The Authority (1999—2002)

The Authority (Volume 1)
Cover Gallery
Publisher	WildStorm Productions
Type	Ongoing Series
Total Issues	29
Dates Published	May, 1999–July, 2002
Featured	Authority
Creators	Warren Ellis · Mark Millar · Bryan Hitch · Frank Quitely
Story Arcs	The Circle, Shiftships, The Outer Dark, The Nativity, Earth Inferno, Brave New World, Transfer of Power
Crossovers	Bullets Over Babylon · Devil's Night

The Authority is created by writer Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch which introduce the first appearance of the title superhero team. The run was hugely successful with readers, providing a form of large scale superhero action which was (at the time) not common in comics. Ellis never obviously delved into the politics of his characters; he left that to the reader to decide. This was soon to change after Ellis and Hitch finished their run on the series.

The later half of the series was co-created by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. The series under Millar and Quitely proved to be highly controversial and led into the title suffering from censorship by DC. The first instance of this censorship was a removal of a kiss between Apollo and Midnighter due to DC's concern that it would lead to negative media reports. The matter would come to ahead after the events of the September 11 attacks during Millar's final story arc, "Brave New World". This happened in issue #22, which proved to be Quitely's last issue as artist. Issue #23 was delayed after the 9/11 attacks, and a one-shot special (written and drawn by Bryan Hitch) entitled The Authority: Widescreen was canceled outright due to concerns about the violence in that issue.

Issues

• The Authority #1
• The Authority #2
• The Authority #3
• The Authority #4
• The Authority #5
• The Authority #6
• The Authority #7
• The Authority #8
• The Authority #9
• The Authority #10
• The Authority #11
• The Authority #12
• The Authority #13
• The Authority #14
• The Authority #15
• The Authority #16
• The Authority #17
• The Authority #18
• The Authority #19
• The Authority #20
• The Authority #21
• The Authority #22
• The Authority #23
• The Authority #24
• The Authority #25
• The Authority #26
• The Authority #27
• The Authority #28
• The Authority #29

Annuals

• The Authority Annual 2000 (2000)
  

Collections

• The Authority: Relentless (2000)
  ISBN: 1-56389-661-3
  
• The Authority: Under New Management (2000)
  ISBN: 1-56389-756-3
  
• The Authority: Earth Inferno and Other Stories (2002)
  ISBN: 1-56389-854-3
  
• The Monarchy: Bullets Over Babylon (2001)
  ISBN: 1-56389-859-4
  
• The Authority: Transfer of Power (2002)
  ISBN: 1-4012-0020-6
  
• The Authority Omnibus (2019)
  ISBN: 978-1401292317
  
• The Authority Book One (2020)
  ISBN: 978-1779502254
  
• The Authority Book Two (2021)
  ISBN: 978-1779507884
  

See Also

• Cover Gallery: The Authority Vol 1
  
• Collections from The Authority Vol 1
  
• Images from The Authority Vol 1
• Textless Cover Art from The Authority Vol 1

• The Authority Recommended Reading
  • The Authority (Volume 1)
  • The Authority (Volume 2)
  • The Authority (Volume 3)
  • The Authority (Volume 4)

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