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The Authority, Vol 5: Harsh Realities (The Authority #5)
The enthralling THE AUTHORITY VOL 2: BOOK ONE tells the tale of a group of super-powered beings that act as a higher moral authority and use their abilities to do what they believe is right regardless of laws or borders. Accepting that the end justifies the means, this non-traditional super-hero team will take lives or destroy empires when they believe that it is necessary...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
April 1st 2004
by Wildstorm
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I love "The Authority" series, it's a superhero franchise I don't think is cheesy or stereotypical in the same way I think of Superman or Spiderman as. It's fresh, has great ideas, and contains some of the best writing in comics today. That said, it's had a couple of poor books. "Human on the Inside" had poor art and poor writing. "Harsh Realities" has poor writing though the art isn't as bad.
If you're familiar with Authority books you'll know that bad ...more
If you're familiar with Authority books you'll know that bad ...more
It's truly sad to see a decent-to-good product decline into mediocre writing, sub-standard plotlines, and vulgarity for the sake of shock value like The Authority property has done.
The current author of this TPB needs to be removed from this project, and hopefully any other writing whatsoever, if this book is any indication of his level of storytelling. Not only have the characters of the Authority devolved into the one-liner-spouting, four-color comic book heroes they were intend...more
The current author of this TPB needs to be removed from this project, and hopefully any other writing whatsoever, if this book is any indication of his level of storytelling. Not only have the characters of the Authority devolved into the one-liner-spouting, four-color comic book heroes they were intend...more
It's a sad and frustrating thing to see a series start with thoughtful scripts and a sharp political awareness and then devolve into a string of cheesy one-liners. I like The Authority enough to keep plowing away, but I really hope Robbie Morrison's run is/was short-lived.
Ok, I have to give this a two-star rating because at least it's still better than most of the rubbish in the world of entertainment.
Ok, I have to give this a two-star rating because at least it's still better than most of the rubbish in the world of entertainment.
Okay so this is more on the level of comics created by mortals but still extremely cool and original. I'm not sure if that's because Morrison is a great writer or because Milar set him up with a great world/heroes to work with (probably a little of both). I haven't really looked into how many more Authority comics there are but I definitely plan on reading them all.
This first collection of Robbie Morrison's run on the Authority isn't bad, but it's not especially good either. While there is some nice character development, the book is mainly wall-to-wall fighting, which wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't a little generic. Still, not a bad light read, just not as good as series one.
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