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The Carrier

The Carrier

The Carrier is the mobile headquarters of The Authority, and in The New 52, the HQ of Stormwatch.

Name:
The Carrier
Publisher:
DC Comics
Real name:
Aliases:
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Female
Powers:
  • Blast Power
  • Dimensional Manipulation
  • Flight
  • Teleport
First issue:
The Authority #1 The Circle, Part 1
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Origin

The Carrier drifting through the Bleed
The Carrier drifting through the Bleed

The Carrier is a sentient spaceship and a member of (as well as home base and vehicle for) The Authority. It is 35 miles high, 50 miles long, 2 miles wide

The Authority exiting a door
The Authority exiting a door

and exists outside of space and time. It is capable of traversing the Bleed, which is the red "space" between alternate universes. It can open Doors anywhere on the planet to allow The Authority to get where they need to be quickly.

Issues

May 1999

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The Authority (1999) #1 The Circle, Part 1 May 1st, 1999

June 1999

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The Authority (1999) #2 The Circle, Part 2 June 1st, 1999

July 1999

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The Authority (1999) #3 The Circle, Part 3 July 1st, 1999

August 1999

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The Authority (1999) #4 The Circle, Part 4 August 1st, 1999

September 1999

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The Authority (1999) #5 Shiftships, Part 1 September 1st, 1999

October 1999

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The Authority (1999) #6 Shiftships, Part 2 October 1st, 1999

November 1999

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The Authority (1999) #7 Shiftships, Part 3 November 1st, 1999

December 1999

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The Authority (1999) #8 Shiftships, Part 4 December 1st, 1999

January 2000

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The Authority (1999) #9 Outer Dark, Part 1 January 1st, 2000

February 2000

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The Authority (1999) #10 Outer Dark, Part 2 February 1st, 2000

March 2000

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The Authority (1999) #11 Outer Dark, Part 3 March 1st, 2000

April 2000

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The Authority (1999) #12 Outer Dark, Part 4 April 1st, 2000

May 2000

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The Authority (1999) #13 The Nativity, Part 1 May 1st, 2000

June 2000

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The Authority (1999) #14 The Nativity, Part 2 June 1st, 2000

July 2000

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The Authority (1999) #15 The Nativity, Part 3 July 1st, 2000

August 2000

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Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority… August 1st, 2000
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The Authority (1999) #16 The Nativity, Part 4 August 1st, 2000
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Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World (2000) … August 31st, 2000

September 2000

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Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority… September 1st, 2000
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The Authority (1999) #17 Earth Inferno, Part 1 September 1st, 2000

October 2000

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The Authority (1999) #18 Earth Inferno, Part 2 October 1st, 2000
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The Authority Annual 2000 (2000) #1 Devil's Night… October 1st, 2000

November 2000

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Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority… November 1st, 2000
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The Authority (1999) #19 Earth Inferno, Part 3 November 1st, 2000

December 2000

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Marvel Boy (2000) #5 Zero Zero: Year of Love December 31st, 2000

January 2001

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The Authority (1999) #20 Earth Inferno, Part 4 January 1st, 2001

February 2001

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The Authority (1999) #21 All Tomorrow's Parties February 1st, 2001

March 2001

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The Authority (1999) #22 Brave New World (One of … March 1st, 2001

June 2001

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Wildstorm Summer Special (2001) #1 June 1st, 2001

August 2001

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Gen 13 (1994) #66 Meanwhile August 1st, 2001

Volumes

1994

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Gen 13 (1994) 3 issue(s)

1999

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The Authority (1999) 27 issue(s)

2000

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Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority… 3 issue(s)
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Marvel Boy (2000) 1 issue(s)
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Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World (2000) 1 issue(s)
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The Authority Annual 2000 (2000) 1 issue(s)

2001

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The Establishment (2001) 1 issue(s)
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Wildstorm Summer Special (2001) 1 issue(s)

2002

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Stormwatch: Team Achilles (2002) 3 issue(s)
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The Authority: Kev (2002) 1 issue(s)
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Wildcats Version 3.0 (2002) 1 issue(s)

2003

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Sleeper (2003) 1 issue(s)
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The Authority (2003) 4 issue(s)
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The Authority: Scorched Earth (2003) 1 issue(s)

2004

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Coup D'etat (2004) 1 issue(s)
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The Authority: Human on the Inside (2004) 1 issue(s)
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The Authority/Lobo: Jingle Hell (2004) 1 issue(s)
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The Authority: More Kev (2004) 3 issue(s)
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The Authority: Revolution (2004) 6 issue(s)

2005

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Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) 2 issue(s)

2006

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Gen 13 (2006) 1 issue(s)
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The Authority (2006) 2 issue(s)

2007

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Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Wi… 1 issue(s)
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Grifter and Midnighter (2007) 1 issue(s)
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Midnighter (2007) 4 issue(s)
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Midnighter: Armageddon (2007) 1 issue(s)
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Stormwatch: P.H.D. (2007) 3 issue(s)
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The Authority: Prime (2007) 1 issue(s)

2008

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DC/WS DreamWar (2008) 5 issue(s)
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Number of the Beast (2008) 1 issue(s)

Authors

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Bryan Hitch
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Warren Ellis

Friends

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Engineer
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Habib Ben Hassan
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Jeroen Thornedike

Enemies

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Aegean
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Henry Bendix
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Lobo
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Mondregon

Teams

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HORDR
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The Authority

Friendly teams

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Justice Incarnate