Panel 1: "Epochal HEEL turn" is wordplay almost worthy of the Caged Demonwolf, but then again, Eel Duce no doubt scripted out this speech well in advance.

Panel 2: Ol' Mateo seems a tad cavalier about Emp's "magical supersuit thing," doesn't he?

I'd entirely forgotten about the fairly neat setting transition between panels 3 and 4, as that slice of background visible beyond the portal shifts from underwater to outer space.

Panel 6: "WTF" indeed!

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. However, my vast archive of years of Patreon posts—extensive Empowered previews, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.

-Adam Warren