the Authority #11 - WildStorm

The most important part of this issue is that it brings us up to date on Apollo. We find out that there's an alien race that came to our planet millions of years ago. It tries to live in whatever the dominant species is of the time, but . . it usually burns them out pretty quickly. The ice age made it dormant, but when things thawed out again . . so did they. Now, global war has woken them up again. And, they've found their way into Apollo's system. "You're trying to burn us out of you. That's no good. We love the heat. We thrive in it. We have always burned out our hosts far too quickly. There's never been any time to live. But you . . your body is enhanced. It is so strong. So powerful. By bringing us to the sun in a foolish effort to burn us out, you've made us stronger. Our lifespan in a host is usually fifteen minutes. We've lasted in you for weeks. You realize that's centuries in our terms? Generations? We've had time to evolve. We've become sentient. We were once just a virus. They called us Warhol Fever. Now we are thinking for ourselves and living in an indestructible host. Now we are the burn. As so, our dear Apollo, are you!" So it appears that the bite that he received on his shoulder has finally taken him over. However, back on the ship, our team has found a 'door' that working. Well, kind of. It appears to be faulty and it's bringing over these terrible aliens whenever it opens. It tries to pull Angie in, but they get the power cut. She does learn though that it's very cold there. Her arm is frozen. That's a little serendipitous since thrives in the heat. Don't you think? Anyways, it appears that Apollo is on his way back to Earth, so we'll see how this is all going to fit together. I thought it was a good story by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. I'm also really enjoying Simon Coleby's interpretation of these characters. I think he's doing a pretty decent job. In the back-up story, we see how Deathblow died during Armageddon, and came back to life after it was all over. Interesting. My appreciation of this series has increased over the previous few issues. I think with Dan and Andy on board they may finally be getting back on track.