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The Authority : book 1
Warren Ellis's New York Times bestseller THE AUTHORITY is back in paperback. Pick up one of the most renowned tales in the WildStorm imprint's history!
Warren Ellis's New York Times bestseller THE AUTHORITY!
The Authority are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, this group of insanely powerful superhumans face down countless menaces to Earth, protecting mankind with their cold version of justice. An invasion from an alternate Earth, an international terrorist who is laying waste to major cities and a hostile alien intelligence who calls himself God all fall under their rule.
This is THE AUTHORITY. Pay allegiance. Or get your head kicked in.
Created by legendary writer Warren Ellis (THE WILD STORM, TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and artists Bryan Hitch (JUSTICE LEAGUE), Paul Neary ( The Ultimates ) and Laura Martin (WONDER WOMAN), THE AUTHORITY is considered one of the most groundbreaking titles in modern comics history. Collects issues #1-12, PLANETARY/THE RULING THE WORLD and a new story from A CELEBRATION OF 25 YEARS.
Warren Ellis's New York Times bestseller THE AUTHORITY!
The Authority are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, this group of insanely powerful superhumans face down countless menaces to Earth, protecting mankind with their cold version of justice. An invasion from an alternate Earth, an international terrorist who is laying waste to major cities and a hostile alien intelligence who calls himself God all fall under their rule.
This is THE AUTHORITY. Pay allegiance. Or get your head kicked in.
Created by legendary writer Warren Ellis (THE WILD STORM, TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and artists Bryan Hitch (JUSTICE LEAGUE), Paul Neary ( The Ultimates ) and Laura Martin (WONDER WOMAN), THE AUTHORITY is considered one of the most groundbreaking titles in modern comics history. Collects issues #1-12, PLANETARY/THE RULING THE WORLD and a new story from A CELEBRATION OF 25 YEARS.
400 pages, Paperback
Published December 22, 2020
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About the author
Warren Ellis
1,972 books5,772 followersWarren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the NYT-bestselling GUN MACHINE and the “underground classic” novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, as well as the digital short-story single DEAD PIG COLLECTOR. His newest book is the novella NORMAL, from FSG Originals, listed as one of Amazon’s Best 100 Books Of 2016.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
Recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the EAGLE AWARDS Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
Recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the EAGLE AWARDS Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
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April 20, 2022
Good stuff.
The gist is that The Authority is a group of superhumans who impose themselves on the world as global peacekeepers.
As in, why doesn't the Justice League just make people behave?
It all turns out fine because they are good and truly want to protect those who can't protect themselves. This could foreseeably go quite sideways in real life.
But in comics? All is well with the benevolent Authority standing between humanity and anyone who tries to oppress or harm them.
Jenny Sparks is at the center of The Authority, and Book One begins and ends with her - literally.
Midnighter was another stand-out character for me. He's a magnetic personality that pulls your eyes towards him no matter what he's doing. I've always thought he and Apollo's relationship is one of the better ones in comic books. They have that long-standing unshakable sort of thing that reminds me of Lois and Superman, if Lois were Batman, and Batman had slight superhuman abilities.
I enjoyed the crossover with Planetary, as well.
However, the battles for the planet (and there were lots of battles for the planet) weren't really all that interesting to me after the first one. One giant crisis after another made it all blend together in my mind pretty quickly.
I really like Ellis' take on things, though. He writes interesting characters with interesting voices.
Recommended.
The gist is that The Authority is a group of superhumans who impose themselves on the world as global peacekeepers.
As in, why doesn't the Justice League just make people behave?
It all turns out fine because they are good and truly want to protect those who can't protect themselves. This could foreseeably go quite sideways in real life.
But in comics? All is well with the benevolent Authority standing between humanity and anyone who tries to oppress or harm them.
Jenny Sparks is at the center of The Authority, and Book One begins and ends with her - literally.
