Planetary #[1] - All Over the World and Other Stories

([May] 2000)

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credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Page contains title, artist credits, publisher's information and indicia.

Dedications (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited); John Cassaday (credited); Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

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typeset

Planetary Consciousness: Introduction by Alan Moore (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited) (illustrations)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited) (illustrations)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy) (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Absolute Planetary (DC, 2004 series) #2 ([September] 2010) [reformatted]
• in The Planetary Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) ([March] 2014) [reformatted]

Archaeologists of the Impossible (Table of Contents: 6)

Planetary / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #1 (April 1999)

All Over The World (Table of Contents: 7)

Planetary / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

Bill O'Neil (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Dr. "Doc" Axel Brass; Brass's Secret Society [Hark; the Aviator; Edison; the Jungle Lord; Jimmy, the Secret Operator; The Spider] (all in flashback); 7 costumed invaders (cameos in flashback)

Synopsis

Elijah Snow is hired by Jakita Wagner to join Planetary, a four-man team (3 field agents and one mysterious backer known as "the Fourth Man")looking to uncover the hidden history of the world as “mystery archeologists." Their first mission: to explore a man-made cavern in the Adirondacks, the last known destination of Doc Brass, an adventurer from the 1930s and 1940s.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #1 (April 1999)

Indexer Notes

First introduction of the Snowflake. The seven costumed invaders are reminiscent of the original Justice League or America. The Secret Society are analogues of the following characters: Axel Brass (Doc Savage); The Aviator (G-8); Hark (Fu Manchu); The Spider (The Shadow/the Spider); The Jungle Lord (Tarzan); Edison (Tom Swift) ; Jimmy the Secret Operator (Operator #5).

Action! Terror! Fun! (Table of Contents: 8)

Planetary / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Synopsis

A monster's skeleton attacking Ryu [Master Storyteller] and his men.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #2 (May 1999)

Island (Table of Contents: 9)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

Bill O'Neil (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Ryu [Master Storyteller]; Shinya Fukuda; skeletons and bodies of enormous monsters on Island Zero

Synopsis

Planetary travels to Japan to investigate the unofficial history of Island Zero, a breeding ground for giant radioactive monsters.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #2 (May 1999)

Indexer Notes

Some of the monsters depicted here resemble Godzilla, Mothra, Ghidrah, and Rhodan from old Japanese monster movies. Island Zero also resembles Monster Island.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Planetary / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Synopsis

A spectral policeman seeking vengeance.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #3 (June 1999)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Planetary / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

John Cassaday

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John Cassaday

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Laura Martin

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's a legend in Hong Kong, about a murdered cop back for revenge.

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Reprint of house ad for Planetary #3, designed by Ben Dimagmaliw.

Dead Gunfighters (Table of Contents: 12)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy); David Baron (credited)

Letters

Ali Fuchs (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Detective Shek Chi-Wai (a spectral cop); Michelle (Planetary's office manager in Hong Kong); Mok (Shek's ex-partner)

Synopsis

Planetary travels to Hong Kong to investigate the ghost of a slain cop bent on vengeance.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #3 (June 1999)

Strange Harbours (Table of Contents: 13)

Planetary / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Jim Wilder (transformed)

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #4 (July 1999)

Strange Harbours (Table of Contents: 14)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy); Wildstorm FX (credited)

Letters

Ali Fuchs (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Jim Wilder; Mr. Neumeier; Dr. Axel Brass (cameo); a ShiftShip

Synopsis

While investigating the destruction of a Hark building, Planetary watches as Jim Wilder -a Hark investigator- steps on a large lightning-bolt shaped rock and disappears. He returns transformed into a superhuman by a sentient ship designed to transverse alternate universes. The ship crash-landed on earth millions of years ago and has asked Wilder for help getting home. Wilder agrees to help and search out the other six superhumans needed to pilot the ship, with Planetary’'s help.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #4 (July 1999)

Indexer Notes

The costume Jim wears after his transformation is reminiscent of the original Captain Marvel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Planetary / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Dr. Axel "Doc" Brass

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #5 (September 1999)

The Good Doctor (Table of Contents: 16)

Planetary / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

Ali Fuchs (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Dr. "Doc" Axel Brass; Elijah Snow; Jenny Sparks (cameo); John Cumberland [The High] (cameo); Hark (cameo); Anna Hark (cameo); Brass's Secret Society [Brass; Hark; the Aviator; Edison; the Jungle Lord; Jimmy, the Secret Operator; The Spider] (cameos- all cameos in flashback)

Synopsis

Axel and Elijah spend an afternoon talking and reminiscing about their lives.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #5 (September 1999) [page added]
• in Planetary (DC, 2001 series) #1 - All Over the World and Other Stories ([April] 2001)
• in Absolute Planetary (DC, 2004 series) #1 (2004 [January 2005])
• in The Planetary Omnibus (DC, 2014 series) ([March] 2014)

Indexer Notes

The Secret Society are analogues of the following characters: Axel Brass (Doc Savage); The Aviator (G-8); Hark (Fu Manchu); The Spider (The Shadow/the Spider); The Jungle Lord (Tarzan); Edison (Tom Swift); Jimmy the Secret Operator (Operator #5).

Page added between the original pages 9 and 10.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Planetary / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

4 astronauts (collectively known later as the Four.)

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #6 (November 1999)

4 (Table of Contents: 18)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy); David Baron (credited)

Letters

Ali Fuchs (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; the Four [Randall Dowling; Jacob Greene; William Leather; Kim Suskind]

Synopsis

Elijah learns about the Four, the first astronauts into space in the early 1960s. Changed during the flight, the Four are the opposite of Planetary, hording advanced technology and knowledge for only a privileged few, and leaving a faint trail of murder and terrorism behind them.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #6 (November 1999)

Indexer Notes

The Four have an origin similar to the Fantastic Four of Marvel Comics.

Planetary Preview (Table of Contents: 19)

Planetary / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer

Reprints

• from C-23 (Image, 1998 series) #6 (September 1998)
• from Gen 13 (Image, 1995 series) #33 (September 1998)

Indexer Notes

Flip cover

Nuclear Spring (Table of Contents: 20)

Planetary / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

Inks

John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

Amie Grenier (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Planetary--Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer; GUEST: David Paine (flashback)

Synopsis

Planetary begins investigating an innovative bomb maker who disappeared in an explosion during the 1960s.

Reprints

• from C-23 (Image, 1998 series) #6 (September 1998)
• from Gen 13 (Image, 1995 series) #33 (September 1998)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Planetary / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

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Indexer Notes

Biographies of Warren Ellis. John Cassaday, and Laura DePuy.

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