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The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin #5 (of 5) Kindle & comiXology

by Garth Ennis (Author), Carlos Ezquerra (Illustrator, Artist), Glenn Fabry (Illustrator, Cover Art), Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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The shocking miniseries concludes! After the harrowing events of last issue, Kev must come to terms with the consequences of his actions and what they mean for his new life. But first, he must help the Authority overcome one of their greatest foes!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B014NGVUDW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vertigo (December 14, 2005)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 14, 2005
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 20026 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 24 pages
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Garth Ennis

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Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer, Hitman, Punisher, Preacher, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style.

Photo by pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA (william and garth ennis) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Sir John Jameson
4.0 out of 5 stars I got it for a penny :)
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2014
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The story starts off nicely. Funny for a minute or two and the humor really only comes back for a few seconds later on. This is the story of when Tiny kills himself, Kev kills his boss, midnighter asks for his help and Kev tells us why he became a SAS agent. If y'are familiar with who kev is and what he's all about then ya know what to expect. The book was worth the penny but did not make it a proud purchase. Yes the monster does Scream "I'm a vagina" It really makes no sense and is not fully explained why but it doesn't matter a happy ending all the way.
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Brit C Power
4.0 out of 5 stars Third Book in the Series
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2008
I really enjoyed the previous two books in the Kev series. I found them to be laugh out loud funny and although much of the material could be viewed as offensive it really seemed to work in the context it was used. The third book is probably the weakest in the series and has less funny moments but it is still definitely worth a read.
What this book does is flesh out the Kev story and bring it to a satisfying close. The story keeps your attention and has satisfying plot twists and suprises. It continues the very anti-establishment focus of the first two novels but concentrates more on the bad treatment of the SAS. The artwork by Carlos Ezquerra is great as usual and the "Alien" based dream Kev has at the beginning of the book has a very "Strontim Dog" look to it. I think the bad language might be a little overdone but this is a minor criticism.
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Birger Johansson
4.0 out of 5 stars Very dark humor.
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2006
Garth Ennis is good at combining serious topics with satire. Here, he is using Kev as a kind of symbol for every sucker who has volunteered to become cannon fodder in wars whose causes he knows nothing about. Kev is the absolute antithesis of the glamorous James Bond -type agent, and despite his unappealing nature it is hard not to feel sympathy for him.

In this episode of the Authority, Kev is finally confronted with a task so awful that not even he is willing to obey orders, and faces betrayal from the only family he has had since growing up -his teammates in the regiment.
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Joshua Koppel
1.0 out of 5 stars Another Weird Tale
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2006
I was not too fond of the first Kevin stories (collected in KEV) but decided to give this one a chance. I don't think I made the right decision. In this volume, Kevin once again finds himself working with The Authority. The Authority has been attacked by a goofy, pin-headed creature that claims it is a vagina. It then throws a pie and the superhero is out of action (nice Alien parallels here). When Midnighter becomes the only Authority member to escape, he enlists the help of Kev.

Kev, as we know, is an extreme homophobe and has difficulty relating to Midnighter and Apollo. This has not changed. As the two work together, we learn a little more about Kev and the factors that have helped to shape his life. But eventually the crisis is solved and Kev goes his own way.

While it was sort of nice getting the Kev character fleshed out a little more, it is just more flesh I don't like. What little humor the earlier Kev stories had they seem missing from this volume. The goofiness of the story and the unlikeable Kevin combine to once again create a story where I have to wonder why it was written in the first place. The Kev stories seem more like a parody from the pages of Mad or Cracked than actual canonical Authority tales. My advice is to avoid this one unless you liked the earlier Kev stories.
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Ulrich Schramm
5.0 out of 5 stars The Authority:The Magnificent Kevin
Reviewed in Germany on October 10, 2013
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Echt abgedrehte Story mit Kevin und dem Midnighter - absolut lesenswert,allerdings nicht für zarte Gemüter und im englischen Original nicht für nur bedingt der Sprache mächtige.
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