The Authority (comics)

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The Authority
The Authority Team by Quitely.jpg
The Authority, as featured on the cover for the Under New Management trade paperback (Nov. 2000). From left to right, the Doctor, Swift, Apollo, Jenny Sparks, Midnighter, the Engineer, and Jack Hawksmoor, with the infant Jenny Quantum at the back. Art by Frank Quitely.
Group publication information
Publisher Wildstorm
First appearance The Authority (vol. 1) #1 (May 1999)
Created by Warren Ellis
Bryan Hitch
In-story information
Base(s)The Carrier
Agent(s)Christine Trelane
Deathblow
Engineer
Flint
Freefall
Grifter
The High
Jack Hawksmoor
Rainmaker
Swift
Manchester Black
Former members:
Apollo
Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike)
Doctor (Habib ben Hassan)
Jenny Quantum
Jenny Sparks
Midnighter
Rose Tattoo
The Authority (comics)
Series publication information
Format Ongoing series
Genre
Publication date(Vol. 1)
May 1999 – July 2002
(Vol. 2)
July 2003 – November 2004
(Revolution)
December 2004 – December 2005
(Vol. 3: The Lost Year)
December 2006 – October 2010
(Vol. 4)
October 2008 – December 2010
Number of issues(Vol. 1): 29
(Vol. 2): 15
(Revolution): 12
(Vol. 3)/The Lost Year: 12
(Vol. 4): 29
Creative team
Creator(s) Warren Ellis
Bryan Hitch

The Authority is a superhero comic book series published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. It was created in 1999 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, and follows the adventures of the Authority, a superhero team mainly composed of Ellis-created characters from Stormwatch .

Contents

The team will appear in various media set in the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise. Angela Spica / Engineer will appear in the upcoming film Superman (2025) portrayed by María Gabriela de Faría, while the team will additionally headline a self-titled film in development.

Publication history

Volume 1

Ellis/Hitch run

The cover of the cancelled Authority: Widescreen by Bryan Hitch. Authority Widescreen by Hitch.jpg
The cover of the cancelled Authority: Widescreen by Bryan Hitch.

In 1999, Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch created the Authority, a team of superheroes who got the job done by any means necessary. The original line-up consisted of Jenny Sparks, a British woman who could generate and turn into electricity; Jack Hawksmoor, who was psychically bonded to cities in order to communicate with them and receive powers from them; Swift, a Tibetan woman who possessed wings and sharp talons; Apollo, a bio-engineered Superman pastiche; Midnighter, a bio-engineered Batman pastiche who possessed the ability to foresee his opponents' moves in combat; The Engineer, a scientist who had replaced her blood with nine pints of nanotechnology and could create solid objects with it; and The Doctor, a Dutch drug addict and shaman who possessed the combined powers of the hundreds of shamans who came before him. On the creation of the series, Ellis noted:

"One of the reasons I turned their Stormwatch into The Authority is that I found out that, despite the fact that no-one was buying Stormwatch, they kept it going because they liked reading it in the [Wildstorm] office and wanted to keep me employed. And I felt so bloody awful about that, and at the same time had been so struck by Bryan Hitch’s Stormwatch issues, that the train of thought that led to The Authority began." [1]

The Ellis/Hitch run of The Authority lasted 12 issues, divided into three four-issue story arcs: The Circle, Shiftships, and Outer Dark. Outer Dark ended with team leader Jenny Sparks, thought to be the Spirit of the 20th Century, [2] [3] dying in the final minutes of December 31, 1999, as the 20th Century ended and the 21st began. [4]

Millar/Quitely run

Cover to The Authority #19 (Nov. 2000), featuring Swift, by Frank Quitely. Authority Issue 19.jpg
Cover to The Authority #19 (Nov. 2000), featuring Swift, by Frank Quitely.

