The Authority

The Authority #4

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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the final issue of The Authority‘s opening arc. Part 4 of “The Circle” involves the Children of Kaizen Gamorra attacking Los Angeles. The comic offers the chance to highlight some other members of the team such as the Engineer using her powers to split atoms and the Doctor turning half of the kamikaze clones into seeds which plants a forest through the streets of the city. The man who really steals the show, however, is the Midnighter. The comic highlights the idea of the character’s power-set and then, in the most Midnighter way possible, lets him loose. It’s amazing.

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The Authority #3

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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to a higher Authority. The Authority #3 acts as a bit of a transitionary issue with our heroes licking their wounds following the attacks by the Children of Kaizen Gamorra and discovering where they plan to attack next. Spent mostly onboard the Carrier, the issue works on building the team dynamic and explaining a bit about how the Carrier works as the team plans to stop from the next attack on Los Angeles.

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The Authority #2

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The Authority #2

Flashback Friday takes us back to a higher Authority. In their defense of London, The Authority #2 shows us just how scary powerful the group is that Jenny Sparks has assembled culminating in her electrocuting and drowning a large number of the Children of Kaizen Gamorra in the Thames. The second issue continues the opening arc with plenty of examples of the team kicking some serious ass together. It’s in the quiet aftermath, after the Doctor saves Apollo from going splat, however, that the comic really digs in to what makes this group tick.

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The Authority #1

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The Authority #1

Wayback Wednesday takes us back to a higher Authority. Like most of the characters who made up the new WildStorm super-team, Jenny Sparks didn’t premiere in The Authority #1. She was introduced a few years before in StormWatch (a comic I’ll freely admit never really worked for me). However, the twelve-issue run which reintroduced her as the leader of the Authority stands up against as one of the best in comics.

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