Here we are finally and so ends half (looking at you
Wildcats) of the redemption for Worldstorm and this titled which had been put
on hold since Grant Morrison left it in 2006. 
It has been a bumpy ride to say the least but it is very interesting how
they chose to end this.

All of you who have been following our coverage of this
title know that for the most part we’ve been really frustrated with it.  Morrison had a strong start when he worked on
it, so when Keith Giffen was announced to take it over it seemed like a good
fit.  Giffen, after all, had already
written these characters several times. 
But somewhere along the way, it seemed that this series as a whole just
started to fall apart.  One thing that
was evident was the story arcs were way too short.  There were several alternate worlds that the
team visited that were really cool but only lasted two issues.  This led to a lot of great set up being
resolved super fast in order to move on to the next alternate reality. 

This was hard to accept until those two beautiful issues
drawn by Brandon Badeaux we just recently reviewed.  By that time, we already knew to expect the
shorter arcs and Badeaux’s art certainly made up for it.  Which brings us to this issue.  It is very interesting the way they decided
to end this.  It’s hard to talk about
without spoiling but let’s just say, you’d get a very different feel for this
ending if this series had come before DnA’s World’s End Authority run (in
continuity this story takes place before World’s End).  I’d go as far as to say this ending would’ve
been very lackluster if you didn’t have DnA’s run to juxtapose.  For me it was a reminder of why I didn’t like
The Authority much before DnA’s run.

Another thing worth noting about this issue is that the art
is by industry legend Jerry Ordway. 
We’re talking this is the equivalent of Jack Kirby drawing The
Authority.  It’s crazy to even see his
name here.  This is the same guy who drew
Crisis on Infinite Earths (which is highly appropriate based on the premise of
this Authority series).  His art is
obviously every old school but it still looks great! 

Overall, I think this series fell flat.  It had a great start and some great issues
here towards the end but honestly it just ended up being another Authority
adventure.  It seemed like they were
trying really hard to learn something here at the end but I’m not so sure they
did.  It’s a shame because there was such
potential here but somehow it got lost along the way (pun intended).  Honestly, I hope this is the last we ever see
of this version of The Authority.  I hope
the lessons they learned in the DnA run are never forgotten.  I think they’re much better off for it.