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Superman Adventure #31: Family Reunion

by Mark Millar; Aluir Amancio; Terry Austin; Marie Severin and Phil Felix

Mark Millar's run on The Authority takes the core concept - what if superheroes decided to make the world better by force? - and adds a layer of "and they become shitty asshole celebrities too" to it.

just cheap shock value writing being drawn by some of the absolute best artists in the industry

and then issue 21 isn't even by Millar and focuses on Jackson King and Christine Trelane from Stormwatch, who aren't really relevant to The Authority at all, and it's really just a pitch issue for The Monarchy and it's weird and out of place. I wondered if this was actually the last appearance of Union, who hadn't been around in a while at this point, but I guess he comes back in The Monarchy and his apparent suicide here was just some kind of cosmic awakening.

Probably the best of Millar's Authority stuff is when, after making The Authority into giant assholes, he replaces them with even bigger assholes.

Superman Adventures #41: A Week in the Life of Lois Lane

by Mark Millar; Bret Blevins; Tery Austin; Marie Severin and Phil Felix