#jeroen thornedike

[poiverine]

the squad

#doodles #The authority #I just wanted to sketch my take on their design #Dc #My art #Fanart #Midnighter #Apollo #Jenny Sparks #Jenny Quantum #jack hawksmoor #angela spica #shen li men #jeroen thornedike #Habib bin Hassan #Doctor #engineer #Swift

[kinglindwyrm]

my three guys i draw exactly the same (old doodle)

#was gonna digitize it and still might but eh. might as well post it #drew this a couple months ago i think... #tyler durden #fight club #midnighter #the authority #wildstorm #midnighter wildstorm #jeroen thornedike #the doctor wildstorm #sketch #doodle #artists on tumblr #tyler durden being reverse midnighter design is so funny. do u think daylighter looks like him. #queue

[dc-tournaments]

#dc #the incompetency awards #chuck brown #jeroen thornedike

[towritecomicsonherarms]

New and improved fancast for The Authority tbh

Apollo - Alan Ritchson (i previously fancast him as midnighter but then he got absolutely fucking JACKED for Reacher. Slap a blond wig on him and BOOWM.. instant Sun King)

Midnighter - Lewis Tan

Angela Spica/Engineer - Eiza Gonzalez

Jeroen Thornedike/The Doctor - Mads Mikkelsen

Jack Hawksmoor - Joe Taslim

Shen Li-Men/Swift - Zhang Ziyi  (only person to survive from the fancast i made 9 years ago tbh)

Jenny Sparks - Anya Taylor-Joy 

I’m still shocked we’re getting an Authority film. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!

Other fancasts

#the authority #fancasts #fancast #comics #dc #midnighter #jack hawksmoor #jenny sparks #swift #jeroen thornedike #angela spica

[cloverinsummer]

One thing I don’t think gets talked enough about when it comes to the authority, is how Apollo and Midnighter aren’t the only queers on the team.

Like Angie has on panel stated that she had a lesbian crush, and in the secret history of the authority Jenny sparks mini series it is implied that Jenny and Shen has slept together.

I just find it really neat.

#the authority #jenny sparks #midnigter #apollo #the engineer #the doctor #swift #dc comics #wildstorm dc #wildstorm comics #jack hawksmoor #shen li men #jeroen thornedike #angela spica

[atlas-authority]

Finally working on the second chapter of my Authority fanfic

#dc #dc comics #midnighter #the authority #wildstorm #authority #apollo #jenny sparks #jack hawksmoor #angela spica #the engineer #jeroen thornedike #why is his name spelled like tha

[theauthorityvol1]

i don't want the authority movie to happen.

but if it has to happen. then Joe gilgun HAS to play jeroen

#if he can fake an Irish accent he can fake a Dutch one. #the authority #.rtf #i already hate this movie. the least they can do for me is doctor Joe gilgun #jeroen thornedike #joe gilgun

[piquedpequod]

Fanmix for the Doctor, third in a set.

Listen: (Youtube | Spotify) Lyrics:

Welcome To My World - Depeche Mode And if you stay a while I'll penetrate your soul I'll bleed into your dreams You'll want to lose control I'll weep into your eyes I'll make your visions sing I'll open endless skies And ride your broken wings Welcome to my world

Fear There & Everywhere - Archive It's seeping seeping seeping seeping into my bones It's creeping creeping creeping creeping into my home Fake this, fake that, it's so ugly, it's just Fear there everywhere Burning inside of me Fear there everywhere Killing the light in me

Faith Healer - Recoil If your body's feeling bad And it's the only one you have You want to take away the pain Go out walking in the rain Watch the flowers go to bed Ask the man inside your head Your spirit never has to grieve All you've got to do's believe

Can I put my hands on you?

Squid - Innerpartysytem Hello morning sound alarms There's no turning this around The days are dragging out Don't you love it? Hand in hand the human race Lost emotion on their face 'Cause no one ever got what they wanted Don't worry now Don't worry now

Aptal Bir Inat - Jakuzi It always scares me It wasn't words, it was looks It's not the dead They remained behind

Sustaining us here Binding our hands As if a stupid stubbornness Effort to prove

Marijuana - Kid Cudi That's the only thing that keep me level Up in my crazy head Stoned on the run-run, no fun if not

Always had my back, hey Always had my back, hey, marijuana

Rush Minute - Massive Attack I wanna be clean but I gotta get high It's good to be here, so hard to come by You bring pain cause you got game And needles and pins a man can't take

I got some yearning, God I'm made to get high God's left hand wasn't made to get by Got more highs left in me And there's more room in recovery

New Person, Same Old Mistakes - Tame Impala Finally taking flight I know you don't think it's right I know that you think it's fake Maybe fake's what I like The point is, I have the right

Feel like a brand-new person But you'll make the same old mistakes Well, I don't care, I'm in love

Pana-Vision - The Smile A door that opens wide My, how you've altered Oh Heaven, help me Is that the time?

Beginning, without end Never lost, never dies Unending, a beam of light A tunnel in my mind

If I go, it’s because It’s happened once before And now it’s starting all again

started march 2023, fin. april 2023.

