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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: 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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