Planetary, Volume 1: All Over the World and Other Stories

Elijah Snow, an amnesiac with the power to freeze matter, joins the Planetary organization alongside the superhuman Jakita Wagner and the technology-manipulating Drummer. This field team acts as archaeologists of the impossible, uncovering the hidden history of the twentieth century. They investigate a secret space program based on Jules Verne’s designs, stumble upon a graveyard of giant monsters on a remote island, and encounter a ghost seeking vengeance in Hong Kong. Their central mission involves documenting supernatural phenomena and advanced wreckage while evading the shadow government known as the Four.

Fans of speculative fiction and comic book history read this for its systematic deconstruction of pulp icons and twentieth-century media tropes. It appeals to readers who enjoy tracking intellectual puzzles and identifying stylistic homages to classic cinema and literature. The audience gains a framework for viewing modern mythology as a structured, interconnected timeline. By the end, the reader understands the world as a complex data set where forgotten monsters and rogue scientists exist just beneath the surface of official history.