| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 1 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Tim Miller; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | |
| 2 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Jenny Quantum; Swift]; Mr. Majestic; Union; Grunge |
| 3 | The Nativity, One of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Ryan Cline | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Dr. Krigstein; Commander; Hornet; Titan; Tank Man; Storm-God |
| 4 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | Commander; Hornet; Titan; Tank Man; Storm-God |
| 5 | The Nativity, Two of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Ryan Cline | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Dr. Krigstein; Commander; Hornet; Titan; Tank Man; Storm-God; Grunge |
| 6 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Laura Martin | |
| 7 | The Nativity, Three of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Ryan Cline | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Dr. Krigstein; Commander; Titan; Storm-God; Christine Trelane |
| 8 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 9 | The Nativity, Four of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott, Scott Williams, Mark Irwin; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Dr. Krigstein; Commander; Storm-God |
| 10 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | |
| 11 | Earth Inferno, One of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Chris Weston; inks: Garry Leach, Sal Regla, Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron, Wildstorm FX; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Christine Trelane; Jackson King |
| 12 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | Apollo |
| 13 | Earth Inferno, Two of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Chris Weston; inks: Garry Leach, Derek Fridolfs, Sal Regla, Chris Weston; colors: Baron, Wendy Broome; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Christine Trelane; Jackson King |
| 14 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | Swift |
| 15 | Earth Inferno, Three of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum |
| 16 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 17 | Earth Inferno, Four of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum |
| 18 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Lee Bermejo; inks: Lee Bermejo; colors: David Baron | The Midnighter; Apollo |
| 19 | The Breaks, One of One | comic story | 32 | script: Joe Casey; pencils: Cully Hamner; inks: Ray Snyder, Cully Hamner, Mark Irwin; colors: David Baron; letters: Naghmeh Zand | The Authority [The Midnighter; Apollo; Jack Hawksmoor; Swift; The Engineer; The Doctor; Jenny]; Amaze; Adam Bomb |
| 20 | Orbital | comic story | 13 | script: Warren Ellis; pencils: Cully Hamner; inks: Karl Story; colors: Stelfreeze; letters: Costanza | |
| 21 | Isolation | comic story | 13 | script: Paul Jenkins; pencils: Georges Jeanty; inks: Karl Story; colors: Stelfreeze; letters: Kathleen Marinaccio | |
| 22 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jackson King; Christine Trelane |
| 23 | All Tomorrow's Parties - An Interlude | comic story | 22 | script: Doselle Young; pencils: John McCrea; inks: Garry Leach; colors: Ian Hannin; letters: Naghmeh Zand | Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Christine Trelane; Jackson King; Mr. Majestic |
| 24 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 25 | Brave New World, One of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Ryan Cline | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum |
| 26 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron | Engineer |
| 27 | Transfer of Power, One of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Tom Peyer; pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Rich Friend, Jason Martin; colors: David Baron; letters: Ryan Cline | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel] |
| 28 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron | Chaplain Action, He-Man of the Cloth |
| 29 | Transfer of Power, Two of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Tom Peyer; pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend, Jason Martin; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel]; Chaplain Action, He-Man of the Cloth |
| 30 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel] |
| 31 | Transfer of Power, Three of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Tom Peyer; pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel]; Chaplain Action; The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Jenny Sparks; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 32 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel] |
| 33 | Transfer of Power, Four of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Tom Peyer; pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend, Jason Martin, Derek Fridolfs, Dustin Nguyen; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel]; Chaplain Action; The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Jenny Sparks; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 34 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | Apollo |
| 35 | Brave New World, Two of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel]; Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Jenny Quantum; Midnighter; Swift |
| 36 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | Apollo; Midnighter; Seth |
| 37 | Brave New World, Three of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar, Grant Morrison; pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend, Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron; letters: Bill O'Neil | Authority [Rush; The Street; The Machine; The Surgeon; Last Call; Teuton; The Colonel]; Seth; Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Jenny Quantum; Midnighter; Swift |
| 38 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 39 | Brave New World, Four of Four | comic story | 24 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Gary Erskine; inks: Gary Erskine; colors: David Baron; letters: Tom Long, Sergio Garcia | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Jenny Quantum; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum |
| 40 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: David Baron | Swift |
| 41 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Seth Fisher; inks: Seth Fisher; colors: Seth Fisher | |
| 42 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Kyle Baker; inks: Kyle Baker; colors: Kyle Baker | |
| 43 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Gene Ha; inks: Gene Ha; colors: Gene Ha | |
| 44 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bruce Timm; inks: Bruce Timm; colors: Bruce Timm | |
| 45 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: José Ladrönn; inks: José Ladrönn; colors: David Baron | Jenny Sparks |
| 46 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Matt Wagner; inks: Matt Wagner | |
| 47 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Mike Wieringo; inks: Karl Story; colors: Brian Stelfreeze | |
| 48 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bryan Hitch; inks: Paul Neary; colors: Laura Martin | |
| 49 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 50 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Midnighter; Apollo; Jack Hawksmoor; Swift; Doctor; Engineer] |
| 51 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 52 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 53 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams | |
| 54 | The Man with the Quantum Brain | text story | 7 | script: Bryan Hitch; pencils: Bryan Hitch; inks: Bryan Hitch | |
| 55 | Biographies | text article | 1 | letters: typeset | |