Status
Available
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Publication
WildStorm (2005), 144 pages
Description
Get ready for the third collection of the acclaimed series by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday! Featuring the continuing adventures of Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner and the Drummer-the Archaeologists of the Unknown-as they piece together the mysteries of the world and begin a direct campaign against the four people hoarding Earth's unnatural secrets for themselves! In this volume, Snow initiates the second part of his comeback plan to stop The Four, has a startling revelation about his past, and uncovers information on the world's first moon shot...in 1851! As more and more secrets crumble, more and more new mysteries rise to take their place!
User reviews
LibraryThing member acheekymonkey
Great series of comics, but not for everyone. Can be a little elliptical. Blends pop culture with superheroes.
LibraryThing member slothman
Warren Ellis' exposition of the secret history of the Wildstorm Universe continues, with the hero Elijah Snow moving against the superhumans who have no regard for the humanity they have departed.
The series makes a fine counterpoint to Alan Moore's work on Miracleman.
The series makes a fine counterpoint to Alan Moore's work on Miracleman.
LibraryThing member NoirSeanF
Take a trip through the abandoned Castle Frankenstein, stop by Baker St. London, visit alternate dimensions and dream-space, don't forget about the lost city of Opak-re, all that and a Tarzan pastiche.
LibraryThing member GiacomoL
This is one of the few examples that made me think that maybe, just maybe, there's still hope for the superhero genre. It feels somehow constrained in graphic-novel form, as its original nature as series is intrinsically exploited by the authors. Divided in small, self-contained units, and leaving
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the reader to fill in much of the details between one instalment and the other, this is almost a lesson on how one should approach the genre in the XXI century, and an act of love for pop-literary culture (and what a coincidence that Ellis and Alan Moore went back to the well of XIX-century pop-lit more or less at the same time!). The only problem is that it can appear like the writer is just being lazy, unnaturally dilating time units, using very little dialog, concentrating on lovely layouts and poses, with very little actually happening. Ellis overplays his hand at times, leaving Cassaday to show off his meticulous style, but overall this is probably the only "superhero" series you should have bought in the last 5 years. Show Less
LibraryThing member bragan
Volume three of the collected Planetary comic series, set in a world whose secret history is shaped by vast conspiracies, bizarre events, and weird technologies. Plot-wise, this one feels like a bit of connective tissue between the revelations of the previous volume and what will no doubt be an
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interesting finale in the next one, with bits of backstory being filled in and our heroes working against nemeses who are, for the moment, largely unseen. But even so, it's still a wild ride. I'm still not sure exactly what the hell is going on, but, what the heck, it's fun just holding on and enjoying the view. Hey, there's monsters, famous literary characters, superpowers, creation myths, weird science, alternate dimensions, kung fu, lost jungle cities and Victorian spaceships. Stir all that stuff together and how can the result not be fun? Show Less
LibraryThing member jawalter
Despite being mostly dedicated to further explaining the conflict between Planetary and the Four Voyagers, I feel that this volume is at its strongest in the moments that have little to do with that plotline. My favorite is the Gun Club and the idea of the three explorers slowly dying in their
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sealed capsule after missing their target and becoming trapped in 150-year orbit. Opak-re and the birth of Jakita Wagner made for an excellent story, and the idea of Dracula being a member of Ellis' version of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen alongside Holmes is delightfully wicked. Show Less
LibraryThing member ragwaine
So this is the kind of series that you don't read one and then come back 6 months later to read the next one. There's just too much going on. So I had to go back and read some of the 2nd one to get it. I'm still a little shaky on exactly who "The 4" are but at least I wasn't totally lost.
This was
This was
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probably my least favorite of the Planetary graphic novels but that still puts it in the "pretty dang good" area. I need to get the fourth one now before I forget what happened in this one. Show Less
LibraryThing member eilonwy_anne
More of the blank spots are filled in as Planetary continues. High points are the Ayres Rock episode and our first encounter with Kim Suskind.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2004
Physical description
144 p.; 6.6 inches
ISBN
1401202942 / 9781401202941