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	Planetary (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Planetary was previewed in the September 1998 issues of Gen¹³ (#33) and C-23 (#6), and issue #1 was cover-dated April 1999.
		Planetary's field team travels the world investigating strange phenomena: monsters and other beings, unusual relics, other superhumans, and powerful secrets which certain individuals are trying to keep hidden from the rest of the world.
		Issue 1 of Planetary established that the story takes place within a Multiverse whose form is described by Hark as "a theoretical snowflake existing in 196,833 dimensional space." This is presumably a reference to the Monster group from the area of mathematics known as group theory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Planetary_(comics) (1843 words)

	Planetary #16 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		Ellis is using this book to examine, deconstruct and reconstruct pulp iconography and the history of speculative fiction in both film, literature and, of course, comics.
		There are two trades collecting the first 12 issues and a bumper collection of issues 13 through 15 that was just released a couple of months ago and should still be available, if you can’t find or don’t already have the singles.
		Planetary is a limited series, so I have no fear of this dropping off in quality.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/106216623199415.htm (383 words)

	Planetary - PopMatters Comic Book Review
		Planetary, the cult-hit 24-issue maxi-series from writer Warren Ellis and artist John Cassaday, brings Riddle to the forefront of comics.
		Planetary is an organization dedicated to uncovering the "secret history" of the 20th century.
		Comics are suited to probing reality's limits — printers don't charge more for depicting the surreal — and Ellis is a writer who could craft an interesting universe with a toothpick and tomato juice.
	www.popmatters.com /comics/planetary.shtml (1065 words)

	Pulprack: Planetary: A Review
		Planetary is introduced to the reader as a group of adventuring investigators who chart the "secret history of the world" – the behind-the-scenes, covert history that the mass public isn't aware of (for a pulp-world example, the sort of stuff that The Nine Unknown might have their hands in).
		The three members of the Planetary field team – Planetary is actually a globe-spanning organization, as befits its name – ring a mental echo of the late-1950s Jack Kirby comic book group, the Challengers of the Unknown, by darting around the Earth and investigating secrets and mysteries of an unearthly type.
		The first issue is pure comic book posing – the perspective is angled, the three members of the field team facing the reader, chips on their shoulders.
	pulprack.com /arch/2006/03/planetary_a_rev.html (1433 words)

	PopMatters \| Comics \| Features \| To Be or Not to Be in This Pair of Tights: Superhero Comics as Literature
		Each issue of Planetary is a self contained tale about the trio investigating and revealing, to themselves at least, some grand scheme involving the extinction of giant monsters, government experiments to produce super-soldiers gone awry, inter-dimensional spaceships and alien civilizations all written with finesse, love of the genre, and a radical vision.
		But as far is literature goes, Planetary is capable of literary moments in the best sense of the word and will certainly pave the way, like Robinson's Starman mentioned earlier, for better and more risky attempts at bridging that wide, wide gap that still exists between superheroes and non-genre art forms.
		Planetary and Starman may be literary comics, but this does not mean they are literature.
	www.popmatters.com /comics/features/000409-bebergal.shtml (1195 words)

	Review - Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories - This Is Not News Forums
		Snow is the newest member of the Planetary team, and doesn’t have the highest tolerance for his colleagues’ mysterious ways and seemingly passive response to situations; Jakita and Drummer, meanwhile, appear barely tolerant of the cranky newcomer, but claim to have need of the expertise Snow has acquired during his long life.
		Planetary’s main adversaries are clear analogues of Marvel’s Fantastic Four; Snow’s hatred of them, and the reasons for that hate, should inspire readers to take another look at the assumptions that allow superhero universes to function.
		Planetary is a thrill to read, but it’s a very intelligent thrill that proves that action stories don’t need to check their brains at the door.
	www.notnews.org /ubb/Forum8/HTML/000050.html (1282 words)

	Planetary Discussion, Pt 2: "The Fourth Man" - Captain Comics Round Table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All in all, Planetary is a high quality work, but then again, my differences with Warren Ellis have never been about his talent.
		On one hand, the Planetary team is composed of mystery archaeologists who are exploring the truth behind all of the myths and legends of the last century.
		In the course of that issue, the cop tells Planetary and the reader that there is no God and there is no next life and that’s why he has to punish people right now.
	www.captaincomics.us /forums/index.php?showtopic=167 (4434 words)

	Planetary comics. Pictures, back issues and more about Planetary
		I consider Planetary to be one of his most clever and interesting works.
		Back in the '40's and '50's they were just imagined in comic books but now they are real, having emerged into the public eye over the years.Suppose you are one of those superpowered types.
		His coffee is always cold and air conditioning always works for him as he exudes a freezing temperature- a side effect of his heat extraction superpowers.
	www.comicshack.com /planetary (570 words)

