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<\/p>\nThe Authority-Relentless (V.1) and The Authority-Under New Management (V.2)
by Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch & Frank Quitely<\/b><\/p>\n
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One of the more influential comics that have come out in recent memory is Warren Ellis’ (and later on Mark Millar’s ) The Authority. In their world, they don’t wait for a disaster to happen before they react…. they go to the source of the potential problems and act on it before it causes any trouble. The writing in the series is excellent. The ideas may not be totally original, but they are executed in a very different and twisted way. Case in point – the alien invasion. This has been a zillion times before… but having the aliens as the “owners” of the earth and humans as “squatters” fighting for survival… that’s a very fresh take on the old concept. The characters are very believable, especially their relationships with each other. When reading this you would say to yourself “Yeah, that’s exactly how I would feel” or “That’s what I would have done”. Just like the real world, you don’t get along well with everybody and there are the same kinds of friction in this supergroup.<\/p>\n
The art is also breathtaking. Bryan Hitch and Frank Quitely (from JLA: Earth 2 and now the New X-Men) do an excellent job in showing the vastness and grandeur of the stage that Warren Ellis directs. The Authority is a superhero team that defends the entire planet, and the art exceeds in depicting that. Unlike a lot of comic books artists, Hitch and Quitely makes New York City very different from Tokyo, and Tokyo also doesn’t look like London. The enemies look extremely menacing and the heroes look like are the icons they are. <\/p>\n
Great writing and great art. What more can you look for in a comic book? <\/p>\n
On a scale of 1 to 5 stars, I’d give The Authority a solid 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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