And now for our second instalment and boy can this series pump up the pressure! It continues as if it was the same flow from last issue ... because basically it is ... as we see Cap confronting Pym about his behaviour towards Janet. Rather than taking it as it is, Pym decided that it was none of Cap's biz and grew to giant man size and you know what this means, right? Fight!
And what a fight it is! We get to see once again how bad ass the Ultimate Cap can be as he gave Hank the beat down of a lifetime. Damn! Aside from this, there is always the need to seed the story for the future. So cue some downtime chat between some of the characters like Tony and Natasha and Fury and his mates ...
The really heartfelt and sad moment came just before the last scene change for this issue. Cap went to the hospital with simple gifts for a recuperating Janet ... only to be torn a hole as Janet ripped out right at him telling him to butt out of his business ... and that his 1940s values just do not work here ... crazy woman ... Hank nearly killed you and regardless of your love for this man, shouldn't there be a limit? Sigh!
Yes, there are bits about the aliens on earth but for me this little drama is so much more exciting. And that cover with Hawkeye - how cool is that?
Ratings: 10/10
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
334. Ultimates #8 ... Marvel ...
I cannot believe that almost one year in of reviews and I have not touched on this title. This is easily one of the best comic series I have ever read and this is the series that made me a fan of artist Bryan Hitch and writer Mark Millar. Honestly. Before this, I don't even know Hitch's work even though I have seen it like the Thing and She-Hulk one off
Anyway, the Ultimates is basically the Ultimate Universe's version of the Avengers before this verse go too messy and by messy I meant that after several years' in, there came an Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Ultimates. Yes, see what I mean? Hehehe!
Now covers aside, the highlight of this issue is certainly not Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. In fact, until the end of this volume, these two are merely on the fringes of the book and gets cameo appearances and occasional dialogue. Whatever they do, it is always off panel
So what's the highlight here then, you ask? It is the awesomeness that is Hitch's artwork. Hehehe! Basically the focus is on Hawkeye and Widow as they infiltrate a seemingly normal building to uncover that the workers here, from drone to managers are all decades old aliens. And what a firefight it was. This is worthy of a movie framing sequence - reminds one of Matrix lobby scene where Neo walks in, gets checked and whips out the guns! I kid you not. Check it out and you will be glad you did
Of course the ending is equally good promising us a sure kick ass next issue as Cap takes it upon himself to track down loser, Pym in a bar after he has finished (Pym not Cap) assaulting the Wasp until she has to be hospitalized! Talk about wife abuse!
Ratings: 10/10
Anyway, the Ultimates is basically the Ultimate Universe's version of the Avengers before this verse go too messy and by messy I meant that after several years' in, there came an Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Ultimates. Yes, see what I mean? Hehehe!
Now covers aside, the highlight of this issue is certainly not Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. In fact, until the end of this volume, these two are merely on the fringes of the book and gets cameo appearances and occasional dialogue. Whatever they do, it is always off panel
So what's the highlight here then, you ask? It is the awesomeness that is Hitch's artwork. Hehehe! Basically the focus is on Hawkeye and Widow as they infiltrate a seemingly normal building to uncover that the workers here, from drone to managers are all decades old aliens. And what a firefight it was. This is worthy of a movie framing sequence - reminds one of Matrix lobby scene where Neo walks in, gets checked and whips out the guns! I kid you not. Check it out and you will be glad you did
Of course the ending is equally good promising us a sure kick ass next issue as Cap takes it upon himself to track down loser, Pym in a bar after he has finished (Pym not Cap) assaulting the Wasp until she has to be hospitalized! Talk about wife abuse!
Ratings: 10/10
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