Replacing Ellis and Hitch after issue #12 were writer Mark Millar and artist Frank Quitely. Tom Peyer and Dustin Nguyen worked on a four-issue fill-in arc, and Arthur Adams drew two of the final three issues of Millar's run and Gary Erskine drew the final issue, #29. [5]

During the Millar/Quitely run, the Authority was now under Jack Hawksmoor's leadership following Jenny Sparks' death at the end of the 20th century. They faced multiple foes such as a mad scientist and his army of superhumans who wanted to influence the 21st Century through Jenny Sparks' successor Jenny Quantum, a previous Doctor who manipulated the Earth itself, and a duplicate team of superheroes modeled on the Authority that was created and backed by the G7 group of nations. Also during the run, Jenny Quantum was adopted by Apollo and Midnighter after they were married and the Doctor worked through his heroin addiction after faltering in battle.

A number of panels and covers during the Millar/Quitely run, which was published in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, were censored by DC Comics. [6] During Millar and Quitely's first arc, red filters were used to obscure particularly violent panels. DC also ordered a scene in which Apollo and Midnighter kiss be completely removed, and a character based on Marvel Comics' Captain America be redesigned, subsequently re-drawn and recolored on the cover to issue #14 to differentiate between the two. [6] DC would order Adams' work on the final issues of the volume be substantially re-drawn, the more significant examples being a scene depicting leader of the G7 Authority, The Colonel, about to perform a sexual act on Jenny Sparks' severely-decomposed corpse that was re-drawn and Millar's dialogue was re-written to remove any depiction or mention of necrophilia; a panel in which G7 Authority member Teuton kills multiple people by flying through them, that was re-drawn as two separate and less graphic panels; multiple panels in which Teuton gropes Apollo against his will and is then killed in a particularly gory fashion, which were re-drawn so as not to show the groping and to make Teuton's death scene less explicit; a series of panels depicting Swift being humiliated, which had sexual overtones, and was re-drawn so as to soften the scene; and a panel in which George W. Bush was depicted that was re-drawn so the character who appears as the President of the United States would not resemble Bush. [6]

The team's unilateral interventionism would go on to be compared to the U.S.-led coalition's intervention in Iraq. [7]

Cover to The Authority #29 (July 2002) by Art Adams. Authority Issue 29.jpg
Cover to The Authority #29 (July 2002) by Art Adams.

Volume 2

The series was subsequently restarted, [8] (with a planned "Mature Readers" relaunch by Brian Azzarello and Glenn Fabry being scrapped in the wake of 9/11), [9] and was written by Robbie Morrison [10] with art by Dwayne Turner (except for the single issue "Behemoth", which featured art by Tan Eng Huat, and "Street Life", which was penciled by Whilce Portacio). This incarnation of the series lasted for 15 issues, including issues 1-14 and the series of back-ups that ran through Stormwatch: Team Achilles #9, Sleeper #3 and Wildcats 3.0 #8 which were eventually published as issue 0. [11] Prior to issue 10, the series was part of the "Coup d'état" crossover that included The Authority, Stormwatch: Team Achilles , Sleeper , and Wildcats v3.0. The crossover revolved around the Authority taking over the United States of America.

Revolution

The series was again restarted in October 2004 as The Authority: Revolution, a twelve issue mini-series written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Dustin Nguyen and Richard Friend that focused on the troubles the Authority faced as the rulers of America.

Volume 3

Morrison/Ha run

Promotional image of The Authority volume 3 by Gene Ha. Authority Promotional Image by Ha.jpg
Promotional image of The Authority volume 3 by Gene Ha.

In February 2006, it was announced that Grant Morrison would write The Authority Volume 3, with art by Gene Ha. The series was intended to be published bimonthly, beginning in October 2006. Morrison "cited Warren Ellis’s original run as an approach they wanted to return to, saying their new approach will allow the team to be effectual again". [12]

Morrison and Ha's first issue was released in December 2006. It followed a family man named Ken in his search for a downed submarine that encountered something massive and unexpected in the depths of the ocean that caused it to be destroyed. When Ken finds the ship, many of the crew are missing. The issue ends as Ken and his search party encounters the Authority's Carrier, 50 miles long, lying on the ocean floor.

The second issue came out five months after the first and dealt with the Authority's reaction to crash-landing on a less developed Earth than theirs. Ken meets The Authority but begins to question their methodology.

