New Ultimates #1 was a pedestrian read. I would only recommend this title to die-hard Defenders and Ultimates fans or to fans of Frank Cho. This issue is incredibly new reader friendly and is a simple and easy read. You do not have to have ever read any of the previous installments of The Ultimates or Ultimatum in order to understand what is going on in New Ultimates #1. That might make it appealing to some readers. Read Full Review

This issue has a lot of really fun ideas and good concepts, but it’s all lost in the shuffle. I can understand some of you might think giving it a C+ is a bit too generous, but I feel that a lot of credit has to be given to Frank Cho’s talents. You can talk all you want about how a good story is the most important thing in a comic but the art is fully ½ of what makes graphic storytelling work. Cho conveys the story so well, you don’t even have to read it if you don’t want to – the pictures get the message across pretty damn well on their own. Not only does he draw cool, he draws well, capturing the essence and cutting through Loeb’s bullshit to tell a great story. So C+ it is. Read Full Review

The first issue of New Ultimates is an odd beast that demonstrates some potential, but never develops any of its individual plot strands to the point at which they become truly interesting, and suffers from some slight clunkiness in terms of the actual mechanics of the writing (for example, I found that Stark's inner monologue often clashed with dialogue in the same panel, making it a chore to follow the thread of either of them). I won't write the series off completely at this point, but for the moment it feels like the book is somehow less than the sum of its parts. Read Full Review

"Ultimate Comics New Ultimates #1," then, isn't quite as good as it could be, or perhaps should have been. But it is generally an improvement over the last Ultimates series. That, at least, we can be thankful for. Read Full Review

The problem is, they're surrounded by a moat of terribleness. Some may argue that Frank Cho's involvement in the book is enough to justify its printing, and true, Cho offers readers' eyes a gorgeous alternative to actually reading the abysmal word bubbles. And truthfully, doing just that may be the only way to get through Ultimate Comics New Ultimates without having your intelligence insulted. It's a fundamentally flawed book from the ground up. Read Full Review

Frank Cho is cool, but the writing is boring... Now I see what's the Loeb's style in a nutshell just like I figured out how to identify Bendis. He constantly uses not important monologues through the whole story between the main dialogues. Like, it was great in the Blue/Grey/Yellow/White, but it is really boring and painful to read here and in the Ultimate X. Just my opinion.

However, thanks for the horny content! A whole lot of it. Yeah, it's totally cool for Thor to be rescued after he had sex with his abductor. It really doesn't seem like a typical twist written by a horny guy.

Actually, it could be even lower, than 5, especially with the fact of randomness of these Loki, Enchantress and Defenders appearances and etc, but I want to stand for 5. At least here. more