The Planetary Omnibus

Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's Planetary—collected here in a single omnibus edition starting in 2014—is a landmark DC series that reimagines the hidden history of the 20th century's pop culture and super-science. Following a mysterious team of "archeologists of the unknown," it explores a secret war between the forces of innovation and a shadowy cabal that has suppressed the world's strangest wonders. Cassaday's crisp, cinematic art and Ellis's dense, allusive storytelling make this a foundational work of deconstructive superhero fiction.