AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR READER

Review by: grifter78

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And so begins Wildstorm’s redemption for the sins of the past (actually Grant Morrison’s sins).  To quickly recap, when Wildstorm released their relaunch called Worldstorm in 2006, Grant Morrison and Gene Ha launched a new Authority title.  They got 2 issues released and Morrison left due to over-committing to too many projects.  The project was on indefinite hiatus until Keith Giffen came along and agreed to finish it.  So, the title was renamed The Authority: The Lost Year.  Collected here are the first two issues from Morrison/Ha.  A lot of people were turned off by the fact that in the original issue 1, The Authority was completely absent from the issue.  Obviously Morrison was going for the slow build but fans didn’t appreciate it.  I must say the first two issues read better in one sitting like this.  Instead of having an entire issue without the title characters in it, we get roughly 22 pages before they appear.  This’ll probably be easier for fans to accept.  Morrison looks like he was going for a big screen cinematic feel with this story.  The massive two-page shot of The Carrier under water is epic.  And overall the premise is interesting and has potential for a good story.  I won’t give it away (even though I’m sure lots of people know by now) but I will say that we’ve been told to expect The Authority to visit some interesting alternate worlds in their quest to make it back to the Wildstorm Universe.  Artist Darick Robertson takes over art chores from Gene Ha starting with next week’s issue 3 (although Ha still provides the covers).   From the preview, Robertson’s art is a little grittier and not as soft as Ha’s but it seems to have improved greatly from his work on The Authority: Prime mini-series.

For fans of The Authority who aren’t following World’s End, here’s your chance to see the team back in full force.   There will be a different artist for each arc, but Giffen will handle writing chores for the entire 12-issue series (yes, it’s a limited series).  So, here’s to correcting the mistakes of Worldstorm and hoping that soon we’ll see Jim Lee finishing his Wildcats run that was also put on hold.

 

 

 

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  1. Its such a shame…this Worldstorm relaunch would have put Wildstorm back on the map, but no one was commited to their books! Im glad this story is finally continuing!

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