When it comes to classic comic book characters, I'm such a n00b, it's not funny. So I'm not going to do a real review of this, just a few notes.Excellent comic book for those who adored The Avengers movie, but have never read a comic book about Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man or any of the other "classic" Marvel superheroes. AKA me.Story: Very nice. Good pacing, interesting story. I had no trouble jumping in, with my only knowledge of these characters from the movie(s).Characters: Funny and

#86 on the top graphic novels of all time listThis was a solid opener for the new Ultimates faction. Had it's funny moments, and even some jabs at DC which I enjoyed.The heroes were slightly different than the main level ones, but still similar enough and with storylines close enough to stay abreast while reading.I might read volume 2, just to see what happens between Hank and Jan. Also, I like the route they were taking with Banner/Hulk, although the humor from the Hulk is juvenile at times, bu...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe was partially inspired from the Ultimate Universe of Marvel Comics, from it's looks, it's characters to those characters' relationships and interactions. As I'm a big fan of MCU, I was interested in seeing what The Ultimates give me in a wider space. Another reason was the main Marvel Universe became so convoluted and difficult to follow with its 40 years of backstories that as a new reader I couldn't make heads or tails of where to even start and what to follow...

3.5 stars. This was pretty much like the animated movie, so no surprises for me bar one....Hank Pym is a serious dick in this. I wish Hulk had ripped his head off!I knew this would be different to most ultimate universe comics, but it's not good enough to splash out on the omnibus. I'm not too bothered about reading vol 2 unless it's on sale.

Several of my friends dislike Millar's Ultimates for one reason or another. So, every few years I do a re-read of it to see if this will finally be the time my eyes open and I notice what a shitshow it is.Well, I'm still loving it. Every time I crack it open and see Captain America kicking ass, I get a warm fuzzy feeling in my tummy. I just love the way Millar tweaked these characters. Now, I will admit that a lot of the celebrity name-dropping came across as really dated this time around. Shann...

I have mixed feelings about modernizing traditional comics. Sometimes it works quite well, other times it comes off a bit, well, clunky. Now, The Ultimates works quite well, for the most part. Although I don’t think it should be considered a “definitive” version by any means.For example: Thor is portrayed as a beer drinking, green-peace hippy with a messianic complex. One could write books about the portrayal of Bruce Banner / Hulk, and not all of it constructive. On the other hand, Captain Amer...

Wow, what a clusterfuck of bad writing and worse characterisation.The premise behind this comic is genuinely intriguing, but it rapidly devolved into a circle-jerk of (notably male) comics nerds scrambling to write the most grimdark gritty-realism nonsense. Not a single one of the characters had positive traits amplified—and don't get me wrong, I'm almost always in the mood for a good tragic horror story—but it's just not interesting when the entire "plot" is just bigger and bigger enemies and h...

I have empirical proof that comic books can predict the future. This comic in 2002:Iron Man movie in 2008:Case in point- this made me laugh a little too much!

Ever wonder why comic book fan boys are a little nuts?Well, for starters, there’s the kind of stuff we have to keep track off. Like this for example:Way back in days of yore, Marvel just did one book called The Avengers. Several years ago, they essentially destroyed the original team to make way for stuff like The New Avengers and Young Avengers and The Mighty Avengers and Dark Avengers and Avengers Academy. As that was going on, Marvel had also launched it’s Ultimate line of comics as a way of

4.5 starsThis book was all kinds of fun..until my husband took it away from me for giggling while he was watching TV. I snatched it back and ran and got to finish it..so there!You've got Bruce Banner who is working on a super soldier gene so that other's can be like the Captain America of old. Little does he know that they will find the original Captain frozen in the Antarctic ocean. The guy looks good for being on ice for so long.Other scientist's the Pym's (Giant Man and the Wasp) working on g...

The public is terrified of supervillains, so terrified in fact that the government just reallocated a lot of money to forming a team of superheroes. Nick Fury is in charge of putting together a team to defend against any supervillain threats that may arise.So the first thing I noticed about the Ultimates is that the Marvel MCU has borrowed heavily from the Ultimate comic universe. First and most obvious is Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, but a lot of different things as well like the Triskellion...

The Ultimates by Mark Millar was awesome. There are a great deal of similarities with the movies and I can see where a lot of the ideas originally came from. The Ultimates is essentially an Avengers story. But it is different than what I am used too. It's darker, grimmer and grittier than the usual Avenger's titles. This is almost like an alternative version of the Marvel universe, closer to the movie universe.Tony Stark, billionaire inventor, and Nick Fury, head of SHIELD, have a idea- in order...

This tells the origin of Avengers if they were formed in 2000s and it tells the story of super human arms race after Cap and how the world wants to create a super soldier and we see the familiar origins of Cap and also the twist with Hulk and how he becomes the monster for the Ultimates to fight against and then some great twists along the way and weird relationships and political influences like with Thor but the thing I didn't like was whatever they did with Ant-man and wasp. It felt so misogy...

3.5 ⭐⭐⭐Woah. That ending. Ok. Thor is portrayed as a beer-drinking hippie. Hank Pym is a sadistic prick and a bully. Banner lost his genius mind and became a horny, sad kid. What?!This comic definitely gave the foundation on the 2012 film though.And!!! I love how they were talking about who would play who in the movies and Fury wanted Samuel L. Jackson to play him! Haha. I found it hilarious. Johnny Depp as Iron Man - not sure if that would've worked. Guess we'll never know!!I just read that the...

Basicly a marketing advertisment for the Avengers

The story opens in 1945 in a bombing raid by the Allies over a Nazi compound and inside one of the planes is the one and only Captain America. The story picks up after the raid to the modern world where Nick Fury is prepping a new team of heroes to save the world. The Triskellion is built, Tony Stark has a revelation, and Bruce Banner does something very stupid. Despite the numerous technological advances since WW2, scientists have been unable to replicate the super-soldier serum that went into

This volume, considering it has a 4.11 rating, was a TERRIBLE disappointment. It wasn't even just uninteresting. It was actively awful, for the following reasons:1) The way it treats women. That is to say, the Wasp is apparently one of the main members of the Ultimates, but the only thing she does in the entire six issues is get naked to distract the Hulk at some point. And then her husband hits her, after telling her that no one will love her once they find out she's a mutant, and proceeds to s...

**trigger warnings for anti-woman violence. Because yes, this book is that classy.**So, I'm kind of obsessed with The Avengers movie. And though I've long shied away from superhero comics, it seemed like maybe this was a good time to give them a shot. But where to start? I spent a good amount of time hunting online for some kind of guide to the Marvel universe. Finally, I found an article that seemed to be just what I was looking for -- a "if you loved The Avengers movie, try these comics..." so...

Since my son is part of the newest generation of burgeoning comic book fans, and since he's been sucked into the Avengers by me and the animated films, I thought I should read this much loved pseudo-reboot of my favourite super team. Here's what I thought:The Good: The best parts of Mark Millar's The Ultimates are the little flourishes of character depth that nudge the classic Marvel cast in directions they've never gone before. I can't cheer them all (I found Captain America way too gung-ho, an...

4.0 stars. It has been a while since I read this but I remember really liking the updating of the Avengers, with the possible exception of Captain America who I thought engaged in a little too much realpolitik for my taste. No matter how gritty you want the new version of the Avengers to be, you can't make Cap act in a morally ambiguous manner. beyond that one criticism, I thought the story was great and I loved the rest of the updated characters, especially the Hulk. Recommended.