Powers #8

Powers #8 kicks off a brand-new story arc with "Role Play Part One," and Michael Avon Oeming's cover announces it with a striking comic-strip collage of the series' ensemble — detectives, a fallen woman in red, a masked figure with glowing eyes, a glamorous blonde, and a shadowy heroine at the center, all radiating outward in a bold starburst layout. The design captures the series' gritty noir-meets-superhero atmosphere perfectly, weaving together multiple characters whose stories are clearly about to intersect. Brian Michael Bendis and Oeming are clearly hitting their stride in 2000, and this is a compelling entry point for the arc ahead.