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EISNER-WINNING comics writer Brian Michael Bendis has a knack for creating female characters that resonate with readers. From Jessica Jones to Layla Miller and Daisy Johnson, he’s got a stable of creations who leap off the page. In 2019 he added Naomi McDuffie (aka Powerhouse), a teen discovering her metahuman origins, to his list of bespoke DC heroes.
Bendis’s six-issue run (a collaboration with co-writer David F Walker and artist Jamal Campbell) caught the attention of Ava DuVernay, and writer Jill Blankenship, who tells Red Alert how besotted she became with the character after reading the comics following a meeting with DuVernay.
