I want to ask from your perspective, what makes Marvel Ultimate Universe so dissapointing from your end? For me, I get how everything needs to end, but the entire series don't really have engaging main characters because it switches and talks about background characters first
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Captain America #13
CAPTAIN AMERICA: HELL'S ANGEL! VICTOR VON DOOM has captured the soul of Captain America, dragging him to an unfamiliar battlefield to use him as an unwilling weapon. As Steve Rogers struggles to survive in a world he doesn't understand, the world he left behind needs him more than ever. And ARMAGEDDON draws ever closer...
Avengers: Armageddon #2
THE FINAL RECKONING THAT LEADS TO A MAJOR SHAKEUP FOR THE AVENGERS! YOU'RE GOING DOWN, THUNDERBOLT ROSS! Red Hulk's tirade across the globe must be stopped! Until a mysterious new hero as powerful as the Sentry appears to level Red Hulk and the Avengers...
Daredevil #4
MATT MURDOCK is being pursued by the new and dangerous OMEN. A violent offender with a trail of corpses in his wake, he means for Matt Murdock to be next, with only DAREDEVIL between the two!
The Mortal Thor #12
SECRETS AND LIES! Sigurd Jarlson has love, friendship and a human soul. The man called Blake has none of these...but he has the one thing his enemy doesn't. Donald Blake knows exactly who and what he is...and he's ready to tell Sigurd everything. Somewhere in the city, a man with a hammer is learning the truth...
Finally read this. I still can't really wrap my head around on how I feel about this. Art is still amazing and Kelly's writing is solid. This comic wasn't really what I expected or wanted it to be, but it's also well done comic. So I would say it's pretty good?
I just wish Cormac is not the big bad teased for ASM #1000.
Amazing Spider-Man #32
VULTURE-LY ASSURED DESTRUCTION! SPIDER-MAN battles the VULTURE - who has a few new tricks up his wing! And the world-shattering revelations of issue #31 continue! PLUS: A SPECIAL BACKUP STORY CELEBRATING DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH!
This was really great. Cafu's art made it even better.
What If?: Secret Wars #1
WHAT IF...THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE SURVIVED THE SECRET WARS? GOODBYE, MARVEL UNIVERSE! Starring Peter Parker, our beloved friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, as he is forced to survive in a not-so-friendly neighborhood after losing everything! What becomes of the original Ultimate Universe in a post-Secret Wars landscape? How did they defeat the Beyonde...
What If? (2026)
WHAT IF...CYCLOPS HAD STAYED WITH MADELYNE PRYOR? Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul? What would have happened if he and Maddie had raised their son, Nathan Summers? What would that world look like? And why would that be the most terrible thing to ...
Avengers: Armageddon #1
ARMAGEDDON HAS ARRIVED! Red Hulk's devastating tear across the globe must be stopped... but it will take a colossal gathering of Earth's Mightiest Heroes to do it! Calling in the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Wolverine and more...but who will survive this super-powered cataclysm?! There will be a pre-Armageddon Marvel Universe and a post-Armageddon...
Once again, I really enjoyed an issue of Absolute Superman. It's the comic I look forward to reading the most every month. I loved this issue as always. Rafa Sandoval’s art, which is always solid, felt even better here. I liked the development for both Black Adam and Hawkman. And it’s always great to see Superman saving people, even in situations where the odds are completely stacked against him. more
Absolute Superman #20
It’s Superman versus King Shazam versus Hawkman versus [REDACTED] in the greatest battle the Absolute Universe has ever seen! But who is their mystery challenger?
Absolute Superman #20
It’s Superman versus King Shazam versus Hawkman versus [REDACTED] in the greatest battle the Absolute Universe has ever seen! But who is their mystery challenger?
While reading this, I just can't ignore this feeling. Of feeling nothing. This screams whatever to me and it's hard to enjoy anything this offers. No one is surprised it ends with an ass-pull deus ex machina because the first 4 issues did nothing to buildup to a resolution.
I don't know what happened with Campz. His Ultimates run was so good until this started.
