Schedule Monthly Genre Superhero Inker(s) James Hodgkins Main character Jenny Sparks Publisher WildStorm | Format Limited series Number of issues 5 Penciller John McCrea Writer Mark Millar | |
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Publication date August 2000 – March 2001 Similar The Authority, The Monarchy, War Heroes, Number of the Beast, The Unfunnies | ||
Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority is a five-issue comic book limited series published in 2000 by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint, written by Mark Millar with pencils by John McCrea.
Contents
Plot synopsis
The five-part series deals with the initial meetings between Jenny Sparks and her future teammates, the six other members of the original Authority: (Apollo and Midnighter, Jack Hawksmoor, the Engineer, the Doctor, and Swift). They are the main focus of each separate mission undertaken by Jenny Sparks during the span of the twentieth century. She encounters notable historical and fictional characters such as Albert Einstein, Adolf Hitler when he was an unemployed artist and again when he had become Führer of Germany, Ernest Hemingway and Rumpole.
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a trade paperback: