Well, look who it is. After all these years making fun of the Ultimate Universe for retconning its original FF out of existence, the 2nd Ultimate FF has finally debuted (Cover date…
Tag: Brian Michael Bendis
USM 066
Wolverine. As this hit stands, we were 2 months out from New Avengers 1, but everyone knew it was coming, so knowing Wolverine and Spider-Man would be defying convention by joining the…
USM 067
Looks like Logan’s Spider-Sense is tingling. I don’t know if this gag is true, but I wouldn’t be surprised. For one, Nick Lowe famously likes silly comics, and for another, he will…
USM 065
Well, Gwen’s dead. Gwen’s death was an albatross around ASM’s neck in 1971, as Peter couldn’t very well just go back to normal like nothing happened, but the book kind of wanted…
USM 064
We open on Peter and Curt staring at the thing, Peter demanding to know how it kills people. Curt has no idea, it’s pretty different from the last time he saw it….
USM 063
Really striking cover. I think it’s pretty interesting that so much of the theme of USM is “genetic experimentation is very dangerous.” The rest of the Ultimate line was so much more…
USM 062
In USM 33, probably, I don’t know, I talked about how Bags seemed most qualified to redesign Venom due to having drawn him so much more than anyone. But Carnage? He co-created…
USM 061
This issue begins in the morning, when Peter should be catching the bus, but he is not doing well after all he went through last night. Aunt May can see he’s bad…
USM 060
A return to USM should be a time of great joy. It’s one of the best comics I’ve ever read. But nothing is perfect, and this 150+ issue series is entering its…
New Avengers/Fantastic Four
We’re closing this block with something highly unusual.For awhile, Marvel started making comics exclusively available in the PX for American Military. And you might think they’d just get reprints or something, but…