Planetary #27

Planetary #27
DC Comics / Wildstorm
(w) Warren Ellis
(a) John Cassaday
FC, 32 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada

Why bother? That is the question that ran through my mind as I stared down at the copy of Planetary #27 Shane had placed on the counter in front of me. Releasing a new issue three years after the previous issue (Planetary #26 shipped in October 2006) is absurd.

Anna Mercury 2 #1

Warren Ellis continues his alternate reality tripping super-heroine comic book. I wasn’t really blown away by the first mini-series. The story had to do with an agency that polices alternate Earths with agents that can only last an hour for each trip they take to the alternate reality. But as a bonus the agent gets extra strength and agility.

Ignition City #3

I don’t know what to make of Warren Ellis’ Avatar work. For the most part it’s been pretty good, but every so often there are series like Anna Mercury that seem like they have some great ideas but somehow aren’t executed properly. But judging what I’ve read so far, Ignition City is Ellis at his finest.

Black Summer

Black Summer Avatar Press Writer: Warren Ellis Art: Juan Jose Ryp FC, 192 pgs Soft cover: $24.99 US / Hardcover: $32.99 US Black Summer is about one superhero taking matters into his own hands. After he executes the President of the United States, the V.P., and members of their staff, John Horus tells the American [...]

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