And so Brian Michael Bendis’ highly-hyped saga about the origin of the ltimate Universe ends with an almost cacophony of “that was a waste of time.” Rather than this series revealing anything except an Ultimate version of the Watcher, a character (if you can call a big, glorified laser pointer that happens to mind possess people a character) used solely to hype up the Ultimatum, Ultimate Origins has merely given readers a more compact version of things they already knew or had figured out for themselves.
Okay, this may be an overstatement, ew did learn Wolverine was made a mutant rather than born one, leading to all mutants being a science experiment. And Uatu, the laser pointer, has picked a herald to help with Ultimatum. Thank you, Uatu, Jeph Loeb is going to need all the help he can get. So the series is really disappointing and couldn’t live up to all the ‘everything is connected’ taglines. So, all in all, the series did what many speculated and what it was probably intended to do, drive up awareness and sales of the Ultimate Universe’s Ultimatum event, strategically placed to begin after all the events occurring in the regular Marvel Universe are drawing to their conclusions. Get ready for Ultimatum, it’s going to be big, haven’t you seen all the adverts? Of course, I’m still going to read it. Damn it.
Butch Guice’s pencils and the art in general has really done this series a favour. The dramatic shading and dark colour palette work well with the material. Guice’s ability to convey emotion through both mood of the panels and individual facial expressions have helped drive home the impact events have had on the characters, even if they didn’t have one on the readers.
/10 (not a 0) Just bad. One of those issues that makes you lose a little faith in mainstream comics.
Thunderbolts #137
New creative team brings worry about this series' future quality.
Spider-Woman #2
The series still works, even without voice-overs!
Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1
The new Sorcerer Supreme, chosen to defend our reality is attacked by Doctor Doom in order to save our reality from...the new Sorcerer Supreme?!
Thor #603
Donald Blake and Thor help Sif establish a secret identity while Loki and Dr. Doom exchange “gifts”…
Spider-Woman #1
One of Marvel’s most sultry, sassy, and super powered heroines gets a new monthly series.
Old Man Logan: How the Best Went Bad
Last year Mark Millar began the best Wolverine story in a decade...and this year he completed a story that was just as bad as a thousand others.
The Amazing Spider-man #605
This issue is about love, or Peter Parker’s lack of. Just as the cover implies, it’s about all the people in Parker’s life and their “it’s complicated” love lives
Dark Wolverine #78
Daken, the Dark Wolverine has been witnessed killing innocent bystanders and Norman Osborn is trying to fix the mess
Captain America Reborn #3 of 5
While Captain America relives his days on ice and his fight against the Skrulls during the Kree / Skrull war, the Falcon rescues the current Captain America
The Amazing Spider-man #604
The Chameleon is on the loose about to explode a nuclear device in the middle of New York City
Thor Annual #1
The Egyptian gods have been waiting for Thor to suffer from somekind of weakness before returning a favour and taking him out once and for all
