Planetary

(not too sure if this belongs in this part of the forum or the DC Comics part so i'll take a jab and guess)

OK, i read the first tpb of the series Planetary (which here was under twenty bucks and won over me picking All-Star Superman vol. 1 tpb) and i found it kind of... odd. It was interesting to me, but some things i don't really understand but maybe that's just me not really understanding Ellis' writing. It didn't feel like a story until the last issue, ish #6, and it was the thing that made me understand the plot and the past issues. What happens to that Japanese writer-anarchist at the end of issue #2? And how does the rest of the series stand up?

Spider_Fan14 wrote:(not too sure if this belongs in this part of the forum or the DC Comics part so i'll take a jab and guess)

OK, i read the first tpb of the series Planetary (which here was under twenty bucks and won over me picking All-Star Superman vol. 1 tpb) and i found it kind of... odd. It was interesting to me, but some things i don't really understand but maybe that's just me not really understanding Ellis' writing. It didn't feel like a story until the last issue, ish #6, and it was the thing that made me understand the plot and the past issues. What happens to that Japanese writer-anarchist at the end of issue #2? And how does the rest of the series stand up?

What happens to that Japanese writer-anarchist at the end of issue #2?

I thought he died? I'm pretty sure he's dead.

And how does the rest of the series stand up?

It's great. The series only gets better. It's fun to read through it and then go back and relate the series to other comic stories (in other words, play "find what superhero/villain are they relating to"). It's worth the money.

Pretty good series and you start putting the pieces together of a bigger story in the second trade. Do yourself a favor and go back and get All-Star Superman.

Goose wrote:Pretty good series and you start putting the pieces together of a bigger story in the second trade. Do yourself a favor and go back and get All-Star Superman.

nah, i'll just put it on my christmas list.

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:
What happens to that Japanese writer-anarchist at the end of issue #2?

I thought he died? I'm pretty sure he's dead.

And how does the rest of the series stand up?

It's great. The series only gets better. It's fun to read through it and then go back and relate the series to other comic stories (in other words, play "find what superhero/villain are they relating to"). It's worth the money.

OK yeah i reread the story and i see him dead, the book seemed a bit better by not rushing through it i just have a habit of that.

man I haven't read Planetary in a couple years! After seeing this thread I have the urge to dig out all my old issues and re-read them!

has volume 2 come out yet? i saw solicts for volume 3 in the back of my volume 1 book and wondering where were the ads for volume 2?

Spider_Fan14 wrote:has volume 2 come out yet? i saw solicts for volume 3 in the back of my volume 1 book and wondering where were the ads for volume 2?

Trade or Absolute? The second and third trades have been out for quite a while, though I suppose they could be out of print. Volume 4 comes out next March, and DC is reprinting Absolute Planetary vol.1 next summer to coincide with Absolute Planetary vol.2.

Kelson wrote:

Spider_Fan14 wrote:has volume 2 come out yet? i saw solicts for volume 3 in the back of my volume 1 book and wondering where were the ads for volume 2?

Trade or Absolute? The second and third trades have been out for quite a while, though I suppose they could be out of print. Volume 4 comes out next March, and DC is reprinting Absolute Planetary vol.1 next summer to coincide with Absolute Planetary vol.2.

i meant trade, maybe it won't be out in my bookstore for a bit, i'll try to keep looking.