Thank you everyone who had a hand on this series. I feel inspired by all 'the people destined to die... and still chose to sing into the void." Powerful stuff.

Jaker, Murder Falcon and everyone else metal in this story has my undying love and appreciation!

Everyone should read this comic book!

How is DWJ going to top this issue!?

RIP Hjelmdar!!!

Another member added to the band, Anne, Jake's wife. I gotta say, if you're not crying while reading Anne's moment, are you even human!? Literally had to hold my tears back! (I was reading this at an airport terminal) I was screaming with Anne too (in my mind, can't be randomly screaming in public)

You already know! More of that good stuff from these maestros! Will most definitely recommend! 100/10 more

RIP Whisperwood!!!

Nice ussue here to slow the paste and give me some breathing room from all this epicness. Just when I thought the band was complete, Hjelmdar the survivor seeks Brooticus to ask if he can join them in this metal fight!! Oh you know, more of that good stuff from DWJ and co., would recommend for sure.

How do you top the most epic moment of the series so far? (Jim's drum solo from last issue) well, you give the reader an unexpected plot twist with Jake. Damn you DWJ!!! Why are you so eager to pull at my heart strings!? Anywho! Just when I thought Murder Falcon couldn't be more of a badass, he recovers not to his normal form but to a "Megaform" with machine guns and wings!!!! Let's not forget Nate and his magical cowbell (idgaf what it's called in the story, it's a cowbell). To quote that famous SNL skit with Will Ferrel and Christopher Walken: "Give me more cowbell" more

Was this f*cking epic or what!?

So OK, yes! It was absolutely shitty how or rather why the band broke up. But here, years later, with the fate of the world on the line, they were ripe to forgive each other and grow past their issues. Alzheimer's disease is one hell of a motivator to make mistakes, that's all Jim did, a mistake. Water under the bridge. Speaking of water under the bridge, Jim went all "Whiplash" on them when Murder Falcon said:"sometime you gotta let the drummer take a solo" I was having chills reading through those pages! Another huge dump of that good stuff by DWJ, will most definitely recommend! more

Alright I'm hooked! This is going to be a binge read now! Johan is my guy, he let Jake know he was there for him back when Jake left the group and no in this moment when shit hits the fan, through and through a real friend. No judgement nor hard feelings towards Jake! Love that kind of friends.

The brief flashbacks of whatever tragedy Jake went through seems like DWJ is gonna pull on my heart strings once again (Damn you DWJ for writing such heartfelt stuff). Murder Falcon definitely sounds like Stallone in my head I'm not even kidding lol. More of the good stuff here, would recommend! more

It's 2024 and I finally got a chance to read this book. I read Do a Powerbomb by DWJ and this is just as good (at least comparing no.1 to no.1).

But yeah, more of that good stuff from DWJ. Is it me, or does anyone else hears Stallone's voice when reading Murder Falcon's dialogue? Lol

Tons of fun! Would recommend!

I loved how Hickman brought back the story to Aiko and Wyn at the very end.

Yes, there's an ever-expanding universe with cosmic beings, gods, the powers that be and the natural order of things but... there's these 2 Avatars that are mortal and indispensable like you and me. Aiko and Wyn shared a story and love for each other that was interrupted by the immeasurable weight of responsibility put on their shoulders, the responsibility of saving the universe. Wyn long for Aiko all that time, at least he got some reassurance from the Powers that be herself, she could've have picked anyone else to be her Avatar, but they would not have been up to the task like Wyn was.

The war with the In-Betweener should be explore in the future preferably by Hickman but if not, I'll take anyone brave enough to fill in that gap for us. Also, making everyone feel pity for Wyn for the rest of his life was an insane choice for revenge by the In-Betweener. Specially such macabre way to go about it.

I will keep this series in my personal collection to give it another reads in the future and possibly even cover it on my YouTube Channel. (once I'm confident I fully understand it better lol) I highly recommend this series for fans of the cosmic side of Marvel. more

I guess I wasn't the only one wondering: what of Asgard? All we know so far, was that The Maker made a deal with Loki for him to rule instead of Odin and maybe stay away from Midgard. Simple, but Occam's Razor suggests, that maybe in fact it was that simple for the two gods to come to an agreement. Oh, but it anything but simple for the rest of the 9 realms. With Odin out of the way and Thor locked up, Loki had free reign to rule as he saw fit. Unlike its 616 counterparts, this Loki had not had no reservation, no space for goodness, pranks nor any slight of goodness in his icy heart. There is no ambition other than ruling king. For that, what's a few deals and compromises here and there? If Loki's heart was to be fulfilled, deal was to be made and kept.

