{"product_id":"9781621150398","title":"Empowered, Volume 1","description":"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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Adam Warren-writer\/artist of the English-language \u003ci\u003eDirty Pair\u003c\/i\u003e comics (the \u003ci\u003eoriginal\u003c\/i\u003e \"Original English-Language Manga\" before OEL was cool), and writer of \u003ci\u003eLivewires, Gen13,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIron Man: Hypervelocity-\u003c\/i\u003ecomes \u003ci\u003eEmpowered\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eEmpowered!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * Adam Warren's work on \u003ci\u003eThe Dirty Pair\u003c\/i\u003e is well-known to U.S. comics readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Warren's skill as a writer has brought him a variety of high-profile assignments in recent years from Wildstorm, DC, and Marvel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Mature Readers.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134558257392,"sku":"9781621150398","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621150398_p0.jpg?v=1763859481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621150398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}