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DC Comics' THE AUTHORITY Plans

DC Comics has announced its revamped plans for THE AUTHORITY following the attacks of Sept. 11.

THE AUTHORITY #27-29, which have been announced as being delayed, are now rescheduled, with each issue expected to reach comic-book stores six weeks later than originally announced. This follows some editorial adjustments DC says "that had already been in discussion in recent weeks and which were crystallized by the events of Sept. 11"

THE AUTHORITY #27 will arrive in stores on Dec. 5, followed by #28 on Jan. 2 and #29 on Feb. 6. The three issues wrap up the last arc by writer Mark Millar.

The intended relaunch of THE AUTHORITY for WildStorm Productions' mature readers line has been put on hold. Writer Brian Azzarello and artist Steve Dillon are no longer involved with the project.

"After the very real events of 9/11 and what unfortunately is yet to come, there was no way the story I had planned for THE AUTHORITY could be told - period," Azzarello says. "This has more to do with philosophical and religious belief systems that would have been touched upon rather than
the widescreen destruction and intimately graphic violence that make THE AUTHORITY such a unique book. Instead of watering down and drastically changing what I had planned, I decided to withdraw from the book. End of story, but not my relationship with WildStorm."

THE AUTHORITY: WIDESCREEN one-shot, which had been previously postponed by DC, has now been removed from the company's publishing scheduled. DC says it is become of concerns over the lead story, "The Man with the Quantum Brain," written and drawn by Bryan Hitch.

The remaining contents of the issue - a story of Apollo and the Midnighter by Tom Peyer and Cary Nord and a pinup gallery - might see publication at a future date, possibly in another AUTHORITY special.

"Despite all the turmoil we're going through to find the right path for THE AUTHORITY, I'm confident that there will be new AUTHORITY projects in the future," says Jim Lee, WildStorm's Creative Director.