| Characters |
Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; the Four [Randall Dowling; Jacob Greene; William Leather; Kim Suskind] |
| Synopsis |
Elijah learns about the Four, the first astronauts into space in the early 1960s. Changed during the flight, the Four are the opposite of Planetary, hording advanced technology and knowledge for only a privileged few, and leaving a faint trail of murder and terrorism behind them. |
| Genre |
science fiction |
| Script |
Warren Ellis |
| Pencils |
John Cassaday |
| Inks |
John Cassaday |
| Colors |
Laura DePuy; David Baron |
| Letters |
Ali Fuchs |
| Notes |
The Four have an origin similar to the Fantastic Four of Marvel Comics. |
| Reprinted |
in Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in Absolute Planetary (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]; in Wildstorm (Magic Press, 2000 series) #9 |