Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? The Definitive Collection
Image · 2000 · 1 issue
About the series
In 2000, Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming launched their groundbreaking Image Comics series Powers with this definitive collection of its debut storyline. The murder of beloved superhero Retro Girl forces detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim to navigate a gritty, noir-infused world where super-powered beings are celebrities, suspects, and victims. Bendis’s sharp, dialogue-driven writing and Oeming’s bold, expressionistic art establish the tone for the entire long-running series, blending police procedural with superhero mythology. This collection matters as the essential starting point for one of the most acclaimed independent cape-and-crime sagas of the 2000s.