FINALLY!  An issue of
Lost Year I really like!  I haven’t liked
an issue this much since issue 6 (which ultimately let me down with the
following issue).  The difference here is
I now know this little arc will be resolved next issue.  Would I like for it to run longer?  Hell yeah! 
Especially with Brandon Badeaux drawing it.  But for now I’ll take what I can get.

I’ll start with Brandon Badeaux.  He is an incredible artist!  Wildstorm fans have seen his work in the
“Dane: Loyalties” back-up story which ran in the early World’s End titles and
also in The Authority #10.  Not since
Gene Ha opened up this series have I come across art I loved this much.  He is extremely detailed and I think that may
be his blessing and his curse.  I’m not
sure if he could do a monthly because he spends so much time on his art but even
if it were bi-monthly, I’d wait for a title with his art.

One very cool aspect of this story that is unlike any
previous is this series is that this acts as a “What If?” to a very major
storyline in Wildstorm’s past (don’t want to spoil it).  It was one of my personal favorite storylines
and it is really cool to see how things played out in this alternate Earth as a
result.  There are even a couple of
Wildstorm characters we haven’t seen in a while who have alternate versions
here.

Speaking of which, because this spins out of a major
storyline from Wildstorm’s past, it features a ton of characters from around
the WSU.  And again, seeing Badeaux draw
some of these characters is pure eye-candy. 
It also gives this story a more epic feel because with the other heroes
around it feels like there’s more at stake here.

Even though I know it ends the story, I’m hoping next issue
is as enjoyable as this one.  For as much
as this series has disappointed me as a whole, it’s nice to be excited about at
least two of the last three issues. 
We’ll see how the final issue plays-out.

Synopsis:

http://wildstormresource.wetpaint.com/page/Authority%3A+The+Lost+Year+%2310