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FX Greenlights "Powers"
According to reports, the FX network has greenlit an adaptation of the 2000 police procedural comic book series "Powers", created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and illustrator Michael Avon Oeming.
The series' first volume was published by Image Comics, 2000 to 2004. Subsequent volumes, beginning in 2004 have been published by Marvel Comics as a part of their Icon imprint.
"...'Powers' is set in a world where superpowers are relatively common but not mundane, following the lives of homicide police detectives 'Christian Walker' and 'Deena Pilgrim', devoted to cases that involve people with superpowers.
"Walker used to be the costumed vigilante 'Diamond', but became a cop after he lost his abilities. Though stripped of his powers, he still retains his contacts within the superhero community, becoming engaged to an ex-colleague, who is later killed.
"'Deena Pilgrim' contracted her superpowers during a fight with an underworld thug named the 'Bug'. As a result of this, she unintentionally kills her abusive boyfriend in self-defense, then hides the evidence, after coming under investigation by Internal Affairs..."
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According to reports, the FX network has greenlit an adaptation of the 2000 police procedural comic book series "Powers", created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and illustrator Michael Avon Oeming.
The series' first volume was published by Image Comics, 2000 to 2004. Subsequent volumes, beginning in 2004 have been published by Marvel Comics as a part of their Icon imprint.
"...'Powers' is set in a world where superpowers are relatively common but not mundane, following the lives of homicide police detectives 'Christian Walker' and 'Deena Pilgrim', devoted to cases that involve people with superpowers.
"Walker used to be the costumed vigilante 'Diamond', but became a cop after he lost his abilities. Though stripped of his powers, he still retains his contacts within the superhero community, becoming engaged to an ex-colleague, who is later killed.
"'Deena Pilgrim' contracted her superpowers during a fight with an underworld thug named the 'Bug'. As a result of this, she unintentionally kills her abusive boyfriend in self-defense, then hides the evidence, after coming under investigation by Internal Affairs..."
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