Empowered, Vol. 1

Empowered, Vol. 1

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Not only is costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she wears a skintight and cruelly revealing "supersuit" that only magnifies her body-image insecurities. Worse yet, the suit's unreliable powers are prone to failure, repeatedly leaving her in appallingly distressing situations... and giving her a shameful reputation as the lamest "cape" in the masks-and-tights business. Nonetheless, she pluckily braves the ordeals of her bottom-rung superheroic life with the help of her "thugalicious" boyfriend (and former Witless Minion) and her hard-drinking ninja girlfriend, not to mention the supervillainous advice from the caged alien demonlord watching DVDs from atop her coffee table . . .<br><br>From Adam Warren-writer/artist of the English-language <i>Dirty Pair</i> comics (the <i>original</i> "Original English-Language Manga" before OEL was cool), and writer of <i>Livewires, Gen13,</i> and <i>Iron Man: Hypervelocity-</i>comes <i>Empowered</i>, a butt-kicking, bootylicious superhero lampoon that raises the bar for long-john lust and low-brow laughs. Remove all previous notions of superhero entertainment from your puny mind... and prepare to be <i>Empowered!<br> <br></i> * Adam Warren's work on <i>The Dirty Pair</i> is well-known to U.S. comics readers.<br><br>* Warren's skill as a writer has brought him a variety of high-profile assignments in recent years from Wildstorm, DC, and Marvel.<br><br><i>For Mature Readers.</i>