Ellis, Warren. Planetary. Issue 3 Vol. 1. Art by John Cassaday. Wildstorm Productions: La Jola, 1999.
Scene: Opens with Dead Hooker.
Bullet entered right eye.
Shooter has bizarre discolored
right eye. Motif continues
Ghost Cop Appears. Wastes Bad guys
Enter PlanetaryField Team: Investiagting Ghost.
FACT: Planetary only has 1 Field
Team.
Setting: Japan
Michelle. Japanese woman
is Office manager in Hong Kong
Michelle has been with Planetary
6 years.
Jakita Thought Planetary has only been around 4 years.
FACT: Planetary has
offices in Japan and New York.
Hark is from Japan. Brass
was in New York
FACT: The guards that appeared
in the last Issue wore American, Japanese and French Insignia.
Michelle calls the ghost cop a Fairytale for the Wierd.
Return of Motif of Dreams, Fairytales, Weird World, let's keep it that way.
What planetary uncovers is almost extra-terrestrial looking.
The ghost cop has to act as a spirit of vengeance until another cop dies unjustly.
Theme: Balance?
According to Drummer: He senses signal. Information We learn later that Magic is Signal. So is supernatural energy.
According to Ghost Cop:
It's Heaven. God.
According to the Drummer:
It's a stack of hard drives. Information machine.
Jakita displays super strength.
Ghost Cop executes man who killed
him.
Ghost cop's last lines. There's just us.
Motif: There's only Planetary. Perhaps only the field team we can really trust.
Observation: The Gate looks a lot like the snowflake, but the strange constructions look more like parts of the shiftship in Issue #4