In September 2007, Gene Ha was quoted at Newsarama as saying that he did not believe his run with Morrison would continue. "...I don't think The Authority #3 by Grant Morrison and Gene Ha is ever coming out. Grant is busy redesigning the DC Universe and I've moved onto new projects. Most importantly, it seems that editor Scott Dunbier has been forced out of Wildstorm. There is no #3 script, there may never be a #3 script." [13]

Scott Peterson announced at Wondercon 2008 that he had talked to Morrison two weeks earlier about The Authority, and there was "very serious progress" and it would start shipping again toward the end of the year. [14] When asked to comment upon their inability to complete further issues of The Authority, Morrison has said '"Authority was just a disaster." They said that they were doing it and running late when 52 started, but when they saw the reviews to the first issue, "I said fuck it."' [15]

The Lost Year

On 19 April 2008, Wildstorm announced Keith Giffen would complete Grant Morrison's scripts. [16] Giffen ran into an immediate problem: "I stepped into a book that was in the midst of a type of storyline that is probably my least favorite in comics. And that is, heroes come to our earth". [17] However, according to Giffen, this was only the first short arc of the longer story:

The story that Grant started wraps up in two more issues, then it moves into another adventure. This book is about the Authority having trouble with the Carrier and they're trying to find their way home. It's almost like the Odyssey, in a way, as trying to find your way home and going through various adventures. And this is what Grant had planned. This is in keeping with the basic structure that he told me over the phone. But then, I'll put in my point of view. [17]

The remaining issues of volume 3 were published by Wildstorm under the title The Authority: The Lost Year. Giffen was credited alongside Morrison as the writer, with several artists contributing. Eventually, J. M. DeMatteis joined the creative team for a few issues as co-writer. [18] The series ran a total of twelve issues, including the original two by Morrison.

Prime

In July 2007, it was announced that Christos Gage and Darick Robertson would do an intended storyarc as a miniseries due to the scheduling problems with the Morrison/Ha run on the title. [19] [20] The resulting six-issue miniseries entitled The Authority: Prime was planned to have spanned issues #6 to #11 of The Authority (vol. 3). [21] It featured the renewed Stormwatch Prime who, along with the Authority, investigate a recently discovered secret bunker that once belonged to Henry Bendix.

Volume 4

Abnett/Lanning/Coleby era

Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning relaunched the book in May 2008 in the wake of the World's End event and took over the writing duties, accompanied by artist Simon Coleby, [22] [23] writing the first seventeen issues of the series. Senior Wildstorm editor Ben Abernathy also said of four issues that had already been completed by the new team, "I can say honestly, based on the four issues of script and art that are already in the can, people will NOT be disappointed!" [24]

Abnett and Lanning's contract with Marvel Comics included a clause which allowed them to finish their existing projects, including their run on The Authority. [25]

Bernardin/Freeman/Barrionuevo era

Writers Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman and artist Al Barrionuevo worked on the book for a four-issue run from #18 to #21, including the epilogue in issue 17. [26] [27] [28]

Taylor/Barrionuevo era

Writer Tom Taylor (writer of several Star Wars titles including the Star Wars: Invasion series) took over The Authority with issue #22, [29] (with artist Mike S. Miller filling in for two issues for Al Barrinuevo), until the series concluded with #29.

Superman and the Authority

After Wildstorm was eventually merged with DC's mainline universe, the Authority would be reintroduced during the Infinite Frontier era, in a short miniseries known as Superman and the Authority, by Grant Morrison and Mikel Janen. In this miniseries, Superman and Manchester Black (whose previous team the Elite was a reference to the Authority) assemble a new incarnation of the Authority to liberate Warworld from Mongul.

Storylines

Members

The founding members of the Authority were:

Following the Outer Dark story arc, Jenny Sparks was replaced with:

At the end of the Revolution maxi-series, the Authority gained two new members:

Beginning with #18 of volume four the team roster underwent a major change. Jack Hawksmoor, Swift and Engineer remained on the team, where they were joined by new members:

The Authority's base of operations is the Carrier, a sentient, gigantic, interdimensional "shiftship" existing everywhere on Earth at the same time and capable of moving through every imaginable plane of existence.