	Amazon.com: Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories: Books: Warren Ellis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Planetary is sort of a cross between the X-files and Allen Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, retaining the "Truth is out there" paranoia of the former and the basic premise of the latter (extraordinary humans brought together by unknown "boss" to solve mysteries).
		Planetary's main adversaries are clear analogues of Marvel's Fantastic Four; Snow's hatred of them, and the reasons for it, should inspire readers to take another look at the assumptions that allow superhero universes to function.
		For example, "Planetary" posits that if there really were superheroes, they probably wouldn't be as white-bread pure as in the typical Marvel or DC offering (indeed, this series' version of the Fantastic Four, seen toward the end of this volume, is shaping up to be the villainous presence of the series).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563896486?v=glance (2183 words)

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		If you've read any of Planetary so far, you know that part of Planetary's charm is that it relies on retro concepts, that revist the past and give the pastit new life.
		We discover that Planetary has a mole in a corporation that leaked the information and that Planetary bought some time on a Spy Satellite.
		This means that Holograms were known about ny the KGB and that Planetary is skillful enough to have gotten into their vaults and stolen the stuff.
	www.utdallas.edu /~jenelow/planet.html (3096 words)

	Review - Planetary: The Fourth Man - This Is Not News Forums
		The opening chapter is a commentary on the evolution of British comics writers from the 80s through the end of the 90s, especially the work that either provided the inspirations for or was a part of DC Comics’ Vertigo line (including Ellis’ own Transmetropolitan, reviewed elsewhere on the site).
		Planetary tries to put its info in the hands of the people that can use it, while the Four hoard it for themselves.
		Don't blame the heroes for the state of comics over the years, or the threats their writers have thrown at them, and don't say they're less than noble because they're too busy dealing with alien invasions to volunteer at the Humane Society.
	www.notnews.org /ubb/Forum8/HTML/000062.html (4303 words)

	Locus Online: Claude Lalumière on Warren Ellis
		Although Planetary, a conspiracy thriller filtered through more than a century's worth of adventure fiction and pop culture, is ostensibly part of the same superhero universe as Stormwatch and The Authority, it barely intersects with that setting and, despite being corporate-owned, counts as one of Ellis's most important personal works.
		At first Planetary, as mindbendingly exciting as every episode was, seemed like a sequence of unrelated investigations, but, when the shoe dropped, it became obvious (with hindsight) that Ellis had in fact been dropping clues all along and constructing a complex extended story arc.
		Planetary is a grand tribute to decades of imaginative creations from various cultures and media, elegantly rendered by John Cassaday.
	www.locusmag.com /2004/Reviews/06Lalumiere_Ellis.html (2406 words)

	COMICON.com: JOHN CASSADAY: CAP, BATMAN MEETS PLANETARY & MORE
		(PLANETARY has been on hiatus for a year while he drew Cap.) Despite turning to a comics career relatively late in life, his approach to his work has a classic feel, melding the directness of Kirby with a modern sense of design.
		My personal favorite comics artist are people who have a real innate heroism to their stuff and your stuff is firmly in that tradition.
		The whole point is that Cap became a cliche comic hero who was fighting cliche comic villain of the month.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000495 (4337 words)

	The Comics Get Serious--Review of Planetary
		Planetary is an "archaeological" organization dedicated to digging up the secret history of the Earth.
		Planetary, which comes with not a few secrets of its own, is run and funded by the mysterious Fourth Man. The stories open with Jakita Wagner, a self-confident and extremely strong woman, recruiting Elijah Snow, a crotchety, slowly-aging centenarian with cold powers, to be the Third Man in their little investigative team.
		But Planetary is hot and heavy into quite a bit of considerably dangerous secret stuff, some of which is already known to Elijah Snow.
	www.rationalmagic.com /Comics/Planetary.html (1079 words)

	Comic-Book Superstore: Wildstorm
		This volume is a collection of issues from a comic book miniseries that details some of the background of Jenny Sparks, founder of the superhero group The Authority, and how she recruited its original members.
		Clever retellings of primal comics myths are interlaced with X-Files-esque secret government tales, and they drive the reader back and forth to collate evidence; the characters can't do all the work.
		All comics, characters, and related indicia are copyright © their respective creators, unless otherwise indicated.
	members.tripod.com /~endlessworld/wildstorm/0-wildstorm-04.html (732 words)

