Planetary #2 - The Fourth Man

(2001 [January 2002])

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

Introduction by Joss Whedon (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Joss Whedon (credited)

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John Cassaday (illustration)

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John Cassaday (illustration)

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Laura Martin (illustration)

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• from Planetary (DC, 2001 series) #2 - The Fourth Man ([May] 2001)

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

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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Genre

science fiction; superhero

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Jack Carter

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• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #7 (January 2000)

Indexer Notes

This cover is a homage to Dave McKean's Hellblazer covers from the late 1980s.

To Be in England, in the Summertime (Table of Contents: 6)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

David Baron (credited)

Letters

Ryan Cline (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Jack Carter; the modern Herod; an unnamed superhero; unnamed mourners

Synopsis

Planetary attends the funeral of Jack Carter, a 1980s major magic user and one of Jakita's former lovers.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #7 (January 2000)

Indexer Notes

Credits include "with thanks to Laura DePuy."

The attendees at the funeral are homages to the 1980s DC Vertigo line. They include: the Sandman, Death, Black Orchid, Animal Man, The Writer (Grant Morrison), Swamp Thing, the Demon, the Doom Patrol, the Metal Men (not a Vertigo book), the Ragman, Shade, the Changing Man, and other unidentified mourners. Jack Carter is also a homage to John Constantine, another DC Vertigo character.

The Day the Earth Turned Slower (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

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Genre

science fiction; superhero

Synopsis

Giant insects, giant and normal-sized humans, aliens, robots and flying saucers.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #8 (February 2000)

Indexer Notes

The cover resembles a movie poster, including the credits.

The Day the Earth Turned Slower (Table of Contents: 8)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

Ryan Cline (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Allison; Randall Dowling (cameo-flashback); Anna Hark (cameo-flashback)

Synopsis

Planetary is contacted by a woman named Allison, who relates to them the horrors of Science City Zero. City Zero was an experimental base where people disappeared during the height of the “Red Scare” and were subjected to scientific tortures designed to test the limits of the human body.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #8 (February 2000)

Indexer Notes

Credits include "with special thanks to Wendy Fouts."

Some of the monsters and mutated humans are reminiscent of the B-Grade science fiction movies of the 1950s and 1960s.

Planet Fiction (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Ambrose Chase; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]

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• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #9 (April 2000)

Planet Fiction (Table of Contents: 10)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

David Baron (credited)

Letters

Michael Heisler (credited as Mike Heisler)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Planetary [Ambrose Chase (death); Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Mr. Devis; Miss Bourke

Synopsis

Planetary follows the recovery of a rocket that crash-lands in Norfolk England in 1997 from a fictional universe. Three astronauts left in the rocket, but four came back. The fourth kills the other astronauts before escaping into Planetary's world.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #9 (April 2000)

Indexer Notes

Dedication: "For Grant Morrison". This story takes place before Elijah Snow joined the team.

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

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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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• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #10 (June 2000)

Magic and Loss (Table of Contents: 12)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

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

Letters

Ryan Cline (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Elijah Snow; the Planetary clean-up team; 2 unnamed aliens from a doomed planet; another alien, a member of a legion of alien policemen; a mother and her grown daughter from a hidden civilization on Earth; William Leather; Randall Dowling

Synopsis

As the Planetary clean-up team gathers various items from the Four Voyagers Plaza, Elijah looks at 3 artifacts and wonders about their history. The artifacts are a blanket with alien symbols on it, a pair of golden wrist bands, and a blue, alien lantern. The owners of the artifacts were killed by the Four.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #10 (June 2000)

Indexer Notes

The three artifacts and their history are reminiscent of Superman (the blanket); Wonder Woman (the bracelets), and Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (the lantern).

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

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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John Cassaday (credited) (signed as JC)

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Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer; John Stone

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• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #11 (September 2000)

Cold World (Table of Contents: 14)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

Colors

Laura Martin (credited as Laura DePuy)

Letters

Bill O'Neil (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

John Stone; Bride; Elijah Snow

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #11 (September 2000)

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

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John Cassaday (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Elijah Snow

Synopsis

Elijah Snow opaquely over various covers and interior pages of the previous 11 issues.

Reprints

• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #12 (January 2001)

Memory Cloud (Table of Contents: 16)

Planetary / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis (credited)

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John Cassaday (credited)

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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]; Sherlock Holmes (cameo-flashback); Randall Dowling (cameo-flashback)

Synopsis

As Elijah deals with his apparent memory loss with Jakita and the Drummer, the identity of the Fourth Man is revealed.

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• from Planetary (DC, 1999 series) #12 (January 2001)

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Indexer Notes

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

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Indexer Notes

List of trade paperback and hard back collection available.

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