THE AUTHORITY
Reading and appearances guide
This page works as a reading guide as well as a guide to all other stories related to the characters and minor appearances.
Is divided into Wildstorm era and DC era.HOW TO USE IT:
Reading guide: all the main books to read are highlited. Sometimes they are in the reading order instead of the chronological one.
Other stories: Less important stories or one shots are indicated in bold.
Minor appearances: and cameos, are indicated in italic.
Characters are indicated with different colours:
MIDNIGHTER
APOLLO
SWIFT
JENNY SPARKS
JACK HAWKSMOOR
THE DOCTOR (Jeroen Thornedike and Habib Bin Hassan)
ANGIE
JENNY QUANTUM"Publication" refers to the cover date of the first issue listed for every book.
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WILDSTORM ERA
Main books to read, all the less important or one shot stories and minor appearances for the Authority team members under the Wildstorm imprint.
| Title | Issues | Published | Details | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stormwatch Vol 1 | #28 ; #37; #37 | September, 1995; July, 1996. | Swift; Jenny Sparks and Jack Hawksmoor first appearance. | |
| Stormwatch Vol 2 | #4 - #6; #4 - #6; #7 - #9; #11. | 11th February, 1999 | Midnighter and Apollo first appearance; #7, 8: Jack Hawksmoor; #9: Midnighter, Apollo and Jack Hawksmoor; #11: Swift; Jenny Sparks and Jack Hawksmoor. Here's when The Authority was created. | . |
| The Authority Vol 1 | #1 - # 29 | May, 1999 | The Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike), Angie and Jenny Quantum (as a newborn, end of #12) first appearance. | . |
| Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years | "Requiem"; "Better Days"; The Authority vol1 #13; The Authority vol1 #14 | October, 2017 | "Requiem": The whole team, in their Wildstorm versions. Jenny Q. only mentioned; "Better Days": Midnighter (Wildstorm), Jenny Sparks; The Authority vol1 #13 - #14 uncensored and in black-and-white. Even if is DC era (2017) and you'll find this also in its list, I put it also in here bc takes place in 1999 and includes uncensored issues from Vol.1. | . |
| Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World | #1 | June, 2000 | . | . |
| Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority | #1- #5 | August, 2000 | Takes place after The Authority Vol 1, #12 . All team members appears in the series too. Limited series. | . |
| The Authority Annual Vol 1 | #1 | 11th October, 2000 | Part of "Devil's Night" (2 of 4). No need to read the full arc. | . |
| Gen-Active Vol 1 | #6 | August, 2001 | Middle of the volume, mainly Midnighter. Swift and Angie cameo. | . |
| The Monarchy | #4 | August, 2001 | #4: Shortly later than the middle of the volume Angie and Apollo cameo; #11: Apollo, Swift, Angie and The Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike) cameo twice (middle-beginning and ending) | . |
| Cybernary 2.0 | #1; #3; #4 - #5; | September, 2001 | #1;#3: Only the Carrier in a flashback; #4 - #5: The whole team, | . |
| Gen 13 Vol 2 | #68; #69 | October, 2001 | #68: Brief appearance of some team members twice; #69: Swift, Angie and Apollo brief appearance (end of the volume) | . |
| Wildstorm Summer Special | Orbital; Isolation | October, 2001 | Orbital: Jack Hawksmoor; Isolation: Angie and Midnighter | . |
| The Authority: Kev | #1 | October, 2002 | . | . |
| Point Blank | #3 | December, 2002 | Midnighter and Jack Hawksmoor. | . |
| The Authority: Scorched Earth | #1 | 18th December, 2002 | . | . |
| Stormwatch: Team Achilles | #4 - #6; #8; #9 - The Authority: High Stakes | December, 2002 | #4: Midnighter and Jack Hawksmoor; #5: Midnighter, Angie and Jack Hawksmoor; #6: The whole team; #8: Midnighter without cape; #9 - The Authority: High Stakes: the whole team (continues in Sleeper #3, reprinted in full in The Authority Vol 2). | . |
| Sleeper | #3 - The Authority: High Stakes pt2; #5 | May, 2003 | #3: High Stakes pt2 (continues in Wildcats Version 3.0); #5: Midnighter, Apollo and Jack Hawksmoor cameo (beginning of the volume). | . |
| Wildcats Version 3.0 | #8 | May, 2003 | High Stakes pt3; | . |
| The Authority Vol 2 | #1 - # 14 | July, 2003 | . | . |
| The Authority Annual Vol 2 | #1 - #3 | October, 2003 | First published in #1: Stormwatch: Team Achilles #9; #2: Sleeper #3; #3: Wildcats Version 3.0 #8. | . |
| The Authority/Lobo: Jingle Hell | #1 | February, 2004 | DC Comics/Wildstorm Comics one-shot crossover special. | . |
