EmpoweredVolume 1

Not only is costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she wears a skintight and cruelly revealing "supersuit" that only magnifies her body-image insecurities.

Worse yet, the suit's unreliable powers are prone to failure, repeatedly leaving her in appallingly distressing situations...and giving her a shameful reputation as the lamest "cape" in the masks-and-tights business.

Nonetheless, she pluckily braves the ordeals of her bottom-rung superheroic life with the help of her "thugalicious" boyfriend (and former Witless Minion) and her hard-drinking ninja girlfriend, not to mention the supervillainous advice from the caged alien demonlord watching DVDs from atop her coffee table...From Adam Warren - writer/artist of the English-language "Dirty Pair" comics (the original "Original English-Language Manga" before OEL was cool), and writer of "Livewires", "Gen13 and Iron Man: Hypervelocity" - comes Empowered, a butt-kicking, bootylicious superhero lampoon that raises the bar for long-john lust and low-brow laughs.

Remove all previous notions of superhero entertainment from your puny mind...and prepare to be Empowered!