Coming attractions... last updated June 11th, 2007 PLANETARY #27 Some of the powers-that-be over at WildStorm (separately, Wildstorm VP and General Manager Hank Kanalz and editor Ben Abernathy) had indicated a while back that there were tentative plans for an epilogue-type issue to wrap the series as Ellis' and Cassaday's schedules allowed. Ellis has confirmed this as well, alluding to it here and there as the months have rolled by. Here are some comments on the topic from a couple of Ellis's Bad Signals: Spring of 2005: Cassaday and I are talking about a little stunt for the last few issues of PLANETARY -- I'm pretty sure right now that 27 will be the last issue. By the end of July (2005), PLANETARY will be pretty much done, save for the aftermath/closing issue, which I may have taken off the schedule and released a few months after #26 as a coda. In July 2006: 27 is just an epilogue... The epilogue just ties things off in a ragged little bow. In June '07 Have started PLANETARY 27 for the fifth time. This one should be the charm. Trying to strike the right tone. Should have it in over the weekend, with luck. It's all sitting there as a huge stack of note files, everything the story has to do, but that's not the actual WRITING. Followed later that month by... Almost ten years to the month that John Cassaday and I had our first conversation at San Diego about creating a new series: I have just completed and delivered the full script for PLANETARY #27, the final issue of the series. So 27 will wrap the series, but it now seems unlikely that it will be released before the final months of 2007 at the earliest.

Currently available at your favorite LCS... Absolute Planetary by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday and Laura Martin, cover by John Cassaday Since its debut, Planetary has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads. Now, for the first time, the first 12 issues of this groundbreaking series are available in the Absolute format: a whopping oversized slip-cased collection. Witness the stunning adventures of the Archeologists of the Unknown, as they delve into the dark, secret places that most would fear to tread. As an added bonus, this collection includes the full script from Planetary #1. 320 pages.

PLANETARY HARDCOVER: All Over the World & Other Stories by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, Laura (DePuy) Martin, and David Baron The popular collection in hardcover, containing the sold-out Planetary #1-6 as well as the little-seen Planetary Preview Story. Elijah Snow is a hundred years old and trying to keep anyone from finding out. Jakita Wagner can punch out trucks and is trying to keep from dying of boredom. The man called The Drummer talks to machines and is fighting a losing battle to keep his sanity. Together, they are PLANETARY: mystery archaeologists of the late 20th century, tracking down evidence of a vast array of superhuman activity that the mainstream world never knew anything about. ALL OVER THE WORLD In these compelling stories, readers meet the mysterious team as it explores a century of secret superhuman activity, dealing with a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a hidden island of dying monsters, a spectral spirit of vengeance, and much more. Features an introduction by Alan Moore.

PLANETARY HARDCOVER: THE FOURTH MAN? by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, Laura (DePuy) Martin, and David Baron The second hardcover collection of the hit series reprints issues #7-12. Since joining Planetary, Elijah Snow has traversed the world, uncovering its secret history and mysteries one by one. But a single nagging secret remains: Who is the mystery benefactor of Planetary, the mysterious "Fourth Man" who funds this vast global operation? In PLANETARY: THE FOURTH MAN?, Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner and The Drummer pay their last respects to a British occultist with close ties to Planetary; visit a hidden government compound full of radioactive human guinea pigs; investigate a fictional construct made real; and learn about the far-reaching atrocities of the nefarious group "The Four." During the course of Planetary`s investigations, Elijah Snow pieces together clues to the Fourth Man`s identity, learning some terrible truths about his own hidden past along the way. The 144-page hardcover collection contains an introduction by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon.

PLANETARY HARDCOVER: Leaving the Twentieth Century by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday and Laura Martin, cover by John Cassaday The third hardcover in the series collects Ellis and Cassaday's Planetary #13-18. Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner and the Drummer are the Archaeologists of the Unknown, walking through the hidden doors that lead to our darkest secrets. 192 pages.

PLANETARY Trade Paperbacks: All Over the World, The Fourth Man, The Planetary Reader, and Leaving the 20th Century by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, Laura (DePuy) Martin, and David Baron The softcover collections of issues 1-6 (including the Preview issue), 7-12, 13-15, and 13-18 respectively. Tasty Planetary goodness at a lower cover price than the hardcovers!

PLANETARY: CROSSING WORLDS Trade Paperback by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, Phil Jimenez, Jerry Ordway, David Baron, Laura (DePuy) Martin, and Andy Lanning. Cover by John Cassaday This volume collects all three Planetary crossover stories: Planetary/The Authority, Planetary/JLA, and Planetary/Batman. While each is a stand-alone story, they all have hidden clues and references that further enrich the ongoing series. If you never picked these up when they were issued separately, now's your chance!

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