Planetary #27 Review

“It’s a strange world, Drums.  Did you think for a minute that I wasn’t going to keep it that way?” -Elijah Snow, Planetary #27 It is a strange world.  Warren Ellis made sure of that — issue 26 (released October 2006) — Planetary has defeated The Four’s suppression of human technological advancement, they have defeated an alien threat and were well on their way to unravel the mysterious mysteries of the world. There are probably many, many more Planetary tales to tell, and issue 27’s probably the most fitting: saving Ambrose Chase. Scenes in the beginning show Elijah Snow getting ever-more-impatient: he’s saved the world, gave it the great technological leap, and now he wonders when he’ll get to save his friend.  If you’re not into quantum physics (like me) then the concepts may confuse you — to sum it up, there are several great scenes where The Drummer discusses that they either save Ambrose, or cause history to cease.  (Schrö ...