#the authority #jeroen thornedike #fanmix #theme: authority portraits

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The Complete Authority Reading Guide

Born from the late 90s and early 00s trend towards darker superhero stories, The Authority debuted in 1999 with The Authority #1 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch for WildStorm. The Authority fights for what they see as best for the world regardless of the cost. The Authority was one of DC’s best-selling books under Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. The team appeared in their series, as well as other WildStorm and DC titles. Their last appearance came months before the launch of DC’s The New 52. Since the N52, most Authority characters have been retconned or forgotten. Only the team’s breakout star Midnighter (and sometimes Apollo) remains active in comics.

This is a comprehensive guide to every appearance of The Authority's main characters: Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor, the Engineer (Angela Spica), the Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike, later Habib bin Hassan), Swift (Shen Li-Men), Apollo, the Midnighter, and Jenny Quantum.

Issues marked with an asterisk (*) don't feature Authority characters but do provide context.

StormWatch

WildStorm was an independent studio established by Jim Lee in 1992. It was bought by DC Comics in 1998 and ran as an imprint until being shut down in 2010. Before The Authority debuted, there was StormWatch. StormWatch (1993) and StormWatch (1997) are the first appearances of most of the Authority’s original lineup.

StormWatch (1993-1997) — #28-31, #37-39, #42-44, #46, #48-50 

StormWatch (1997-1998) — #4-12 

WildC.A.T.s/Aliens (1998)*

The Authority

The Authority (1999) — #1-29

Wildstorm Summer Special (2001)

The Authority (2003) — #1-6

Coup D’Etat (2004) — #1-4

The Authority (2003) — #7-14

The Authority: Scorched Earth (2004)

The Authority: Human on the Inside (2004)

The Authority: Revolution (2004) — #1-12

Garth Ennis’s “Kev” tetralogy follows Kevin Hawkins, a terrible person with terrible luck, and his misadventures with the Authority. Where this series is in the chronology is unclear.

The Authority: Kev (2002) — #1 

The Authority: More Kev (2004) — #1-4 

The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin (2005) — #1-5 

The Authority: A Man Called Kev (2006) — #1-5*

Solos

Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority (2000) — #1-5

Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor (2008) — #1-7

Midnighter (2007) — #1-20

Grifter and Midnighter (2007) — #1-6

Crossovers and Events

World War III was part of Marvel’s 1996 Heroes Reborn initiative. The Marvel and WildStorm universes crossed over for the 4-issue event. 

Fantastic Four (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Avengers (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Iron Man (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Captain America (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Grifter (1996) — #11

Planetary/The Authority: Ruling The World (2000)

Cybernary 2.0 (2001) — #5-6 

The Monarchy (2001) — #4, #11-12

Gen13 (1995) — #68-69

The Establishment (2001) — #8 [CAMEO]

Gen-Active (2000) — #6 [BACK-UP]

WildCats Version 3.0 (2002) — #8 

Sleeper (2002) — #3, #5

Point Blank (2002) — #3

Stromwatch: Team Achilles (2004) — #4-6, #9, #20, #22

Intimates (2005) — #1 [CAMEO]

Planetary (2005) — #5 [CAMEO]

WildCats (2006) — #1 [CAMEO]

The Authority vs. Lobo: Jingle Hell (2004)

The Authority vs. Lobo: Spring Break Massacre (2005)

Ion: Guardian of the Universe (2006) — #10 [CAMEO]

Worldstorm was a 2006 relaunch of the WildStorm universe. It was originally intended to be a full reboot but partway in WildStorm turned it into a “soft reboot”. The reboot is widely considered to have been a failure. Sources on this era are difficult to find and it can be a confusing reading experience. 

Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) — #1-9

An Essential Guide to Worldstorm (2006)*

The Authority (2006) — #1-2**

The Authority: The Lost Year (2010) — #3-12

The Authority: Prime (2008) — #1-6

StormWatch: P.H.D (2006) — #5 [CAMEO]

Gen13 (2006) — #8, #27

**The Authority (2006) was written by Grant Morrison who dropped the series after 2 issues due to their focus on other projects. Three years later, Keith Griffen continued the storyline under the new title The Authority: The Lost Year based on Morrison’s scripts. The Authority: Prime was published between Morrison and Griffen’s runs.

DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008) — #1-6 

Action Comics (1938) — #884 [BACK-UP] [CAMEO]

World’s End was a 3-year WildStorm event culminating in DC's Flashpoint. It made major changes to the WildStorm universe, notably a post-apocalyptic setting and grittier tone. 

Wildstorm: Armageddon (2007)

Wildstorm: Revelations (2008) — #1-2

Number of the Beast (2008) — #3, #6-8 

The Authority (2008) — #1-17

StormWatch: P.H.D (2006) — #18-19 

The Authority (2008) — #7-17

WildCats: World’s End (2008) — #19-23

The Authority (2008) — #18-29

WildCats: World’s End (2008) — #26-30

Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years collects published and unpublished material from across WildStorm titles including The Authority.

Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years (2017)

The New 52 and Beyond

In addition to rebooting the mainline DC Universe, the New 52 "streamlined" DC's multiple continuities by combining everything into one timeline. The result of this for the Authority was Stormwatch (2011). Swift, the Doctor, and Jenny Quantum are absent from this point forward.

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2007) — #1

Countdown: Arena (2007) — #1-4 [CAMEO]

Flashpoint (2011) — #5 [CAMEO]

StormWatch (2011) — #1-6

Voodoo (2011) — #5 [CAMEO] 

Deathstroke (2011) — #6

Grifter (2011) — #7, #13-14, #16 

StormWatch (2011) — #7-10

Red Lanterns (2011) — #10

I, Vampire (2011) — #12, #13 (Issues are separated by issue #0)

StormWatch (2011) — #11-30

The New 52: Futures End (2014) — #1

Harley Quinn (2014) — #20 [CAMEO]

Grayson (2014) — #1-2, #4-7

Midnighter (2015) — #1-7

Grayson (2014) — #13-14 

Batman & Robin Eternal (2015) — #23-26

Grayson (2014) — #18-20 

Midnighter (2015) — #8-12

Convergence (2015) — #7 [CAMEO]

Nightwing: Rebirth (2016) 

Midnighter and Apollo (2016) — #1-6

Justice League of America (2018) — Annual [CAMEO]

Infinite Frontier (2021) — #0 [CAMEO]

The Swamp Thing (2021) #11-13

WildC.A.T.s (2022) — #12 [CAMEO]

Action Comics (2016) — #1029-1034 [BACK-UP]

Future State: Superman: War of Worlds (2021) — #1-2

Midnighter (2021)

Superman and The Authority (2021) — #1-4

Batman/Superman: The Authority Special (2021)

Action Comics (2016) #1035-1039, #1041-1045, #1047

Superman: Warworld Apocalypse (2022) 

Knight Terrors: Action Comics (2023) — #2 [CAMEO]

Milestone 30th Anniversary Special (2023) [CAMEO]

Outsiders (2023) attempts to incorporate WildStorm ideas and continuity into the main DC timeline. Authority characters have not appeared as of writing (May 2024)

Outsiders (2023) — Ongoing

Apollo and Midnighter in Specials

Outside of Superman and cameo appearances, Apollo and Midnighter have been mostly relegated to anthology specials. They are the only Authority characters to still appear in comics.

Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special (2013)

Love is Love (2016) — [CAMEO]**

DC Cybernetic Summer (2020)

DC Pride (2021)

Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special (2022)

DC Pride (2023)

DC’s Harley Quinn Romances (2023)

DC’s ‘Twas the 'Mite Before Christmas (2023) [CAMEO]

DC Pride 2024 (2024) [CAMEO]

**Love is Love was a charity anthology and tribute to the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. It was produced by IDW in collaboration with DC. Read with caution and respect.

Other Timelines

Three non-canon iterations of WildStorm characters have been published in recent years. The Wild Storm came out in 2017, followed by Authority character appearances in DC vs. Vampires, and finally Waller vs. Wildstorm which is not relevant to this guide.  

Warren Ellis’s The Wild Storm is a 24-issue self-contained series reimagining the WildStorm universe.

The Wild Storm (2017) #1-24

DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War was a spinoff from the 2021 DC vs. Vampires set on Earth-63.

DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War (2022) — #2, #5-6

#the authority #reading list #reading guide #dc comics #midnighter #apollo dc #jenny sparks #angela spica #jack hawksmoor #shen li-men #jeroen thornedike #jenny quantum #habib bin hassan #talk to me about the authority please!!! #please talk to me about the authority #comic recommendations #im so tired. #id in alt #my askbox is open to questions 👍

[batmanego]

#wildstorm #nobody cares about these guys

[macbethz]

Jeroen thornedike is quite literally just like me fr. I would also be given unimaginable power and instead of using it to improve the world would have a mental breakdown and isolate myself to get high and play video games

#one of the characters of all time to me he is like tailor made to be my kinda guy. wish he was actually explored more but it is what it is #consequences of liking niche comic guys #warlock wartalks

[nocontextjustcomics]

#Wildstorm Comics #Midnighter #The Midnighter #the doctor #jeroen thornedike #wildstorm #The Authority

[dc-tournaments]

#dc #the incompetency awards #jeroen thornedike #floyd ventrix

[towritecomicsonherarms]

The Authority Vol 2 #2

#the authority #jack hawksmoor #jeroen thornedike #the doctor #comics #marvel #wildstorm #dc

[failed-mad-scientist]

The Authority - Bryan Hitch

#The Authority #bryan hitch #wildstorm #wildstorm comics #dc #DC comics #comic #comics #comic books #comic book art #portrait #art #comic book cover art #jenny sparks #Midnighter #lucas trent #the doctor #Jeroen Thornedike #swift #Shen Li-Min #jack hawksmoor #the engineer #angela spica #apollo #Andrew Pulaski

[deathdefyinglifeleaps]

Good talk. 

The Authority (1999) #4

#The Authority #Midnighter #Lucas Trent #The Doctor #Jeroen Thornedike #Wildstorm #DC #comics #nerdwife reads things