Originally posted by DigiMark007
Yeah, they packaged them together. An Amazon search for Coup D'etat should turn it up, and it shouldn't be any more than $10-12. Not my favorite story arc, but it sets up the later things in Volume 2 and the Revolution arc.
thanks- I followed the Authority as it came out, but not any of the other concurrent Wildstorm titles, so when we jumped to Revolution, I was a little surprised that the Authority had suddenly conquered the country. I thought it was a "in media res" in kinda thing.
Bump because I just read #6 of the Prime arc.
I realize I'm a Doctor fanboy, but I feel like this is a legitimate gripe...
...mindrape?! Seriously?! That's how they had Bendix deal with Habib?
Mind you, this is the same Doctor who was stated to be immune to telepaths (Jackson King) only a few issues ago. By the same writer. Hell, Bendix had King's powers, so it's the same exact power set that he suddenly lost immunity to.
They established Jenny isn't psi-proof...fine. But it's not even a new writer ignoring past powers. It's the same guy contradicting himself, and also contradicting Doctor's entire history. The writer could have dealt with Habib a bunch of other ways. Same as earlier in the arc and have Jenny fight him. Keep him gone with the natural disasters. Etc.
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Definition of PIS.
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Otherwise, not a horrible arc. I have a bad taste in my mouth about it because of that, but it was a fun romp with some of my Stormwatch favorites as well, so I didn't mind it until 6.
Authority Prime had a fun '90s nostalgia vibe going for it; Jackson King in his crazy-ass battle suit, and the rest of the Stormwatch team. I've missed a lot of them.
Bendix is a bit overused in the Authority... he's pretty much their only recurring villain (seeing as how this is the third, and apparently not the last time he's going to be killed). He was suitable threatening in this though.
The fact that Bendix had the powers of countless superhumans could be used as a possible explanation for why Habib was overcome through telepathy. Bendix was doing things like mentally blocking out Stormwatch teleportation, the Carrier's doors, and the Authority's mindlinks to each other. So maybe King was just wrong about the Doctor's telepathic blocks- he had just never encountered a telepath that strong.
Just seems cheap when it's the exact same powerset. If you say he's immune, you shouldn't change your mind 3 issues later. I realize he was using them > King, but Doctor's a powerful telepath to begin with. It makes no sense at all.
Considering there have been about a dozen ways prior to this (and likely dozens more possible ways) that Doctor has been removed via PIS so that he didn't end the fight in seconds (and all of them more believable) I'm prepared to chalk it up to lack of creativity on the writer's part.
And I'll cosign the Bendix comment. They could use maybe 1-2 other recurring villains. As villains go, Bendix is sweet. But there's maybe only 1-2 other memorable villains in their history otherwise (if that). Some other WS team needs to grow a matter manipulator so that they fight other teams on a regular basis. We still have yet to see a meaningful fight between Majestic and...anyone on Authority. And it's because of Jenny and Doctor.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Just seems cheap when it's the exact same powerset. If you say he's immune, you shouldn't change your mind 3 issues later. I realize he was using them > King, but Doctor's a powerful telepath to begin with. It makes no sense at all..
😆 It's almost like Sentry "stalemating Galactus" but losing to Hulk. In comics there will always be inconsistent characters. But its even worst when the same writer does it. 😛
Originally posted by Endrict Nuul
😆 It's almost like Sentry "stalemating Galactus" but losing to Hulk. In comics there will always be inconsistent characters. But its even worst when the same writer does it. 😛
In the same story arc. Against the same powers.
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Yeah, crap writing of characters had never really hit home with me until now, since my faves are generally treated well. Maybe not great, but I've never seen one get writer-raped like this before.
Well, he does utterly ruin King with his own powers, yelling about how King is afraid of using them to their full extent, out of fear of turning into his father. And maybe he got some other telepath's powers too. But yeah, why couldn't Bendix have done something like knock him out using super-speed or something? It would have taken all of an extra panel to clear that inconsistency up. So I know what you mean.
Still, Authority: Prime was pretty good. Do you know if there's any other Authority stuff (other than Secret History: Hawksmoor) coming out?
Originally posted by tjcoady
Well, he does utterly ruin King with his own powers, yelling about how King is afraid of using them to their full extent, out of fear of turning into his father. And maybe he got some other telepath's powers too. But yeah, why couldn't Bendix have done something like knock him out using super-speed or something? It would have taken all of an extra panel to clear that inconsistency up. So I know what you mean.Still, Authority: Prime was pretty good. Do you know if there's any other Authority stuff (other than Secret History: Hawksmoor) coming out?
Not at the moment. Dreamwar starts in a couple weeks, and MN'er has his ongoing series.
And I don't have such a problem with the King stuff. The writer (through Bendix) claimed that he was holding back, and he never gives us reason to doubt it within the arc (even though it's not the kindest to King himself). The difference is, he didn't do a 180 after establishing that character trait....which is exactly what happened with the two feats from the Doctor.
Hell, I'd be happy if I were a Jackson King fan...some other writer might take that and run with it, giving him even greater power and better feats.