Planetary #27

Written by Warren Ellis
Art by John Cassaday
This comic is the second surprise book of the week (alongside War Heroes). The 26th issue of Planetary read like a finale, but I'm glad to see that Ellis and Cassaday came back for this last story, as it has finished off the book beautifully.

It's been a while since Elijah and company defeated The Four, and they've spent the time going over their data and research, and finding commercial and humanitarian applications for all of it. The first couple pages list the world-changing innovations that Planetary has released.

Snow, however, is most interested in figuring out how to save his friend Ambrose, who they believe had died a couple years ago. As it turns out, he wasn't dead, just in a zone of physics that I understand while I read the comic (it's remarkable who good Ellis is at simplifying complex science), but couldn't possibly explain without plagiarizing the comic. Better that you go read it.

The art is as gorgeous as you would expect. There's nothing more to say to that.

I really feel the need to go back and read Planetary from beginning to end. The book came out so sporadically and with so many interruptions, and I'd be interested to see how it reads in one sitting. Maybe next summer....