Big finish. It’s very Ultimate Spider-Man that this story isn’t over when Doc Ock is defeated. The Peter Parker story is more important. A core reason this was the best Spider-Man comic…
Tag: Mark Bagley
USM 058
This time out, Ock’s stolen plane has just landed at an airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Wouldn’t language have been a factor when the pilot was negotiating to land then?). Ock is…
USM 057
So! Spider-Man has woken up on a plane. He begins calling out to see who’s there, and, I mean, obviously… The single most brutal thing to ever happen to a Spider-Man? Maybe!…
USM 056
Back to pretty generic. And a bit odd looking, too. Maybe it’s Isanove, but it sort of looks like someone doing a Bagley impression more than Bags himself. This month beings at…
USM 055
Like, everyone knew Doc Ock was wearing a long coat in Spider-Man 2, but no one seemed willing to just let it be a trench coat in the comics. This month, we…
USM 054
This is a special month, because the digital painting on the covers suddenly gets way better. And for the first time in 54 issues, the painter signs their work, so we know…
USM 053
After 2 months of unusually specific covers, we’re back to generic for the big finish to this story. Who can know what motivated these covers? I still kinda wonder if Bags just…
USM 052
This issue, before we get back to last issue’s cliffhanger, we check in on Kingpin, as his lackey tells him Elektra was assigned to “the tablet situation.” He doesn’t even know who…
USM 051
This month opens with some guys watching the same news story Peter was watching at last issue’s end. Exposition! That last bit is a somewhat predictable way to segue to Peter getting…
USM 050
USM 50! Ultimate Black Cat! They got Bags out here producing 19 issues of USM a year, and then they say, “What if one of them was an oversized anniversary issue?”, and…