Coup D'Etat: The Authority
#1
[Whilce Portacio Cover]
(April 2004)
- Price:
- 2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- WildStorm Productions
- Brand:
- WS Eye of the Storm
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Ben Abernathy (Editor); Kristy Quinn (Assistant Editor)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US Size; Saddle-Stitched; One-Shot
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
Suggested for Mature Readers. Coup D'Etat was a company wide crossover event published by Wildstorm comics in 2004. The story ran across 4 issues, each featuring one of the major titles of the Wildstorm Universe at that time: Sleeper, Stormwatch: Team Achilles, Wildcats 3.0 and The Authority. It also included an Aftermath-issue including a preview to the second volume of Sleeper and a preview to the second volume of Wetworks.
Coup D'Etat: The Authority
The Authority / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Whilce Portacio
- Inks:
- Whilce Portacio
- Colors:
- David Baron
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Apollo; The Midnighter; Engineer; Swift; Jack Hawksmoor; The Doctor
Indexer Notes
Whilce Portacio cover is 50% of the print run.
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Coup d'etat Part Four
The Authority / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robbie Morrison
- Pencils:
- Whilce Portacio
- Inks:
- Trevor Scott
- Colors:
- David Baron
- Letters:
- Phil Balsman
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Synopsis:
- When The Authority decide to take control of the situation - and the world - their actions send shockwaves that shake the foundation of the Eye of the Storm universe.
Indexer Notes
This issue led into the events of The Authority: Revolution (Published by Wildstorm [Imprint of DC], 2004). The Authority created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch.
Advertisements
advertisement / 9 pages
Indexer Notes
Total of 9 one and two page advertisements for: Returner (DVD, Sony Pictures); Wrestlemania XX (Pay-Per-View event, World Wrestling Entertainment); Alias (game, Acclaim Entertainment/ABC Television Network); Jet Li: Rise to Honor (game, Sony Computer Entertainment); Van Helsing (movie, Universal Studios); Yeah Right! (DVD, Rhino Transport); Alienware (mobile hard drive, Alienware)
Promotional Advertisements
promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Sleeper: Out in the Cold (comic book, WildStorm); Wildcats Version 3.0 Full Disclosure (trade paperback, WildStorm); Coup D'Etat Afterword (comic book, WildStorm)
The Stormfront
recap / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Carey
- Pencils:
- Whilce Portacio
- Inks:
- Whilce Portacio
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Recaps the entire mini-series and the spin-offs to come. Also reviews upcoming releases from WildStorm and Cliffhanger.
Table of Contents
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Coup D'Etat: The Authority
The Authority -
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Coup d'etat Part Four
The Authority -
2.
Advertisements
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3.
Promotional Advertisements
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4.
The Stormfront
- Derek Reinhard
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Gordon
- Mark Gordon
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