Being a huge Planetary fan, but not a DC fan, I wasn't even aware of this until I ran across it in a bargain bin in a tiny comic shop. But for the amount they were charging, I figured it was worth the read.

And mostly, it was. The first story was only okay, the second not bad at all, and the final one was worth the price of admission. Really well done.

The art was top notch all the way through, and Ellis's snappy, snarky dialogue is always a treat. ( )

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Borrowed this one from my local library to catch up on some necessary comic book reading.

Here we have three collected one-shot Planetary stories, all crossovers with other characters: Ruling the World with The Authority, Terra Occulta with the Justice League (or A Justice League, which I'll explain later), and Night on Earth with Batman.

The first story, Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World, is a straight-up Wildstorm Universe tale in which the Planetary team encounters their usual brand of weirdness related to the Bleed and also decide to do a little investigating of The Authority, which Jakita Wagner refers to as "basically the ruling order". As they investigate, strange things are afoot at one of Planetary's most dangerous facilities. Great tale that adds some nice depth to the already established histories of both Planetary and The Authority.

Next up is Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta, an Elseworlds tale in the greatest sense for both groups as we enter a world never seen before where the JLA is just the trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, but none of these heroes is quite as they are in most universes. The reason for this? A Planetary that more closely resembles The Four. Some amazing detail in this one by artist Jerry Ordway, with some very familiar faces for him peppered throughout. A dark one, this one.

Finally we have Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth, where Planetary goes to investigate the child of an Island Zero survivor with dangerous powers only to come face to face with the Dark Knight himself. The problem with that is, he doesn't exactly exist in the Wildstorm Universe (at least not at this point in time). But then, Batman doesn't seem to be quite himself at the moment, either. This is my favorite of the three, as it works as a very solid Planetary tale as well as a well done Batman tale.

Overall a nice collection. I didn't know quite what I was getting into with Terra Occulta, so I was very confused at the start, but once I realized what was going on I was fully invested in the world being created. Definitely some solid tales here. ( )

Loved the 2nd & 3rd stories;
2nd story - parallel world where Batman, Wonder Woman and SuperMan conspire to overthrow Planetary who have killed the Kents (Clark's parents) and destroyed WW's island and people; killed other super-powered heroes, and commercialized the powers derived from these technologies.

3rd story is my favorite - for ALL the manifestations of Batman that the Planetary team meet through as they "cycle" through the different multiverses' version of Gotham ( )

Another group of great Planetary stories that are amazing. ( )