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Jenny Sparks: Be Better

Author Tom King
Illustrated by Jeff Spokes
Paperback
6-5/8"W x 10-3/16"H | 20 oz | 12 per carton
On sale May 27, 2025 | 216 Pages | 9781799501534
Mature
As The Authority makes its way to movie theaters, one of the team’s most compelling characters gets the spotlight in a new story written by comics superstar Tom King (Mister Miracle, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow)!

What could four strangers have to do with the fate of the world? Find out as longtime DC hero Captain Atom goes rogue, threatening to destroy the planet he once swore to protect. Can any hero stop him?

Well, it may take the most unconventional of them all: Jenny Sparks, the one woman tasked with keeping all the heroes in line, no matter the cost. With a snap of her fingers, she’s entered the fray and won’t quit until the job is done!

The Spirit of the 20th Century returns for the 21st in this action-packed new story by Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King and rising star artist Jeff Spokes!

Readers know King for his complex and compelling character studies including Mister Miracle, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and The Human Target, and his latest stars one of the most unique members of the Authority—the super-team set to star in their own movie, as part of James Gunn’s DC film slate!

This volume collects Jenny Sparks #1-6.
Tom King is the New York Times best-selling author and multiple Eisner Award winning writer of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman: Up in the Sky, Mister Miracle, Vision, The Sheriff of Babylon, Omega Men, Strange Adventures, and many others. Prior to becoming a writer, King served in the CIA as an operation officer in the Counterterrorism Center. He lives in Washington DC with his wife and three children.
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About

As The Authority makes its way to movie theaters, one of the team’s most compelling characters gets the spotlight in a new story written by comics superstar Tom King (Mister Miracle, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow)!

What could four strangers have to do with the fate of the world? Find out as longtime DC hero Captain Atom goes rogue, threatening to destroy the planet he once swore to protect. Can any hero stop him?

Well, it may take the most unconventional of them all: Jenny Sparks, the one woman tasked with keeping all the heroes in line, no matter the cost. With a snap of her fingers, she’s entered the fray and won’t quit until the job is done!

The Spirit of the 20th Century returns for the 21st in this action-packed new story by Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King and rising star artist Jeff Spokes!

Readers know King for his complex and compelling character studies including Mister Miracle, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and The Human Target, and his latest stars one of the most unique members of the Authority—the super-team set to star in their own movie, as part of James Gunn’s DC film slate!

This volume collects Jenny Sparks #1-6.

Creators

Tom King is the New York Times best-selling author and multiple Eisner Award winning writer of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman: Up in the Sky, Mister Miracle, Vision, The Sheriff of Babylon, Omega Men, Strange Adventures, and many others. Prior to becoming a writer, King served in the CIA as an operation officer in the Counterterrorism Center. He lives in Washington DC with his wife and three children.
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