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By: WildStorm: The Bleed » Blog Archive » Planetary volume 4 hits stores today

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By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:35:37 +0000

I picked this up on Saturday. I then stared at it for ages, unable to bring myself to read it. After waiting so long, and hyping it up in my head over the months (years?) since #26, I didn’t want to end it…

That night, I opened the bag and read it. Cover to cover, in about 25 minutes.

I acheived closure.

It felt good.

Now to wait for Absolute Planetary Vol. 2…

And the final Trade…

By: Kamino Neko

Kamino Neko — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:50:38 +0000

That scene there is my favourite in the whole issue. Just such a creepy thought.

By: Shawn Hill

Shawn Hill — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:53:24 +0000

Brian, so happy to hear your thoughts on this. They echo mine. Sure, it’s Ellis with his favorite trope of alternate reality overload, but so well done, so many nice touches, and the characters so wonderfully, fully themselves.

Did Planetary ever have a bad or weak issue? I can’t think of one.

By: Radlum

Radlum — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:13:59 +0000

This was one of the best comic series I’ve read; Ellis is now one of my favorite writer, though I admit that I started reading planetary a couple of weeks ago, so I didn’t have to suffer through the constant delays. Also, I love Cassaday’s art and the cover for this issue was simply amazing.

By: WildStorm: The Bleed » Blog Archive » Planetary #27 - The Reviews

WildStorm: The Bleed » Blog Archive » Planetary #27 - The Reviews — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:36:23 +0000

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:42:33 +0000

My only exposure to Planetary is the Planetary: Crossing Worlds collection. I thought those were excellent stories and I look forward to picking up a Planetary book when it comes out.

By: Mizike

Mizike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03:23 +0000

@dhole: You should definitely check out the second trade. The first few issues are (more or less) stand alone and generally serve to introduce the characters and define the world they live in (a place of secret histories and things hidden just below the surface). It’s in the second trade that you start to see the bigger picture; “The Four” (the villans of the series) are introduced and gradually you see how the work done by Planetary is a direct counterpoint to the actions of The Four. Ellis does a beautiful job of laying down subtle hints which are picked up on several issues later, and generally manages to tie everything up by the end (I love how in issue 27 he explicitly states that there are things that will never be tied up or explained, but that’s what keeps the world “strange” – one of the central themes of the book). The artwork by Cassidey is, of course, fantastic. Clearly I’m a huge fan of the book, I’m a huge fan of Ellis in general and Planetary is, in my opinion, the best work he’s done in the “superhero” paradigm.

That being said, I can see how some people wouldn’t like it. There is very little “action” in the traditional sense. Jakita gets to punch things every so often, but the plot is generally kept going through dialogue heavy pages explaining sci-fi concepts, and of course, the laying of plans. It’s certainly not for everyone, but those who like it, really like it.

By: dhole

dhole — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:32:06 +0000

I hear so many great things about this series. Does it get better after the first trade (which I guess would be issues 1-6)? I got that one and have read it through twice and both times it just faded from my mind.

I really like Ellis’s writing, but I found that despite great concepts, dialogue and set-ups, the endings of individual issues really didn’t satisfy much. Maybe ’cause they were just planting seeds that pay off later?

I’m sure I’ll get these trades someday, but it doesn’t feel like a high priority now. Although it’s always nice to know he’s written something that has an ending (wish I could say the same for Fell and Desolation Jones, two series I’d love to be able to collect again…)

By: Crash-Man

Crash-Man — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:32:43 +0000

Planetary 27??

Surely the apocalypse is upon us!!

By: Xian

Xian — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:44:17 +0000

i stopped so many titles in my pull over the years, and yet have kept up with certain previews and updates online…. i must still be a fanboy at heart, as i actually wept at the thought of this happening, and continued to weep as i read it. meta-fiction be damned, it is so respectful of fiction as a whole. while i wish it hadn’t taken so long, i look forward to the complete/absolute edition that’s sure to come, and i’ll purchase it gladly long after i’ve abandoned so many other volumes of titles…. mssr. ellis and cassady; i thank you. oxoxoxo