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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published May 1999
Cover Price $2.50
Pages 36
Editing John Layman

Cover Details

Synopsis A monster's skeleton attacking Ryu [Master Storyteller] and his men.
Genre science fiction
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Depuy
Reprinted in Wildstorm (Magic Press, 2000 series) #2 (April 2000)

22 page Planetary story "Island"

Characters Planetary [Elijah Snow; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Ryu [Master Storyteller]; Shinya Fukuda; skeletons and bodies of enormous monsters on Island Zero
Synopsis Planetary travels to Japan to investigate the unofficial history of Island Zero, a breeding ground for giant radioactive monsters.
Genre fantasy; superhero
Script Warren Ellis
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Depuy
Letters Bill O'Neil
Notes Some of the monsters depicted here resemble Godzilla, Mothra, Ghidrah, and Rhodan from old Japanese monster movies. Island Zero also resembles Monster Island.
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) #2 (April 2000)