Ultimates Saga
Graphic Novel Summary: cover by bryan hitch mark millar (w)/bryan hitch (p) THE SCOOP: The dream team of Mark Millar (ULTIMATE X-MEN) and Bryan Hitch (The Authority) unleashes the fourth title in the red-hot Ultimate line! THE STORY: A mutant madman attacked the President of the United States on the White House lawn. A gaudily costumed teen climbs walls in New York City. The strange beings who've appeared overnight are here to stay. The old order has fallen, and people are scared. Nick Fury, head of the elite espionage agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., has a unique solution: Put these bizarre characters on his payroll! His grand idea: a small but lethal army known as The Ultimates, created to protect us all from the rising threats to mankind! Reprinting THE ULTIMATES #1 - #6, featuring newly reimagined incarnations of Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, Giant-Man and The Wasp! THE FORMAT: 160-page trade paperback.
Codes: 75960610960900112 7.60E+016 SEP072795 STAR16479 DEC072827 JAN082781 FEB082878 MAR082852 APR082965 MAY082985 JUN083064 JUL083043 AUG083105 SEP083114 OCT083204 NOV083163 DEC083145 JAN093327 FEB093389 MAR093418 978078510960051299 978078510960051299
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| Artist: | Bryan Hitch |
| Author: | Mark Millar |
| Cover Artist: | Bryan Hitch |
| Estimated Ship Date: | June 12, 2012 | In Stock? | Can be backordered, expected to ship in 7-20 days |
| Genre: | Superhero |
| ISBN: | 978078510960051299 |
| Lists: | Non-DC TPBs I Own But Haven't Read |
Customer Reviews
This weekend I finished volume 1 of The Ultimates, and all I can say is HOLY S**T THAT WAS GOOD COMICS WTF.
Honestly, Mark Millar isn't my favorite guy, either; I think he's remarkably spotty for a records-shattering comics superstar, and I hate his coy attitude wherein he acts as though he KNOWS he's a superstar, even though half of what he writes is a guaranteed shit sandwich.
With The Ultimates, he really earns his right to be an egotistical prick, just like Paul McCartney earned his right by recording "Hey Jude."
This is UNBELIEVABLE s**t, widescreen comics taken to their logical conclusion, the best summer popcorn flick never made, and it takes classic Marvel concepts and just tosses them into a blender until they're smooth enough to swallow. You recognize the names, and the powers, and some of the characters; but they're all slightly BETTER somehow, as if you wish Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had been clever enough to envision Thor as a stinky Norseman who drinks a lot and works with environmental activists.
There's not much more I can say, or SHOULD say, really. Those seeking depth were probably disappointed by The Ultimates. Those seeking great superhero comics, though, will find exactly that--it's like some kind of bionic version of the perfect comic book, and goddamnit, did it ever work for me.
2 pts.