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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:"In every war, the price of power is innocence"]] |
3 | ''Power Line'' (styled as ''Powerline'' on covers) is a superhero comic book series published by the Creator/EpicComics imprint of Creator/MarvelComics. |
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5 | It's part of the ComicBook/{{Shadowline}} shared universe, set in a world where a second, hidden race - the Shadow Dwellers - evolved alongside humanity. Individually, Shadow Dwellers are more powerful than humans, but humans vastly outnumber them and so they've tended to stay hidden. |
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7 | Victor Guillermos and Lenore Castle are the titular Power Line duo, two young Shadow Dwellers who grew up with minor powers. Victor has a weak force field; Lenore can defy gravity for leaps that are almost - but not quite - flight. However, when they're together, their powers seem to be supercharged. |
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9 | They have also made enemies of the Ravenscores, a powerful Shadow Dweller family who have killed Victor's parents and Lenore's mother. |
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11 | Encouraged by Victor's uncle Ripley, the two decide to become superheroes, to help humans and Shadow Dwellers alike - and, somehow, to find a way to avenge their families. |
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13 | After the series was cancelled, Victor and Lenore's story continued in [[ComicBook/CriticalMassShadowline Critical Mass]], an AnthologyComic combining the previous three Shadowline titles. |
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15 | !!''Power Line'' includes the following tropes: |
16 | * AnArmAndALeg: Uncle Ripley's gift allows him to transmute his hands to metal. Eric Ravenscore deals with this by severing his right hand at the wrist. |
17 | * ArrangedMarriage: Lenore's parents are keen to arrange a marriage with Eric Ravenscore. Lenore seems happy to oblige, until he shows his true colors. |
18 | * BarrierWarrior: Victor's default power is a weak force field. It's just about able to deflect a glancing blow from a punch or a knife, but not much more. |
19 | * BigBad: Eric Ravenscore, who sets the plot in motion by maiming Ripley, killing the rest of Victor's family, killing Lenore's mother and kidnapping her father. |
20 | * NotQuiteFlight: Lenore's default power. It looks very impressive when she leaps into the air, but she can't stay aloft for more than a few seconds. |
21 | * RoleReversal: When Victor and Lenore first started out as the Power Line, Victor was gung-ho about being a superhero, and Lenore was reluctant to be one. At the end of ''Critical Mass'', Victor wishes to retire, but Lenore has become dedicated to the Power Line continuing on. |
22 | * SelfMadeOrphan: Eric needs a scapegoat for Lenore and Victor's escape and decides that his own father, Tyler, is no longer useful enough to live. |
23 | * ThinkingUpPortals: Tyler Ravenscore develops a version of this power shortly before the start of the series, allowing him to act as a living TrojanHorse. When Victor's family invite him in alone to discuss peace, he becomes a living gateway for the Ravenscore's killers to travel through. |
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