| Coup d'État | #1 - #5 | April, 2004 | Crossover event. They appear directly in all issues except "Afterword" | . |
| Stormwatch: Team Achilles | #20 - #23 | May, 2004 | #20: Midnighter and Angie; #22: Almost the whole team. | . |
| The Authority: More Kev | #1 - #4 | July, 2004 | . | . |
| The Authority: Human on the Inside | #1 | 15th September, 2004 | . | . |
| The Authority: Revolution | #1 - #12 | December, 2004 | The Doctor (Habib Bin Hassan) first appearance in issue #9. | . |
| Wildstorm Winter Special | Two Dangerous Ideas; Small World, After All | January, 2005 | Two Dangerous Ideas: Midnighter and Apollo (and their alt versions, Daylighter and Pluto); Small World, After All: Almost the whole team, mostly Jack Hawksmoor; | . |
| Intimates | #1 | January, 2005 | Apollo, Angie and Swift cameo, beginning of the issue in videos; Apollo, Angie, Midnighter and The Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike) cameo on posters, almost middle of the issue. | |
| The Authority/Lobo: Spring Break Massacre | #1 | August, 2005 | DC Comics/Wildstorm Comics one-shot crossover special. | . |
| The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin | #1 - #5 | November, 2005 | . | . |
| Captain Atom: Armageddon | #4 - #9 | March, 2006 | . | . |
| The Authority Vol 3 | #1 - # 2 | December, 2006 | Morrison stopped working on the series after 2 issues because of a heavy work load. | . |
| The Authority: The Lost Year | #3 - # 12 | January, 2010 | Continues and concludes Grant Morrison's The Authority Vol.3, #1 - #2 . | . |
| The Authority: Prime | #1 - #6 | December, 2007 | The arc would have spanned issues #6 to #11 of The Authority: The Lost Year. | . |
| Midnighter | #1- #20 | January, 2007 | Heavily focused on Midnighter. All team members appears ONLY BRIEFLY. Originally intended as a 6 issue mini-series, ran for 20 issues. | . |
| Stormwatch: Post Human Division | #5 | May, 2007 | Connected to The Authority: Scorched Earth. 5#: Mainly The Doctor (Habib Bin Hassan) and Apollo. Cameo for other team members at the beginning of the volume | . |
| Grifter and Midnighter | #1- #6 | May, 2007 | Heavily focused on Midnighter and Grifter. All team members appears ONLY BRIEFLY. Limited series. | . |
| Gen 13 Vol 4 | #8 - #27 | July, 2007 | #27: team members appears briefly (end of the issue). Connected to The Authority: Prime. | . |
| Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Wildstorm | #1 | November, 2007 | . | . |
| Wildstorm: Armageddon | #1 - #6 | December, 2007 | Midnighter: Armageddon #1: Whole team; Gen 13: Armageddon: Midnighter, Swift and Apollo appearance at the beginning. Crossover event. | . |
| Wildstorm: Revelations | #1 - #2 | March, 2008 | #1: Apollo and Midnighter in a flashback, then the whole team appears (both, end of the volume); #2: Whole team. | . |
| Secret History of The Authority: Hawksmoor | #1- #6 | May, 2008 | All team members appears in the series too. Limited series. | . |
| DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar | #1- #6 | June, 2008 | DC Comics/Wildstorm Comics crossover. Here Midnighter and Joker fight. | . |
| Number of the Beast | #1- #9 | August, 2008 | #6: All team appears briefly (end of the issue); #8: Some team members appears briefly (beginning of the issue) and Midnighter on the cover. | . |
| The Authority: Vol 4 (World's End) | #1 - #6 | October, 2008 | Sets to the World's End status quo. | . |
| Stormwatch: Post Human Division | #18 | March, 2009 | #18: Mainly Midnighter and Swift, other members appears briefly. | . |
| The Authority: Vol 4 (World's End) | #7 | April, 2009 | . | . |
| Stormwatch: Post Human Division | #19 | April, 2009 | #19: Midnighter, Swift and Angie. | . |
| The Authority: Vol 4 (World's End) | #8 -#14 | May, 2009 | . | . |
| Wildcats: World's End | #15 | November, 2009 | . | . |
| The Authority: Vol 4 (World's End) | #15 - #18 | December, 2009 | . | . |
| Wildcats: World's End | #19 | March, 2010 | . | . |
| The Authority: Vol 4 (World's End) | #19 | April, 2010 | . | . |
| Wildcats: World's End | #20 - 29 | April, 2010 | . | . |
| The Authority: Vol 4 (World's End) | #20 - 29 | May, 2010 | . | . |
| DV8: Gods and Monsters | #8 | January, 2011 | Midnighter appears briefly towards the end. |
DC ERA
Main books to read, all the less important or one shot stories and minor appearances for the Authority team members under the DC imprint.
