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Review: X-Men Blue #4 – Straightforward, But A Little Threadbare
It turns out to be Jimmy Hudson, son of Wolverine from the Ultimates universe, whom all-but Cyclops recognize from one of their adventures in Jimmy Hudson's world They get into a vicious fight, where Hudson keeps accusing them of being a hunting party intent on capturing him Just as they manage to knock him down[...]
Is That *Really* The 616 And The Ultimate Universe In Ultimate End?
The Ultimate End comic, part of the Secret Wars spinoff titles shows us a Manhattan with two realities existing simultaneously, the Regular Marvel Universe, the 616 and the Ultimate Universe, 1610 And finding a way to get by, in the full knowledge that Doom doesn't approve of this sort of thing. But is it? At the end[...]
Miles Morales Joins The All-New, All-Different Avengers?
Marvel, Iron Man, Thor, Nova, Captain America… And upfront that looks like Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man. Which might also indicate, as much speculated, that the character will be joining the ongoing Marvel Universe Whether a survivor of the Ultimate universe, a member of a new merged reality, a new universe to replace the 616, who[...]
The Cancellation Of The Ultimate Universe With Ultimate End
In 2013, Bleeding Cool ran a story regarding a well-sourced rumour we'd had that would see the Avengers fight the Ultimates for the end of the Ultimate Universe, hat we were told would come in 2014. Brian Bendis put us in our place. The Ulitmate universe is not cancelled! the concept of legit comics reporting is though. —[...]
Is This The End Of The Ultimate Universe?
Or is this another one of those alternate world event comics that seem to be tying into Secret Wars? Ultimate Universe: The End #1… There is only one Ultimate book left now after all…   Or is this another one of those alternate world event comics that seem to be tying into Secret Wars? Ultimate Universe: The End #1… There[...]
The End Of The Ultimate Universe? Again, I Mean?
It's one thing you can guarantee that, every year, we'll get another rumour about the End Of The Ultimate Universe. I mean, we were right last time that all the Ultimate books would be cancelled Ish They were Just restarted after the Cataclysm crossover. This time? Well the cancellation of Ultimate FF does bring this to the[...]
Could Marvel Revive The Ultimate Comics Line By Tying It In With The Movies?
Marvel Comics has just relaunched its Ultimate line of comic books and it hasn't exactly set the market on fire The new Ultimate FF was well reviewed but its sales were pitiful What was once a byword for excitement and innovation has become tainted after ludicrous plots poor characterisation and, basically, gaining a reputation for[...]
Everyone Pointing The Finger in Ultimate Comics' Survive Preview
So, someone is dead, Spoilers for Ultimate Cataclysm, obviously. And in the Survive oneshot by Brian Bendis and Joe Quinones, everyone is pointing the finger First there's Tony Stark.Then there's SHIELD… Well, someone's going to blamed They seem to have to have got the shield back off Storm though. So, someone is dead, Spoilers for Ultimate Cataclysm,[...]
Will The Ultimate Universe… Survive? Will It Be… An Incursion? (CREATIVE TEAM UPDATE)
UPDATE: We've now confirmed the Survive creative team as Brian Bendis and Joe Quinones, with Olivier Coipel on the cover. There are no Ultimate titles featured in Marvel's solicitations for March. But there is something with no details attached called Survive #1. Remember when Marvel did something similar with Hunger #1? So at the end of Cataclysm, we can[...]
So… What Is Marvel's Ultimate Prologue? (UPDATE)
UPDATE: "Ultimate Prologue" has now been removed from the Amazon listing Goodness… From the Amazon listing for Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand lists the comics it includes, including something called "Ultimate Prologue." Have a look. COLLECTING: Cataclysm: The Ulimates' Last Stand 1-5, Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man 1-3, Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men 1-3, Cataclysm: Ultimates 1-3, Hunger 1-4, Cataclysm 0.1,[...]
That Baltimore Comic Con Marvel Panel In Video
This is the video for the Marvel Comics panel at Baltimore Comic Con from last weekend, lasting almost an hour. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVY91ZCas9s[/youtube] It also clarifies the "gay Ultimate Flash Thompson" issue Bleeding Cool initially reported, after talking to a number of people who were at the panel that; Ultimate Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley revealed that there had been a[...]
