Pacheco's crisp, clear style is back, after being seemingly submerged in previous issues. His new take on War Machine is sharp, and I like how the Silver Age design for the Wasp has been brought back and retooled for the 21st century. Still, Pacheco's traditional super-hero may not be the best fit the over-the-top and in-your-face qualities of Millar's characters. Still, there's no denying that he handles the action sequences incredibly well, and the Hulk surgery scene really packs a powerful visual punch. Read Full Review

Pacheco's crisp, clear style is back, after being seemingly submerged in previous issues. His new take on War Machine is sharp, and I like how the Silver Age design for the Wasp has been brought back and retooled for the 21st century. Still, Pacheco's traditional super-hero may not be the best fit the over-the-top and in-your-face qualities of Millar's characters. Still, there's no denying that he handles the action sequences incredibly well, and the Hulk surgery scene really packs a powerful visual punch. Read Full Review

I like Millar's Ultimates and this is him in his element. If he had time to introduce characters in shorter bursts like he did in the original Ultimates, I think the problems with this issue in particular would not be as apparent, but I'm willing to overlook them for the time being since I enjoyed the issue on the whole. Read Full Review

I also wonder whether Millar might be misjudging the mood of his audience. Over the last ten years, he's made a success of infusing his superhero stories with a certain nastiness and an extreme quality that has made for some very original and challenging comics in a genre that is always at risk of stagnating. However, I'm starting to get the sense that the zeitgeist might be ready to move on. After a decade of the kinds of "realistic" takes on superhero teams that we saw ushered in by The Authority (and after the none-more-bleak Ultimatum) I feel as though the readership might be ready for a lighter, brighter, more optimistic approach to superheroes--and this is anything but. Read Full Review

Halfway through the book's first arc, all of the pieces have finally been put in place after last issue gave us the origin of the Red Skull and this issue gives us the introduction of Nick Fury's Avengers team. Millar's writing may not be for everyone, but that this black ops group truly is a darker version of the Ultimates is a smart move and seems like a strategy Fury would use. Read Full Review

Ultimate Comics Avengers continues to be a pretty mediocre comic spinning out of a superb creative team and premise. This issue compounds that with a cast that is a poor mix of dastardly and dull, which really turns me off. I like the hunt for Captain America and Pacheco puts together a few strong pages, but ultimately, there isn't enough for this series to stand on much longer. Read Full Review

Nice issue, suddenly. Not all decisions of Millar are great here, but it reads fine.