What we have here is an epic, the poem of Ultimate Asgard. In the same vein Norse mythology was passed down from generation to generation, someone recited the story of Asgard to us the readers. Pretty clever and conceptual might I say. Thor and Sir managed to broker a deal with Brokk and Eitri, the dwarfs from Nidavellir, for an invisible cloak so they could travel the realms undetected. Not to break in and fight necessarily, but to spy and witness what became of the realms under Loki's rule.

They visited Asgard, where the citizen's life force was at Loki's mercy. They visited Valhalla, the realm where warriors go to after falling in battle. To everyone's surprise Hella was in charge of this place. When they visited Alfheim, land of the Elves, the birthplace of creativity and art, was now a place of "content creation". A grim place lacking all things fan, creative and life. Surprisingly, when they visited Vanaheim, the realm of the Vanir, this realm and his people had been left alone for the most part. As long as they stay put, quiet and abide by Loki's rule, they were left alone. Sadly, they weren't willing to risk their more privileged arrangement, when in comparison to the other realms.

Thor and Sif, after becoming one, physically and poetically, they had enough of this status quo. Thor broke away in Sif's rest and wreak ultimate judgement on Jotunheim. Sir on her part, visited Loki's throne and freed Idunn and her golden apples from the chains that kept her next to the throne in Loki's court. These, maybe reckless actions, ignited a resistance to unite and gather with Sif and Thor in Niffleheim. In response to these aggressions, Loki assembled his forces, tighten his grip on the realms by amping the oppression on all the realms. The final action by Thor, which is basically a page taken from "Thor Disassembled", he makes a deal with Surtur, bringer of Ragnarök, to burn it all down. The same tactic if you think about it. Asgard and the people from the different realms are beyond saving. So, we'll set it all ablaze, with the hopes that it can be raised anew. If this isn't an epic, I don't know what it is.

Props to Juan Frigeri the artist and Federico Blee. They made this book looked incredibly compelling. more

Well, you already know, just more of that good stuff by Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee and Travis Lanham.

I was very happy to see this issue was narrated by Jim Hammond aka the Human Torch. It makes sense why Camp waited so to let us in the mind of the synthezoid. This specific mission could not have been told by anyone else from the roster.

I remember seeing the footage of the Punisher in the first issue and thinking g "Oh! The Punisher ran wild in the 70s in this world." And not give it any more thought. Then finally here, in the cover by Dike Ruan & Neeraj Menon we see the Ultimates going against a gang sporting the Punisher's and I thought "Oh! Frank Castle's endeavors inspire people 50 some years later, that's sort of cool, right?"

Boy was a wrong. Someone mentioned in this issue that symbols don't die. That's very true. However, symbols can also be corrupted, distorted, changed or stolen. Completely bastardize their meaning given the right (or wrong) people and circumstances. Not to spoil anything, but the metaphors here is practically a 1-for-1 representation of what happened with the Punisher's symbol in real life.

Back to Human Torch. He's assessment of the team was spot on and very revealing in the case of Hank Pynk the Ant-Man. It seems Pym can't get over the fact that his counterpart from the 616 was a wife beater. That must be lingering in the back of his head still. Which that would be brought up more instead of just making him the weakest link in the group. Confident wise of course, he's still very capable.

There are 2 major reveals here. Well 3 if you count the fact that Tony is on his way back to recover. But it's been mentioned in passing that Tony gave out those lockboxes to many, who passed on the opportunity to or just refused it all together. Here's an example of one of them folks that got a lockbox and things didn't turn out as planned.

The other and final reveal should've been quite obvious since it was right there on my face. That one for sure will be a problem... more

Theres something to be said about the timing of this issue. You know? With issue no.9 being the Luke Cage issue and its release in Black History Month, I wonder if they missed the mark with this schedule. Not sure if it was the right choice to release this particular issue in this particular month. I digress.

Minor Spoilers

It's Camp's turn to criticize another American institution. This time around, it's the correctional system along with the prison for profit scam that is quite rampant in the good old US of A. If I remember correctly, Luke Cage's original lore spawns from being framed for a murder and also being convicted for said crime. So, to start 6160’s Luke Cage story sort of the same way was okay with me.