Midnighter was another stand-out character for me. He's a magnetic personality that pulls your eyes towards him no matter what he's doing. I've always thought he and Apollo's relationship is one of the better ones in comic books. They have that long-standing unshakable sort of thing that reminds me of Lois and Superman, if Lois were Batman, and Batman had slight superhuman abilities.
I enjoyed the crossover with Planetary, as well.
However, the battles for the planet (and there were lots of battles for the planet) weren't really all that interesting to me after the first one. One giant crisis after another made it all blend together in my mind pretty quickly.
I really like Ellis' take on things, though. He writes interesting characters with interesting voices.
Recommended.
August 28, 2022
The Authority Book One collects The Authority #1-12 plus some other stuff.
So I've had this for ages but held off on reading it because Warren Ellis turned out to be kind of a douche by many accounts. Anyway, I'm treading water and reading super hero books for the next few days and decided to knock this out.
I read a big chunk of this back in antiquity but it must have been pre-Goodreads or before I started reviewing things. It was like all new material for the most part.
The Authority's deal is that they'll actually change the world instead of perpetuating the cops and robbers cycle of most super hero comics. They face planetary scale threats on a regular basis. In this volume, they take on an army of flying super humans, an invasion from a parallel universe, and a planet sized organism that may in fact be God.
"Turning the volume up to 11" is a tremendous cliche but The Authority does just that. Everything is on a massive scale. Their ship/headquarters is a fifty mile long, thirty five mile high ship powered by a captured baby universe, FFS.
Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary manage to give everything an epic feel but still give it a human touch. The coloring is subdued compared to a lot of comics from the same time period. Warren Ellis is adept at coming up with capable threats, which is no mean feat considering The Authority has a Superman level being called Apollo on the team. Heck, most of The Authority are heavy hitters.
The weakness of the book is probably that the characters aren't super interesting. Apollo and Midnighter are interesting in a "What if Superman and Batman were definitely gay" kind of way, and The Engineer is actually likeable. I wouldn't care if any of the rest were KIA, though.
The Authority is also diminished a bit because it was so influential at the time with it's summer blockbuster scope every issue. Now a lot of books ride the Authority wave without even knowing it.
The Authority may have lost half a step in the last twenty years but it's still a crazy fun super hero book in a planet wrecking sort of way. Four out of five stars.
So I've had this for ages but held off on reading it because Warren Ellis turned out to be kind of a douche by many accounts. Anyway, I'm treading water and reading super hero books for the next few days and decided to knock this out.
I read a big chunk of this back in antiquity but it must have been pre-Goodreads or before I started reviewing things. It was like all new material for the most part.
The Authority's deal is that they'll actually change the world instead of perpetuating the cops and robbers cycle of most super hero comics. They face planetary scale threats on a regular basis. In this volume, they take on an army of flying super humans, an invasion from a parallel universe, and a planet sized organism that may in fact be God.
"Turning the volume up to 11" is a tremendous cliche but The Authority does just that. Everything is on a massive scale. Their ship/headquarters is a fifty mile long, thirty five mile high ship powered by a captured baby universe, FFS.
Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary manage to give everything an epic feel but still give it a human touch. The coloring is subdued compared to a lot of comics from the same time period. Warren Ellis is adept at coming up with capable threats, which is no mean feat considering The Authority has a Superman level being called Apollo on the team. Heck, most of The Authority are heavy hitters.
The weakness of the book is probably that the characters aren't super interesting. Apollo and Midnighter are interesting in a "What if Superman and Batman were definitely gay" kind of way, and The Engineer is actually likeable. I wouldn't care if any of the rest were KIA, though.
The Authority is also diminished a bit because it was so influential at the time with it's summer blockbuster scope every issue. Now a lot of books ride the Authority wave without even knowing it.
The Authority may have lost half a step in the last twenty years but it's still a crazy fun super hero book in a planet wrecking sort of way. Four out of five stars.
