Empowered

Adam Warren's Empowered (Dark Horse, 2007–present) is a long-running, creator-owned series that deconstructs superhero tropes through its hapless, bondage-prone title character. Warren writes and draws every issue, blending sharp humor, explicit content, and genuine character growth over its 12-issue run. The series matters for its unflinching, often meta look at power dynamics and self-esteem in a genre that rarely interrogates them so directly.