Empowered Volume 6

This is turning into an actual superhero comic, albeit with a lot of bondage, but still.  It has a plot, it builds on things that have come before and the heroes actually do heroic things.  A little disturbing, and not mainstream, but I guess I'm enjoying it.

Empowered Volume 5

This volume of Empowered was sort of all over the place. I would have thought that with the end of Volume 4 that Emp would have a little more confidence and a little more backbone. Nope. She's back to being very needy. This volume focuses more on the supporting cast than it does on Empowered herself but the only story I really liked was the last one.

The last story in the volume was very powerful and I'd like to see more of this in future volumes. It was touching and funny and cool. Sure, the Caged Demonwolf is always amusing but Emp overcoming is a better story.

I'll give it a 3.

Empowered Volume 4

In Empowered Volume 4 Adam Warren sets out to tell a story that's a little more mature than what he's done before. Emp is gaining confidence and it's making better stories than her costume being torn to rags and used to tie her up. Even things that happened earlier in the volume had bearing on what happened later. A story is emerging. I'm honestly surprised considered where the character has come from. I'll give it a 4.

Empowered Volume 3

I can't believe I read these books.

I can't believe I like these books.

But I do. Empowered Volume 3 by Adam Warren is more of the same superhero comedy craziness of a girl who wants to be a better hero but whose fragile supersuit, and fragile self esteem, keep her to the D-list. Even though it's really an excuse to draw a pretty girl all tied up, Warren does make the effort to have a story and to move it along. He reveals Emp's alter ego, what's up with Ninjette (her real name as well) and more of Thug Boy's past as a witless minion. I think one has to be familiar with the superhero genre to really get some of the humour but it does make me laugh. It gets a 4 from me.