The Authority: Prime #4

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• 8.0

  Comics Bulletin - Shawn Hill

  Jan 26, 2008

  The individual battles are cool, with Apollo and Midnighter facing nightmare versions of themselves, the speedster proving especially challenging for many of the heroes, Rose Tattoo coping with her serial killer guilt, and the Engineer using her web interface to crack some of Bendixs defense systems. Its a logical, solid fight, shown step by step, and though it gets us to some clichd places (everythings fine, except for that wily stealth traitor) it does so with style and gusto. Midnighter makes some dirty jokes, Apollo takes everything seriously as always, and Hawksmoor kicks the hell out of his opposition. This is what you want from an Authority tale, especially if youre nostalgic for the good old days. Read Full Review