CAPTAIN PLANET (2025)

Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Heart. With their powers combined, they summon Earth's greatest champion: Captain Planet. But they need to learn to trust each other first. Gaia, the latest High Priestess of the Earth has been kidnapped! Our Planeteers are forced to come together against the newly formed might of Lucian Plunder! Even with Captain Planet on their side, will it be enough to save the very Earth itself?!? Find out in Captain Planet #1 by writer David (Space Ghost) Pepose along with artist Eman Cassallos and cover artists: Mark Spears, Jae Lee (providing a connecting series of covers across the 1st 6 issues), Ben Oliver and Christian Ward! A former crime reporter turned Ringo Award-winning comic book creator, David Pepose has written on hit titles such as Space Ghost, Punisher, Savage Avengers, Moon Knight: City of the Dead, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Avengers Unlimited, and Darth Vader: Black, White & Red, as well as acclaimed original series Spencer & Locke, Going to the Chapel, Grand Theft Astro, The O.Z., Scout's Honor, The Devil That Wears My Face, and more. Captain Planet and the Planeteers, commonly referred to as simply Captain Planet, is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series produced by Turner Program Services and DIC Enterprises and broadcast on TBS and in syndication from September 15, 1990, to December 5, 1992.

CALLING ALL PLANETEERS! Gaia, the latest High Priestess of the Earth, is under siege by the villainous Lucian Plunder and his never-ending supply of deadly tech and malevolent henchmen. Her only hope is to summon her newly empowered Planeteers to wield their elemental forces of Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, and Heart against her captors. But will the team be able to come together in time to bring the might of Captain Planet to bear against the polluters' industrial-strength treachery? The answers lie within this second issue of the all-new Captain Planet, organically grown from the fertile talents of writer DAVID PEPOSE (Space Ghost) and artist EMAN CASSALLOS (Vampirella) - with compostable covers from CHAD HARDIN, CHRISTIAN WARD, BEN OLIVER, and connecting art from JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!

The Planeteers are finally assembled, but the odds against them and the ultimate survival of the Earth are steep. The untested team now faces the collective might of mega-powerful villains Duke Nukem, Doctor Blight, and M.A.L and without the help of a depleted Captain Planet, the inexperienced eco-warriors must band together as never before to have any hope of standing against them! Fueled by endless reserves of renewable talent, author DAVID PEPOSE and artist EMAN CASALLOS push their narrative engine to the limit in Captain Planet #3 -aided by clean-burning covers from CHAD HARDIN, CHRISTIAN WARD, BEN OLIVER, and connecting art from JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!

THE POWER IS YOURS - BUT NOT FOR LONG! In this issue: Things are go from bad to worse for our eco- heroes as they desperately fight against the overwhelming might of Lucian Plunder! Now, tapping into a corrupted power source, the malevolent Plunder unveils his newest and deadliest weapon - a twisted version of himself called Captain Pollution! Honorary Planeteers DAVID PEPOSE and EMAN CASALLOS step up their storytelling game in Captain Planet #4 - buoyed by breathtaking covers from CHAD HARDIN, CHRISTIAN WARD, BEN OLIVER, and connecting art from JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!

THE END IS NIGH! In this issue: Captain Pollution has seized the day, and things are looking deadly for both the Planeteers and the planet itself! Now, the team must come together one last time and find the strength to summon their most powerful ally for a final showdown against the corrupting force of Lucian Plunder! Longstanding Friends of Gaia DAVID PEPOSE and EMAN CASALLOS turn up the heat in Captain Planet #5 - offset by cooling covers from CHAD HARDIN, CHRISTIAN WARD, BEN OLIVER, and connecting art from JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!

As the Planeteers take decisive action on the ground, Captain Planet engages the evil and twisted Captain Pollution in an epic duel high above the Earth and the fate of the world hangs in the balance! Frontline eco-defenders DAVID PEPOSE and EMAN CASALLOS conclude their epochal first story arc in Captain Planet #6 flanked by supporting covers from CHAD HARDIN, CHRISTIAN WARD, BEN OLIVER, and connecting art from JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!