According to artist John Cassaday, the final issue of DC/WildStorm’s popular and much-delayed series Planetary, #27, will finally ship in October. Cassaday told The Comic News Insider podcast the news on their live, 200th podcast, and details have been picked up by Rich Johnston’s new Bleeding Cool site.
The 26th issue of the series hit stores in 2006, and the first volume of the Absolute Edition is long out of print, so it may not be the most accessible series ever to new readers–but a new Absolute Edition is planned to come along eventually collecting the second half of the story, and a special edition of the first issue was recently released as part of DC’s $1 “After Watchmen, What’s Next?” promotion.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Everyone say it with me now: FINALLY
June 4th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
that’s great. and i’m all for retaining quality over bowing to expediency.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
can we get a reprint of the first absolute? or a large one collecting the whole series?
June 4th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I second the call for another print of the Absolute edition, although I would settle for an omnibus.
And while they’re at it, will DC finally put out an Absolute Transmetropolitan?
June 4th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I’m with you on that, Sparks. Most eBay versions of Absolute Watchmen are going at $300-$500… that’s just nuts.