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…
Month: May 2025
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…
USM 049
Weeeeeird face on Kingpin! And Spider-Man more or less has the same hands from last issue. Odd one all around. This is another one that somehow feels like it’s never been opened….
USM 048
I wonder if Bags just cranked out a bunch of these generic covers on weekends for awhile. “Draw a cool Spider-Man” is light work for him, at this point in his career….
USM 047
Getting to these USM blocks is kinda like reading the 60s ASMs. It’s nice not to have to switch between titles and creative teams and decipher what goes where all the time…
Ultimate Six 7
Ultimate Six #7! How awkward, right? Not always the plan. A 7th issue was announced when the series was almost over. And not published until 3 months after #6. Real 2000s Marvel…
Ulimtate Six 6
Not a bear hug, but a lion hug. Some of the weirdest eyes on Spider-Man ever. But at least he’s got his mask on the cover. 2-page splash opens the issue with…
Ultimate Six 5
That’s a lotta sand hands. To kick things off this month, Aunt May is picked up by Black Widow for her own safety, but understandably, she just wants to know where her…