Powers #3

Powers #3 brings the gritty, street-level superhero noir of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming to Marvel's Icon imprint in 2015, with the series also making waves as a live-action TV show on Sony's PlayStation Network. Oeming's cover artfully juxtaposes a close-up of a young blonde woman's face against the looming dark figure of a costumed, caped superhero behind her, a glowing blue energy crackling at the figure's fist — the contrast between the ordinary and the powered rendered in sharp, moody linework. It's a striking visual tension that captures exactly what makes Powers so compelling: the human and the superhuman uncomfortably sharing the same frame.