Adult Animated Series Based On Dark Horse Comic POWERS by Brian Michael Bendis In the Works at Netflix

Netflix is in development on an animated series adaptation of the Dark Horse comic Powers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.

The adult cartoon series has Dark Horse Entertainment‘s Keith Goldberg and Chris Tongue on board as executive producers, with Bendis writing the pilot and Oeming aboard the visual development department.

This isn’t the first time a series has been developed around this comic. In 2015, the live-action PlayStation series of the same name debuted, and lasted for 2 seasons before it was canceled.

The synopsis reads, "Combining the tropes of the superhero genre with the police procedural genre, Powers follows two Chicago homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, who work in cases involving super powers."

Bendis said of that original project back in 2015 (via CBM), "It's a homicide detective show set in a world where there are superheroes. I say it's also about how media and celebrity culture treat superheroes. Some of them are glorified.

Some are like one-hit wonders. We investigate all of this from the dead body on up. What's interesting is one of our detectives used to be a superhero whose Powers were taken away, Christian Walker."

This animated series should follow the comics closely, as the show is led by its creators. Hopefully fans get the adaptation they’re looking for in this project. Stay tuned for updates as it moves forward at Netflix.