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The Authority (1999-2002) Vol. 2 Kindle & comiXology

by MARK MILLAR (Author), FRANK QUITELY (Author), Frank Quitely (Illustrator, Artist), Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 145 ratings
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The Authority, now under Jack Hawksmoor's leadership following Jenny Sparks' death at the end of the 20th Century, face multiple foes such as a mad scientist and his army of superhumans who wanted to influence the 21st Century through Jenny Spark's 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.


Collects THE AUTHORY #13-29
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    The Authority (1999-2002)
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"This series, like The Watchmen before it, turns the concept of superheroics on its head in loving, cynical fashion and tells a mean, fast story along the way."—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Mark Millar has written some of the most successful English-language comics in recent years. His recent projects are Marvel's CIVIL WAR, ULTIMATES 2, ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR and WOLVERINE. CIVIL WAR was featured on everything from CNN to MTV for the public unmasking of Spider-Man. His comic WANTED was a hit movie in 2008 starring Angelina Jolie; his series KICK-ASS is currently in production as a movie starring Nicolas Cage.  He collaborated with writer Grant Morrison on several FLASH titles, and also wrote memorable runs of THE AUTHORITY.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00H3U591K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DC (December 24, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 24, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1263184 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 401 pages
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Owba
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising writing, excellent art, but for a limited audience
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015
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This is NOT a comic for children. Only for adults. I'd give it a pretty hard R rating. It includes graphic gore, sexual assault, outrageously vile characterizations, graphic sadism, and ... you get the idea. You really shouldn't leave this one out where curious little kids might sneak a look. The writing is continually surprising, especially so regarding the plot (surprise after surprise after surprise). It's politically incorrect in all sorts of ways, such as accepting gay characters as full human beings and heroes. Some of the characterizations are surprising full, even rich. Some, however, take obnoxious stereotypes and stretch them until they veer into camp (the southern redneck super-monster immediately comes to mind). I'm a big fan of Frank Quitely's and Art Adam's art. This is a 5-star comic, though only for those who can accept the way Millar is twisting the genre and perhaps his political take on government power, hatred, fascism, gay people, and so on. Definitely check the sample before purchasing.
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Keren Zúñiga
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Product arrived in perfect conditions!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022
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Great shop! It is second hand but the conditions are great!
Excellent collection item for comics fan!
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K. Fraz Ahmed
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Art. Okay Story.
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2015
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Frank Quitely's art is magnificent, truly unique artist. But the writing, while great on it's own, pales slightly in comparison to Warren Ellis's work. It's still a great compendium, and a must buy for anyone who has Authority Vol. 1
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J.Z. Foster
5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Millar at his best!
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2014
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(Minor Spoilers)

This is -not- your typical Superhero book. The Authority is not the JLA, they are not trying to defend and support the status quo, no, they want to build a better world, and sometimes that means executing a dictator here, or telling governments when they're allowed to invade others.

This is a great comic, it's extremely violent and has some content (Implied sexual violence) that may turn others off. I would recommend it to anyone who's not interested in reading another JLA book, but wants something exciting and new.
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Dr. Sledge
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, worth it for the fans.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023
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Okay, worth it for the fans.
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grace🚁
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2019
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Good storyline, has motivated me to go back in time and read the original Stormwatch and Wildcat series.
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Enigma1969
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016
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Mark Millar and Frank Quitey! Nuff said.
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earthling
3.0 out of 5 stars and with different artists doing the characters it was not as good.
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017
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Vol. 1 is a tough act to follow, and with different artists doing the characters it was not as good.
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Neil B
5.0 out of 5 stars Never bettered
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2023
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This is the best superhero team epic doesn’t do this justice the characters are a response to why does the world stay the same after every catastrophe it doesn’t in one of the story’s the team tell Russia to Gtf out of Chechnya more things change but there’s push back from the bad guys six Willy Seth makes his entrance in a spectacular and xxxxed up way the book has so many good bits there too many to list treat yourself and buy this you won’t be disappointed
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Jose Antonio Sanz Terrado
5.0 out of 5 stars Jose Antonio Sanz
Reviewed in Spain on May 12, 2016
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Totally worth it. Superheroes comic taken to the next level. This is how it's done! I wonder why they haven't brought out an omnibus like they did with Planetary
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Stan FREDO
4.0 out of 5 stars Who watches The Authority?
Reviewed in France on August 14, 2014
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La série "The Authority" a été créée à la fin du siècle dernier par le scénariste Warren Ellis et le dessinateur Bryan Hitch à la suite d'une série intitulée "Stormwatch" et dans le cadre d'une maison d'édition fondée par Jim Lee, WildStorm, dont le fonds a été repris par DC Comics il y a quelques années.

