Empowered, Volume 6

Thematic BuddyRead with that gang we shouldn’t even be admitting to belonging to (but somehow proudly emblazon it wherever we go), the Shallow Comic Readers.*Criteria: An embarrassing amount of jugs on display*Here's a cheery beginning to a comic that's been mostly about fun and frolic for five previous volumes - here's the greatest hits of the downer moments we occasionally saw, all re-presented early on to get your motor revving:- Blubbering confessions of inadequacy by the main protagonist- [...]

The intensity continues where it left off from the last volume. Way more superhero-y than ever before, but because we know the characters so well, the suspense has you on the edge of your seat! Really interesting new storyline with the dead capes. Interesting that Willy Pete has been put on the back burner again. He can't be vanquished soon enough! Another great villain with Death Monger, wonder if we've seen the last of him. So sorry d-bag Havoc survied his nuclear outnurst, btw. Can't stand hi [...]

The bit I like most? The totally blase reaction the media has to the deaths of several superheroes. It's not just that they're not surprised. No, they have a betting pool on which supervillains are going to do the most damage. It's entertainment for the media, and it's gruesome in a way that tells you how little superheroes are thought of once they're gone. Superheroes are in it for the ego, or for the pure exercise of power, or simply to get laid. The world praises them, flatters them, and then [...]

The next volume can't come out soon enough and I mean that. The series is progressing at an incredibly rapid rate and I'm really jonesing for my next Empowered fix. The last volume ended on a pretty sad note, with the death of Mindf__. Sistah Spooky is heartbroken and practically comatose with grief. To make matters worse, she can't get her dead ex out of her mind literally. This really shows us a deeper aspect to Spooky's character and also opens up the door for a different sort of relationship [...]

Artist and writer Adam Warren pulls out all the stops in what was initially going to be the final volume of his parody series. Following the disastrous mission of the previous collection, Empowered and her allies must bury their dead. Discovering that a hero's powers may live on after death, a villain who can raise the dead opts to gather an army to battle the living. Pitted against a legion of former capes, Emp must overcome her own fears of mortality to rescue her friends from certain doom. Ca [...]

This book continues to impress with it's sense of humor and unexpectedly good characterization. Bits like the radio call-in show for superhero fans where one fan is excited that an obscure villain he had in his fantasy league helped his team rank by killing a whole bunch of heroes is a really clever take on fandom. I always find the action scenes in this book are less interesting than everything else and that's still the case here. Warren also seems to constantly get caught up in overly written [...]

There's some really great sections, but it takes a little while for this volume to really get going. There was a lot of really interesting world-building in this volume, which is somewhat unexpected for the series but really welcome. There's still a good amount of character development and humor. The art for the series is usually about the same in each volume, but the action sequences were pretty good in this one, and there were more than usual. The slower beginning and middle are the only major [...]

Warren continues his gradual, subtle, yet amazing world building. I love that the stakes on what started out as a silly, vapid story have gotten so big. Every volume this continues to grow from an almost one note joke into something so big and easy to get lost on. Like all the rest I blew through this one and am ready to start the next one! I'm hoping we can get some big plot resolution in that issue, although I'm okay with things continuing to build like they have.

This series is more than it appears to be, more in fact than it purports to be. It presents itself on face value as an exploitative, borderline misogynistic effort and that may be its conception. It is however in fact anything but, its hilarious for starters, the characters are engaging, the overall story is multi layered and the stories in each book are well written.The art work is in pencils and its the best example of pencil work I've seen.

It is hard to image that a graphic novel that has a heroine who is almost naked nearly all the time would be one of the best comic out there, but that is the reality. Volume five is probably the high bar that the series has set, but volume 6 is a very strong continuation of Emp's story as a hero and a person. We also get fun side stories for her friends and I'm looking forward to whatever crazy shit happens next.

2017-07-17Once the ball gets rolling on this series it's non stop plot threads. Makes me wonder if we'll ever get to meet Mindf--k's brother. Emp is getting stronger than ever, except yet again no one fully knows how great she is except us readers and the douchecapes are treating her WORSE than ever. Coming up next, more ninja madness and a journey through hell!!

This was brilliant, I want more, but I found out the next volume won't be out for a while, it isn't even available to pre-order, c'mon Warren, get with it, I want me more scantily clad heroine action!

By the time you get to volume 6 you should pretty much know what to expect ;-)

I'll keep this short: Empowered becomes totally badass in this book, and it is impossible not to love it (and her) for it.

Mostly incoherent, and far too wrapped up in the plot and going for shock value to pay attention to the little character moments that made this series more than just T&A.

When is the next volume out, please?

Great book, story moved along nicely. I might be getting burnt out on this though.

As usual, consistently well-written and beautifully drawn. Adam Warren manages to keep a great balance between silly and thoughtful.

Another empowered book with the same humour and 4th panel satire.