So what have are today?
New friends!
New enemies!
All brought together by Fisk.
All characters I’d like to see more of. And while it’s not really a conclusive end to the story, it’s certainly a fascinating step forward.
Oh, and also Peter and May finally have… the Talk.
No. Not that one.
That one.
Onward!
Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the monster.
Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster.
A questionable phrase when applied to the original book. Full of hubris. A coward. Not really a ‘good’ person, sure. But a monster?
Well, in Dean Koontz’s version… yeah. Victor Frankenstein (now Victor Helios)–totally the monster.
A way to cure the Hulk.
What could possibly go wrong?
Not quite being ripped in half (yet).
More of a team up than anything and ends rather abruptly. Fine, but nothing special.
Onward!
Bishop, stuck in the past. A whole new band of X-Men. Sentinels. Fenris Twins. Betrayal.
Time travel gets weird, yo.
No one ever stays dead in comics. Except Bucky, Jason Todd, and Uncle Ben. And even two of those eventually came back…
Onward to the real big bad.
Time travel. It always seems to come back–have come back? will come back? will have come backend? –to that in the end.
In this case, Xavier did… something to bring Ultimate Cable back to stop him. And who is Cable? Well that’s the question, isn’t it?
An interesting story, with quite the stakes.
Going to have to see where it goes from here!
Well that was absolutely wild. Characters back from the dead! Carnage! A whole bunch of Spider-Men (-Women, -Abominations)! Secret government projects… that may or may not be SHIELD related! The Fantastic Four! X-Men! Fury! Ultimates!
I don’t know if any of this is something that’s happened before in Spider-Man story lines, but it’s certainly not one I’ve heard of before. Probably the biggest shake up I’ve had through the Ultimate Marvel read through.
Well well worth the read!
Onward!
Will he ever learn?
No.
No he will not.
First, a quick trip to Siberia to meet the Crimson Dynamo, and a few other bizarre friends. Then in the other half, Reed Richards’ project comes to fruition—Giant Cube of Doom. Thanos. The end of the world.
Or not.
It’s a good issue, as often the case, resolved perhaps a little bit too quickly. But interesting. Onward!
Reed. Trying to do the right thing.
What can possibly go wrong? … this time.
Nothing that a team of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spider-Man, and some Ultimates couldn’t fix? What if you add in the Squadron Supreme? (Seriously, who names these things?)
It’s an action packed crossover with a team I didn’t even know existed, a lesson in hubris for a few I’m sure won’t learn it, and a peak into just who the most powerful in the Ultimate universe are.
An interesting one off.
Onward!
A perfect Utopia.
As problematic as one might imagine digging any deeper.
A Searcher—Surfer?—seeking those to fill it.
And Reed Richards, calling out into the universe for anyone—or anything—that night be out there listening.
It’s an interesting story, if a bit of a lackluster ending.
I do find it interesting how far the power scale in the Marvel Universe(s) goes. Uber powerful, unkillable monsters like the Hulk… and there’s always a bigger fish(tm).
Onward.
Hundreds of years ago, a big bad got locked up—only he could somehow reach into the future and manage to kidnap someone precious to each of the Fantastic Four?
Weird enough, but even better, here’s how they decided to go back in time incognito:
Yeah.
Anyways, it’s not a super interesting story even with the time travel, even if I did like it more than God War.
And attached is Annual 2… again? So much Mole Man.
Onward.