As expected, The Maker employed the use of another familiar organization to carry on his will. The previous entity we saw was H.A.N.D., and now it's M.I.D.A.S. I find it interesting that Camp can show us how all these organizations can be used for oppression with just a few tweaks. As if we couldn't image how easily power corrupts. In this case, those who borrowed power from The Maker.

Luke Cage is such an inspiring hero, I really hope he does join the Ultimates at some point. But I do appreciate he's an actual liberator of people in this universe, rather than a Hero for Hire. Love that for him.

Allen & Blee did an amazing job with the art. I have nothing to nick pick. more

Leave to Camp to write political commentary through the series but also reach into the cosmology of this new universe!

I know it felt like a lot was thrown into this issue but the gist of it is simple. Then Maker changes the history of this world, as a result the future also changes. The Guardians of the Galaxy managed to escaped erasure by (Insert Comic Book explanation here __________) bringing the smartest minds in the universe. They took everything they could from their 61st century and established outside of time. Literally a traveling century of people. Kinda of cool, no?

That's when they ran into Khan the Conqueror and his army of genetically engineered descendants. I was a little excited to see them not going to lie. Khan and his forces proved to be more than capable once again. Anyways, the guardians did not prevail, and they got scattered across time. The rest you can easily just read.

I'm pleasantly surprised to see some cosmology lore explored in this universe. We got this world's version of the Phoenix, that mind thing from the Kree, Galactus and even the infinity Gauntlet. Way to branch out in one single swing.

The art is still definitely a selling point for this book. more

Not a letdown, just a slowing of the pace!

Kind of glad to see America take the spotlight like this. I do hope she and everyone continue to have their little moments through this series. Which is kind of hard to do in a team book. But so far everyone is getting they screen time if you will.

Was there some foreshadowing there with father Murdock???? About loving the Ultimates???? I mean a priest by night & Daredevil by night sounds good to me.

Feels like the team is splitting instead of rallying together to be honest. more

9 months of work, efforts, recruitment, building a team, etc., to just get spanked by the pacifist villain!? Major L for the Ultimates for sure. I can't imagine how discouraging this is for the heroes. Let alone, is Tony dead? like really dead?

If we are being honest, this was never going to be a fair fight. The Maker's Council have the advantage to know the failures and successes of another world. Hulk was more than prepared, as seen here. He left the Ultimates battered and embarrassed. They need some milk lol but no for real, they need more people, more help, more heroes. I wasn't expecting them to easily defeat the Hulk, but this? Not quite!

Frigeri and Blee continue to outdo themselves in each issue. The art is just masterful, sharp, detailed, actioned pack and emotionally charged. The colors by Blee give this world a sort of silky-smooth tone, very distinctive from other runs, specially runs in Marvel. What are we going to see in that 1 year special? more

Leave it to Deniz Camp and Phil Noto to write a tragedy in the middle of the most exciting universe. Since I saw The Maker go out of his way to steal a Mister Fantastic Suit and take it with him to this new universe, I knew it was going to be bad news for this Reed Richard (Read Ultimate Invasion for more). When The Maker revealed that he had a prisoner and he had him wear the suit and the Doom mask, I could just instantly feel bad for him. Who knew the atrocities and tortures 6160 Reed Richards could have been subjected to? Ever since, I've read Doom's words with a heaviness and a sadness even more dark compared to everyone else just because I felt out of all the people's lives that were affected or impacted by The Maker, Doom was probably the worst.

Well, here it is. My suspicions are put to rest. The Maker not only made the Fantastic Four failed their mission, but with the exception of Jhonny Storm who died instantly, The Maker destroyed their lives one by one in a dragged out embarrassing and painful sequence of events until they all passed away. Leaving Doom to survive it all just to live with the haunting thoughts of failure. The Maker is just that vile. What will he do once he is able to leave the Dome?

Phil Noto was definitely the right person to bring this story to life because the subtleness of his pencils and the color palette give this issue a feel of a trip down memory lane to a time of hope that is no longer. more

Just when I thought I knew how far the Maker and his Council would go to assert their dominance on this world, here comes Deniz Camp to shatter my incomplete sense of understanding this world and those who've ruled it. This story of how a Government approaches an island of Sovereign people to borrow their land to drop ammunition and/or bombs as part of experiments or training is all too familiar to me. I'm from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, where there is this island Municipality called Viequez. The US Navy "borrowed" much of the land in the Island to use it as a heavy artillery shooting range. For decades the locals protested against this, and just like in this story, the bombs continued to be dropped against the will of the locals. That's a whole nother story.

