For some reason, and I honestly can't say why because I can't remember, this series has been on my Amazon wishlist for YEARS. Its like one of the first things I put on my Amazon wishlist. I couldn't remember why. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that Adam Warren worked on Gen13 and Livewires, which are both comics I enjoyed greatly.

This first volume begins with a bunch of much shorter comics, with a very loose connecting plot (that is Empowered being...well...constantly kidnapped). As you can tell the art is influenced by manga and as the book progresses gets better and more defined, though its still a lot of shading.

I think my favorite 'comic' was "Best Laid Plans" in which Sistah Spooky, Empowered, Ninjette and Thugboy are their very young selves describing how they hope their adult years will turn out (which...yeah.). Warren wins for by far the creepiest, most sickening villain ever crafted however with Willy Pete! I could hear this creep's voice and what he does to folk...god...

This isn't a comic for everyone. There's sex, a whole lot of bondage, scantily clad women, racial, gender and species insults and it really might not make you think too great of superheroes. If you can move past the lots of sex and ignore the mental image of what Willy Pete does to his victims this is a humorous, oftentimes tarnished look at what it takes to be a superhero in a world where your online presence means more than your heroics. ( )

I really enjoyed this. Turns superheroes on their heads. Sometimes literally. ( )

A funny, sexy send-up of superhero conventions, presented in Adam Warren's inimitable faux-manga style. ( )

Completely rediculous in a fun and irreverent way. What apparently started out as a series of bondage pieces for a client turned into a funny and smart, sightly risque (?) comic that I really enjoyed. Empowered herself has low self esteem but honestly she is an amazing character. Constantly getting caught out by her crazy inconvenient superpower providing costume she is still willing to go out and get her butt kicked. She doesn't always fail either there are definitely times when she actually does go out and kick butt. I liked the crazy background on the rest of the superhero's too. I am very curious where Sistah Spooky's story is going. ( )

Completely rediculous in a fun and irreverent way. What apparently started out as a series of bondage pieces for a client turned into a funny and smart, sightly risque (?) comic that I really enjoyed. Empowered herself has low self esteem but honestly she is an amazing character. Constantly getting caught out by her crazy inconvenient superpower providing costume she is still willing to go out and get her butt kicked. She doesn't always fail either there are definitely times when she actually does go out and kick butt. I liked the crazy background on the rest of the superhero's too. I am very curious where Sistah Spooky's story is going. ( )