Au début de ce deuxième tome appartient à une réédition de la série, lancée avec ' The Authority Vol. 1 ', dont les récits prennent place dans les deux premières années du XXIè siècle, The Authority est un groupe de six super-héros aux pouvoirs presque incommensurables, dirigé par Jack Hawksmoor (il parle aux villes) suite au décès du leader précédent, Jenny Sparks, qui était l'esprit du XXè siècle.

The Authority habite un énorme vaisseau cosmique, "The Carrier", qui a la taille d'une ville, qui circule dans le "Bleed" et qui est plus ou moins doté de conscience. Ce groupe de super-héros rencontre des menaces à sa mesure, dantesque.

Ce tome regroupe les comic books #13-29 de la série "The Authority" (1), dont les dates de couverture vont de mai 2000 à juillet 2002. Ceci correspond aux arcs narratifs suivants :

- 'The Nativity' (quatre chapitres), scénario Millar et dessins de son collègue écossais Frank Quitely,
- 'Earth Inferno' (quatre chapitres), scénario Millar, dessins de Chris Weston (deux premiers chapitres) et Frank Quitely (le reste),
- 'All Tomorrow Parties' (scénario Doselle Young, dessins John McCrea),
- 'Brave New World' (4 chapitres, dont ici le chapitre 1er), scénario Millar, dessins Quitely,
- 'Transfer of Power' (4 chapitres), scénario Tom Peyer, dessins Dustin Nguyen,
- 'Brave New World' (les 3 derniers chapitres), scénario Millar, dessins Arthur Adams.

La période de parution correspond à des événements réels particulièrement dramatiques au regard de l'histoire récente du monde occidental en général et des USA en particulier : les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 et la décision d'une coalition emmenée par les USA d'envahir l'Irak pour déposer le leader de ce pays, Saddam Hussein. De ce fait, entre autres, la série "The Authority" a connu une publication heurtée.

Après le départ de l'équipe créatrice, composée de Warren Ellis au scénario et de Bryan Hitch aux dessins, on pouvait craindre une sévère chute de l'intensité et de l'intérêt de la série. Il n'en est rien avec Mark Millar qui pose par anticipation les jalons de son run sur ' Ultimates Ultimate Collection ' (avec Bryan Hitch) et de son "Millarworld" (' Kick-Ass ', ' Nemesis ', ' Superior ', ' Jupiter's Legacy Volume 1 ' etc.).

Millar poursuit et accentue à la fois l'énormité des menaces, des destructions et des super-pouvoirs mis en jeu, et l'actualisation de la question centrale des ' Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition ' d'Alan Moore et Dave Gibbons : "Qui surveille les super-héros ?"

'The Nativity' porte sur la naissance de l'esprit du XXIè siècle, donc d'une successeur(e) à Jenny Sparks qui est convoitée par le Dr. Krigstein, un personnage qui mène ses opérations secrètes sur des budgets cachés de l'administration étatsunienne, et qui créée un groupe de super-héros ressemblant énormément aux Avengers classiques pour faire face à l'Autorité. Fumeur de cigares, Krigstein montre une capacité phénoménale à créer des super-héros et des super-pouvoirs de toutes natures. A un moment, j'ai cru voir une allusion à Jack "The King" Kirby...

'Earth Inferno' montre la Terre atteinte de fléaux catastrophiques. En particulier, Rome est victime d'un cyclone géant, San Francisco d'une éruption volcanique, et New York d'une submersion dont on ne reverra l'équivalent que dix ans plus tard dans 'Ultimatum'. The Authority enquête et remonte la piste jusqu'à un prédécesseur du "Docteur", membre de leur groupe. Pour sauver la Terre, l'Autorité doit organiser... l'évacuation complète de ses habitants humains.

