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Empowered Volume 1 Kindle & comiXology

by Adam Warren (Author), Various (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 286 ratings
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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!

 * Adam Warren's work on The Dirty Pair is well-known to U.S. comics readers.

* Warren's skill as a writer has brought him a variety of high-profile assignments in recent years from Wildstorm, DC, and Marvel.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00A7H2N2Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (March 20, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 20, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 406363 KB
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Adam Warren was born in 1967 and is an American comic book writer and artist who is most famous for his adaptation of the characters known as Dirty Pair into an American comic books. He is also known for being one of the first American commercial illustrators to be influenced by the general manga style. He has contributed to several Gen¹³ comics, worked as writer and character designer for the Marvel Comics series Livewires, and has done numerous freelance works. His two latest projects are Iron Man: Hypervelocity and Empowered.

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Rorke
5.0 out of 5 stars A Surprising Delight!
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2010
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This is one of those purchases I was a little iffy about, but I'm SO glad I did get it! It has wide appeal...let's see...
1. manga fans
2. superhero fans
3. superhero satire fans
4. T&A factor
5. lovers of clever, original writing

I *rarely* laugh aloud reading or watching a movie, etc. But this book had several spots where I just busted up, prompting family members to yell from other rooms, "Hey! What's so funny???" Empowered is a likeable, sympathetic character. The penciled artwork is beautiful.
There is lots of sex and suggestiveness here, so it's not for kids. My 9yr old really wanted a look at it. I told him it's not a kids' book, but did read him the short story where the bad guy steals her suit. Nothing like a loss of bodily functions and a bad guy whimpering, "Mommy!" to make a kid laugh.

Adam Warren does a great job explaining to the reader why Empowered #1 is made up of short stories, through bit monologues Emp gives between stories. This lets the reader know that this is just an introduction of sorts. Character development starts to come into play towards the end of the book. And volume two has promised to have longer stories. I ordered the rest of the series today.

EDIT: I was NOT disappointed with the other volumes. Yay! Mr Warren develops the charaters nicely, and the story lines are interesting. I have the latest one on pre-order.
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Betsy lang
5.0 out of 5 stars Cheesecake with Substance? No really. Cheesecake with Substance.
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2009
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Yes, the origin of Empowered (nickname Emp) is the creator being commissioned to draw a super sexy superheroine all bondaged up with her costume ripped to shreds. Not an auspicious beginning, no? Okay, but! BUT! Emp is a real person. She has a rather silly problem with self-esteem, meaning that it's incredible low, but in a world of slinky super models and Sexy-scary Sista Spookeh (the Raven-esque sup who has declared Girl-War upon our Emp), a super sexy though hippy superhero in a skin tight costume doesn't really have a chance. You'd hope becoming a hero and winning a few battles would help her and it might have, but her supersuit is gossamer thin and ridiculously fragile. Emp can get shot and survive, but a rose-thorn induced scratch to her costume makes the thing useless, resulting in Emp getting tied up and laughed at. This pretty much kills any hope of Emp getting over her self-consciousness. It could become annoying if it'd just have been Emp. Thank goodness we got Thug-Boy, Ninjette and Demonwolf (destroyer of world, defiler of universes etc etc), to be Emp thus-absent support group. Strangely all Emp's friends were originally kind of sort of villians, and they have her back in battles, training and emotional and verbal mood lifting. Even the Demonwolf, who is just waiting to escape form the belt Emp imprisoned him in, has been known to yell Emp out of her selfpitying worst.
The art is stellar, being both sexual and occasionally very violent, without confusing the two. Yes there is danger, yes there are highly sexual situations. And yet never once did I get that "Oh crap Emp gonna get raped" feeling, and it's all because the author thankfully avoids any "creepiness" due to an unspoke rule about not crossing the line from oogling Sups and tying Emp up to straight up sexual assault. So no worries there.
I cannot recommend this book series more. The straight up meta is reserved to the title pages, the short story format allows the author to give you the perfect length of story, and yes you'll get sex and fighting and honest human responses to superhuman situations.
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4.0 out of 5 stars American Manga Sexy and Good!
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2010
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I ordered #2 and #1, but #2 came first, even though they were in the same order. Go figure. By the time I'd finished #2 (in one sitting), I was hitting the tracking on #1 because I liked it so much. After I read this one, I promptly bought every volume available.

