Powers #21

Against a blood-red backdrop, a pale, dark-clad woman looms with outstretched clawed hands, her black gown swirling like smoke above two detectives — a woman and a man — both raising their guns in defiance. Michael Avon Oeming's cover work perfectly captures the noir tension that defines Powers, pairing bold graphic shapes with a genuine sense of threat. "Secret Identity Part Three" keeps Brian Michael Bendis and Oeming's crime-meets-superpowers series firing on all cylinders in 2006.