Powers #6

The cover of this 2000 Image title is a moody study in deep red and shadow — a lone caped silhouette hurls dramatically against a graffiti-tagged brick wall bearing the words "Kaotic Chic," all rendered in Michael Avon Oeming's stark, high-contrast linework. It's a quietly unsettling image that captures the noir atmosphere Powers built its reputation on, wrapping up the "Who Killed Retro Girl?" arc with issue #6. Brian Michael Bendis and Oeming's collaboration here delivers a cover that feels more like a crime scene photograph than a superhero splash — and that's very much the point.