion and Siege. The arc and this issue were subsequently collected in the trade paperback New Avengers Vol. 12: Powerloss and later in the New Avengers Deluxe Hardcover Vol. 7 (issues #55–64), as well as the New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 5 and, most recently, the New Avengers Omnibus Vol. 2 (2025).
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- Written by Brian Michael Bendis, penciled by Stuart Immonen, inked by Wade Von Grawbadger, and colored by Dave McCaig; edited by Tom Brevoort.
- On-sale date: October 28, 2009; cover date: December 2009 — published during Marvel's Dark Reign event, set between Secret Invasion and Siege.
- Central plot: Jonas Harrow deploys a power-dampening device (reverse-engineered from Stark technology) against both the New Avengers and Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers, then attempts to use it as a bargaining chip to displace the Hood within Osborn's Cabal.
- Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) is the only team member unaffected by Harrow's inhibitor — every superpowered teammate is incapacitated — making this issue her definitive 'badass normal' spotlight moment in the post-Secret Invasion era.
- Luke Cage, already suffering a heart attack from the device's effect on his body, is taken into H.A.M.M.E.R. custody; the team ultimately agrees to let Osborn's surgeons use Harrow's inhibitor to penetrate Cage's unbreakable skin and operate on him.
- The Hood (Parker Robbins) returns to discover that Harrow and much of his gang have broken ranks to negotiate directly with Osborn, marking a major fracture in the Hood's criminal empire during Dark Reign.
- A domestic subplot follows Jessica Jones confronting her mother about raising daughter Danielle Cage as a wanted fugitive — a recurring Bendis character-drama thread throughout this phase of the title.
- The 'Powerloss' arc (issues #55–58) has been collected in: New Avengers Vol. 12: Powerloss TPB, New Avengers Deluxe Hardcover Vol. 7, The Complete Collection Vol. 5, and the New Avengers Omnibus Vol. 2 (ISBN 978-1302965853, 2025).
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Reprinted in New Avengers #12 (2010), New Avengers #12 (2010), Marvel Icons #64 (2010), New Avengers #7 (2011), New Avengers #6 (2013), New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection #5 (2017), New Avengers Omnibus #2 (2025)
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