{"id":22830,"date":"2024-09-20T00:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=22830"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:20:17","slug":"umtu-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2024\/09\/20\/umtu-03\/","title":{"rendered":"UMTU 03"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If there\u2019s one surefire selling method for comics, it\u2019s \u201cbig foot on cover.\u201d The covers to both these issues got some gentle and sometimes not-so-gentle ribbing online. Well, Hulk\u2019s about to crush Spider-Man\u2019s head, and people are watching in horror and saying someone should do something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s the bike messenger from last issue telling our man to get up. And he does, and leaping ot safety, quickly thinks he\u2019s got to get Hulk away from all these people. So he starts yelling and otherwise being mean until Hulk rushes him, then runs away as best he\u2019s able, thinking to take him to the waterfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At least Hulk is having a good time. Spidey dodges as Hulk goes smashing into the pavement, then has to save a lady who has somehow walked out of a store into the battleground without knowing anything was happening beforehand. Then we skip ahead just a bit to Spidey having successfully led Hulk to the waterfront, but been surprised by how many people are there. Hulk is looking kind of sleepy from not fighting for awhile, and Spider-Man suddenly realizes what to do. Soon, a fish flops down on the ground in front of Hulk. His stomach rumbles, and he goes for the fish, only to see another one. And so on, leading him into a warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s Ultimate Thunderbolt Ross, here to capture his nemesis. And as the seconds tick by, Spidey quickly decides he\u2019s not sure these guys will help anything. He stands between Banner and the Army for a moment, but then he realizes Hulk is now behind him, and the army opens fire, blowing the warehouse half to bits. And as for what\u2019s left\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And that\u2019s the end of what is certainly Spider-Man\u2019s toughest encounter to date. But there\u2019s also this little epilogue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice one. If memory serves, this is the last time Ultimate Hulk will be colored green. As the mandate for Ultimate seemed to become \u201cmake it as different as possible,\u201d seems like an obvious choice. Making it different makes a lot of sense, really. Why rehash past stories when you can do anything you want? Since it\u2019s not replacing the canon like Chapter One tried to do, no reasonable person is going to be mad at you for going in a different direction, and you can take risks no one would dare in the mainline titles. The Ultimate Universe became even more exciting when they really went crazy. But even at its most radically different, the heart of USM always felt right. Bendis\u2019 take on Peter always felt in character, even though he\u2019s a different character. As long as you have that, you can do anything. Next time we see UMTU, it\u2019ll be with more material that doesn\u2019t sit well in continuity. They were literally making it up as they went along, trouble was bound to occur. But for now, it\u2019s back to USM to really get into the Kingpin arc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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