I wish I could say that it was worth the wait, but it's not. It's a highly entertaining climax to the first volume of this series, and I can't imagine any fan walking away from this issue disappointed, as it's pretty much 40 pages of cinematic style action, and there's some moments that I enjoyed the heck out of. I mean how can one not love the frat boy attitude of the Hulk, his dimwitted insights, and the way that Captain America is able to manipulate him. I also loved the decidedly unheroic moment that Tony Stark offers up in this issue, as the Black Widow automatically assumes he's going to sacrifice his life, but instead Tony is willing to endanger the lives of everyone on a plan that is the very definition of crazy. I also enjoyed the aftermath scenes as we see there's is some doubt out there that the action was a staged affair, in order to justify the ballooning budget of the Ultimates program. In the end I hope the wait until the next volume will give Bryan Hitch the head-start Read Full Review

Whipping out the Secret Weapon. THE HULK...seemed like things were going OK without him but whatever. I cant believe he screams HULK STRAIGHT. The sex crazed Homophobic Hulk is my least favorite iteration of these new heroes. I love Banner and all Millar has done with him but the Hulk Alter Ego seems off and its for sure the dialogue he's given. Hitch again shows off all his strengths and is hands down one of the best comic artists of all time for his work here. The Battle was amazing. Thor is becoming something more legitimate and Cap having his moments of weakness really round out the character. Great stuff. Great Arc. Great Comic.