I really liked the concept here, and the plot was pretty good. The main character of the detective was fine, and the kid was interesting. The female partner was really annoying and not at all believable as a police office. Did she even detect anything? The art is not in a style I personally care for, but it worked fine for the tone of the story and it wasn't too hard to tell characters apart (despite all females having the same stereotypical comic figure).A high three (3.4, say, not quite enough...

This is a cool police detective story. I like how Brian Michael Bendis writes the dialogues making it as real talk, how people talks in real life. Also, the mood of police investigation and how the murder affect the rest of people in the city is well managed. I like that Bendis didn't treat the readers as idiots since there are too evident clues about the case but he uses the partner of the lead investigator to speak out the doubts and hints that we got along the reading. Highly recommended.

My first introduction to Bendis's creator owned work and it's rather good.The art is simplistic but it grows on you.I have to read more of this before I make a definitive opinion.

Another interesting take on superhero comics. In fact this is more police procedural set in world of superheros and villains. Dialogues are believable and very well written and this comic manages to involve people with superpowers and still retain atmosphere of good detective book/tv show.Who killed the retro girl is great great volume 1 and I can tell already I'm going to love this series.

Didn't overly care for this one. Just didn't click for me.

Who killed Retro Girl? All of America is asking themselves this question on the day the body of Retro Girl, a globally beloved superhero and American sweetheart, is found, throat slit and neck broken, outside an elementary school in the city she worked and (presumably) lived in.It's up to Detective Captain Christian Walker and his new partner, former SWAT member Deena Pilgrim, to answer that question and bring the criminal to justice.Retro Girl's somewhat dangerous ties to crime boss Jonny Ro

Indie-Punk hard-ass Deena Pilgrim always wanted to work in the 55th Precinct with the man with a huge physique, super broad shouldered, dark haired, veteran Walker, so effective in bringing down super powered villains; and she finally gets her chance, just as they get the 'Who Killed Retro Girl' case - the savage killing of one of the world's most loved female superheroes!Calista is a little girl orphaned by a crime; Pilgrim & Walker have to baby sit for a few days. The humour around Calista's f...

There's a reason I keep going back to the well and reading this series again and again. Because it's fantastic! This is peak Bendis to me. The dialog is spot on. The stories are interesting. The chemistry between Walker and Pilgrim is excellent. Bendis is top notch at writing crime comics and police procedurals. This is a bit of both. I love all the little easter eggs Bendis and Oeming throw in there too, with other creators' superheros showing up in those little interview segments. Here you had...

A charming detective drama that focuses on law enforcement in the world of caped heroes. There's a gritty wit about this universe that's accentuated by the simplistic, cartoon-ish art style which is contrastingly comprised of a lot of sharp lines and shadows. It's interesting, if a little slow and sluggish at times, and sets up a series that's has potential to be one of the stand out crime noir comic entries.

Here’s Brian Michael Bendis’ formula for this series:Throw in a pinch of The Incredibles and a dash of Raymond Chandler and you have Powers.The skinny: Retro Girl, a seemingly invulnerable super hero has been murdered and it’s up to Detective Christian Walker and his new partner Deena Pilgrim to solve the case.Walker harbors a deep secret, one that he does not easily reveal.Along the way, Walker is saddled with a child, Calista, from a police raid.And kids ask the gosh darndest questions.The inv...

This is #96 of the top 100 graphic novels list.I loved this interesting new telling of the super-hero world.Heroes can lose their powers at any time, invulnerable heroes can be killed. Even the villains can occasionally be helpful.Fascinating!Christian is the powerful detective leading an investigation in the death of the most popular hero ever, Retro Girl. He also acquires a young girl who was the victim of a hostage situation. He ends up kind of babysitting her while waiting for an absent CPS

It is only on Brian Bendis’ creator-owned properties that one can get pure unadulterated Bendis. He crafts his stories for trades, often in six-issue, decompressed arc. His signature has always been to bombard his panels with word balloons and caption boxes with dialogue, quips and swearing. He is indeed a potty mouth and only here in the Icon imprint that he can indulge himself, although the occasional damn and hell do sprout from the mouths of his corporate superheroes. Powers is a police p...

This was my second time reading Who Killed Retro Gir, but it had been 8 yearsish since I'd originally picked this up, so this was basically a fresh do-over for me.I didn't remember whodunnit or why they'd dunnit, and I'd certainly forgotten why all the heroes seemed to trust the main character, Christian. The gist is that this cop gets saddled with a little girl and a new/nosey partner on the same day that the heroine named Retro Girl turns up dead.Things happen, secrets are revealed, friendship...

Bendis' mash-up of the noir and super genres was at the time quite innovative, and even today it remains one of the best. That's in large part thanks to Bendis' strong, fun writing paired with Oeming's great, stylized artwork.The heart of the book is the characters. They immediately leap off the page and make you want to learn more about Walker, Deena, and even Callista (who seems like just a one-off here, but would take on greater importance throughout the series). What's particularly notable i...

Powers is a clever blending of superhero and noir crime/mystery fiction. Superheroes not only exist, but they are a normal part of the landscape in this world. And they can end up both as murder victims and perpetrators.Detective Christian Walker hides a past that is interconnected with superheroes who are involved in the latest murder case, Retro Girl, a seemingly invulnerable crimefighter who is found with her throat slit in a playground underneath a spray-painted phrase, "Kaotic Chick."This p...

This is my second or third time through this series. And if anything, I'm enjoying it more this time around. This is one of the rare superhero comics that you don't have to know anything about superheros to enjoy. (The few others I can think of are The Authority and Astro city.) Truth is, in many ways, this isn't a comic about superheroes. Or rather, I should say it's not *just* a comic about heroes. It's more a mystery and a police procedural than anything. As the main characters are cops that

Powers vol. 1 had a pretty slow and sloppy start, but at about midpoint it picks up the pace and becomes actually a pretty enjoyable read. Not the best thing by Bendis I've read so far (the best would probably be Alias, with Scarlet a close second), but it's just volume one, and I am really interested to see where this story will go in the following books.

This book was great! I've never read a comic where there is an investigation into the death of a superhero. People just don't go around murdering superheroes. But this time someone did. This was part police procedural, part superhero comic, and part super awesome! I can't wait to read the rest of this.

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....

It's a murder mystery in a world like ours but full of people with superpowers.It starts out alright. The indestructible Retro Girl is found dead. Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim try to find out who did it.My favorite part is when the police couldn't perform an autopsy on Retro Girl's corpse...Nothing can pierces her skin. At one point they even apply a blowtorch on her and still her skin is unscathed. And when Walker and Pilgrim asked the (parody of famous) superheroes and villain...