February 18, 2022
I know this is a beloved series, and I remember enjoying this back when I read it in high school, but holy shit this book actually fucking sucks. The Authority’s first volume together after Warren Ellis’ Stormwatch is a complete dud for me, with artwork by Bryan Hitch that I loved at first, but grew to hate the more I saw of it. Basically, you could say that’s how I felt about this.
The story is about this team which is basically a super liberal Justice League that tries to change the world for the better and has no qualms about killing. They have cool technology like the Door, a portal system letting the team travel any and everywhere, and the Carrier, which sits in the Bleed, an interdimensional plane, letting the Authority have a headquarters in a tactically sound location. This is all awesome lore used by authors in later Authority books, but that’s all this book feels like: Setup until better writers came to write the team.
Here’s my main problem with this book: There are three arcs here, all of which start with The Authority having to go up against some foe that seems impossible to defeat who kicks the shit outta them at first, and the rest of the arc plays out like “How can we possibly defeat X” before a final issue of the team just punching the shit out of the villain until it is defeated or dies. That’s this whole book, and it happens three fucking times, all of which are lame as hell frankly. Hitch’s art is super weak as well, with most of its flaws coming down to action pages looking crowded and like a bunch of random figures flying at each other. Some of the splash pages are fine, but I just don’t like his style. To me, it look like those old sidescrolling fighting games, like Streets of Rage, when all your friends would jump attack on the same pile of enemies in weird directions as the charcters make these static ass animations. That’s his art.
I completely get why I liked this in High School, but now? This book does not hold up at all. For me at least. I usually don’t rate stuff this low, especially about teams I like, but I will literally never touch this book again. I did not like it. Millar’s run is a million times better than this.
The story is about this team which is basically a super liberal Justice League that tries to change the world for the better and has no qualms about killing. They have cool technology like the Door, a portal system letting the team travel any and everywhere, and the Carrier, which sits in the Bleed, an interdimensional plane, letting the Authority have a headquarters in a tactically sound location. This is all awesome lore used by authors in later Authority books, but that’s all this book feels like: Setup until better writers came to write the team.
Here’s my main problem with this book: There are three arcs here, all of which start with The Authority having to go up against some foe that seems impossible to defeat who kicks the shit outta them at first, and the rest of the arc plays out like “How can we possibly defeat X” before a final issue of the team just punching the shit out of the villain until it is defeated or dies. That’s this whole book, and it happens three fucking times, all of which are lame as hell frankly. Hitch’s art is super weak as well, with most of its flaws coming down to action pages looking crowded and like a bunch of random figures flying at each other. Some of the splash pages are fine, but I just don’t like his style. To me, it look like those old sidescrolling fighting games, like Streets of Rage, when all your friends would jump attack on the same pile of enemies in weird directions as the charcters make these static ass animations. That’s his art.
I completely get why I liked this in High School, but now? This book does not hold up at all. For me at least. I usually don’t rate stuff this low, especially about teams I like, but I will literally never touch this book again. I did not like it. Millar’s run is a million times better than this.
June 4, 2023
I really wanted to like this one better, if I hadn't read The Wild Storm, Vol. 1 through 4 (which I loved) and then Warren Ellis' StormWatch run (which was decent), I'd have a hard time even getting to end of this collection. Wild science fiction concepts boiled down to the same simple resolutions with lots of unanswered questions and a total lack of character development. I read 1000+ pages of continuity to get to this book and I can't help but feel really disappointed with it. Maybe my expectations were too high? Despite this I still like these characters, I'll keep that in mind and look for other books with this team. For now I can say my Warren Ellis honeymoon is apparently officially over.
October 23, 2024
Didn't know much about this going into it, but I really enjoyed it. Kinda like Justice League, but grittier. I didn't like the team leader at first, but she grew on me as the book went on. My absolute favorite character from this is Midnighter. I discovered him through the Grayson series during the New 52, the Nightwing Rebirth stuff, and the Midnighter series by Steve Orlando. He is a badass, and I love it any time he shows up on the page. Looking forward to reading Book 2 of this.
Recommend.
Recommend.
