Powers #8

Powers #8 pulls you straight into the noir-drenched world of superhero homicide with a cover by Michael Avon Oeming that layers three sharp vignettes against a stark yellow background — a blue-shadowed detective gripping a gun, a man and a purple-haired woman surveying what looks like a crime scene, and a blond woman sprawled across a bed. "Psychotic Part Two" promises that Brian Michael Bendis and Oeming's gritty, street-level take on powered crime is well into its stride, and the praise splashed across the cover — including Entertainment Weekly comparing Bendis to Scorsese and Tarantino — signals exactly the kind of cinematic tension this series delivers.