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Authority: Revolution #2
Release Date:
Nov. 2004
“The Eternal Return part 2 of 12: Ghost of Authority Yet to Come”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Dustin Nguyen
Inks: Richard Friend
Colours: Randy Mayor
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Assistant Editor: Kristy Quinn
Editor: Ben Abernathy
Cover by Dustin Nguyen
Solicitation:
The red-hot new series continues! Reeling from their clash with a new super-team in Philadelphia, the Authority puts the pieces together — and comes up with more questions than answers! Plus, the Midnighter is paid a visit that could change the dynamic of the team!
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Synopsis
The Authority arrives on the scene in Philadelphia, but the riots have already stopped. Hundreds have been murdered, and the city is in ruin. No sign of Paul Revere and his followers can be found.
The Engineer surmises the group, estimated at 500 large, must have teleported. But she can’t find any clues to reveal their new location. Apollo flies over the major cities on the east coast of the United States, but finds no signs of the rioting group, either.
In space, the Doctor performs surgery on Swift aboard the Carrier. He repairs Swift’s damaged brain and fractured skull, and stabilizes her.
Meanwhile, the elder Apollo introduces Midnighter to the future 45 years after the Authority remade the world in its image. Apollo tells Midnighter that in the process of creating a utopia, the Authority forgot to factor in free will. Citizens didn’t choose the course of their government – the Authority forced it upon them.
The world did revolt, but the Authority was too strong to overcome. The Authority’s power, Apollo says, became a monster that needed to be fed. Eventually, the world gave way to the Authority and bowed to the team’s new world order.
In this future, Midnighter and Hawksmoor argued constantly. Midnighter wanted to give the government back to the people, but Hawksmoor, as President, refused. After Hawksmoor disbanded the United Nations, he and Midnighter eventually came to blows and Midnighter killed him. But not before Hawksmoor damaged Midnighter’s implants, which altered his personality, the elder Apollo reveals.
Midnighter took over as President and had the Engineer institutionalized. The liquid machinery was removed from her body to prevent revenge for Hawksmoor’s murder, as she and Jack were lovers.
Swift quit the team to live on a mountaintop in Tibet, and later died. The Doctor and Jenny Quantum simply disappeared through a door into the multiverse, and never returned. Apollo says he continued to love Midnighter, and was in denial of his brain damage. Eventually, Apollo was later dismissed by Midnighter, along with the rest of the team, as his looks began to fade. Midnighter himself becomes a tyrannical dictator of the world, establishing a fascist utopia.
The elder Apollo then reveals why Midnighter was brought to the future. The first real revolt against the Authority was led by a super-powered group of patriots. The revolt in present-day Philadelphia is the first sign of the future Apollo warns against.
The elder Apollo gives Midnighter a simple mission: break up the Authority to prevent the future Apollo has shown him.
Suddenly, drones sent by the future Midnighter begin to destroy the Carrier. The future Midnighter knows his past self is aboard the Carrier, and he understands Apollo’s plans to undo his coming into power. Before the Carrier is sufficiently damaged, the elder Apollo opens a shift-door to take Midnighter back to present-day Philadelphia. The elder Apollo passionately kisses Midnighter and wishes him luck, before sending him off.
Midnighter walks through the shift-door and appears in Philadelphia a few feet away from Hawksmoor. With the rioters nowhere to be found, the team regroups on the Carrier to assess what they’re up against. The Carrier provides intel on the superhuman group that led the revolt in Philadelphia.
The group is revealed to be Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty, a group of post-humans with a patriotic theme and the powers to match. Paul Revere’s power of super charisma is revealed to have influenced the riot. Revere’s team consists of Maiden America, Fallout, Johnny Rocketman, and Dyno-Mite, whose explosion nearly killed Swift in Philadelphia.
The Engineer’s research reveals that every member of the Sons of Liberty was elderly and in a nursing home just six weeks beforehand. That is, until a mysterious figure appeared to each of the group and teleported them away, de-aged them and augmented their power levels. The mysterious figure was not captured on camera due to a cloaking device.
The Authority ends the meeting and Hawksmoor schedules a news conference to call out the Sons of Liberty. He wants a confrontation.
