- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: WildStorm (July 13 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401203272
- ISBN-13: 978-1401203276
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 3.6 x 40.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.9 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #126,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Collecting the adventures of Elijah Snow, a powerful, hundred year old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful but bored woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Infatuated with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists of the late 20th Century uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters. Collecting issues #1-12 plus the full script from issue #1.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute favourite.,
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This review is from: Absolute Planetary Book One (Hardcover)
Absolute Planetary contains the first twelve issues of DC/Wildstorm's Planetary. This title has been a beloved favourite of mine for years. The storyline has been brought to a conclusion after 27 issues, and I'm disappointed that Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, and the Drummer will no longer be preserving and protecting Planetary's strange and wonderful world.
Warren Ellis and John Cassaday have created an imaginative and intelligent work that deserved better treatment than it received from DC. Hopefully all of Planetary will soon be published in collected editions and Absolute Planetary 2 is in the works. Although Absolute Planetary is beautifully issued in an oversized slip-cased format there are no additional materials (such as artwork and sketches, essays, or annotations/footnotes) that are often included in other Absolute editions. It's about time that DC releases a new printing of Absolute Planetary (so that fans can afford to purchase a copy without having to sell a kidney to pay for it) and make all of this title's other editions available to a loyal and eager readership. Attention: I'm very pleased to report that DC/Wildstorm is reprinting Absolute Planetary Book One at a reasonable price so fans can keep both kidneys. The new printing will be available around July 2010. Absolute Planetary Book Two (containing issues 13-27) will be published sometime in the summer of 2010 and will bring the series to an end.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Masterful play-on 20th century pop references,
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This review is from: Absolute Planetary Book One (Hardcover)
Warren Ellis at his best playing homage to the pop icons of the 20th century. John Cassaday's work on this is still a bit rough. I find his art in the book is not as polished as say... Astonishing X-Men? But it's still a sight to behold.
Only knocking it for one star due to lack of extras. I would have loved to see more, like an annotations page (like in Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier) just to know what pop-culture reference Ellis is referring to.
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4.9 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for any Planetary fan!!!!,
By Cesar A. Valle - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Absolute Planetary Book One (Hardcover)
Planetary to me is Warren Ellis's (The Authority) masterpiece, his clever story telling and homage to the golden age heroes makes this book a endless treasure. His plots are well written and the connections un fall able. He put a lot of effort and time into this novel. John Cassadays (Astonishing X-men, Desperado)work is marvelous, a bit rough at the beginning but his ever daunting potential was visible even then, this collection is evidence of his talent and his beautiful artistic development. The oversize pages filled with Cassadays pencils are alone worth the cost. This is a must have for any planetary fan, a hard bound collection of today's best stories. Snatch this up while you still can, 1st prints were limited and quickly made there way onto ebay for upward of $100 plus. Thank God I found one for the retail price. Absolute Planetary collects issues 1-12 and the preview issue.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best comics produced today in a great package,
By Vincent "xaymaca@gmail.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Absolute Planetary Book One (Hardcover)
Planetary is the magnum opus of Warren Ellis and John Cassaday.
This edition collects issues 1 -12 in a gorgeous oversided hardcover edition. Since these are the first issues of Planetary, this is a perfect place for newbies to start reading the series. The series features an eclectic mix of superhero, archeology, secret histories, ghost stories and good old fashioned mystery. Each story fits beautifully into main story arc of the series. The art by Cassaday is incredible and this edition's 12" x 8" glossy paper really brings that out. Absolutely wonderful. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantasic Read,
By Tz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Absolute Planetary Book One (Hardcover)
Planetary is one of those series that is not for everyone, its main focus is showing off the various genres of storytelling that came out in the 20th century from a present day perceptive. So if your just starting to get into comics and/or do not have much knowledge of anything earlier than the 80s a lot of the content you may end up not getting, however for long time fans of comics you'll be in for a great time seeing homage from all the classics you have grown to enjoy over the years.
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