First, I'm not a huge fan of Manga, but the influence here works. The characters work, and they are unique. One of my problems with Manga and Anime is that all the characters look exactly the same except for their clothing and their hair. They are icons, not characters. I have the same problem with virtually every title that comes out of Top Cow. But here it works, and it works because each character is distinctive. They each have distinctive characteristics and are drawn beautifully. The art really stands out. The action scenes, the sex scenes are a blur of motion, but it's wonderful and it's funny. The writing is superb as well. You feel for the characters. You identify with Thug, and your heart breaks for Emma and there's not a guy alive that wouldn't love to be dating her. Her insecurity, combined with her charm and humor and sexiness all make her irresistible.

At first glance, I would've just though this was mere soft porn, soft bondage, and there's a touch of that, but it's brought to life with humor. There's something very infectious about the work. Warren's pencils are just amazing, clean where they should be clean, dirty where they should be dirty with an eye for the action and the character. The expressions are subtle and that makes it all the more human and all the more hilarious.

If I'm gushing it's because I've fallen in love with the series. Volume 1 is a collection of very short pieces, which serve to bring life and background to a few of the characters. Volume 2 has longer stories and is a little more complex (but not by too much) and has some beautifully drawn scenes. The pages explode with characters and action and humor. Warren is a real find, and whether or not he really considers himself an "artist", and whether or not he ever gets his perfect gig writing and letting someone else do all the tedious drawing, he and his work are just stylish and a lot of fun. I'm a new fan.
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Cliente Kindle
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny
Reviewed in Brazil on May 15, 2020
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It started a little slow but suddenly it becomes addictive. I barely could stop Mosela from reading untill the last page.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing comic! **Definitely for adults** Very cool art style
Reviewed in Canada on October 4, 2016
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Amazing comic! **Definitely for adults**
Very cool art style, hilarious dialogue and scenarios.
I'm absolutely going to buy Volume 2.
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Furniture and your home
5.0 out of 5 stars The other reviewers is better than mine
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2013
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Please read the other reviews they all speak the truth! (so why add to their already intelligent views?) I just wanted to raise my voice to praise of Adam warren and this fabulous tome. I bought this on the recommendation of comic book girl 19 so please check her out for other fine reviews. This book just plasters a huge ear to ear smile on my face (manga esque?) when i read it. Super sexy without being sexist in a comic book? that's a skillfully trodden thin line. Also the humor evident in every frame is dryly delivered. All in all a very silky, accomplished and FUN experience.
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punolino
5.0 out of 5 stars WYSIWYG
Reviewed in Germany on January 15, 2013
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Genau was ich erwartet hatte...

Toll gezeichnetes Comic das sich von japanischen Mangas und von den Heldencomics aus Amerika inspirieren lässt.
Die Heldin ist toll gezeichnet und der Witz kommt nicht zu kurz. Mal was ganz anderes...
bin gespannt auf die anderen Titel.
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ぷおーん
5.0 out of 5 stars 日本っぽさを感じるスーパーヒロインコミック！
Reviewed in Japan on July 10, 2015
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ポンコツヒーローであるエンパワードちゃんの日常漫画です。

まずエロい。なんせエロい。お話は小難しくなく、8割がトラブル発生→縛られる(ギャグボールもかまされる)→オチ。清々しい程の作者の趣味全開です。

エンパワードちゃんだけでなく、親友のニンジェットちゃんも可愛いです。「アメコミヒロインなんてゴリラ女ばっかだろ？」と思っているあなた。そんなことはありません！アメリカにもいわゆる「萌え」的な要素を体得した作家もいるんです！

アメコミを苦手に感じる人にこそ読んでもらいたい一冊です。
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