pencil: Ben Oliver

story: John Ridley

colors: Wendy Broome & Randy Mayor

Authority thwarts an attempt by the President of the United States to invade North Korea, humiliating him.
The President asks for help from a secret consultant, whom he has already used to organize Operation Seth.
The Authority is attacked by the Erinyes, the Greek goddesses, who manage to defeat all of its members.
They are saved at the last moment by a simple human being, an expert in martial arts.
Jack Hawksmoor finds himself with a broken back and paraplegic.
Doctor loses control and starts taking drugs again.
Swift is kidnapped by the consultant, who seeks revenge for killing his daughter (the Swift who had replaced her in Operation Seth).
Shortly after the fall of Authority, an unbearable depression spreads across the world, leading many to suicide.
The President of the United States is forced to cancel the order given to the consultant, in order to have the help of the Authority.
The only way is to ask for help from Jackson King, who takes command of the group.
Midnighter and Engineer have been seduced by the human martial arts expert, throwing the team's harmony into crisis.
Jackson King manages to restore order, so much so that he discovers the origin of the global depression.
A man came from the future to destroy the present and annihilate the place he came from.
Injured by the time traveler, the martial arts expert turns out to be a robot sent by the consultant to destabilize them.
Doctor recovers from drug addiction and together they stop the traveler.
Swift, after being tortured by the consultant, surrenders to her tormentor, who in exchange reveals to her how to change the future and save the present.