Powers #10

Michael Avon Oeming's cover for this 2005 Icon series entry sets a taut, noir-drenched tone: a determined woman in a blue jacket holds a gun while a cascade of photographs swirls behind her, and a shadowy silhouetted figure in the foreground raises a weapon in her direction. The tension between those two figures — one fully rendered, one lost in darkness — captures exactly the kind of street-level, cops-and-capes atmosphere that made Powers a standout series. Brian Michael Bendis and Oeming bring that same energy to "Psychotic Part Four," the latest chapter in what promises to be a gripping arc.