Have you ever felt like there was more going on in the world than
we're being told and that history might not be all that accurate? If not, shoot yourself in the face, hard. Planetary's mission is to uncover the secret history of the world, discover forbidden knowledge, and destroy the official version of the twentieth century.
The comics three main characters are Elijah Snow (whose power is heat subtraction), Jakita Wagner (a fierce post-human, super speed and strength), and The Drummer (who talks to machines). They are an investigative team of mystery archaeologists. Overall this is science fiction and Warren Ellis is at his best in this series. This comic jumps from genre to genre, introducing characters who should seem familiar to comic book history enthusiasts. They are taken from the legends and lore of the DC and Marvel Universes. But what these stories do is make them seem almost real, thanks to John Cassidy's (you might know him from a little book called Astonishing X-Men) rich art work and Ellis's imaginative and often humorous storytelling. Basically it's fun. It's fun to see terrorists walking through a giant monster's rotting torso. Or how about seeing the ruined headquarters of a team of superheroes after their final battle? Look, you know this book is good when fuckin Alan Moore does the introduction.
This comic is for true believers, it's rad and everyone should be reading the shit out of it.
This is the first exchange of dialogue in this masterpiece of awesome…
Elijah Snow: Coffee tastes like your dog took a leak in it.
Waitress: Dawgs gotta go someplace.
Yesssssssss.
Two thumbs up. Scale of 1-10, eleventy.
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