Source: comicvine.gamespot.com

2. Powers and Abilities Part 2

Writer: Will Pfeifer
Artist: Kano

Our story continues, and it only gets more depressing.

Jerry survived being hit by the car, and changes back before dying from his wounds. After being initially scared off from using the dial again, he decides that his life can't get any worse, so he changes again, but this time he’s completely different hero. He spends the next few weeks having fun playing with the dial, and even burns down the abandoned factory that ruined his town.

He eventually settles on trying to become a superhero, but he has trouble finding any crime to fight. But as he ventures into a high crime area, he encounters a drug dealer who accosts him and mocks him. Angry, Jerry punches the dealer in the stomach"¦and collapses his rib cage.

This series is clearly a pretty slow burn, but we're definitely getting somewhere. As a riff on Dial H for Hero, it's a weird one, and very, very dark compared to the source material. But it’s good so far, which surprises me. I haven't read a ton of Pfeifer's other work, but this is solid.