And lo, thus ends Empowered vol. 3, our first installment to finish with a (theoretically) suspenseful action scene. After this, every volume to follow would likewise end with a long, action-packed final story. While I appreciated the refreshing novelty of the first two books in the series ending with nonviolent scenes—unlike many or most comics I’d written before—I had such a great time with vol. 3’s climactic ninja fight that almost all the successive volumes would wrap up with action-y climaxes. (Empowered vol. 10 might be an arguable exception, as its last act is a pointed, prickly conversation—but the book does still end with a sudden act of shocking violence.)
Next, we’ll finish out vol.3 with some “Meta Emp content” and a few bonus pages—and a question about the book’s back cover—before we steam on to Empowered vol. 4. Huzzah!
-Adam Warren