April 18, 2021
3.5🌟
This series is considered by many to be ground-breaking and I'd have to agree. I've read a decent amount of WildStorm over the years but does it hold up in 2021? The art is still gorgeous and looks great with a glossy finish. Maybe it's just my maturation from a 15-20 year old to now but I feel like the writing isn't as sharp or witty as back in the day. Would only recommend to fans of Stormwatch or Planetary. But if you are a fan this is a solid collection for sure.
This series is considered by many to be ground-breaking and I'd have to agree. I've read a decent amount of WildStorm over the years but does it hold up in 2021? The art is still gorgeous and looks great with a glossy finish. Maybe it's just my maturation from a 15-20 year old to now but I feel like the writing isn't as sharp or witty as back in the day. Would only recommend to fans of Stormwatch or Planetary. But if you are a fan this is a solid collection for sure.
December 23, 2021
This is really excellent. Warren Ellis seems to be right up my alley. This is like a bridge between the Avengers and The Boys. Assholes with a heart. Heroes with a sense of duty that also sometimes wonder why the hell they got tied up in the "saving the world" business.
June 18, 2021
Ellis and Hitch pioneered the 90s widescreen approach to comics, you can see the influences everywhere now - JLA; Millar & Hitch's Ultimates, which would go on to influence the MCU; Hickman's Avengers.
This run is high concept, essentially the team are god-like beings, so we get planetary-level threats which they have to deal with
I read these years ago but bought this collected edition, as DC has finally collected the full Ellis and Hitch run into the 1 paperback. The Authority/ Planetary crossover is included, as well as the short from the Wildstorm anniversary.
So yeah, I enjoy this. I like Apollo careening through the sky blowing up spaceships. I like Midnighter punching things. I like the Engineer shooting a battalion of horsemen. I like Hawksmoor using his power of cities to rip open a villain. I like the detailed art and I like things that go boom - and I get both here in spades.
This run is high concept, essentially the team are god-like beings, so we get planetary-level threats which they have to deal with
I read these years ago but bought this collected edition, as DC has finally collected the full Ellis and Hitch run into the 1 paperback. The Authority/ Planetary crossover is included, as well as the short from the Wildstorm anniversary.
So yeah, I enjoy this. I like Apollo careening through the sky blowing up spaceships. I like Midnighter punching things. I like the Engineer shooting a battalion of horsemen. I like Hawksmoor using his power of cities to rip open a villain. I like the detailed art and I like things that go boom - and I get both here in spades.
September 19, 2022
I'm a fan of late-'90s Warren Ellis, but this was a mediocre collection.
The biggest problem is that with three story arcs side by side it becomes obvious how repetitive they are. Each episode features the earth menaced by death from the skies, whether at the hands of an army of super-powered clones, or an invading army from a parallel universe, or space robots. The Authority shows up too late to prevent massive loss of life, but thanks to team leader Jenny Sparks yelling stereotypical "tough leader" dialogue at her band of poorly distinguished heroes, the day is saved. It's hard to believe that the guy who made every issue of 'Planetary' an exploration of a different aspect of American pulp fiction wrote something so bland and cookie cutter.
The biggest problem is that with three story arcs side by side it becomes obvious how repetitive they are. Each episode features the earth menaced by death from the skies, whether at the hands of an army of super-powered clones, or an invading army from a parallel universe, or space robots. The Authority shows up too late to prevent massive loss of life, but thanks to team leader Jenny Sparks yelling stereotypical "tough leader" dialogue at her band of poorly distinguished heroes, the day is saved. It's hard to believe that the guy who made every issue of 'Planetary' an exploration of a different aspect of American pulp fiction wrote something so bland and cookie cutter.
July 27, 2021
Not the usual type of superhero comic. The characters were well thought out. The characterization could have moved a little faster, but overall not bad. The multiverse aspects of this I like. That it takes place in the same universe as Stormwatch and Planetary was fun for me. I enjoy shared universes. I wonder what will happen in Book 2.
