Now that is a woman after my own heart. 
Stormwatch: Team Achilles #9 is an issue of the series Stormwatch: Team Achilles (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 2003. It was published on March 12, 2003.
Synopsis for "If, On a Summer's Day a Traveller"
The town of Elyria, Kansas has been taken over by a reality-warping superhuman, Aaron Williams, who is a failing writer. Williams uses his power to change the town into different "settings" to fit his "story." Team Achilles had been summoned by the "Civil Defense Administration" to investigate Elyria and became trapped in Williams' "story".
Outside of Elyria, Khalid Tefibi and Blake Coleman strategize with Agent Jones from the CDA in finding another way to stop Williams besides using lethal force as he is able to resist with ease and they are uncertain what will happen to everyone in the town if Williams dies. Achilles' Doctor Marie Grunier volunteers and knows how to stop Williams.
Grunier successfully plots this out by entering Williams' "story" and tricking him that she is his subconscious, and warning him that he is having a fever dream and his life is in danger from a leaking gas main. As Grunier attempts to convince Williams to "wake up" and continue his normal existence, Agent Jones and federal authorities abruptly enter Elyria. Jukko, who remains hidden from Williams' awareness in Elyria, learns from Coleman and Tefibi of Jones' intervention and the failed outcome will have Williams killing everyone in town. He delays Jones' convoy with sniper fire and gives enough time for Grunier to kill Williams by breaking his neck.
Grunier meets with Jukko along with Williams' body. She declines Jukko's offer for him to carry back Williams' body back to their headquarters from being experimented by the C.D.A. for their own ends, and will do it herself as it is her responsibility. Jukko is impressed with Grunier as she leaves the town through Project Entry.
Appearing in "If, On a Summer's Day a Traveller"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Civil Defense Administration
- Special Agent Jones
Antagonists:
- Aaron Williams (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Major Dwayne Gibbons
Locations:
- Elyria, Kansas
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Authority: High Stakes (Part 1 of 3)"
The Authority has just defeated a group of men known as Dice-Men for attacking a city. Apollo interrogates a lone surviving Dice-Man for the reason they had attacked by burning his testicles. With the given information, the Authority travels through the Bleed and enters Alternate 66 to dock at a world-size space casino known as Viceworld. The team confronts the mastermind of the attack, Madorra Chance the owner of Viceworld. She tells the Authority that the attack was a high stakes "game" bet by her bidders from across the multiverse, as accustomed to her station's extreme form of gambling, and the Authority are part of the game. Furthermore, the game is still being played in which Chance has already sent an assault force ten times the size of the previous attack that was launched on Earth. The Authority are forced to return to Earth and Midnighter swears to Chance and the rest of the bidders that they will be dead once he and his team deal with the assault force.
Appearing in "The Authority: High Stakes (Part 1 of 3)"
Antagonists:
- Madorra Chance (First appearance)
Locations:
- Alternate 66
- Viceworld
- The Bleed
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- The Authority: High Stakes was reprinted in full in The Authority (Volume 2) #0 and in The Authority (Vol 5): Harsh Realities.
- The Authority: High Stakes continues in Sleeper: Season One #3.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Stormwatch: Team Achilles series
- Images from Stormwatch: Team Achilles Vol 1 9