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Summary: Everyone's silver age.
Review: This ain't my Avengers, but you know what?? I couldn't be happier. The Ultimates is the Avengers re-imagined for today's readers.Hitch and Milliar put the one ingredient often missing from these redos which is the sense of WONDER which is not lacking here. The regular series is published very slow so pick up this collection and wait for the next one rather than make the pilgrimage to the newsstand or comic shop.
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Summary: EXELLENT REIMAGINING
Review: THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY THE BEST ONE MARVEL HAS TO OFFER.
ACTUALLY, ITS THE BEST TITLE TO COME OUT OF THEM FOR PERHAPS THE LAST 7 YEARS OR SO.
THE WRITIG IS TOP NOTCH, THE DIALOGUES ARE FUN AND THE ARTWORK IS PROBABLY THE BEST THE MEDIUM HAS HAD IN YEARS.
SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? BUY IT.
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Summary: Ultimates Volume 1 HC Review
Review: This fantastic collection of the first 13 issues of The Ultimates is a truly great and original comic. Forget everything you know about the Avengers. Aside from common names and similar origins, the characters that make up this team are much different than their mainstream Marvel counterparts. The biggest difference is that all of the characters here are rife with human flaws and singular viewpoints. Each character is truly different from the others, which makes for some real interesting chemistry and fireworks between them.
This team is a government-funded team of super-beings, employed to battle the worst threats that america may ever face - known or unknown, seen and unseen. This collection is very human in the telling, which makes it a real joy to read through. I enjoyed each character's individuality - in look, speech, attitude, and character flaws.
The book is filled with action, bits of humor, political satire, and top-notch art. I gave this book a five-star rating because I just really enjoyed the writing, the art, and the overall concept. I would not recommend this book for kids under 13, however, as there are things in the book that are made for a more mature readership. If you're redy for a fresh, new, realistic take on some classic heroes, though, this is just the book you're looking for!
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Summary: Amazing. Simply Amazing
Review: This is more or less Ultimate Avengers, but as the story progresses you begin to see that it is a completley different beast. That said, you probably shouldn't get this if you want to see the same Avengers characters with a different look, only get this if you want to see Avengers characters in a whole new way. It starts with Captain America in WWII and his unfortunate ice imprisonment after a critical mission. I personally love the Captain's WWII look, the perfect blend of soldier and superhero, but that's beside the point. Flash forward to now, and you find the head of an U.S. Organization S.H.I.E.L.D and Bruce Banner chatting about a government project. Apparantly they want to have a group of these emerging super-humans to come and fight emergencies like the attack by Magneto in Ulitmate X-Men. They want Banner to come up with a super-soldier formula like Captain America despite the fact that his only result so far was the Hulk. As the story progresses you meet Hank and Janet Pym who join the team to help research the super-soldier buisness and growing/shrinking formulas, Tony Stark donating Iron Man to help, and the thawing of Captain America to join the team. The pressure gets to Banner to create more people like Cap'n America and the ridicule he gets makes him crack and inject himself with the Hulk formula, in Times Square no less. Also prevelant is Thor, a New-age hippie who believes the Ultimates is another U.S military ploy to get what they want. The book is nicely paced with some of the best dialouge and art I've seen in a while. Even with cameos by W. Bush are here. The fight with the Hulk is definately one of the best movie-stlye fights on the printed page and the way the characters are redone are amazing. My gripes are minimal, the book has too great a cliffhanger, how can the Hulk be of use to the team when all he does is wreck stuff. The costumes are fantastic, Iron Man, Cap'n, and Thor in particular are great. Plus, I love Thor's new approach, he says he's a god and everyone thinks he's nuts, ditto for Mr. Stark, an inoperable brain tumor is the reason he donates millions and goes on these insane missions. Also, I live in NJ, I haven't gotten an Ultimates for months. Why? I know no one important is going to read this but I just feel I should say it. Thank you
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Summary: hackneyed tripe
Review: this was such a piece of crap. awful writing, funny in all the wrong parts, flat in all the others. what a poor imitation of alan moore's "watchmen", from the marvel universe.
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Summary: Marvel-ous
Review: What if super-heroes actually existed in 21st Century America? This retelling of Marvel's classic Avengers characters (The Hulk, Iron Man, Wasp, Thor, and Giant Man) sets out to answer that question. Instead of high-flying heroics and do-goodery, we see a glimpse into the lives of these all too normal people who happen to have abilities beyond the normal -- likening them to celebrities instead of morally superior "heroes". Mark Millar (story) and Brian Hitch (art) paint an intense, shocking, and often hilarious picture of these classic heroes, truly redefining them for the new generation. This trade paperback collects The Ultimates issues #1-#6. It is an excellent read, and a good jumping-on point for people who don't want to wade through the piles of continuity that bog down many of the Marvel titles. Possibly the best comic that Marvel produces today, and certainly one of my favorites. I recommend this for older readers, 16+ years of age.
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