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Planetary Vol 01: All Over the World and Other Stories
Planetary Vol 01: All Over the World and Other Stories | Warren Ellis
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This first collection of Earth-shattering adventures from Windstorm stars a team of super-powered archaeologists who have uncovered evidence of super-human activity that spans the centuries. The team includes the ancient -- and incredibly powerful -- Elijah Snow, hot-tempered Jakita Wagner, and the seemingly insane Drummer, as they deal with the abrupt appearance of a new mountain range in America and the shocking truth behind the near-destruction of the planet by the gods, which happened in 1950!
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Well written tale of mystery archeologist, Planetary, seeking to keep the world weird and wonderful. Ellis blends in his own takes on pulp heroes like Doc Savage, the monsters from Japanese movies, even his own version of the Fantastic Four. Witty and full of pop culture easter eggs. John Cassaday's art is amazing. 4 💥💥💥💥 out of 5.

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Sometimes you can tell a book's special right from the first issue. PLANETARY is about superpowered archaeologists who excavate genre tropes as part of their quest to uncover the secret history of the twentieth century. Every mystery they solve leads to a dozen more questions, and everyone's hiding crucial bits of the puzzle. It's awesome stuff, especially if you know at least a little comics and/or pulp fiction history. #comics

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I agree with all of these words! 7y
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Today I drove in BC for the first time (the roundabouts were a lot less scary than I expected), ate Japanese food, saw BLACK PANTHER (it was great!), and went to a library where books CHECK THEMSELVES IN as you feed them through the return slot. I felt like I was still in Wakanda.

And I got PLANETARY, which I've wanted to read more of for ages, and SPIDER-MAN so I'll finally be caught up on the Marvel movies. #comics

GrilledCheeseSamurai Planetary is my favorite Warren Ellis (tied with transmetropolitan). 7y
xicanti @GrilledCheeseSamurai I read and loved the back half of the series via the Absolute edition, so now I'm excited to see how it kicks off. 7y
Lreads I'm glad you were able to see Black Panther! Sounds like you had a fun day! 7y
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xicanti @QuietlyLaura indeed I did! I'm so glad my cold broke. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Planetary somehow managed to remain beautiful and compelling even as it ticked off all the genre boxes issue by issue. Spider-man review? 7y
xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I plan to watch it tonight. I'll report back. 7y
xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Spider-Man was surprisingly adorable. I loved it. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Adorable is a great word for it. The “I guess he‘s kind of a war criminal now, but whatever” line about Cap had me laughing for a long time. 7y
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