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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published April 2000
Cover Price $2.50
Pages 36
Editing John Layman

Cover Details - "Planet Fiction"

Characters Planetary [Ambrose Chase; Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]
Genre science fiction
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Reprinted in Wildstorm (Magic Press, 2000 series) #13

22 page Planetary story "Planet Fiction"

Characters Planetary [Ambrose Chase (dies in this issue); Jakita Wagner; the Drummer]; Mr. Devis; Miss Bourke
Synopsis Planetary follows the recovery of a rocket that crash-lands in Norfolk England in 1997 from a fictional universe. Three astronauts left in the rocket, but four came back. The fourth kills the other astronauts before escaping into Planetary's world.
Genre science fiction
Script Warren Ellis
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors David Baron
Letters Mike Heisler
Notes Dedication: "For Grant Morrison". This story takes place before Elijah Snow joined the team.
Reprinted in Planetary: The Fourth Man (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in Absolute Planetary (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]; in Wildstorm (Magic Press, 2000 series) #13