Overview:
Well, the second year of publication and pretty much the entire creative team turns over the reigns to others. Quitely, now famous for his new take on The X-Men, and Mark Miller head the creative team, all excellent artists in their on right. But like all art, when someone else takes on the role of guiding someone else’s ideas it takes a while for things to settle down. There are some noticeable inconsistencies throughout this story arc. Both the writing and the Artwork are very different, of course thee is nothing wrong with this, it is only natural, but the story suffers.
In this story we learn that maybe Jenny Sparks isn’t quite as dead as we thought. Both The Authority and another group of superhumans are out to get the mysterious baby that may or may not be the reincarnation of Jenny, now as Jenny Quantum, "the spirit of the 21st century". Things get very very bloody as The Authority face off against a tyrannical former US intelligence advisor, Dr. Krigstein. The good doctor has an army of disgruntled super solders waiting for some payback, and he means to give it to them as he seiges Manhatten, Paris, Berlin, Bejing, and Washington.
An interesting story. Jack Hawksmoor makes a good new leader for the team. The bad guy was pretty cool and there was a large element of humor in the art. I’d bet Quitely had a blast designing all those heros and then killing them. I was a bit disturbed that the gore has been turned up to such a level. There’s a point where it gets to be too much. Anyhow, a very good effort from a new team; I look forward to more.
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