7 Years of Mercy Sparx Alex Wolfe February 11, 2015 The Full Run Once upon a time, there was a young, strong, yet beautiful princess named Alex, who just loved Hack/Slash. So much so, that every single issue of the main run was consumed within a fairly short period of time,...
Planetary #11: A Cold War Hot Off The Presses Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne December 2, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Chase Magnett: Planetary #11 begins in 1969 when the spy genre was king. It’s the year that saw the release of the sixth James Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and the first hand off of the...
Planetary #10: Secrets, Lies, and Death Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne November 18, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Ray Sonne: Time to be afraid. Time to be very afraid. Warren Ellis and John Cassaday turn their critical eyes back to the superhero genre in Planetary #10 and there is a lot to deal with in this issue....
Planetary #9: Planet Fiction Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne November 11, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Chase Magnett: Every conversation we’ve had up until this point has centered around a period in history, genre, or some combination of the two which Planetary is addressing. Re-reading Planetary #9, it...
Planetary #8: Half A Life Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne November 4, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Ray Sonne: In Planetary #8: The Day the Earth Turned Slower, we return to both the 50s and the monster movie genres. Instead of an island full of dead Japanese monsters, however, this issue takes place on...
Planetary #7: Time To Be Someone Else Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne October 28, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Chase Magnett: The British Invasion of the 1980’s is one of the most important events in modern comics history. Creators like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and many others first rose to...
4.0 Series Review: ‘Edge of Spider-Verse’ #1-5 Jordan Glazer October 22, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Edge of Spider-Verse is an odd type of mini-series. The thing that makes it odd is not that it's a mini-series that is leading up to a much larger event, but that each issue has very little or no real...
Planetary #6: Where There’s Blood Instead of Snow Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne October 21, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Ray Sonne: Planetary #6 introduces the series’ main plotline and antagonists, The Four. The Four are, of course, pastiches of The Fantastic Four wrapped up in sci-fi plot and criticism of Cold War...
Planetary #5: The Death of a Medium Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne October 14, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Chase Magnett: This may be the most difficult issue of Planetary to discuss so far. That’s not because it is poorly written. It is that the focus of previous issues on a singular topic is missing....
Planetary #4: I Can Show You The (Multi)World Chase Magnett, Ray Sonne October 7, 2014 Columns, The Full Run Ray Sonne: One of the reasons that the comic book medium is unique is that it was the first to have “universes.” 1961 was a landmark year for the industry with DC Comics’ release of “The Flash of...
