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Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man
by Warren Ellis
from Wildstorm

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• hater
  The story is awesome. The art is superb. I, however, have a huge complaint with Ellis's writing. The man cannot write a sentence to save his life. I find myself frustrated and confused more often than not. Part of this might be his work load. He may be stretching himself too thin. Moreover, whoever edits his comics (especially, on Avatar) should focus on the words and the syntax over story and panel directing - or whatever comic-book editors do. I'm not trying to be a jerk, just venting some frustration... more info

• Pulp Fiction
  I don't know why, but for some reason, I just don't find Planetary as awesome as many people claim it is. There are two comic stores I frequent due to the fact that, currently, I am a college student. The guy who owns the one in my college town is constantly singing Planetary's praises, while the shop in my hometown has a section reserved for the cream of the crop, and Planetary is in it. However, I just don't see what everyone else is.
  I don't think Planetary is bad. In fact, I find the concept to be... more info

• Excellent comic
  With Warren Ellis, you never know what you're gonna get. It could be a great thing...or it could be ultimate fantastic four:doom. Planetary is excellent, i find no faults in it...the dialogue is very witty and the sotries are really good, i almost choked on volume 2's Magic and Loss i have never been more entertained by a Warren Ellis comic in such a long time. Long story short Planetary is about archaeologists who look for the secret history and weird stuff that makes up our world...so far we have... more info

• Good writing; Excelent Art
  This is the second work of Ellis I've read. The first was the previous Planetary volume. In this one, aside from crafting a tale of espinoge and intrigue that reads like the X-files meet the X-men, Ellis continues to reinturrpet pop culture archetypes. Here he brings in analogues to John Constantine, James Bond, Marilyn Monroe, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and even Morpheus from the Matrix. Even more than that he explores and developes these ideas and uses them to create a strange and compelling... more info

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