To Be in England, in the Summertime
Story
on
Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres:
science fiction, superhero
Character(s):
Jack Carter; Herod; unnamed mourners; unnamed superhero (death)
Synopsis:
Planetary attends the funeral of Jack Carter, a 1980s major magic user and one of Jakita's former lovers.
Reprinting
In Issue:
Absolute Planetary #1 published January 2004
In Issue:
Planetary #1 published May 2007
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
22
Notes:
Credits include "with thanks to Laura DePuy."
The attendees at the funeral are homages to the 1980s DC Vertigo line. They include: the Sandman, Death, Black Orchid, Animal Man, The Writer (Grant Morrison), Swamp Thing, the Demon, the Doom Patrol, the Metal Men (not a Vertigo book), the Ragman, Shade, the Changing Man, and other unidentified mourners. Jack Carter is also a homage to John Constantine, another DC Vertigo character.