Panel 1: Much as happened with Sistah Spooky at the end of vol.8, ol' Fleshmaster lost his right arm instead of the left due to storytelling restrictions, as I wanted to show the advancing sweep of energy blast reading from left to right across the panel, thus endangering that specific arm.

Panel 2: Not a big SPOILER, I think, to say that you've heard the last of monologuing Fleshmaster for a bit, as he'll be uttering naught but wordless roars throughout the sequence that ensues.

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