Those Ultimate Titles Cancelled… But Only Briefly
Marvel subscribers have been told… With the upcoming Cataclysm event heading to the Marvel Ultimate Universe, three regular titles will be changing briefly. Ultimate Comics X-Men will become Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men (for three issues, #1-3) Ultimate Comics Ultimates becomes Cataclysm: Ultimates (for three issues, #1-3) and Ultimate Comics Ultimate Spider-Man becomes Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man (for three issues, #1-3)[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 19th August 2013
And it's worked. So, what have you been reading this week? Oh look… Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week All Ultimate Titles Cancelled In November And Replaced With Catacylsm When Batman Killed The Joker At The End Of The Killing Joke So How Did The Joker Die In The Killing Joke? When Brian Bolland Revealed What Happened Between Batman And The[...]
First Year Of Current Ultimates Volumes At 99 Cents On ComiXology On Friday
What with the Ultimate news today, it looks like Marvel is trying to cushion the blow. From the current volumes, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-11, Ultimate Comics X-Men #1-11 and Ultimate Comics Ultimates #1-12 will all be 99 cents on ComiXology, tomorrow on Friday. Time to comfort yourselves, folks.   What with the Ultimate news today, it looks like[...]
Rick Jones Gets Time Quaked In Hunger #1
From Blackbeard Ben Grimm to Marvel Zombies to Spider-Man 2099 to the Squadron Supreme. Well, in today's Hunger #1 something similar happens to the Ultimate Rick Jones… How many more of him can any universe take? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently running the following exhibition.   Time Quake! These appeared at the end of the Age[...]
What In The World Is Up With The Ultimate Universe? – Here Comes Cataclysm!
Let's have a solicitation from Marvel for October. CATACLYSM #0.1 CLASSIFIED! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 Okay, and another. Hunger #4 (of 4) JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV (W) LEONARD KIRK (A) Cover by ADI GRANOV THE BEGINNING OF THE END??? • Has RICK JONES failed to stop Earth from destruction? • The death throes of a universe! • A hero reborn? The road to CATACLYSM starts here! 32 PGS./Rated T+[...]
Expect An Ultimate San Diego Comic Con. Possibly.
Well-sourced but reality has a habit of changing… San Diego Comic Con is expected to bring us the Matt Fraction/Inhumans news, as well as a couple of major Ultimate Universe announcements, one of which may see Brian Wood wrapping his Ultimate X-Men run towards the end of the year But if there is some finality to[...]
Spider-Ham Comes To Ultimate Spider-Man… Thanks To Loki
Courtesy of Marvel… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SrtW6-HWw[/youtube] Get a first look of what's to come at the Marvel Television Presents San Diego Comic-Con panel (Saturday July 14 at 10:30am in Room 6BCF), as Loki gets revenge on Spider-Man by turning him into a pig — AKA Spider-Ham!  Join Head of Marvel TV, Jeph Loeb, for a screening of this never-before-seen hilarious Ultimate Spider-Man episode,[...]
Is This Miles Morales' New Girlfriend?
It's not exactly "Face It Tiger, You Just Hit The Jackpot"… But in the letters pages of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, after readers asked if Miles Morales was getting a girlfriend, the editor replied that this would be happening very soon. But has she already? It's just a glance or two…  but it seems rather opportune[...]
Grace Randolph's Between The Pages – The Ultimate Spider-Man Or The Dregs?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4HcDaBgH4s[/youtube] Disney XD has premiered it's new Marvel animation block of 2012, yet fans are not happy about the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series! Even though this cartoon is written by Brian Michael Bendis and Paul Dini plus the trailer got a ton of views, the show seems to be a different story[...]
Joe Quesada, Joss Whedon And Colossus
Joe Quesada, on defending his decision to publish Spider-Men, when previously he'd said such an Ultimate/616 crossover would mean Marvel was officially out of ideas. Look, one of the things that used to get thrown back at me all the time is, "Dead is dead You said dead is dead." No, that wasn't the entire quote[...]
The First 616/Ultimate Crossover – "A Spider-Man Story That Matters"
The New York Daily News has reported that in June, the touted Spider-Men series from Marvel will be the first official crossover between the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe. Brian Bendis has long decried such an event, denying that the Ultimate Universe is even an alternate reality to the 616 And getting annoyed by[...]