This week, Dark Horse Comics releases the first issue of Powers 25 from legendary creators Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. One of the longest-running independent comics, the Eisner Award-winning cops and capes epic returns like you’ve never seen it before and today we’re taking a look at new preview pages.
The 12-issue ongoing series is written by Bendis (Daredevil, Masterpiece, Ultimate Spider-Man), illustrated by Oeming (Murder Inc., Blue Book, William of Newbury), colored by Nick Filardi (The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion, Deadpool 2099), and lettered by Joshua Reed (Where Monsters Lie, Joy Operations).
Each issue of the series will also feature brand new art by Dark Horse all-star creators such as Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), David Mack (Kabuki), Scott Hepburn (Minor Threats), Eric Powell (The Goon), Jill Thompson (Beasts of Burden), and more. The first issue will include cover art by Oeming, Mignola, Mack, and David Marquez (Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man). Take a look at the cover designs below:
n a world where superheroes soar through the sky, follow detectives and crime fighters on the dirty city streets below. Assigned to the powers special cases, they face the worst their city has to offer.
This new tale is a fun, dangerous, adult look at a world of heroes through the eyes of special homicide officer Detective Kutter and her brand-new partner, and the first power to ever make the powers division, Moebius Moon. Under the watchful eyes of legendary Captains Deena Pilgrim and Enki Sunrise, the new detectives run through a minefield of all-new dangers. A new unsolvable powers murder has Kutter and Moon questioning EVERYTHING about the world and their place in it.
Feast your eyes on new fully-lettered page previews below:
Powers 25 #1 (of 12) releases in stores on September 10, 2025. Pre-order your physical copy at Forbidden Planet or pickup a digital copy from Amazon Comixology.
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