The Power Fantasy Volume 1 by Kieron Gillen
2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS"A rich and rewarding story about existential questions when super-powered gods walk amongst us." —AIPT
It’s 1999. Six indescribably powerful people each have the destructive capability of America’s nuclear arsenal.
If they come into conflict, the world ends.
The Power Fantasy is a pop culture-infused, superpowered, Cold War thriller about the spying, scheming, and violence these people will do to avoid coming into open conflict.
Come dance to the ticking of the doomsday clock with KIERON GILLEN (The Wicked + The Divine, DIE) and CASPAR WIJNGAARD (Homesick Pilots, All Against All).
The eternal fight against fighting starts now.
Collects issues #1-5.
Kieron Gillen first came to attention as a comic writer with his 2006's Phonogram, with Jamie McKelvie. They continued to work together across the next fifteen year, culminating with smash hit The Wicked + the Divine. Since then he's had the pleasure of creating stories with other artists such as Stephanie Hans (DIE, We Called Them Giants) and Caspar Wijngaard (the current sensation, The Power Fantasy). He has worked on Marvel Comics biggest books, such as Immortal X-men, Young Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Star Wars, Eternals and Darth Vader, (where he co-created Doctor Aphra). In a previous life he was an award-winning pop-culture critic. In his current life, he tries to sleep more. He lives in Bath, UK.
Caspar Wijngaard is an award winning comic artist from the U.K.
He is Co-Creator of the IMAGE series HOME SICK PILOTS, ALL AGAINST ALL, LIMBO and ANGELIC and has worked on titles such as Marvel Star Wars, Batman Detective Comics and DC's Knight.
Caspar Wijngaard is an award winning comic artist from the U.K.
He is Co-Creator of the IMAGE series HOME SICK PILOTS, ALL AGAINST ALL, LIMBO and ANGELIC and has worked on titles such as Marvel Star Wars, Batman Detective Comics and DC's Knight.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781534395565 |
| ISBN 10 | 1534395563 |
| Title | The Power Fantasy Volume 1 |
| Author | Kieron Gillen |
| Series | Power Fantasy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Year published | 2025-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 136 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |