Planetary preview
April 25th, 2005
The preview edition of Planetary is available for download as a 1.6MB PDF file at the DC Comics site. It’s not a bad introduction to the series, which is well worth collecting if you can get hold of the trade paperback collections.
The Planetary Comic Appreciation Page has a lot more information about the series, though I’m not sure it’s quite deserving of the title of “the best comic produced today”. Even if you restrict yourself to fun takes on classic superhero themes produced since Planetary’s debut in 2000, just off the top of my head I’d say that Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Astonishing X-Men, Dan Slott’s She-Hulk, Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men, Griffin and DeMatteis’ Formerly Known as the Justice League and Alan Moore’s work with Gene Ha on Top Ten and with Kevin O’Neill on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen have been right up there with Planetary quality-wise. Still, that’s good company to be in.
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