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Issue: Absolute Planetary #2
Publication Date: September 2010
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: WildStorm Productions
On Sale Date: 07/14/2010
Volume: 2
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9781401227012
UPC/EAN: 978140122701257500
Price: $88.00 CAD
$75.00 USD
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Content Items: 68 (15 stories, 2 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 13"
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Binding: hardcover with slipcase
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Absolute Planetary

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Planetary Consciousness

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First Line: We, the extraordinary, were conspiring to make the world better. - Sherlock Holmes
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A Complete New Elijah Snow Astonishing Adventure

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Character(s): Frankenstein’s monster; Sherlock Holmes; Elijah Snow; Dr. Jeckyll (possibly)
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Century

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Character(s): Elijah Snow; Sherlock Holmes; Dracula
Synopsis: In the early part of the 20th century, a young Elijah Snow tracks down the last of a hidden conspiracy. It’s members include John Griffin [Invisible Man], H.G. Wells, Baron Frankenstein and his Monster, Robor, Carnacki, Sherlock Holmes, and Dracula, among others. All have been accounted for except two: the detective and the vampire.
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First Line: Call it a quantum thread. Some permutation of superstring theory that I can barely grasp. - The Professor
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Zero Point

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Zeropoint

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Character(s): Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; Ambrose Chase; the Drummer]; the Professor; the Four [Kim Suskind; William Leather; Randall Dowling]
Synopsis: The discovery of a stick that turns into a hammer leads Elijah to discover a world that the Four has destroyed to use as a place to store their weapons. This leads to a showdown with the Four, where a captured Elijah is forced to endure memory blocks by Randall Dowling in order to save his team.
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First Line: I'll be honest: I was bothered that you never contacted me after his death. - Larissa Chase
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Creation Songs

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Character(s): Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Larissa Chase (Ambrose’s wife); Angela Chase (Ambrose’s daughter); Dr. Axel Brass; Carlton Marvell (flashback)
Synopsis: Elijah and Jakita visit Larissa Chase, to “right some wrongs” as Elijah puts it. Then, the team is off to Australia, to stop the Four from activating Dreamtime as a way to get into the Multiverse.
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First Line: I have managed to give the world things, despite the Four. - Anna Hark
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Hark

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Genres: martial arts, science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Elijah Snow; Anna Hark; Jim Wilder
Synopsis: Elijah confronts Anna Hark and convinces her to betray the 4, in exchange for learning the fate of Jim Wilder.
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First Line: But you are here. And he is dangerous. - Anaykah
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In the Lost City of Opak-Re

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Opak-Re

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Character(s): Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; Lord Blackstock
Synopsis: Elijah Snow discovers Lord Blackstock and the lost city of Opak-Re. Jakita Wagner is born.
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First Line: There's a whole planet on your side. - John Stone
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The Gun Club

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The Gun Club

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Character(s): Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; The Drummer; John Stone; William Leather
Synopsis: Planetary captures William Leather while investigating the first voyage from the Earth to the Moon.
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First Line: A ship this size, this old, with its own ecosystem... they could have evolved there. - Dr. Kwelo
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Mystery in Space

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Mystery in Space

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Synopsis: Planetary investigates a mysterious object approaching the Earth, while waiting for Jacob Greene from the 4 to intervene.
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First Line: What the hell you looking at - Jacob Greene
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Rendezvous

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Synopsis: Elijah strands Jacob Greene in space.
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First Line: We contain universes. There are vastnesses in every grain of sand. - Melanctha
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Death Machine Telemetry

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Death Machine Telemetry

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Synopsis: Elijah consults a scientist/magician in order to learn about microcosms.
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First Line: I was supposed to be great. I'm a Leather. We're not born to be some bastard's lackey. - William Leather
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The Torture of William Leather

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The Torture of William Leather

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Character(s): Elijah Snow; William Leather; Dead Ranger; Randall Dowling; Masked Millionaire; Doc Brass
Synopsis: Elijah tortures William Leather and learns of his family's history.
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First Line: If I'm leaving, can I break their stuff - Little Drummer Boy
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Percussion

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Percussion

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First Line: ...Why are you telling me this? Why are you telling me this NOW? - Jakita Wagner
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Planetary Guide

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Systems

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Character(s): Planetary [Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, the Drummer]; Lord Blackstock (flashback); Anaykah (flashback); Kim Suskind; Randall Dowling; Jim Wilder; Doc Brass; Ambrose Chase; John Leather; The Spider [Bret Leather]; William Leather
Synopsis: Elijah takes Jakita and the Drummer into a secured vault beneath a Planetary building in Brazil that houses a complete collection of Planetary Guidebooks. He then brings them up to speed about his plans and the Four's history. An orbital particle beam sent by the Four destroys the building the three are in, in order to kill them. But the Four miss their targets, and Planetary's 3 field agents prepare to retaliate.
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First Line: What will we become? When we go through? - Kim Süskind
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Join the Four! Seize the World!

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In from the Cold

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Character(s): Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; John Stone; in flashback:The Four [Randall Dowling; Kim Suskind; William Leather; Jacob Greene]
Synopsis: Elijah realizes that John Stone is working for the Four, and takes him down. Free from his inhuman masters, John reveals what really happened to the Four when they crossed into the Bleed.
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First Line: You think this world matters so much, don't you? - Randall Dowling
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle

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Character(s): Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer; Randall Dowling (dies in this issue); Kim Suskind (dies in this issue); Jim Wilder; Anna Hark (cameo)
Synopsis: Elijah agrees to meet Randall and Kim alone for the last time. But Elijah has a new outlook that gives him the advantage over the meeting as well as the last two remaining members of the Four.
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An Introduction by Joss Whedon to the Second Collection

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Who's Who in Planetary

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Creating an Action Figure

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Snowflake by Laura Martin

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Dedications; Biographies

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Character(s): Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; The Drummer; Dracula; Sherlock Holmes; Randall Dowling; The Dead Ranger
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