Powers #8

Powers is back — and this eighth issue announces it loud and clear with a cover by Michael Avon Oeming that puts a sharp-dressed federal agent front and center, flashing a badge and ID wallet straight at the reader with confident swagger. The banner across the top says it all: "We're Back!! All New!!" — and Oeming's stylized, shadow-heavy linework gives the figure an effortlessly cool edge that feels right at home in this world where law enforcement collides with superhuman crime. If you've been waiting to jump back into Bendis and Oeming's gritty procedural universe, 2012's Powers #8 is making a very deliberate point that the door is wide open.