The Authority: Human on the Inside.

La Jolla, Wildstorm 2004, cm.17,5x26,5, pp.96, hardcover. High above the planet, aboard a fifty-mile-wide alien vessel, The Authority - seven awesomely powerful super-humans - act as global bouncers for the human race. If you threaten the life and liberty of Earth's inhabitants, they'll do whatever they need to do to set things straight! With the President out to discreetly dispose of them and a seemingly global depression epidemic on their hands, it's only a matter of time before The Authority are forced to react...This stand-alone story is by the brilliant new creative team of acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and journalist John Ridley and up-and-coming artist Ben Oliver.

New York, DC Comics 2003, cm.17x26, pp.224, paperback. In this sixth Starman collection, Jack Knight, reluctant hero and wielder of the Cosmic Rod, finds himself face to face with - and in opposition to - Captain Marvel, wielder of the mighty power of Shazam! Jack learns a lot more about his father's adventures in World War II, and deals with the long-forgotten consequences, as he and 'The Big Red Cheese' are drawn into a Nazi plot framing one of Jack's father's contemporaries - Bulletman! Also in this collection, Jack's relationship with Sadie deepens, and secrets they have kept from one another are exposed as the Starman legacy beckons Jack to his destiny...a journey to the stars!