1.0Joseph Mallozzi's Webloghttps://josephmallozzi.comJoseph Mallozzihttps://josephmallozzi.com/author/josephmallozzi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="i6ZcsTvmz9"><a href="https://josephmallozzi.com/2009/04/06/april-6-2009-powers-who-killed-retro-girl-written-by-brian-michael-bendis-illustrated-by-michael-avon-oemin/">April 6, 2009: Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?, written by Brian Michael Bendis, Illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://josephmallozzi.com/2009/04/06/april-6-2009-powers-who-killed-retro-girl-written-by-brian-michael-bendis-illustrated-by-michael-avon-oemin/embed/#?secret=i6ZcsTvmz9" width="600" height="338" title="“April 6, 2009: Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?, written by Brian Michael Bendis, Illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming” — Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog" data-secret="i6ZcsTvmz9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Comics have come a long way since I was a kid. Back then, it was all about heroes battling villains. Nowadays, in addition to villains, the heroes are battling themselves, each other, and the types of everyday problems usually reserved for the likes of regular Joe’s like you and me (but especially me). The stories…http://josephmallozzi.com/files/2009/04/powers.jpg?w=198