| 0 | - | cover | 2 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | |
| 1 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely | |
| 2 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 3 | Absolute Authority, Vol. 2 | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | |
| 4 | Absolute Authority, Vol. 2 | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely | |
| 5 | Editorial Credits | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 6 | Introduction | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Tim Miller; pencils: Arthur Adams, Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott | |
| 7 | - | 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 |
| 8 | "The 21st Century Is a Bad Time to Be a Bastard, Children." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | Commander; Hornet; Titan; Tank Man; Storm-God |
| 11 | "You Realize You're Talking to a Man with a Human Head in His Hands Who Has Every Intention of Using It to Beat These People to Death?" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Laura Martin | |
| 14 | "I've Waited My Entire Life to Get Back at Those Big, Sporty Types Who Used to Kick the Crap out of Me Every Day after School." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 15 | 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 |
| 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 | "The Day I Can't Mutilate Thirty Radioactive Teenagers Is the Day I Hang Up My Coat for Good." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | |
| 20 | "You Know Who We Are and You Know What We're Capable Of...Now Drop Your Weapons and Play Nice." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | Apollo |
| 23 | "You Don't Think All This Apocalyptic Imagery Has Anything to Do with Us Killing God a Little While Ago, Do You?" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 24 | Earth Inferno, Two of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Chris Weston; inks: Garry Leach, Derek Fridolfs, Sal Regla, Chris Weston; colors: David Baron, Wendy Broome; letters: Bill O'Neil | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift]; Jenny Quantum; Christine Trelane; Jackson King |
| 25 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | Swift |
| 26 | "Well, How Does It Feel to See Yourself with Breasts and Six Months Pregnant with a Little Baby Hawksmoor, Jack?" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 29 | "Jesus, How Did the Future of the Entire World End Up Hinging on the Half-Baked Plan of a Dutch Junkie?" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 30 | 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 |
| 31 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Lee Bermejo; inks: Lee Bermejo; colors: David Baron | The Midnighter; Apollo |
| 32 | "No One Ever Stays Dead Anymore... Unless, of Course, They Get Wasted by Me." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Joe Casey | |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | Orbital | comic story | 13 | script: Warren Ellis; pencils: Cully Hamner; inks: Karl Story; colors: Brian Stelfreeze; letters: John Costanza | |
| 35 | Isolation | comic story | 13 | script: Paul Jenkins; pencils: Georges Jeanty; inks: Karl Story; colors: Brian Stelfreeze; letters: Kathleen Marinaccio | |
| 36 | - | 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 |
| 37 | "We're Building a Better World, Remember? One the Bastards Can't Remake in Their Own Image. If That's Not Something to Be Proud of, I Don't Know What Is." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Doselle Young | |
| 38 | 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 |
| 39 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 40 | "Do You Really Think the Chinese Would Have Pulled out of Tibet As Peacefully As They Did if They Didn't Think My Colleagues and I Meant Business?" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 41 | 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 |
| 42 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron | Engineer |
| 43 | "Congratulations, Authority. Your First Secret Atrocity. To Many More." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Tom Peyer | |
| 44 | 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] |
| 45 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend; colors: David Baron | Chaplain Action, He-Man of the Cloth |
| 46 | "We Want the Home Viewers Convinced We're a Faith-Based Organization...That This Authority's No Nest of Perverts an' Junkies Like the Old One." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Tom Peyer | |
| 47 | 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 |
| 48 | - | 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] |
| 49 | "We Didn't Come Here to Understand Nothing. We Came Here to Squash You Bugs." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Tom Peyer | |
| 50 | 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] |
| 51 | - | 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] |
| 52 | "Congratulations, Mate. Your Homophobia Saved the World." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Tom Peyer | |
| 53 | Transfer of Power, Four of Four | comic story | 22 | script: Tom Peyer; pencils: Dustin Nguyen; inks: Richard Friend, Derek Fridolfs, Dustin Nguyen, 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; The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Jenny Sparks; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 54 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | Apollo |
| 55 | "You Boys Just Pissed Off the Wong Bastard." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 56 | 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 |
| 57 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | Apollo; Midnighter; Seth |
| 58 | "For the Record, I Haven't Flogged My Log in Five Years." | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 59 | 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 |
| 60 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Apollo; Doctor; Engineer; Jack Hawksmoor; Midnighter; Swift] |
| 61 | "God, Do You Remember When You Were a Kid and Superheroes Used to Just Throw the Bad Guys in Jail?" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Mark Millar | |
| 62 | 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 |
| 63 | Detritus of the Bleed | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | |
| 64 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: David Baron | Swift |
| 65 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Seth Fisher; inks: Seth Fisher; colors: Seth Fisher | |
| 66 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Kyle Baker; inks: Kyle Baker; colors: Kyle Baker | |
| 67 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Gene Ha; inks: Gene Ha; colors: Gene Ha | |
| 68 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bruce Timm; inks: Bruce Timm; colors: Bruce Timm | |
| 69 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: José Ladrönn; inks: José Ladrönn; colors: David Baron | Jenny Sparks |
| 70 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Matt Wagner; inks: Matt Wagner | |
| 71 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Mike Wieringo; inks: Karl Story; colors: Brian Stelfreeze | |
| 72 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bryan Hitch; inks: Paul Neary; colors: Laura Martin | |
| 73 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 74 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | The Authority [Midnighter; Apollo; Jack Hawksmoor; Swift; Doctor; Engineer] |
| 75 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 76 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely; colors: David Baron | |
| 77 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Arthur Adams | |
| 78 | The Man with the Quantum Brain | text story | 7 | script: Bryan Hitch; pencils: Bryan Hitch; inks: Bryan Hitch | |
| 79 | Biographies | text article | 1 | pencils: Dustin Nguyen; colors: David Baron | |
| 80 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 81 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Frank Quitely | |
| 82 | Slipcase | insert or dust jacket | 0 | pencils: Frank Quitely; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: David Baron | |