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This is it - the long-awaited fourth and final graphic novel collecting the adventures of Elijah Snow, a powerful, hundred year old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful but bored woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Infatuated with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists of the late 20th Century uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters.In this volume, the team encounters an abandoned alien spacecraft -- but will the heroes beat their rival, Jacob Greene of the villainous "Four," to the ship? Then, Elijah Snow begins to pull back from his allies, acting increasingly in secret. Will he be able to draw the last of the Four out of hiding, and can he act before his teammates lose their faith in him?
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From the Hardcover edition.
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I've never read a series from start to finish and left wondering what the hell it was all supposed to be about. In this final book (four volumes, who knew?) the evil Fantastic Four are diminished in number and then taken out by Planetary, while we discover their motives - something I'm still not clear about. They sold out the planet to a group of paranoid eternal post-humans or something? But if this Earth is one of so many and doesn't mean anything, then why does it mean something to these post-humans?
Their friend Ambrose who was killed in a previous volume is brought back in a mind-bending and utterly confusing epilogue - he was trapped in a time bubble of his own creation that made him invisible to time so they built a time machine to bring him back...?
Warren Ellis also riffs on the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet characters (called something else of course) and we learn more about the evil Fantastic Four (also called something else) as well as a giant human god or something. Oh yeah and space angels and a chapter that will make you feel like you're on psychedelics.
It might be because I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, but Ellis takes the reader on such a bizarre trip through time and space with these characters that even at the end I'm still scratching my head as to what it was all about. I thought the way Planetary finally defeated evil Mr Fantastic and Sue Storm was a bit uninspired (and again totally perplexing) but despite looking back on the stories and realising that while I was reading them I felt that I understood them but really didn't, I still really enjoyed the journey.
Ellis and artist John Cassaday produce such a massive canvas and convey a story of such an epic scope that it's inspiring and awesome to behold. The artwork is truly impressive and is easily Cassaday's best work (he won an Eisner for his art in this book) and there's even some back story to Drummer, a character I've felt up until now to be poorly underwritten.
"Planetary" is a comic book series that might be understood by acid casualties and mental patients exclusively but I feel glad to have been an observer to the strange thoughts of Warren Ellis. It's definitely his most weird work but definitely worth a look for comics fans everywhere.
I've never read a series from start to finish and left wondering what the hell it was all supposed to be about. In this final book (four volumes, who knew?) the evil Fantastic Four are diminished in number and then taken out by Planetary, while we discover their motives - something I'm still not clear about. They sold out the planet to a group of paranoid eternal post-humans or something? But if this Earth is one of so many and doesn't mean anything, then why does it mean something to these post-humans?
Their friend Ambrose who was killed in a previous volume is brought back in a mind-bending and utterly confusing epilogue - he was trapped in a time bubble of his own creation that made him invisible to time so they built a time machine to bring him back...?
Warren Ellis also riffs on the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet characters (called something else of course) and we learn more about the evil Fantastic Four (also called something else) as well as a giant human god or something. Oh yeah and space angels and a chapter that will make you feel like you're on psychedelics.
It might be because I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, but Ellis takes the reader on such a bizarre trip through time and space with these characters that even at the end I'm still scratching my head as to what it was all about. I thought the way Planetary finally defeated evil Mr Fantastic and Sue Storm was a bit uninspired (and again totally perplexing) but despite looking back on the stories and realising that while I was reading them I felt that I understood them but really didn't, I still really enjoyed the journey.
Ellis and artist John Cassaday produce such a massive canvas and convey a story of such an epic scope that it's inspiring and awesome to behold. The artwork is truly impressive and is easily Cassaday's best work (he won an Eisner for his art in this book) and there's even some back story to Drummer, a character I've felt up until now to be poorly underwritten.
"Planetary" is a comic book series that might be understood by acid casualties and mental patients exclusively but I feel glad to have been an observer to the strange thoughts of Warren Ellis. It's definitely his most weird work but definitely worth a look for comics fans everywhere.
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I must be a little on the thick side to not have realised that the foes in Planetary were a riff on the Fantastic four. Surprising as it was obvious throughout the 27-issue run that writer Warren Ellis was offering his take on the alt-history of literature and comics history that Alan Moore had long ploughed through Moore's "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "Top 10" comics. No matter.
What we have in book 4 is a satisfying closure to the story that has been foreshadowed (with the benefit of hindsight) in earlier editions. Readers will enjoy Ellis's sharp writing and dialogue, the globe-trotting adventure, the reverent treatment of superhero and literature characters and tropes, ultimately feasting their eyes on the gorgeous art from Cassaday and DePuy.
There is no question that Ellis is one of the top-tier writers in the industry.
What we have in book 4 is a satisfying closure to the story that has been foreshadowed (with the benefit of hindsight) in earlier editions. Readers will enjoy Ellis's sharp writing and dialogue, the globe-trotting adventure, the reverent treatment of superhero and literature characters and tropes, ultimately feasting their eyes on the gorgeous art from Cassaday and DePuy.
There is no question that Ellis is one of the top-tier writers in the industry.
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This book is more of the same enthralling planetary world from the previous three books. It ties the overall story arc up nicely and is a very good ending to the series.
You should certainly read the previous three planetary volumes before this one; the crossing worlds book is good, but not part of the arc and so not necessary.
You should certainly read the previous three planetary volumes before this one; the crossing worlds book is good, but not part of the arc and so not necessary.
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At just under 30 issues this series did well to create the impression of multiple one-off storylines whilst actually building towards a single integrated plot. Read more
Published 13 months ago by David Brookes
Brilliant book! Rounds things off nicely!
This arrived yesterday after pre-ordering over 3 months ago! This shows off Warren Ellis at his best with a strong series of short tales in the same fashion as the previous... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ollie
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