June 16, 2021
An epic bluckbuster classic that Marvel and DC wish in their dreams that they could channel a fraction of its coolness.
February 4, 2023
I’ve got a couple reasons for picking this volume up and fortunately it was a fulfilling read.
First, I’ve been stuck in a rut with my current reads and needed something different to get me interested and turning pages again.
Second, I found that The Authority is essentially the sequel to Stormwatch, a comic I had collected in the 90s, though there was little in the story that jogged my memory of the issues I had once read. What I liked about Jim Lee’s Wildstorm was that it started with a bunch of Marvel artists who defected to Image and starting making comics with exceptional art. Originally the stories weren’t there, but after a few years that all changed. Stormwatch was one of these comics and though it was eventually cancelled, Ellis was tapped to tell a new story and was able to draw lore from the ashes of Stormwatch and tell what was, at the time, a groundbreaking story.
Third, with James Gunn now at the helm of the DCEU and The Authority a planned film on their slate, I thought it would be fun to go back and read the source material. Being pre-9/11, it feels quaint now. It will be interesting to see how they convert the story into film and how certain parts are adapted, particularly Jenny Sparks’ character arc, and how Apollo & Midnighter’s relationship is handled.
A fun read.
First, I’ve been stuck in a rut with my current reads and needed something different to get me interested and turning pages again.
Second, I found that The Authority is essentially the sequel to Stormwatch, a comic I had collected in the 90s, though there was little in the story that jogged my memory of the issues I had once read. What I liked about Jim Lee’s Wildstorm was that it started with a bunch of Marvel artists who defected to Image and starting making comics with exceptional art. Originally the stories weren’t there, but after a few years that all changed. Stormwatch was one of these comics and though it was eventually cancelled, Ellis was tapped to tell a new story and was able to draw lore from the ashes of Stormwatch and tell what was, at the time, a groundbreaking story.
Third, with James Gunn now at the helm of the DCEU and The Authority a planned film on their slate, I thought it would be fun to go back and read the source material. Being pre-9/11, it feels quaint now. It will be interesting to see how they convert the story into film and how certain parts are adapted, particularly Jenny Sparks’ character arc, and how Apollo & Midnighter’s relationship is handled.
A fun read.
June 5, 2024
Trigger warning on some abrasive topics told in 90s comics manners at times.
This series is hailed as truly kicking off a new age of superhero! There is a lot in the set up and surrounding that really prove this claim!
From their base to the team and how they function!
The team build for the most part is really great!! The amount of women, and diverse women at that, on the team is inspired! Having queer heroes is so phenomenal too! There is notable underutilization with longtime Stormwatch team member Swift. Also Midnighter is notably missing a lot of what makes him amazing in later books.
Given the amount of creativity flexed in Warren Ellis' Stormwatch, the repetitive nature of the threats posed in this book were disappointing.
There is still some really creative concepts in the threats themselves though.
Overall fantastic cast of characters, where mostly everyone shines in how unique and fun to follow they are! Seems like a must for people interested in the superhero genre!
This series is hailed as truly kicking off a new age of superhero! There is a lot in the set up and surrounding that really prove this claim!
From their base to the team and how they function!
The team build for the most part is really great!! The amount of women, and diverse women at that, on the team is inspired! Having queer heroes is so phenomenal too! There is notable underutilization with longtime Stormwatch team member Swift. Also Midnighter is notably missing a lot of what makes him amazing in later books.
Given the amount of creativity flexed in Warren Ellis' Stormwatch, the repetitive nature of the threats posed in this book were disappointing.
There is still some really creative concepts in the threats themselves though.
Overall fantastic cast of characters, where mostly everyone shines in how unique and fun to follow they are! Seems like a must for people interested in the superhero genre!
