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Powers, Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Brian Michael Bendis
3.0

Unlike most comic fans I enjoy a lot of bendis stuff. I know some of it isn't loved (X-men and most current comics from here) but I still like a lot of it. I especially LOVE his Daredevil/Ultimate Spider-man run.

So I decided to try out powers. Always seemed like a cool subject matter. Have regular officers deal with superhero issues. Basic right? However built it's in own world it could really turn out to be something very interesting.

What I liked: Christian Walker and Deena make a good combo. Christian typical badass who seems not to want to be bothered by anyone, including his new rookie partner. However the more you get to know each of them the more you understand their difference of how they were raised and also why they are bitter in different ways. On top of that I enjoyed the art a lot. Reminded me of the 90's batman type cartoon feel. The dialog was also a lot of fun, especially at the end. The last Confession room scene was great.

What I didn't like: Some of the dialog was too much. Sometimes taking forever to get to the end of the page because of needless dialog about nothing or repeats. Also the plot feels a little "been there done that" which is surprise since I really was sucked into Jessica Jones which is a very "detective" feel as well.

Overall I enjoyed it. Some flaws but I want to get more invested in this world. At the moment I'd give it a 3-3.5. Let's see how much better it gets!