| Title | Issues | Published | Details | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countdown: Arena | #1-#4 | February, 2008 | Apollo (Earth-50 version. The pre-Flashpoint Earth-50 was the home of The Authority, so it's like saying "Wildstorm version"). | . |
| Final Crisis | #7 | March, 2009 | Apollo (Wildstorm version), supporting character, cameos at the beginning and around the middle of the volume. | . |
| Action Comics Vol 1 | #884 | February, 2010 | Midnighter (Wildstorm version) and Apollo (Wildstorm version) cameo in the last pages of the chapter. | . |
| Justice League of America Vol 2 | #43 | May, 2010 | Apollo (Wildstorm version) cameo in the last pages of the chapter. | . |
| Flashpoint Vol.2 | #5 | July, 2011 | Wildstorm characters were introduced into the DC Universe. There's a Midnighter (Prime Earth and Wildstorm version) and Apollo (Prime Earth and Wildstorm version) cameo in the last pages of the chapter. | . |
| Stormwatch Vol 3 (New52) | #1 - # 6 | November, 2011 | Some members return but most of them gets drastically changed. Midnighter (Prime Earth); Apollo (Prime Earth); Angie (Prime Earth); Jack Hawksmoor(Prime Earth); Jenny Quantum (Prime Earth). | . |
| Grifter Vol 3 | #7; #13 - #14; #16 | May, 2012 | #7: Midnighter (PE); #13: Midnighter (PE), Apollo (PE) and Angie (PE); issue #16: Midnighter, Apollo and Angie, only on the cover and a flashback in the beginning. | . |
| Stormwatch Vol 3 (New52) | #7- # 9 | May, 2012 | . | . |
| Voodoo Vol 2 | #5 | March, 2012 | Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE); Angie (PE) and Jenny Quantum (PE) cameo (approx. middle of the volume) | . |
| Deathstroke Vol 2 | #6 | April, 2012 | Midnighter (PE) appears briefly in a flashback (approx. middle of the volume). | . |
| Red Lanterns Vol 1 | #10 | August, 2012 | Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE); Angie (PE); Jack Hawksmoor(PE); Jenny Quantum (PE). | . |
| Stormwatch Vol 3 (New52) | #10- # 12 | August, 2012 | . | . |
| I, Vampire | #12 | October, 2012 | #12: Midnighter (PE), Apollo (PE) and Jack Hawksmoor(PE); #13: Midnighter (PE) and Jack Hawksmoor(PE) appears briefly at the beginning in a flashback. | . |
| Stormwatch Vol 3 (New52) | #0; #13-#17 | November, 2012 | . | . |
| Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special Vol 1 | "Seoul Brothers" | April, 2013 | I decided to highlight this for the relevance in Midnighter (PE) and Apollo (PE) lovestory. There's a reference to this episode in Stormwatch #18. | . |
| Stormwatch Vol 3 (New52) | #18 - #30 | November, 2012 | . | . |
| DC Sneak Peek: Justice League United | #0 | May, 2015 | Apollo (PE) cameo. | . |
| Grayson | #1 - #2; #4 - #7; #10 | August, 2015 | Midnighter (PE). Apollo (PE) appears briefly in issue #4; In issue #10 there's an interview to Steve Orlando about Midnighter's solo series. | . |
| The New 52: Futures End | #1; #4 | July, 2014 | #1: Midnighter (Futures End version), Apollo (Futures End), Jack Hawksmoor (Futures End), Angie (Futures End); #4: Same characters bu only seen on a screen, beginning of the volume | |
| Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle | #2 - "Divergence: Midnighter" | July, 2015 | #2 - "Divergence: Midnighter": Midnighter (PE). Is a special sneak peek at Midnighter solo run. It was also released separately as a free digital comic. | . |
| Convergence | #7 | July, 2015 | Apollo (PE) and Angie (PE) cameo (twice, beginning and end of the volume) | . |
| Midnighter | #1- #7 | August, 2015 | Heavily focused on Midnighter (PE). Only Apollo (PE) appears, in some flashbacks. | . |
| Harley Quinn Vol 2 | #20 - "Harleywood" | November, 2015 | Midnighter (PE) cameo at the beginning. | . |
| Grayson | #13 - #14 | December, 2015 | Midnighter (PE). | . |
| Batman & Robin Eternal Vol 1 | #23 - #25; #26 | May, 2016 | #23 - #25: Midnighter; #26: Only a Midnighter cameo. | . |
| Grayson | #18 - #19; #20 | May, 2016 | Midnighter (PE). On issue #20 only on the cover. | . |
| Nightwing: Rebirth | #1 | September, 2016 | Midnighter in a flashback at the beginning. | . |
