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Planetary Vol. 4, the final collected trade of Warren Ellis and John Cassady’s masterpiece, hits stands today. Not only does this deconstruct superhero comics, but also everything from pulp novels to Atomic Age sci-fi stories to Asian action films. It’s a joy to behold.

This is it – the long-awaited fourth and final graphic novel collecting the adventures of Elijah Snow, a powerful, hundred year old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful but 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.