L'"interlude" 'All Tomorrow Parties' (2), tout en montrant la célébration de la dernière victoire de l'Autorité, porte les jalons d'un doute qui s'installe parmi les responsables de la Terre quant à la situation de dépendance de la planète vis-à-vis d'un groupe de super-héros incontrôlable. On voit aussi Christine, qui assure la liaison avec la Terre pour l'Autorité, se rapprocher d'un certain Jackson. Cette histoire se poursuit ailleurs que dans la série "The Authority".

Dans le chapitre 1er de 'Brave New World', les pouvoirs de la Terre sont passés à l'action avec une créature du Dr. Krigstein, Seth, et ils parviennent à se débarrasser de l'Autorité tout en installant à sa place une équipe en principe sous leur contrôle... 'Transfer of Power' décrit les exploits de cette nouvelle équipe, qui commencent par un désastre humanitaire, sur fond de relations sévèrement dysfonctionnelles entre ses membres...

S'ajoute à cela une catastrophe qui ne concerne que le 1 % de la population humaine le plus riche et le plus proche du pouvoir dans la Terre entière... La fin de 'Brave New World' porte le "retour de la vengeance" des héros originaux, une spécialité Millardienne.

Il y a beaucoup de massacres, de tortures et autres actes de violence ou de barbarie extrêmes dans toutes ces pages, qui sont marquées par un grand cynisme. Ceci fait que l'ouvrage porte (en petit) l'avis "Suggested for mature readers" mais aussi peut-être que la leçon philosophique centrale (la principale menace aujourd'hui pourrait résider dans un pouvoir absolu placé entre les mains du gouvernement fédéral de l'empire US et des puissances de l'argent qui le manipulent ?) et parfois l'ironie peuvent s'en trouver obscurcies.

C'est ici que les comparaisons élogieuses avec "Watchmen", tout aussi "adulte" mais plus universel, trouvent leurs limites.

(1) En termes de trade paperbacks, cela signifie selon mes recoupements la compilation de la dernière moitié de ' Under New Management ', la totalité de ' Earth Inferno and Other Stories ', le #21 inclus dans ' The Monarchy: Bullets over Babylon ' et la totalité de 'Transfer of Power'. Soit aussi l'intégralité de 'The Absolute Authority: v.2' et plus encore.
(2) Le lien éventuel avec le Velvet Underground, dont une des plus célèbres chansons porte ce titre, n'est pas évident dans ce récit, bien qu'ailleurs dans l'ouvrage figurent des références à la musique rock.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Continuing the wild ride
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2014
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This decent size volume (larger than volume 1) continues series with a new writer and artist. Volume 1 ended with the death of Jenny Sparks at the end of the millenium with the teams leadership being handed over to Jack Hawksmoore, the King of Cities. What unfolds in this volume is the 'what happened next' The answer is ' a heck of a lot'

The pacing in this series is pretty breakneck with the Authority going from secret protectors of Earth as per vol 1 to very publicly intervening in world affairs once Hawksmoore takes over. The stories are executed with a lot of political awareness and subtext whilst not holding back on more adult themes, the doctors substance abuse for example.

The core team starts off pretty much as it was a the end of volume 1, to avoid further spoilers there's a seeminglyu big change up in the 'Transfer of Power' story line here but thats best enjoyed as you read.

The artwork isn't as crisp as Hitches work on volume 1 with the characters like Hawksmoore drawn as hulkish man beasts, it's a stylistic choice more than a flaw but I prefer the cleaner lines of the 1st issues. The writing standard is maintained between Ellis and Miller, with Miller here maybe injecting a few more shocks value items, more profanity and in your face stuff but it doesn't make this volume any less enjoyable.

The scope of this book is huge, the journey the team take from start to finish here covers an incredible amount of events in 416 pages and the perils faced are at minimum on the planetary scale. This is a damn good adult comic series. You can pick up from volume 2 but I would recommend reading the 1st volume beforehand to set the scene. Only thing I would have liked more of here is more Midnighter, he's a great dark reflection of batman.

Story 5 stars
Art 4, at thats purely a personal thing
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Mr. R. J. Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok up to a point, then it's like another comic took over.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2015
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I liked it. Ok, not all of it. SPOILER Right up to the bit with the replacement Authority it was fine. Not as good as the first one, but not terrible. From that moment onwards it was a massive disappointment. Can't recommend it.
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