Panel 1: Before any geeks out there start typing “Um, actually” about how electrical incapacitation like this would really work, let me hasten to clarify for you that the Empverse, like most if not all superhero universes, uses a narratively convenient, fictional-trope form of unconsciousness. Like the chloroform seen in the previous story—and blows to the head or other concussive trauma seen throughout the series—an Elektroshock™ discharge here induces a scene-changing bout of unconsciousness that is, technically speaking, extraordinarily unrealistic. I know that perfectly well, and don’t care. So, pipe down, “Um, actually” geeks. (In fact, if I ever get around to exploring the issue in depth, I’ve devised a fairly wacky “No-Prize” explanation for how the Empverse’s form of narratively convenient unconsciousness works.)

Panel 3: Once again, bungled Emp’s proportions in this shot as I lazily attempted to draw her figure cut off within the panel’s borders. Don’t do this, artists. Bad practice, to put it mildly.

Panels 4-6: As I have absolutely no comprehension of musical notation whatsoever, for this scene I conscientiously went the extra mile—or extra Google search, at least—to dig up sheet music for an actual tango throughout this sequence. Yay?

Panel 5: Enjoy that too-skinny waist, 2007-era Emp! That’s not a figure-drawing trait that occurs in present-day Empowered, to (again) put it mildly.

-Adam Warren