When Ultimate-verse started, it was very self-contained and didn't explode with a ton of series. There were only a few like Spider-Man and X-Men and subsequently we have Fantastic Four and the Ultimates (Avengers) ... so each series came out on their own basis with the occasional guest stars only but the writers and artists? Excellent!
So when the first official cross over limited series came, Ult verse decided to do it in a big way as well and what bigger way than to have all out fight fest between the X-Men and the Ultimates and that's what this series is all about and who better to be the artist than superstar Chris Bach?In this series, Chris showed what he is truly capable of and yet editors manage to contain his style so that it doesn't get overly convoluted with all sorts of details and clutter (mind you I am a big fan of the Bach!)
Anyhow, what's this about?Magneto!
Apparently he opened up the series with a HUGE attack on the human population destroying public facilities and human lives and under TV glare! And what happens next? Well naturally the so-called human response is to go after him but pissed off because they all thought Mags is gone ... dead ... and surprised to find that Prof X used his powers to cloud all of their minds. Naturally they call in the Ult to handle both X and Mags!
And as for the X people? Well they are in a mess themselves because this is Mags and they are wondering how they can also salvage their PR with the humansWhile the art is good and the promise is a lot, the pay off, the big battle fell waaaaay short! You read the first three issues and there are action ... just not the big fight that you expected and then the final issue? A let down. That is the biggest disappointment here. No real war or even a small skirmish! Sigh!
Ratings: 7/10
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