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- Cover date
- August 2004
- In stores
- June 30, 2004
- Pages
- 36
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- Powerless [Part 1] · Powerless · 22 pages
William Watts wakes up from a coma where he has been dreaming of a world peopled by costumed superheroes only to find the everyday world of his life to be a little mundane. He has a first session with Peter Parker, a worker for Stark Industries, whose arm has been horribly disfigured by a spider bite. He is asked to assist in a court case where blind attorney Matt Murdock is defending Frank Castle against charges of murder, but when Watts finds that the Kingpin is involved, he refuses to be an expert witness. Watts is accosted by a killer sporting bionic claws attached to his wrists.
Publisher’s description
What Makes a hero? Is it his actions, or is it the results of those actions? Powerless explores what it means to be a hero in very human terms. By re-imagining Marvel's most popular characters without superhuman powers, this series will strip down to the core heroes we have all come to know and love. These characters - including Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan - were fated to be heroes. Just because Peter Parker wasn't bitten by a radioactive spider doesn't mean he didn't do battle with a madman named Norman Osborn. Matt Murdock? Blinded, yes - but with no heightened senses. However, he did become a legal champion of the poor in Hell's Kitchen, and he did cross paths with Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. And Logan is, of course, the enigmatic - and amnesiac - drifter on the run from his past.
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Powerless (2005)