Powers #15

Powers #15 kicks off a brand-new story arc with a cover that pulls you straight into the series' gritty, street-level world — a collage of hard-edged figures including a looming green-suited gunman, a woman in pink, a sharp-eyed man dominating the center, a blonde woman drawing a pistol near a police cruiser, and two more figures fleeing in the background. Michael Avon Oeming's bold, graphic compositions remain one of superhero crime fiction's great pleasures, here set against a striking split palette of orange, purple, and blue. With Brian Michael Bendis scripting "Supergroup Part One," this 2001 Image series continues to deliver the kind of stylish, detective-driven storytelling that made it essential reading.