Name:
Planetary
Start year:
1999
Publisher:
Aliases:
Last issue:
cover

Planetary is a comic book written by Warren Ellis, drawn by John Cassaday and colored by Laura Martin. Published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics, it was originally supposed to run for 24 issues but instead concluded with the 27th issue.

The story centers on three characters, the protagonist Elijah Snow and his two teammates, Jakita Wagner and a man only known as The Drummer, who are part of an organization responsible for discovering the secret history of the world.

One Shots

  • Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World
  • Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta
  • Planetary/Batman: Night On Earth (also released as Batman/Planetary: Deluxe Edition)
  • Wildstorm Presents Planetary: Lost Worlds (reprinting Ruling the World and Terra Occulta in a single issue)

Collected Editions

Trade Paperbacks

Original printings:

  • Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories (#1-6 and the preview from Gen13 #33)
  • Vol. 2: The Fourth Man (#7-12)
  • Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century (#13-18)
  • Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology (#19-27)
  • Crossing Worlds (Ruling the World, Terra Occulta and Night On Earth)

Wildstorm Classics printings:

  • Planetary Book One (#1-14, the preview and Ruling the World)
  • Planetary Book Two (#15-27, Terra Occulta and Night On Earth)

Absolute Editions

The original Absolute Planetary printing:

  • Vol. 1 (#1-12)
  • Vol. 2 (#13-27)

Rereleased as:

  • Absolute Planetary (#1-27, the preview, Ruling the World, Terra Occulta and Night on Earth)

Omnibus

  • Planetary Omnibus (#1-27, Ruling the World, Terra Occulta and Night on Earth)

Issues

Characters in volume

Died in volume

Concepts in volume

Locations in volume

Authors in volume

Teams in volume

Disbanded in volume

Characters first appearance