| Midnighter | #8- #12 | March, 2016 | Midnighter (PE). Apollo (PE) appears in some flashbacks and in issues #11 - #12. | . |
| Love is love | #1 | December 2016 | Midnighter (Wildstorm). Apollo (Wildstorm), slightly before the middle of the volume more than once. | . |
| Midnighter and Apollo | #1- #6 | December, 2016 | Midnighter (PE) and Apollo (PE) | . |
| Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years | "Requiem"; "Better Days"; The Authority vol1 #13; The Authority vol1 #14 | October, 2017 | "Requiem": The whole team, in their Wildstorm versions. Jenny Q. only mentioned; "Better Days": Midnighter (Wildstorm), Jenny Sparks; The Authority vol1 #13 - #14 uncensored and in black-and-white, | . |
| The Wild Storm | #1 - #24 | April, 2017 | The series is a reinvention to the Wildstorm Universe along with it's characters. Independent from DC main storylines. | . |
| DC Cybernetic Summer | "Out there" | September, 2020 | Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE). | . |
| DC Pride Vol 1 | "To the Victors"; "Love Life" | August, 2021 | In "To the victors" only Midnighter (PE) appears. In "Love life" both Midnighter (PE) and Apollo (PE) appears briefly. | . |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis | #1 | November, 2020 | Apollo (Wildstorm version), cameo, beginning of the book. | . |
| [Future State: Superman: Worlds of War] | #1 - Time and Effect pt.1; Midnighter: Future state pt.1; #2 - Midnighter: Future state pt.2 | March, 2021; April, 2021 | Only brief appearance for Midnighter (Future State) in "Time and Effect; "Midnighter: Future state" (pt.1 and pt.2) focuses on Midnighter (Both Prime Earth and Future State) . "Apollo" appears too. | . |
| [Action Comics Vol 1] | #1029 - 1035 (The passenger pt.1 - pt.6 | May, 2021 | "The passenger" (pt.1, pt.2, pt.3, pt. 5 and pt.6) focuses on Midnighter (Future State) . Apollo (PE) appears too. Even if they doesn't appear in #1029 - #1035 outside of "The passenger", is recommended reading the rest too since is a buildup of the Authority events.; In issue #1035 Midnighter (PE) and Apollo (PE) appears briefly. | . |
| Midnighter 2021 Annual | #1 | October, 2021 | Concludes "The passenger". Focuses on Midnighter (Future State) . Apollo (PE) and Midnighter (PE) appears too. | . |
| Superman and the Authority | #1 - #4 | September, 2021 | Despite the title, only Midnighter (PE) and Apollo (PE) remains of the original Authority team. Enchantress replaces The doctor, Manchster black replaces J.Sparks, Steel replaces Angie and so on. | . |
| [Action Comics Vol 1] | #1036 - 1046; 1047 | January, 2022 | From here on, mainly Midnighter appears and has an important role in the events. None of them appears in the issue #1046; #1047: Midnighter(PE) and Apollo (PE) cameo in "Red moon pt.1" | . |
| Batman/Superman Authority Special | #1 | January, 2022 | Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE). | . |
| The Swamp Thing | #11 - #13 | May, 2022 | Jack Hawksmoor (PE). | . |
| DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War | #1 - #6; #5 - "Dead Cities" | September, 2022 | #1 - #6: Midnighter (Is considered his first appearance, so presumably it's not the PE or the Wildstorm character); #5 - "Dead Cities": Apollo (Earth 63?); Jack Hawksmoor (Earth 63?); Jenny Sparks (Earth 63?); Swift(Earth 63?). | . |
| Superman: Warworld Apocalypse | #1 | October, 2022 | Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE). | . |
| Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special | "Requiem"; "Better Days"; "City Boy and the King of Cities"; "Together" | January, 2023 | "Requiem": The whole team, in their Wildstorm versions. Jenny Quantum (PE) only mentioned; "Better Days": Midnighter (Wildstorm), Jenny Sparks; "City Boy and the King of Cities": Jack Hawksmoor (PE); "Together": Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE). | . |
| DC's Harley Quinn Romances | "Across the Multiverse" | March, 2023 | Midnighter (PE); Apollo (PE). | . |
| Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths 2022-2023 | #7 | February, 2023 | Midnighter (?) cameo (approx. middle of the volume). |
The Team
UNDER CONSTRUCTION