FREE PLANET TP VOL 02 (12 Aug Release)

“FREE PLANET¸ a kind of space-politics-opera¸ brings shades of the cosmic imagination of Jack Vance¸ Jack Kirby¸ and Samuel Delany and Howard Chaykin’s great lost Empire." —Jonathan Lethem (The Fortress of Solitude¸ Motherless Brooklyn) The critically acclaimed space opera returns¸ with more sci-fi military action¸ intense interpersonal drama and complex geopolitical maneuvering than ever before. The first completely free planet in human history has successfully carved out a space between rival galactic superpowers: a corporate-dominated oligarchy and a bellicose¸ authoritarian empire. But as the revolutionary heroes of the Freedom Guard attempt to defend the planet from threats external¸ they must also contend with food riots¸ domestic terrorism¸ rebellious indigenous populations¸ separatist movements¸ skirmishes over resources and a neighboring planet's desperate pleas for help¸ all as the team's tenuous bonds threaten to splinter over a single¸ deceptively simple question: "What does true freedom actually entail?" Designed to function as both literature and art object¸ AUBREY SITTERSON (The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling¸ No One Left to Fight) and JED DOUGHERTY (Savage Hearts¸ Worlds’ Finest) have harnessed extensive real-world research and design work to craft a rumination on freedom¸ the sacrifices it demands¸ the discipline it requires and the authority that must arise in its absence. Collects FREE PLANET #9-14