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Planetary #2
Release Date: 
March 1999
"Island"
Written by Warren Ellis
Illustrated by John Cassaday
Coloured by Laura DePuy
Lettered by Bill O'Neil
Edited by John Layman
Cover by John Cassaday
Solicitation:
The secret super-hero history of the WildStorm Universe continues to unfold in "Island." A cult-favorite Japanese author and a ragtag band of his manic fans and sycophants take off for a tiny, secluded island in the disputed territory between Japan and Russia. What secrets lurk on this island that have kept both nations from laying claim to it since World War II? It's up to Planetary to get the author and his cohorts off the island before the rumors of great atomic lizards and super-intelligent insects are proven true.
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Synopsis:
A famous Japanese writer/philosopher and several acolytes land on the mysterious Island Zero, on the farthest northwestern tip of the Japanese archipelago. The object of opposing territorial claims by Japan and Russia, it is thus occupied by neither. Sneering at such concerns, the arrogant "master storyteller" claims it for Japan, but he and his followers find something unexpected -- the immense, rotting carcasses of vaguely prehistoric monsters. They've also caught the attention of Planetary, which has helped preserve the secret since uncovering it years earlier. Jakita tells Snow that after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, there were reports of a storm -- or something -- which resulted, five years later, in Island Zero being populated by monsters. Radioactive mutants? Refugees from a door opened from a parallel earth? Extra-terrestrial? No one is sure, but what is certain is that the monsters never left the island, and died off by the mid-'70s. A small armed defense and observation force was left on the island, which also responds to the trespassers. Planetary arrives on the scene too late to prevent the writer from unleashing a deadly nerve gas, killing everyone all but Snow and Wagner. En route to the military station to gather information, the two are awestruck by a giant, dragon-like creature flying overhead. Evidently monsters still live on Island Zero after all.
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Sources:
March 1999"Island"
Written by Warren Ellis
Illustrated by John Cassaday
Coloured by Laura DePuy
Lettered by Bill O'Neil
Edited by John Layman
Cover by John Cassaday
Solicitation:
The secret super-hero history of the WildStorm Universe continues to unfold in "Island." A cult-favorite Japanese author and a ragtag band of his manic fans and sycophants take off for a tiny, secluded island in the disputed territory between Japan and Russia. What secrets lurk on this island that have kept both nations from laying claim to it since World War II? It's up to Planetary to get the author and his cohorts off the island before the rumors of great atomic lizards and super-intelligent insects are proven true.
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Synopsis:
A famous Japanese writer/philosopher and several acolytes land on the mysterious Island Zero, on the farthest northwestern tip of the Japanese archipelago. The object of opposing territorial claims by Japan and Russia, it is thus occupied by neither. Sneering at such concerns, the arrogant "master storyteller" claims it for Japan, but he and his followers find something unexpected -- the immense, rotting carcasses of vaguely prehistoric monsters. They've also caught the attention of Planetary, which has helped preserve the secret since uncovering it years earlier. Jakita tells Snow that after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, there were reports of a storm -- or something -- which resulted, five years later, in Island Zero being populated by monsters. Radioactive mutants? Refugees from a door opened from a parallel earth? Extra-terrestrial? No one is sure, but what is certain is that the monsters never left the island, and died off by the mid-'70s. A small armed defense and observation force was left on the island, which also responds to the trespassers. Planetary arrives on the scene too late to prevent the writer from unleashing a deadly nerve gas, killing everyone all but Snow and Wagner. En route to the military station to gather information, the two are awestruck by a giant, dragon-like creature flying overhead. Evidently monsters still live on Island Zero after all.
Notes:
- This issue ranked #81 on the March 1999 Diamond Comics Distributor's Preorders list with an estimated 30, 900 units sold.
- The immense carcasses are right out of classic Japanese monster movies -- Mothra, Ghidra, and Godzilla himself. They really did die off in the '70s...subsequent attempts to revive the Godzilla franchise have been failures, alas.
- This issue is collected in the Planetary-Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories trade.
- This issue is collected in the Absolute Planetary-Vol. 1 HC trade.
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