Comic of the Week 2

This weeks comic isn't a new one. As I buy my comics online, this weeks have yet to be delivered, so to fill in the gap from the missing new comics I went through some of my old ones and read a few of them, including this weeks comic of the week. So for this week, the comic I have chosen is The Authority, Vol 1 #12:

The Authority is definitely in my top 5 comic book series of all time, I just love the characters, the stories and the gritty element to it. Issue 12 gets a mention as it contains the death of one of my favourite characters from this series, Jenny Sparks. I was sad to see her go, especially since it was so early and we only go 12 issues to enjoy her. The premise of her death, being the spirit of the 20th century so dying at midnight on 31st December 1999, just made it much more intriguing and tragic, she knew it was going to happen and she accepted it. Additionally, this is the issue where the Authority defeat the 'closest thing to god', the creator of our planet, and ends the arc during which the Authority had to battle the moon, an idea which is also occurring in the new Stormwatch by DC. Really, any Authority issue could have made Comic of Week, I do really love this series, but I've chosen this one because it resonated with me particularly this week and got me even more excited for the next issue of Stormwatch.