Notes:
Reviews:
Sources:
Nov. 2004“The Eternal Return part 2 of 12: Ghost of Authority Yet to Come”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Dustin Nguyen
Inks: Richard Friend
Colours: Randy Mayor
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Assistant Editor: Kristy Quinn
Editor: Ben Abernathy
Cover by Dustin Nguyen
Solicitation:
The red-hot new series continues! Reeling from their clash with a new super-team in Philadelphia, the Authority puts the pieces together — and comes up with more questions than answers! Plus, the Midnighter is paid a visit that could change the dynamic of the team!
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Synopsis
The Authority arrives on the scene in Philadelphia, but the riots have already stopped. Hundreds have been murdered, and the city is in ruin. No sign of Paul Revere and his followers can be found.
The Engineer surmises the group, estimated at 500 large, must have teleported. But she can’t find any clues to reveal their new location. Apollo flies over the major cities on the east coast of the United States, but finds no signs of the rioting group, either.
In space, the Doctor performs surgery on Swift aboard the Carrier. He repairs Swift’s damaged brain and fractured skull, and stabilizes her.
Meanwhile, the elder Apollo introduces Midnighter to the future 45 years after the Authority remade the world in its image. Apollo tells Midnighter that in the process of creating a utopia, the Authority forgot to factor in free will. Citizens didn’t choose the course of their government – the Authority forced it upon them.
The world did revolt, but the Authority was too strong to overcome. The Authority’s power, Apollo says, became a monster that needed to be fed. Eventually, the world gave way to the Authority and bowed to the team’s new world order.
In this future, Midnighter and Hawksmoor argued constantly. Midnighter wanted to give the government back to the people, but Hawksmoor, as President, refused. After Hawksmoor disbanded the United Nations, he and Midnighter eventually came to blows and Midnighter killed him. But not before Hawksmoor damaged Midnighter’s implants, which altered his personality, the elder Apollo reveals.
Midnighter took over as President and had the Engineer institutionalized. The liquid machinery was removed from her body to prevent revenge for Hawksmoor’s murder, as she and Jack were lovers.
Swift quit the team to live on a mountaintop in Tibet, and later died. The Doctor and Jenny Quantum simply disappeared through a door into the multiverse, and never returned. Apollo says he continued to love Midnighter, and was in denial of his brain damage. Eventually, Apollo was later dismissed by Midnighter, along with the rest of the team, as his looks began to fade. Midnighter himself becomes a tyrannical dictator of the world, establishing a fascist utopia.
The elder Apollo then reveals why Midnighter was brought to the future. The first real revolt against the Authority was led by a super-powered group of patriots. The revolt in present-day Philadelphia is the first sign of the future Apollo warns against.
The elder Apollo gives Midnighter a simple mission: break up the Authority to prevent the future Apollo has shown him.
Suddenly, drones sent by the future Midnighter begin to destroy the Carrier. The future Midnighter knows his past self is aboard the Carrier, and he understands Apollo’s plans to undo his coming into power. Before the Carrier is sufficiently damaged, the elder Apollo opens a shift-door to take Midnighter back to present-day Philadelphia. The elder Apollo passionately kisses Midnighter and wishes him luck, before sending him off.
Midnighter walks through the shift-door and appears in Philadelphia a few feet away from Hawksmoor. With the rioters nowhere to be found, the team regroups on the Carrier to assess what they’re up against. The Carrier provides intel on the superhuman group that led the revolt in Philadelphia.
The group is revealed to be Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty, a group of post-humans with a patriotic theme and the powers to match. Paul Revere’s power of super charisma is revealed to have influenced the riot. Revere’s team consists of Maiden America, Fallout, Johnny Rocketman, and Dyno-Mite, whose explosion nearly killed Swift in Philadelphia.
The Engineer’s research reveals that every member of the Sons of Liberty was elderly and in a nursing home just six weeks beforehand. That is, until a mysterious figure appeared to each of the group and teleported them away, de-aged them and augmented their power levels. The mysterious figure was not captured on camera due to a cloaking device.
The Authority ends the meeting and Hawksmoor schedules a news conference to call out the Sons of Liberty. He wants a confrontation.
Notes:
- This issue is collected in The Authority: Revolution-Book 1 trade.
Reviews:
Sources:
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