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Authority: Revolution #5
Release Date:
February 2005
“The Eternal Return part 5 of 12: Like a House of Cards”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Dustin Nguyen
Inks: Richard Friend
Colours: Randy Mayor & Darlene Royer
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Assistant Editor: Kristy Quinn
Editor: Ben Abernathy
Cover by Dustin Nguyen
Solicitation:
Following the catastrophic events in issue #4, the Authority is left searching for answers amid the rubble of the nation's capital. The Authority has battled all manner of monsters and villains, but could their own conscience be the ultimate foe?
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Synopsis
Fallout’s explosion has killed more than 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
The media continue to report the devastation for weeks, as the Authority grow reclusive on the Carrier and hold long meetings. The team has refused to face the media, despite the nation's demand for answers about the destruction of its capital.
During one meeting, members of the team begin to blame each other for the devastation, and in-fighting ensues. Midnighter chimes in, asking the team to consider what it has become. He reminds everyone that Jenny Sparks created the team to protect the world, but to remain neutral in its politics and progression. Instead, the Authority has become its own politic and has ruled the world as dictators, if not war criminals.
Hawksmoor blames Midnighter for the devastation in Washington D.C. Jack insists Midnighter, with his ability to see every possibility in a fight, should have foreseen the events that led to the explosion, and been able to prevent them.
Recovered from his injuries, the Doctor has taken to heart Midnighter’s observation that he has become too much of a messiah. He turns his remaining shamanist churches into butterflies, ending his religion across the world.
Midnighter tells the team he thinks the time has come and gone for the Authority. The team has outlived its purpose and should disband. He takes the first step by leaving the team. He packs his bags and orders the Carrier to create a door to take him anywhere away from the team.
A tearful Jenny Quantum intercepts Midnighter before he leaves. Jenny attempts to make her father stay, but he refuses. He tells her he must go, that it's the only way.
Finally, Hawksmoor addresses the public. He says the Authority take full responsibility for the damage in Washington D.C., and has decided to step down from power. An interim government has been assigned and free elections will take place within a month.
Meanwhile, U.S. government forces meet to discuss the Authority’s dissolution, as well as their own return to power. As the men speak, a man draped in a dark cloak enters the room via a blue shift-door.
The man lowers his hood and speaks.
"Allow me to introduce myself, gentlemen. My name is Henry Bendix, and I'll be making the big decisions around here from this point on."
Notes:
Sources:
February 2005“The Eternal Return part 5 of 12: Like a House of Cards”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Dustin Nguyen
Inks: Richard Friend
Colours: Randy Mayor & Darlene Royer
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Assistant Editor: Kristy Quinn
Editor: Ben Abernathy
Cover by Dustin Nguyen
Solicitation:
Following the catastrophic events in issue #4, the Authority is left searching for answers amid the rubble of the nation's capital. The Authority has battled all manner of monsters and villains, but could their own conscience be the ultimate foe?
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Synopsis
Fallout’s explosion has killed more than 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
The media continue to report the devastation for weeks, as the Authority grow reclusive on the Carrier and hold long meetings. The team has refused to face the media, despite the nation's demand for answers about the destruction of its capital.
During one meeting, members of the team begin to blame each other for the devastation, and in-fighting ensues. Midnighter chimes in, asking the team to consider what it has become. He reminds everyone that Jenny Sparks created the team to protect the world, but to remain neutral in its politics and progression. Instead, the Authority has become its own politic and has ruled the world as dictators, if not war criminals.
Hawksmoor blames Midnighter for the devastation in Washington D.C. Jack insists Midnighter, with his ability to see every possibility in a fight, should have foreseen the events that led to the explosion, and been able to prevent them.
Recovered from his injuries, the Doctor has taken to heart Midnighter’s observation that he has become too much of a messiah. He turns his remaining shamanist churches into butterflies, ending his religion across the world.
Midnighter tells the team he thinks the time has come and gone for the Authority. The team has outlived its purpose and should disband. He takes the first step by leaving the team. He packs his bags and orders the Carrier to create a door to take him anywhere away from the team.
A tearful Jenny Quantum intercepts Midnighter before he leaves. Jenny attempts to make her father stay, but he refuses. He tells her he must go, that it's the only way.
Finally, Hawksmoor addresses the public. He says the Authority take full responsibility for the damage in Washington D.C., and has decided to step down from power. An interim government has been assigned and free elections will take place within a month.
Meanwhile, U.S. government forces meet to discuss the Authority’s dissolution, as well as their own return to power. As the men speak, a man draped in a dark cloak enters the room via a blue shift-door.
The man lowers his hood and speaks.
"Allow me to introduce myself, gentlemen. My name is Henry Bendix, and I'll be making the big decisions around here from this point on."
Notes:
- This issue is collected in The Authority: Revolution-Book 1 trade.
Sources:
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