The Power Fantasy Volume 1 - by Kieron Gillen Paperback

About the Book

"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"--

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

IGN, Best Comics of 2024
NEWSARAMA, Best Comics of 2024
REDDIT r/comics, Best Ongoing Series of 2024
THE BEAT, Best 50 Comics of 2024

"A book constructed with artfulness and nuance and a care that borders on being obsessive. This is a good one, folks, and it has my highest recommendation." --Jonathan Hickman, X-Men, The B

"A brilliant redefinition of the concept of 'superpowers' that illuminate how precarious great-power competition renders our lives. Watch a masterpiece take form."--Spencer Ackerman (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writer of Iron Man)

"A perfect debut issue."-- "Graphic Policy"

"A rich and rewarding story about existential questions when super-powered gods walk amongst us... In a world where nuclear war is still possible and war rages overseas, The Power Fantasy feels well-timed and apt."-- "AIPT"

"An absolute must-read comic by two of the absolute best in the business."--James Tynion IV, The Departmen

"If you like your comics full of big ideas, laced with dark humor and the unnerving sense that the end of the world is just one family squabble away, this one's for you."-- "GamesRadar"

"It's intense, yet understated, and gripping. Ripe with the potential for drama, intrigue, nuance, depth, and meaning, The Power Fantasy is primed to explode superhero comics."-- "ComicBook.com"

"There's a thing when someone kicks open a door, the way Alan Moore did with Watchmen. People kind of stand in the doorway, and then people go through...and the latest one to do that is. . . [the] Power Fantasy."--Patton Oswalt

"Thought-provoking and dynamic in equal measures, with outstanding art. 10/10" -- "ComiCon.com"

About the Author

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.