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I've never read Transmetropolitan... Looks like I need to put it on my list. I'm currently on The Authority vol 2 after reading Planetary, all of his Stormwatch, and The Authority vol 1. They are all just so so good... Planetary has been my favorite though. I was sad when there was nothing left to read, . Transmetropolitan is ridiculously good.

8 is a great cover for sure. The perspective and use of the newspaper are just perfect.

I can't believe there aren't more of them out there. It was too early for people to make Registry sets, but it seems like people would go back and build them. Yeah, most books are pretty thinly graded. http://www.cgcdata.com/cgc/search/title/:authority:/label/all/variants/yes/census/150414/censusprior/150414/

What's interesting... Many of the books in that sub are the only copies in the census. What sucks? Most of those books were from a "1-29 MINT" run I bought on ebay that CLEARLY had never been read and bagged when bought. If the guy had packed them better, I would have had another 5-10 9.8s/9.6s.

That #4 is so nice looking. It looks so great when it's WHITE.

Awesome book. David Tennant is going to 'splode that book, I think.

My fun recent sub is now in my clutches,.

Yeah, these books are where they put together the blueprint for what will be in The Authority (Stormwatch 37 intros Jenny Sparks and Jack Hawksmoor) Plus, Rose Tattoo! Plus... it's awesome to see Ellis mold the title to his will. He starts with one thing (Stormwatch as it had been) and ends up with something very different (eventually, The Authority) The journey is just phenomenal. The Authority is a more polished vision of what he wanted to say about superheros, but the Stormwatch stuff is mad science. Rose Tattoo and Yeah, what a character.

We are using different TPB numbering. I've read ALL of Volume 1 (two oversized TPBs in the current print), which encompasses everything through Transfer of Power. Is there stuff after that worth seeking out? The Brubaker/Nguyen run (vol. 3/Revolutions) was pretty good.

Yeah, these books are where they put together the blueprint for what will be in The Authority (Stormwatch 37 intros Jenny Sparks and Jack Hawksmoor) Plus, Rose Tattoo! Plus... it's awesome to see Ellis mold the title to his will. He starts with one thing (Stormwatch as it had been) and ends up with something very different (eventually, The Authority) The journey is just phenomenal. The Authority is a more polished vision of what he wanted to say about superheros, but the Stormwatch stuff is mad science.

Great point. In the broadest pop cultures sense it's not a lot of steps (and a straight line) from The Authority to The Ultimates to The Avengers movie and in comics, forget it- the comic influence was dramatic and far-reaching.

Volume 2 was weird. The book, in volume 1, had 4 (5 if you count Art Adams) of the top guys working in the industry. Superstars. Vol 2? I honestly can't even remember the creative team. AND, they didn't understand the characters. So weird.

I have never read what Ellis' take was, but that has been my impression. I really liked Millar's arc too, but it did feel like a letdown. I remember him saying that, with the exception of Authority: Widescreen (which never was released or finished because of 9/11), he had said all he needed to about the natural evolution of superheroes with StormWatch/Authority, or something to that effect. I don't disagree but I was so disappointed when it was over. I never read much of either series after Millar's run. Any of the later series that you guys would suggest picking up ? Brubaker's Authority: Revolution (which was essentially Vol 3) was quite good but not quite on the level of Millar or definitely Ellis. But it was MUCH better than Vol 2 (which was, IMO, atrocious) Truth on both points. Brubaker did some good work and Dustin Nguyen's art was awesome. Vol. 2 is best ignored.

I have never read what Ellis' take was, but that has been my impression. I really liked Millar's arc too, but it did feel like a letdown. I remember him saying that, with the exception of Authority: Widescreen (which never was released or finished because of 9/11), he had said all he needed to about the natural evolution of superheroes with StormWatch/Authority, or something to that effect. It was a while ago, but IIRC, he felt like he was basically done with superheroes at that point. He'd told his story and had nothing left to say about them. Of course, he later had PLENTY to say about them, but that was mostly on Marvel's dime.

First off, I love these books and judging by how many people pile on when we discuss them here (as in the recent Planetary thread) I think a lot of other people do too. So... hey, here's a place where people can wax poetic about one of the best series in the past 25 years. Secondly... I just had to share this cool convergence of collecting milestones today relating to the two titles. First off... I'm now the proud owner of the #1 The Authority registry set. I had a big sub come through the other day and while I had a couple of books that came in lower than my actual threshold for the run (I got two 9.2s and my threshold is 9.4) I got bunch of 9.8s to add to my run, pushing me over the top. I'll never beat Ghost Town for Daredevil 1-157, but at least I've got one registry set that I'm the top dog on Now I just need to buy and cherry pick a few more raw runs of the title to actually complete the volume 1 run. Secondly... I just got 4 pages in from Stormwatch #37. These are none of the big pages (no Jenny Sparks. etc.) but they're still cool and from one of the coolest books in my own personal collecting universe.

Awesome copy! Great preservation and excellent production quality. DD #1 is often miswrapped and/or miscut. Not that copy.

Wow, MST is all over the place. I've got a sub from 1/12/15 that's still chilling at graded in Florida.

I did it once in low grade when I was a kid and working in a comic shop. They ended up buying a solid run from 1-100 and I just picked them off with my earnings from the shop and from convention sales. I sold my books during a period after college where (like many people) I didn't have a nickel. That run was 1-291. That's theoretically what I'm going for here. Once I get up through Miller done the whole process turns into- buy runs, cherry-pick and submit to fill holes because the issues in the 200s don't come up all that often. I did the run again in higher grade (I had CGC 9.0 #1 and CGC 9.0 #2) starting the beginning of the CGC era. Then we bought a house I wasn't enamored with the run and I was selling a lot at the time (65% dealer/35% collector) so it was a pretty easy choice to inject a bunch of cash into the homebuying process. Once I got back into collecting more actively the idea was to make sure I was going to be satisfied with any books I buy- with a focus on pedigree copies where possible. I'm happy with the way it's gone so far. I started again with Daredevil #46 Western Penn.

I'm happy with the #84, don't get me wrong. I put a bid down to win it and win it i did (thumbs u I'm really happy with the 4 and 5. I think my 2-5 run is just about as good as I could expect to see in the grade. Now I just need a #1 to match

Thanks, we'll see how it goes. Swinging the #1 and still being able to react if a #7 comes up will be a challenge. I'd love to be down to just those two though. That would be great. I'm nearly there.

I guess it will be #7. That's the obvious one, but one could show up tomorrow as easily as one could show up in a year.

Ask me about that when I finish the run