Intergalactic Planetary #26

Planetary will be ending next week. There's an epilouge that follows in #27, but next Wednesday we'll get an ending of sorts. I've been waiting for this since 1999, and at the same time I want this series to keep going for years to come.

From the Wikipedia link: "The idea of the series is to create a concise world in which archetypes of superheroes, pulp fiction heroes, science fiction heroes, and characters from just about every possible mass media format, live in one large universe while the Planetary team investigates them and ties together the ends. As Warren Ellis said in his proposal for the comic series: "[W]hat if you had a hundred years of superhero history just slowly leaking out into this young and modern superhero world of the Wildstorm Universe? What if you could take everything old and make it new again?"'

Planetary has been an exploration of popular culture in comic form. Ink on paper disecting Victorian-era adventure magazines, Chinese martial arts movies, sci-fi movies from the 50's, radio dramas from the 40's... Ellis and Cassaday fit a ton of stuff in 26 comics, all while creating something completely original while taking apart our shared past.

I am going to miss Planetary like I've never missed any other entertainment.