If you think this island filled with gamma radiation gave way for a population of "hulks", you'll have the same surprise Tony Stark did when he learn the truth of the situation. The "lucky" ones are not subject to anyone's envy.

The confidential reports that described how these scientists saw the people of the island, as less than or even deserving of this awful fate, and it exposed a lot of how bigotry drove the entire operation. For then later, the same scientists to realize that's exactly how the Hulk saw them, with no regards for their lives, he thought little of the scientists by the way they were abandoned to fend for themselves. Hulk and his people knew the scientists on ground were not gonna make it and he never had any intentions of helping them. Imagine being one of the scientists, and you're sending reports while your coworkers are being slaughtered by indescribable creatures of the jungle, just for the reality of your circumstances to dawn on you, your bosses knew all along that was going to be your fate.

There's plenty more to be unpack like the lack of touch of Thor and Sif since they're Asgardians and gods who have never been in planet Earth before this. Or how Tony still asked She-Hulk to be his ally and weapon after being told others have asked the same before.

Not going to lie about the art, Frigeri and Blee are making this series a classic with just the art alone. They've managed to match every tone, every joke, every intention Deniz Camp wrote here. Pretty great issue! more

"We're saving America" -shouted Steve Rogers as he stormed the White House- Nice wordplay there by the writer.

This entire issue is an allegory, you can very well take your pick as to what is being talked about here between the lines. America the Nation, it's people, the land, etc. Steve Rogers learns what's happened to his beloved country while he was stuck in the ice, and you can clearly see how it affected him.

Tony showed some limitations and that was okay by me. Janet and Pym didn't have much to say or do but they fought well, and they show team cohesion, so thanks cool! I'm very excited for the rest of this series... more

This was very... 90s lol

The reading is a bit dense, and the art is very in tuned with the times. Lots of over designed characters. Weird looking guns. Of course, Fairchild powers had to include growing big muscles along with big boobs, I was not surprised lol. If for some reason, I randomly find myself withing arms reach of issue 2, I wouldn't be opposed to reading it. I'd like to see what Jim Lee & Campbell did back in 94. more

Nice ending for what seems to be the first arch of this series. The reveal at the end defenitely spiked my interest to return to this series, that is if it gets extended. It felt odd to have the family turned on their father, but it's not implausible. Sometimes it's just a snowball effect, Freya frist, then Thor. "Hey, if the big guy can change his mind, maybe I can too " - type of energy. I don't hate it, I was expecting something different. But with the possible second arch coming it makes sense why the Vikings family would have a change of heart, they kinda have to for this story to continue.

This scratchy art grew on me quick from the very first issue. It's not perfect but it does have its charm. If you like Vikings, family drama, action and gore visuals you should definitely check this series out! more

I was loving this story until the ending of this issue!

I don't understand then, how Freya separates herself from her family? If she in fact killed to protect her kin, what was the reason for her leaving the family for all that time? If she's just gonna act in the same way, it doesn't make sense.

As the family talk about all the horrors they had to face, I would've love to have some panels showing these horrors. Like what exactly do they mean? Did they fight in wars, went through plagues or famine throughout history? Were there others like them with even worse methods or intentions?

I don't know, I'm feeling a bit let down here. Let's see what happens! more

First praises go to Fico Ossio & Thiago Rocha for the amazing work in this issue. Somehow, they managed to make Freya look like even more of a badass than they did previously. The War paint was an amazing touch, there was a smaller panel where the paint was missing but I will overlook that because everything else was very nicely done.

Kaplan managed to throw in a nice twist to this story which I, for one, am very pleased an interested in seeing it fully flushed out. This is a quite subtle way to showcase the false claims to godhood and baseless claims by the Vikin family to some form of superiority over the rest of humankind. It's all starting to unravel here. Props for Kaplan for another greatly paced issue! more

Issue 2? Even better!

There's so much action and gore starting off this issue, and not necessarily in a gratuitous way. Freya is briefly shown in the days of old, refusing to plunge and murder people at her father's order. Which makes him question did Freya is even a Viking? Well, here in the present, Freya dusts off her Viking skills to fight her way out the imminent danger. I can assure you she's hell of a Viking. On top of that there's some solid exposition for how things work in this universe, and it works for me. In the end there's a clash with Thor, her brother, who's not just big, strong and intimidating, he carries the burden of the family on his shoulders. There are some heavy words exchanged between siblings in between blows and slashes that built the characters pretty good.