Also Ultimate
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Ultimate Endgame #5
THE END OF THE LINE! The universe hangs by a thread as our weary heroes face their final, crushing challenge: the ultimate, cataclysmic showdown with The Maker! Everything they have fought for, everything they believe in, will be tested in this pulse-pounding, oversized final issue. There are no more retreats, no more second chances.
It's just feels so rushed. Everything set up ending now feels so sudden and all the buildup they did for 2 years feels mostly pointless. Ultimate Wolverine did nothing in this. Ultimate Potential-Man is the biggest disappointment I have read since Spencer run ended. And how this ends is just non-sense. And the monthly skips really did this universe no justice.
It's fine. It just doesn't really make me excited for QiB. Nor does it feel like that event is starting next month.
Venom #259
VenoMJ GETS AN ALL-NEW LOOK! A face from Venom's past is back from the dead - with a warning that could mean the end of the world! In the face of the apocalypse, who can Mary Jane Watson trust with her greatest secret? Not who you think! Meanwhile, Dylan Brock makes a decision...and the Venom family may never be the same! Plus, an all-new look for ...
I have the same feeling with this as I had with Ultimate Endgame #5.
Whatever.
All this just feels like damage control after Marvel realized no one liked UE and no one wanted Ultimate Universe to end. And with the success of Absolute universe from DC, they are just scrambling while trying to figure out what to do.
Ultimate Potential-Man's fate is actually funny. It
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Ultimate Universe: Finale #1
THE ULTIMATE GOODBYE…Following the events of ULTIMATE ENDGAME #5, the creative teams of all the Ultimate books come together one last time to say farewell…
Yeah this was whatever for me.
Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1
A DARK HOMECOMING AWAITS... It's a world before the Punisher. A world where the existence of the Hulk is but a whisper of a rumor. A world where A.I.M. has just developed a Cosmic Cube in the jungles of South America. Frank Castle, Bruce Banner and Peter Parker are all on a mission to keep the Cube out of the wrong hands - including each other's. I...
This feels like a very forced retcon for the upcoming issue 1000. It's powerful don't get me wrong. May keeping this all this time makes sense in context. It's devastating. I hope it doesn't all turn out to be a fake out. That would be the most tragic. I also just don't see what it really adds to the world of Spider-Man. Is this going to be a recurring element or just a one off to sell an issue? T more
Amazing Spider-Man #31
THE TALK... Peter Parker's world will never be the same. Don't miss one of the most pivotal issues in Spider-Man history!
This just works for me. I have such high nostalgia for Slott's writing and BND -era. And it feels very fitting. You could read this between issues of BND era ASM and you wouldn't notice anything. I also like callbacks.
Is it perfect? No. Does it do anything revolutionary? Nope. Does it have charming art and feel very comfortable to read? Absolutely. For me at least. And it's all I wante
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Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day #2
The adventure into one of Spidey's most important periods with some of the creators who made it happen - continues! Spider-Man paints a giant target on his back by stealing the Kingpin's LEXICON, Fisk's directory detailing his entire criminal enterprise. PUNISHER steps in to "help" Spidey, but Mr. Negative and his army of unkillable Inner Demons pu...
I am a bit mixed on this.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the art, villain stuff was good and writing for May was excellent.
But I just wish there was less action and more talking. I just wanted more of that and not Blood Market.
Amazing Spider-Man #31
THE TALK... Peter Parker's world will never be the same. Don't miss one of the most pivotal issues in Spider-Man history!
Snyder and Dragotta just keep cooking with this.
Absolute Batman #21
Friends become enemies. Enemies become friends. Final forms are revealed, and Scarecrow’s reign of terror threatens to upend everything.
Proof that miserable conservatives are not the demographic for this comic.
Absolute Batman #21
Friends become enemies. Enemies become friends. Final forms are revealed, and Scarecrow’s reign of terror threatens to upend everything.
Absolute Superman #4
SUPERMAN MEETS THE MYSTERIOUS OMEGA MEN! Superman is on the run, pursued across the globe by armed Peacemakers and Lazarus Corp's top field agent, Lois Lane. Now a new force joins the chase, but are the mysterious Omega Men friends or foes for Kal-El?