February 13, 2025
Warren Ellis tames some of his most annoying proto-'new atheism' edgelordy habits and delivers solid Wildstorm-style super hero comics. It's basically the same plot repeated in each arc but done extremely effectively and results in a page turner of a collection that doesn't overstay its welcome. The unbelievable drawing skills of Bryan Hitch are a major factor in both aesthetics and storytelling as he draws detailed events at a scale that many other would take shortcuts around. While this isn't my favorite era of Wildstorm it's probably the most cohesive and I look forward to checking out the next volume with the different creative team at the helm. Just be warned: All the sensibilities within are that of late 90s neoliberalism and you can see the mistakes of a 'world police' force miles away reading this in the 2020s.
February 27, 2023
I last read this 20 years ago, which is wild to think about. The recent news that The Authority is getting a movie got me interested to revisit.
The Authority is an example of a thing that was revolutionary and influential at the time, and has since been copied endlessly. So when you re-read it today, it feels just like everything else that's come since. I don't know that I can recommend it to new readers, but the series remains a landmark.
(I still love Midnighter and Apollo.)
After this volume, the series' content and publication structure got messed with so much that it's very hard to follow. I really like the simmering undertone that maybe someday these Good Guys will be a problem, and I can't remember if that was ever really picked up and dealt with.
The Authority is an example of a thing that was revolutionary and influential at the time, and has since been copied endlessly. So when you re-read it today, it feels just like everything else that's come since. I don't know that I can recommend it to new readers, but the series remains a landmark.
(I still love Midnighter and Apollo.)
After this volume, the series' content and publication structure got messed with so much that it's very hard to follow. I really like the simmering undertone that maybe someday these Good Guys will be a problem, and I can't remember if that was ever really picked up and dealt with.
March 7, 2023
Bryan Hitch's cinematic art style is what stand out for me in this volume. The story is somewhat exhausting. Too many world crisis event that it makes it hard to finish. The characters are good especially Midnighter and Apollo. It lacks some personal story to make some of the charcter to stand out.
One of the reason why I read this book is because it is included to the new slate of films of the newly established DC Studios.
One of the reason why I read this book is because it is included to the new slate of films of the newly established DC Studios.
April 23, 2023
That was brilliant!
Incredibly clever and thought provoking but also just being a wonderful action thriller. Where The Boys is "What if the JLA were dicks!" this is "What if the JLA didn't have the same moral limits."
Surprisingly, apart from a couple of features of villains, it doesn't age like I expected, holds up remarkably well.
Incredibly clever and thought provoking but also just being a wonderful action thriller. Where The Boys is "What if the JLA were dicks!" this is "What if the JLA didn't have the same moral limits."
Surprisingly, apart from a couple of features of villains, it doesn't age like I expected, holds up remarkably well.
April 22, 2022
A fun break and diversion of a new superhero world to read about that switches things up when compared to more well known Marvel and DC storylines (or well known to me). Thought of this as a darker marrying of Avengers meets Justice League meets The Boys.
January 20, 2025
There are so many creative and whacky ideas in this book, although The Authority are just a knock-off of the Justice League.
I thought it was kind of funny how their version of Batman and Superman are a gay couple. Them hooking up might’ve made for a better ending to Batman v Superman 🤪
I thought it was kind of funny how their version of Batman and Superman are a gay couple. Them hooking up might’ve made for a better ending to Batman v Superman 🤪
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May 5, 2023Midnighter + Apollo 4ever
October 9, 2023
Fun action, fun characters, too bad the author is a creep.
March 26, 2024
Closer to a 3.5 or 3.7. Wasn’t bad but it felt like what was Earth-shattering back in 1999 didn’t feel quite as sharp as it does currently. Some cool action scenes, ideas and characters of course.
July 9, 2025
DC pushing this as a story that you HAVE to read is a huge fumble. I don't care that character(s) are going to be in the new Superman movie. None are better than any characters we have in DC proper. I know these were not originally supposed to be integrated into the DC universe and it should have stayed that way. That being said, it just feels like it's reinventing the wheel with what other people (Morrison, Moore, Millar, etc.) have done before but they all did it better. It's serviceable but not necessary and ultimately easy to forget.
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