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Michael Avon Oeming, Brian Michael Bendis: Powers Vol. 9 (Paperback, 2006, Marvel Comics) 4 stars

Reveals the origin of many Powers characters, focusing on Detective Christian Walker, and further expands …

Good "crime-of-the-week" stories..

3 stars

I'm liking this one a little more, mostly because I can see what they're setting up. I sort of wonder if some of this isn't like the "Citizen Kane" problem, where crime stories with superheroes weren't really a huge thing until this came onto the scene.

Anyways, this one had some interesting stories, although the magazine articles in there are sometimes a little long for my taste. I wish I had more of a feel for the two main characters, but Deena is definitely coming into her own as far as character development goes.

I picked up the next two volumes from the library today, so we'll see how those go.