PLANETARY #27
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27 issues in 10 years. What a massive build up this has been. The poster for the final issue of Planetary went up in my shop nearly a month ago, and I've been on pins and needles ever since. Now it's here, and this was totally NOT what I was expecting.
First off, I have to admit that it's been so long since I read issue #26 that I have no recollection at all where we left off. So opening this issue, I was expecting a giant, wide-screen final battle between Snow, Jakita and the Drummer and the four. Apparently, that's already happened. (I really need to get my comics out of storage so I can re-read this series beginning to end!) So this issue, we're left with a very quiet, personal story. An odd way to end a book.
Yet, thinking about what Ellis has done on Planetary, it all makes sense. 27 issues and 10 years, and Ellis gives us an ending that ends nothing. In fact, it reads as the beginning of an entirely new tale. Planetary ends with a beginning.
Whether we'll ever see another story with Snow and his crew is up for debate, but Ellis has definitely left us at the start of a new set of adventures for Planetary. We even have future versions of the team showing up to tell them that "The really good stuff hasn't happened yet. Well, not to you."
Planetary has always been a very "meta" book. It investigates stories by telling stories about stories. (read it again, it makes sense) And with this final issue of the series, Ellis has brought us full circle, by ending his story with a beginning. The mad bastard is truly a freaking genius. I loved this.
First off, I have to admit that it's been so long since I read issue #26 that I have no recollection at all where we left off. So opening this issue, I was expecting a giant, wide-screen final battle between Snow, Jakita and the Drummer and the four. Apparently, that's already happened. (I really need to get my comics out of storage so I can re-read this series beginning to end!) So this issue, we're left with a very quiet, personal story. An odd way to end a book.
Yet, thinking about what Ellis has done on Planetary, it all makes sense. 27 issues and 10 years, and Ellis gives us an ending that ends nothing. In fact, it reads as the beginning of an entirely new tale. Planetary ends with a beginning.
Whether we'll ever see another story with Snow and his crew is up for debate, but Ellis has definitely left us at the start of a new set of adventures for Planetary. We even have future versions of the team showing up to tell them that "The really good stuff hasn't happened yet. Well, not to you."
Planetary has always been a very "meta" book. It investigates stories by telling stories about stories. (read it again, it makes sense) And with this final issue of the series, Ellis has brought us full circle, by ending his story with a beginning. The mad bastard is truly a freaking genius. I loved this.
Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
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