- Discussing Planetary, a comic series from late 90s/early 2000s
- Planetary is a play on Fantastic Four setup, exploring comics, sci-fi, and fantasy genres
- John Cassaday, co-creator of Planetary, recently passed away
- Planetary shaped thinking about Superman analogs
- J Mike had not read Planetary before this discussion
- Planetary is about recruiting a team of special people
- The team looks for objects of scientific nature
- The Drummer's powers: metahumanly connected to the Internet and all kinds of code
- The Four: evil version of the Fantastic Four, main antagonists of the series
- Elijah Snow: the fourth man, has temperature subtraction powers
- Planetary explores the Wildstorm universe
- The series deals with the concept of century babies (born on January 1st)
- Explores the idea of lost potential in the world
- Discusses the grotesque reality of superhero concepts
- The series tagline: "It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way."
- John Cassaday's art style embraces modern technology
- Each issue explores a different sci-fi concept or genre
- The series uses repeated patterns and motifs
- Planetary questions how superheroes could make the world better
- The series balances internal conversation with visceral enjoyment of strange ideas
- Discussion of Superman analog in Issue 10
- Exploration of the Green Lantern concept in Planetary
- Wonder Woman analog in the series
- Batman's role in Planetary/Batman crossover
- Comparison of Planetary's treatment of superheroes to other works
- Discussion of Planetary JLA: Terra Occulta
- Planetary characters as antagonists in this story
- Exploration of alternate versions of DC characters
- Comparison to Tower of Babel storyline
- Discussion of the ethical implications of the story
- Exploration of lost potential in superhero narratives
- Discussion of the nature of heroism and corruption
- Comparison of Planetary to other Wildstorm titles
- Exploration of the series' treatment of classic superhero tropes
- Discussion of the series' commentary on comic book history
- Reflection on Planetary's place in comic book history
- Discussion of John Cassaday's artistic contributions
- Comparison of Planetary to other comic series of its era
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