All reviews for Planetary, Volume 4: Spacetime Archaeology (2011)
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The "Planetary" saga ends too soon with another solid installment that utilizes the tremendous potential of this delightful concept. The series goes out with style but way too soon; there isn't enough momentum here for a true grande finale so the volume does what it has to, no more, no less. The volume still feels fresh, as it combines a grand narrative to individually contained stories and doesn't yet go ahead full speed with the main arch. It's difficult to grasp that this is truly all there is to a series that feels like it could have grown into anything. And again we get magnificent sci-fi ideas that are sadly utilized only as components in shorter stories, although excellent stories at that.It's very apparent in these pages that "Planetary" was a sporadically published series. That is a shame as it's Ellis at his most creative. What might have been a wonderful epic saga is now a well written miniseries, a long graphic novel if you will, but one with the feel of an anthology. Frustrating, but extremely accomplished.
Arqueólogos del universo tratando de descubrir las historia secretas del Siglo XX. No soy fan de los comics pero debo admitir que Planetary me gustó mucho. Una historia que combina de manera suprema un montón de cosas: viajes a través del Multiverso, física quántica, el principio holográfico, referencia a ciertos héroes icónicos de los comics, Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, extraterrestre, manipulación de la información, etc. Cuando lo terminé de leer sólo se me vino a la mente una cosa: fue increíble."It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way."
So effing good it hurts. I'm sincerely disappointed that it is over.
The only complaint is that it took too long.
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