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The Authority #11
The Authority: Prime
"The Authority and StormWatch Prime were once teammates and the closest of comrades--but a custody battle over their long-dead former leader Henry Bendix's secret bunker causes old grudges to boil over! And conflicts only escalate when they make it inside the bunker and find--Bendix?!"--P. [4] of cover.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Christos Gage
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November 26, 2022
Bendix's legacy leaves a secret base that instead of bringing people together escalates to the point where Stormwatch faces The Authority! Just more OK stuff, after the very high bar set by season one of The Authority (Warren Ellis) . 6 out of 12, Three Star read.
2017 read; 2011 read
2017 read; 2011 read
August 11, 2016
By far the worst volume of The Authority.I don't know what was worse, writing or illustrations.
October 14, 2012
Fun, twisted intrigue, action. All the elements of a good Authority story. So why does Gage go cocking it up with stage-y dialogue? The monologues during a fistfight are a bit much, and it's not just one or two - it seems everyone came down with a case of Talking-To-The-Invisible-Audience-itis. WAY too much tell, not nearly enough show.
OTOH the battle royale lasted an egregiously long time, and I loved it. Seeing all these powers stretched and bent beyond what I knew was possible - always fun to see a creator come up with new ways to defeat a superhero's power set.
Robertson's art is pretty damned good, but I almost didn't notice it, breezing as fast as I did through this book.
OTOH the battle royale lasted an egregiously long time, and I loved it. Seeing all these powers stretched and bent beyond what I knew was possible - always fun to see a creator come up with new ways to defeat a superhero's power set.
Robertson's art is pretty damned good, but I almost didn't notice it, breezing as fast as I did through this book.
July 5, 2011
The Authority meet up with old frenemies to crack a top-secret Bendix base, but accidentally raise something far more potent. While the opening panel exchange between Jenny and her dads was a little anvilly, it does set the stage for a cracking good battle between The Authority and the asshole that made some of them.
December 5, 2022
When a secret bunker belonging to the long-dead insane genius Henry Bendix is unearthed both The Authority and StormWatch Prime move to secure it. However, despite being former comrades in arms, the two teams are unable to trust the other's intentions and conflict becomes inevitable.
Honestly, I'm not terribly well-versed in DC's WildStorm universe, so I was a bit wary going in to this book as to whether I'd be able to make any sense of who the characters are and what the situation was. Thankfully, the book provides just enough background information to be able to piece together the important elements and the characters themselves shine through so strongly that I didn't really need to know more about them to appreciate the story here.
Two teams of heroes fighting each other is always a little contrived in comics, usually relying on some basic and convenient misunderstanding, but it's done fairly well here. Each team feels justified in their reasons for not trusting the other (The Authority doesn't trust the US Government and StormWatch, working for the US Government, doesn't trust The Authority's self-assumed superiority over elected governments) and you get a sense that the conflict pulls in various other historical tensions too. The writer also doesn't patronisingly lead the reader by the nose to which side they should be on either, which is something that has annoyed me in other hero-vs-hero crossovers in the past.
A surprisingly good jumping-on point for someone, like myself, just beginning to explore the WildStorm universe.
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Honestly, I'm not terribly well-versed in DC's WildStorm universe, so I was a bit wary going in to this book as to whether I'd be able to make any sense of who the characters are and what the situation was. Thankfully, the book provides just enough background information to be able to piece together the important elements and the characters themselves shine through so strongly that I didn't really need to know more about them to appreciate the story here.
Two teams of heroes fighting each other is always a little contrived in comics, usually relying on some basic and convenient misunderstanding, but it's done fairly well here. Each team feels justified in their reasons for not trusting the other (The Authority doesn't trust the US Government and StormWatch, working for the US Government, doesn't trust The Authority's self-assumed superiority over elected governments) and you get a sense that the conflict pulls in various other historical tensions too. The writer also doesn't patronisingly lead the reader by the nose to which side they should be on either, which is something that has annoyed me in other hero-vs-hero crossovers in the past.
A surprisingly good jumping-on point for someone, like myself, just beginning to explore the WildStorm universe.
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September 23, 2019
The Authority vs. Stormwatch! Darrick Robertson is on art.
The most innovative comics on the stands eventually became trite and regressive. It stars with the Authority fighting Elder Gods. It then devolves into the Authority exploring a Bendix base. But really, Stowmwatch should be NO match.
Ultimately this was a fill-in run when Grant Morrison's Run was a failure (and before the Lost Year came out). It serves as a lead-in for the "Earth's End Trilogy" but little redeeming here.
The most innovative comics on the stands eventually became trite and regressive. It stars with the Authority fighting Elder Gods. It then devolves into the Authority exploring a Bendix base. But really, Stowmwatch should be NO match.
Ultimately this was a fill-in run when Grant Morrison's Run was a failure (and before the Lost Year came out). It serves as a lead-in for the "Earth's End Trilogy" but little redeeming here.
October 3, 2021
Gage seems to always get saddled with bad artists (read artists not to my taste) I like most everything I’ve read from him but it’s never as a high of score as it should get because of the art. Even when he was writing Avengers Initiative
April 9, 2019
Darrick Robertson is the bomb! Quality story which is essentially a massive scrap from start to finish.
September 27, 2018
Why did I even give this 3 stars the first time I read it? This is horribly written and makes the characters behave wildly out of character.
Apollo (the victim of a rapist) and midnighter (his husband) are now teaming up with Rose Tattoo, who behaves very rapey in this TPB.
This is a story filled with people who constantly, loudly, explain every move they make and every breath they take.
Filled with weird art by an artist who only seems to be able to draw people pulling weird faces.
Jenny Sparks is an absolute idiot.
They don't look like they did, ever.
They're simpletons.
This is a black mark on the Authority universe
Apollo (the victim of a rapist) and midnighter (his husband) are now teaming up with Rose Tattoo, who behaves very rapey in this TPB.
This is a story filled with people who constantly, loudly, explain every move they make and every breath they take.
Filled with weird art by an artist who only seems to be able to draw people pulling weird faces.
Jenny Sparks is an absolute idiot.
They don't look like they did, ever.
They're simpletons.
This is a black mark on the Authority universe
August 11, 2010
Probably won't mean anything to someone who hasn't read all the old Warren Ellis Stormwatch stuff. Also, I miss Rodney Ramos. Darrick Roberston inking himself is just a little too heavy and loose at this stage.
December 15, 2013
Dialogue was cheesy.
Plot was shallow.
Art was okay... not the best, esp. for the Authority.
Overall, it felt like an immature attempt at a series with an incredibly high standard.
Plot was shallow.
Art was okay... not the best, esp. for the Authority.
Overall, it felt like an immature attempt at a series with an incredibly high standard.
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December 30, 2016Picked this up cheap in the sale. Need the rest of series.
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