	TCJ #274: Mike Ploog, Sophie Crumb, Early Kurtzman - The Comics Journal Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In my opinion, writing comics and refusing to use thought balloons or captions is like being a painter and refusing to use the color red.
		I also can't wait for the Ploog interview since one of the first comics I ever read was an issue of his Man-Thing (that sounds weird phrased that way) that someone gave me in 5th grade and it actually scared me pretty bad.
		As far as comics are concerned, as I said before, ignoring a tool in one’s toolbox, even when it makes sense to use it, is pretentious, in my opinion.
	www.tcj.com /messboard/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000725.html (2951 words)

	Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		When you read a comic like this, you have to leave your continuity brain at the door.
		It came across as a straightforward one-shot that should appeal to both Batman and Planetary fans.
		And because good storytelling instead of stable continuity is the focus of this work, it's because of this approach that it succeeds.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/105750116488833.htm (173 words)

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		Planetary is a comic series, written by Warren Ellis and drawn by John Cassidy, that looks into the world of a comic book universe and at the same time, dissects comics themselves.
		Aside from dealing with the occasional threat or terrorist, Planetary also has to match wits with the Four, a sort of evil version of the Fantastic Four, who have their own mysterious agenda.
		These sorts of things might seem commonplace in many comics, but somehow Cassidy makes us feel that we are seeing the bizarre and the incredible for the first time.
	www.unb.ca /web/bruns/0304/05/entertainment/planetary.html (392 words)

	Comics Continuum
		The first book in the series, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics, to be published in June, is written by editor Dennis O'Neil and has an introduction by Stan Lee.
		The second volume in the DC Comics Guide to Creating Comics series will be The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics by artist Klaus Janson, to be published in the fall.
		DC Comics has announced that Phil Jimenez has extended his exclusive contract for an additional year, taking his stay on Wonder Woman beyond the originally planned 12 issues.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0104/05 (2008 words)

	Planetary #10 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		The bulk of the issue involves the retelling of 3 stories that should be very familiar to most comic fans.
		Of course, this being Planetary, none of these tales end the way one would suspect.
		This is the revelation that comes to Snow as well and in one bittersweet smile, the focus of the series changes.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/95821281475960.htm (331 words)

	Focused Totality: June 2005
		Be it comics or videogames, it's tough to have an adult discussion.
		Zilla has recently returned to comics after a 15 year layoff and as such is viewing things from a similar remove to my own.
		Luckily, I found Millarworld, which seems to be one of the lone comics discussions that features both traffic and intelligence.
	fossen.blogspot.com /2005_06_01_fossen_archive.html (1537 words)

	TheFourthRail.com - Critiques on Infinite Earths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cassaday's design for the mysterious beings caged in the Planetary facility in Africa is thoroughly effective.
		The creatures are creepy and unsettling in appearance, yet there's a beauty and peace to be found in their look as well.
		Planetary boasts a sporadic publishing schedule at best -- the previous issue was released three months ago -- and I'm betting Ellis recognizes that this story is being told in an episodic format first and a collected one second.
	www.thefourthrail.com /reviews/critiques/032904/planetary19.shtml (553 words)

	Comics Continuum
		DC Comics announced on Wednesday that it is producing a new printing of Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World.
		But while Planetary investigates the Authority, the Authority is looking into something that leads directly to one of Planetary's most critical cases.
		The issue is written by Alan Moore, with art by J.H. Williams III and Mick Gray and a cover by Williams and Jose Villarrubia.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0112/27 (1294 words)

	Amazon.com: Planetary: Leaving the 20th Century - Volume 3: Books: Warren Ellis,John Cassaday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In this 3rd installment of Planetary (collecting issues 13-18), Ellis and Cassaday take their X-Files-on-steroids creation through a familiar landscape of comicbook/literary/pop culture - including take-offs on the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Thor, kung fu flick 'Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon', Tarzan, and Jules Verne's sci-fi classic 'From the Earth to the Moon'.
		This third collection of Planetary continues the story with the high quality writing and beautiful art of the other two volumes.
		Planetary is an elegant piece of work of high intelligence and literate appeal.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401202934?v=glance (992 words)

	PopImage April '00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Planetary, Ellis' scalpel cutting into the past of genre comics, and The Authority, Ellis' contemporary reinvention of the modern superteam get together and have a nice spot of tea, as illustrated by Phil Jiminez and Andy Lanning.
		Someone from the Authority's past is powering up the strange computer hidden deep in the Adirondacks that generates the weird map of the multiverse called the Snowflake...and something is coming through that map to threaten our world.
		Planetary wants to protect its agenda, its secrecy...and the world.
	www.popimage.com /apr00/industrial/popreview.html (306 words)

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