Planetary
Wildstorm Comics. Written by Warren Ellis; drawn by John Cassady.
1
All Over the World and Other Stories (1-6). [From
DC Comics: Collecting the stories that first introduced the world to
Planetary, this graphic novel features the adventures of Elijah Wood, a
hundred year old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful and bored woman,
and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Infatuated
with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists
of the late 20th Century uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories,
such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a
ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters.]
2
The Fourth Man (7-12). [From DC Comics: This
second PLANETARY collection focuses on the team's mysterious benefactor,
the "Fourth Man." After paying their final respects to a British
occultist with ties to their group, Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, and The
Drummer continue their super-human archeological studies as they visit a
hidden government compound full of radioactive human guinea pigs, discover
a fictional construct that has been made real and learn of a malevolent
group known simply as "The Four." As these investigations take
place, Elijah begins to learn some truths about both the Fourth Man's identity
as well as his own hidden past. Featuring an introduction by Buffy The Vampire
Slayer creator, Joss Whedon!] 
The Planetary Reader (13-15). [After a two-year
hiatus, the series is about to resume, and the Reader was published to get
the entire series back in print (including the two trades).] 
3
Leaving the 20th Century (13-18). [From DC Comics:
Get ready for the third hardcover collection of the acclaimed WildStorm
series by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday! This stunning volume collects
PLANETARY #13-18, featuring the continuing adventures of Elijah Snow, Jakita
Wagner and the Drummer — the Archaelogists of the Unknown — as
they piece together the mysteries of the world and begin a direct campaign
against the four people hoarding Earth's unnatural secrets for themselves!
In this volume, Snow initiates the second part of his comeback plan to stop The Four, makes a startling revelation about his past, and uncovers information on the world's first moon shot...in 1851! As more and more secrets crumble, more and more new mysteries rise to take their place!]
Volume
1 (1-12). [From DC Comics: Since its debut, Planetary
has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions
on their heads. Now, for the first time, this groundbreaking series is available
in the Absolute format: a whopping oversized slip-cased collection. Witness
the stunning adventures of the Archeologists of the Unknown, as they delve
into the dark, secret places that most would fear to tread. As an added
bonus, this collection includes the full script from Planetary #1.]
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Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World (w Warren Ellis; a Phil
Jiminez). [From DC Comics: The two most disparate
teams in the WildStorm Universe collide in this Prestige one-shot. Topped
with a dazzling cover by Jimenez, RULING THE WORLD finds the more-than-top-secret
Planetary team covertly investigating the Authority, the pantheon-like team
that considers the world its personal protectorate. But while Planetary
investigates the Authority, the Authority is looking into something that
leads directly to one of Planetary's most critical cases. Someone from the
Authority's past is powering up the strange computer hidden deep in the
Adirondacks that generates the weird map of the multiverse called the Snowflake...and
something is coming through it.] 
Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta (Elseworlds; w Warren Ellis; a Jerry
Ordway). [From DC Comics: They are archaeologists
of the impossible—tracking down evidence of a vast array of super-human
activity that the world never knew. They are the members of Planetary, better
known as…Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince?!? The mystery team
of the WildStorm Universe collides with the World’s Greatest Heroes
of the DC Universe in the most unexpected way this September. PLANETARY/JLA:
TERRA OCCULTA is a 48-page WildStorm Productions one-shot in the Prestige
Format, written by PLANETARY’s Warren Ellis (THE AUTHORITY, TRANSMETROPOLITAN)
and illustrated by Jerry Ordway (JUST IMAGINE…JLA, THE POWER OF SHAZAM!).
TERRA OCCULTA introduces a world very much like the one Planetary operates
in—yet completely different. It is an Elseworld ruled by the Four—strange
and powerful people who compile technology, dark secrets and hidden information,
keeping it for their own sinister benefit. But the members of Planetary
have formed their secret league to uncover all the dirty business of the
Four—all the secret history they’ve kept hidden from the world
in the last hundred years. The world is a strange place, and the trio that
is Planetary is determined to keep it that way. But if Kent, Wayne and Prince
are Planetary, then who are the Four? Find out in the crossover and Elseworlds
event of the summer!] 
Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (w Warren Ellis; a John Cassady).
[From DC Comics: The Archeologists of the Unknown
discover the Dark Knight Detective! Planetary's Jakita Wagner, Elijah Snow,
and the Drummer track an amoral killer with a personal distortion field
to Gotham City, where they encounter Batman! Only Batman doesn't exist on
the same Earth as Planetary. The distortion field malfunctions, pulling
the heroes through The Bleed to unexpected versions of Gotham City...and
Batman!] 
Crossing
Worlds (Contains all three of the above). [From
DC Comics: Three stunning stories…three fantastic artists…one
brilliant writer. Three PLANETARY crossovers — each written by Entertainment
Weekly’s “It writer” Warren Ellis — are presented together
in PLANETARY: CROSSING WORLDS! This 160-page volume, sporting a new cover
by John Cassaday, brings together the following tales: * PLANETARY/THE AUTHORITY,
featuring art by Phil Jimenez (WONDER WOMAN, New X-Men) and Andy Lanning,
pits the world’s most visible team against the world’s most covert
team. * PLANETARY/JLA, featuring art by Jerry Ordway (TOM STRONG), takes
place on a world very much like our own, but also very different. On this
world, Planetary is not who we know them to be…and neither is the JLA.
Or are they? * PLANETARY/BATMAN, featuring art by Cassaday (PLANETARY),
brings the members of Planetary to Gotham City on a mission to track down
a serial killer. And that’s where they run into a hero who shouldn’t
exist on this world: Batman! Complete your PLANETARY collection with this
perfect companion volume!] 