The art? It's just perfect for this story. It's bloody when it needs to be. It's pretty detailed when needed and the emotions jump out of the panels when the story calls for.

In all honesty this is better than what I thought it would be.

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This is an interesting take on Vikings for sure. Immortal, Power hungry and violent Vikings living the Illuminati society dream.

Freya the lead has some very distant philosophical views from her family's and does what she can to give back to the world in many ways. Freya's family are those immortal Vikings and well, as you can expect with Freya not following her family's rules that is where the conflict originates.

The art is pretty good, got some nice panels and the action gets pretty bloody. I want to see more for sure! Subscribed! more

This is my the 3rd series I've read from DWJ and Mime Spicer I gotta admit they work magnificent together.

WW Dead Earth was everything everyone said it would be and then some! This story takes some turns and twist that just kept me on my toes all throughout. There is an insane amount of energy in every fight scene and every battle, I always feel like I can hear the pages when I'm reading the pages.

This is a post apocalyptic action tragedy type of story. It deals with regret, mistrust but at the heart of it all it deals with redemption. For Diana and for humanity, there is no way forward without working through what happened in the past. Trust me you'll never see it coming!

You already know, more of that good s*#÷! from DWJ! 10/10, all the stars, all the chocolates would absolutely recommend! more

Where do I even start for this series end!? Ross, Krueger, Braithwaite and everyone invilved in this book did an amazing job! I'm just surprised this comic isn't talked about more. As foar as this final issue goes, I can't get the image of a poisoned Wonder Woman out of my head! That was so brutal and horrific, it genuinely makes me feel for her! It was easily the most impact full single panel in the e tire run, for me at least.

The heroes managed to saved the world in the end, Aquaman guilt trips Black Manta into submission. Grodd and Luthor ended up joining forces with the good guys to stop Brainiac. Begrudgingly so, but they still helped. The final conversation between Alfred and Bruce sheds light into the idea that people's tragedies might be awful, but at least in the cases of the heroes, something good came out from said tragedies. So, the message of "hunt for the good stuff" or "take the good with bad" was well received on me.

I highly recommend this series! more

Hal vs Sinestro!!!!! Easily THE fight of the series (so far). There's a line said by Hal "...this is not vengeance, it's justice..." I mean come on that's a bar!

I'm very surprised of the importance and the reliance on John Stewart to be THE hero since he's technically not a Green Lantern in this story. I haven't mentioned the fact the Metal Men are brilliantly used in this battle, and they kick so much ass!

There's a scene with Brainiac that quite literally justifies having a 12th issue to close out this series. That Green meanie really thought of everything, didn't he? more

Not for nothing but I was wondering before reading thisbissue, how there's 3 more issues after no.9? How much longer they will stretch this fight between the Legion and the Justice League? But I was so wrong, this issue alone gives so many angles on to the fight. Just counter measures on counter measures between the greatest minds on earth. There's a reason why Black Canary & Green Arrow are on the cover, they get to monolog (Oliver) and shine because everything was a distraction just to get Dinah to a specific spot. I've heard readers say that Alex Ross can't do action panels, this book so far dismantles any of those type of criticism. But that's just my opinion of course. more

Without spoiling too much, the heroes get suites with armor to avoid being controlled by Brainiac's miniature gadgets, right? Tell me why the Flash looks like The Red Death from Dark Nights Metal???? Also, I'd love for Wonder Woman to have an action figure from her Armored Design, looks wicked!!!!

Just when you think the heroes are prime for a comeback, Lex Luthor shows up in the end of the issue and his all like "nah". The Marvels fight scenes and panel work was pretty damn good. You already know, just more of that good stuff by the creative team here. more

Is it me, or does the Phantom Stranger looks like Alex Ross does now in 2024???

The first page is 9 grid panel structure, and I didn't know Alex Ross did pages like that. It looks amazing!

Once the heroes hear what the villains have been doing, how and the why, they are all over the place, moral and emotions wise. Some are angry of course, some have doubts, some just want a reckoning (understandably so).

There's lots of exposition here but there's a lot of action as well, specifically with the Flash. It was about time he did more than running in circles lol

Give me more! more