Planetary #5

A bald, battle-worn figure in shredded white clothing lunges forward on the cover of this September 1999 WildStorm release, leveling a sleek pistol directly at the viewer against a black background dense with years — 1945, 1947, 1969, 1977, 1991, and dozens more — suggesting a story deeply tangled with history's timeline. The cover art by John Cassaday turns a simple composition into something genuinely arresting, with that cascade of dates framing the central figure like ghosts crowding in from every decade. "The Good Doctor" promises to be one of those Planetary issues where the team's archaeology of the extraordinary digs into something personal and pointed.