We all know my immense love for The Authority, as well as my immense disappointment with it being taken away from Warren Ellis, so of course I was excited to read a new take on many of the same characters from the original creator. And thankfully it fully lived up to my expectations!

There are several overlapping storylines in this comic, something which really shouldn't work in a regular six-issue comic but Ellis manages to make it work here. Like with The Authority, there is a clear-cut villain but none of the characters you're rooting for are clear-cut heroes, something which has become far more common since The Authority was originally published but still something that I think Ellis does better than most. There are very few characters whose motivations aren't selfish and who aren't risking lives in whatever they're doing, and it means that it takes a while before you can figure out who to root for.

But enough about Ellis' impeccable characterisation, let's talk about the art because holy shit I think I have a new favourite comic illustrator. Jon Davis-Hunt's illustrations are fucking glorious in every sense of the word. He excels at everything, from the big action scenes to the intimate character moments. I'm so happy to see that he stays on for most of the rest of the series because his versions of all these characters are now the only ones I care about.

Guys, I'm just so happy to see a comic that has all these fucked up, morally grey people and isn't written by an edge lord, but is instead written by someone who actually understands the complexities of morally grey characters and way their messy morals can impact a story. I might go and read the rest of this run in one go because I am loving it so much!