When the Authority was assembled in the Superman and the Authority series, the group would operate out of the Fortress of Solitude, where the artificial intelligence Kelex could aid them. In addition to Apollo and Midnighter, several characters created for DC comics would become members of this version of the team. These members were:

Awards

The series was nominated for "Outstanding Comic Book" in the 14th [36] and 15th GLAAD Media Awards. [37]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Volume 1
The Authority: RelentlessThe Authority (vol. 1) #1-8June 2000 978-1840231946
The Authority: Under New ManagementThe Authority (vol. 1) #9-16March 2001 978-1840232769
The Authority: Earth Inferno and Other StoriesThe Authority (vol. 1) #17–20, The Authority Annual 2000 #1 and material from Wildstorm Summer Special #1September 2002 978-1840233711
The Monarchy: Bullets Over BabylonThe Authority (vol. 1) #21 and The Monarchy #1-4December 2001 978-1563898594
The Authority: Transfer of PowerThe Authority (vol. 1) #22-29October 2002 978-1401200206
The Authority Vol. 1The Authority (vol. 1) #1-12May 2013 978-1401240301
The Authority Vol. 2The Authority (vol. 1) #13-29, The Authority Annual 2000 #1, and material from WildStorm Summer Special #1December 2013 978-1401250805
Absolute The Authority Vol. 1 (first edition)The Authority (vol. 1) #1-12August 2002 978-1563898822
Absolute The Authority Vol. 2 (first edition)The Authority (vol. 1) #13–20, 22, 27–29February 2004 978-1401200978
Absolute Authority Vol. 1 (second edition)The Authority (vol. 1) #1-12, Planetary/The Authority: Rule the World #1 and material from Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 YearsOctober 2017 978-1401276478
Absolute Authority Vol. 2 (second edition)The Authority (vol. 1) #13-29, The Authority Annual 2000 and material from Wildstorm Summer Special #1July 2018 978-1401281151
The Authority OmnibusThe Authority (vol. 1) #1-29, Planetary/The Authority: Rule the World #1, Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority #1-5, Authority Annual 2000 #1 and material from Wildstorm Summer SpecialAugust 2019 978-1401292317
Volume 2
The Authority: Harsh RealitiesThe Authority (vol. 2) #0-5April 2004 978-1401202781
The Authority: Fractured WorldsThe Authority (vol. 2) #6-14January 2005 978-1401203009
Revolution
The Authority: Revolution Book OneThe Authority: Revolution #1-6August 2005 978-1845761776
The Authority: Revolution Book TwoThe Authority: Revolution #7-12April 2006 978-1845762513
The Authority by Ed Brubaker & Dustin NguyenThe Authority: Revolution #1-12March 2019 978-1401288426
Volume 3
The Authority: The Lost Year Vol. 1The Authority (vol. 3) #1-6June 2010 978-1401227494
The Authority: The Lost Year Vol. 2The Authority (vol. 3) #7-12January 2011 978-1401229856
Volume 4
The Authority: World's EndThe Authority (vol. 4) #1-7September 2009 978-1401223625
The Authority: Rule BritanniaThe Authority (vol. 4) #8-17March 2010 978-1401226671
Miniseries
Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the AuthorityJenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority #1-5May 2001 978-1563897696
Coup d'ÉtatCoup d'État: The Authority #1, Coup d'État: Sleeper #1, Coup d'État: Stormwatch: Team Achilles #1, Coup d'État: WildCATS #1, Coup d'État: Afterword #1October 2004 978-1401205706
The Authority: Human on the InsideOriginal graphic novelOctober 2004 978-1401200701
The Authority: KevThe Authority: Kev #1, The Authority: More Kev #1-4May 2005 978-1401206147
The Authority: The Magnificent KevinThe Authority: The Magnificent Kevin #1-5May 2006 978-1401209902
The Authority / Lobo: Holiday HellThe Authority/Lobo: Jingle Hell #1, The Authority/Lobo: Spring Break Massacre #1, The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special #1 and material from Wildstorm Winter Special #1August 2006 978-1401209926
The Authority: A Man Called KevA Man Called Kev #1-5June 2007 978-1401213244
The Authority: PrimeThe Authority: Prime #1-6August 2008 978-1401218348
The Secret History of the Authority: HawksmoorThe Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor #1-6April 2009 978-1848561861
Superman and The AuthoritySuperman and The Authority #1-4November 2021 978-1779513618

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