Ultimate Origins #5
By Zak Edwards
October 22, 2008 - 16:15
Marvel Comics
Writer(s): Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller(s): Butch Guice
Colourist(s): Justin Ponsor
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Cover Artist(s): Gabriele Dell'otto and Dean White, Variant by Alex Maleev
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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.
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.
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