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Mark Millar’s Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People

James Kelly — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:00:46 +0000

Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People" title="Mark Millar’s Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People" style="float:left;" />Mark Millar's take on the X-Men is one of the most polarizing comics of the last decade. How does the debut of his reboot of the X-Men hold? [more]

Thor is Not a God, He’s a Lunatic: Realism in Ultimate Marvel

James Kelly — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:00:15 +0000

As the Ultimate Marvel Universe is reaching it’s conclusion it is worth looking back at the magnificent alternate universe. So much of the Ultimate Marvel Universe has helped to define both the Marvel Cinematic Universe… [more]

The Art of Miracleman: Olympus—Praising John Totleben

James Kelly — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:00:22 +0000

Miracleman: Olympus—Praising John Totleben" title="The Art of Miracleman: Olympus—Praising John Totleben" style="float:left;" />John Totleben's artwork on Miracleman: Olympus is the single most influential art on superheroes since Neal Adams. It is also a rare case of art being "better" than Alan Moore's writing. [more]

Hulk Rend Wolverine!!!: Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #1-2

James Kelly — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:00:48 +0000

Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #1-2" title="Hulk Rend Wolverine!!!: Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #1-2" style="float:left;" />Damon Lindelof is an unabashed nerd in Hollywood. Lindelof’s purported first conversation with JJ Abrams was mainly a discussion about Star Wars[i]. His enjoyment of comics lead him to recruit Paul Dini, Jeph Loeb and… [more]

The Marvelous Sci-Fi Villains of Jonathan Hickman

Cody Walker — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:00:39 +0000

When the Avengers are known as “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” they should face off against something so powerful that it takes the combined might of Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and others to be… [more]

The Avengers Versus the Space Lizard Conspiracy

Mike Greear — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:09 +0000

May 4th was Avengers day here in the states, and I actually managed to see the film three times in the first 24 hours of its release. My entire day had nothing to do with… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 8: The Grand Exit

Cody Walker — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:00:10 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 8: The Grand Exit" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 8: The Grand Exit" style="float:left;" />A word of advice before going into this series: ignore the “Death of Spider-Man” banner at the top and you’ll be just fine. Mark Millar’s final story in the Ultimate Universe was marketed as a… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 7: The One About Vampires

Cody Walker — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:00:04 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 7: The One About Vampires" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 7: The One About Vampires" style="float:left;" />With the release of each new issue of Ultimate Comics Avengers 3, I would call up my friend Caleb (fellow contributor to Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide) and we would laugh about how far… [more]

On Hickman and Ribic’s The Ultimates #1: Yet More Stories for Boys

Colin Smith — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:00:42 +0000

The Ultimates #1: Yet More Stories for Boys" title="On Hickman and Ribic’s The Ultimates #1: Yet More Stories for Boys" style="float:left;" />On the evidence of Messrs. Hickman and Ribic’s The Ultimates #1, the fundamental concerns of feminism haven’t yet become a matter of public concern and debate on Earth 1610, or (it needs to be said) in… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 6: And Now for Something Completely Different

Cody Walker — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:46 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 6: And Now for Something Completely Different" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 6: And Now for Something Completely Different" style="float:left;" />If Ultimate Comics Avengers was a departure from Millar’s previous Ultimates work, then its sequel goes completely off the rails. Gone are the themes of political allegory (ironic considering the villain of this volume is the… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 5: The Return

Cody Walker — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:28 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 5: The Return" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 5: The Return" style="float:left;" />After Ultimates 2, Millar stepped away from the Ultimate universe for a couple of years. During his absence, Jeph Loeb took over forUltimates 3 and while it was a more traditional super-hero story, it still had… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 3: Saying Something

Cody Walker — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:48 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 3: Saying Something" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 3: Saying Something" style="float:left;" />Volume 2 of The Ultimates (sometimes referred to as Season 2) is not only vastly superior to the first, but I would argue that it is the best work of Millar’s career. It’s a fascinating… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 2: Something More Traditional

Cody Walker — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:00:32 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 2: Something More Traditional" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 2: Something More Traditional" style="float:left;" />After the first six issues of Millar’s The Ultimates had established the team as a group of celebrity soldiers with little ethical or moral backbone (except for Thor who is considered insane by the others),… [more]

Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 1: The Anti-Comic

Cody Walker — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:00:39 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 1: The Anti-Comic" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 1: The Anti-Comic" style="float:left;" />With the ten-year anniversary of Mark Millar’s The Ultimates coming up next year, and with an all new line up of Ultimate books coming from Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer later this year, there’s no… [more]

The Ultimates: Super-Human

Andrew Presnal — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:33:44 +0000

The Ultimates Volume 1 #1-6 As a fledgling comic book reader, I took notice of the New Avengers only because of the writer attached to it, Brian Michael Bendis. I remember reading the Disassembled arc… [more]

Every Atom Belonging to Me as Good Belongs to You (He self-indulgently rambles once again and then finally talks about Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)

Jeff Chon — Thu, 13 May 2004 02:07:01 +0000

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)" title="Every Atom Belonging to Me as Good Belongs to You (He self-indulgently rambles once again and then finally talks about Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)" style="float:left;" />In the words of Frederick Schodt: Manga! Manga! We all love manga. It’s replaced ice cream as that thing we all scream for. It’s just fun to say. Come on and say it with me:… [more]

Sex Scenes, Orson Welles, and Other Matters

Bryan Miller — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:48:16 +0000

Greetings, and welcome to another edition of New Comics Day. As usual, New Comics Day winds down at O’Malley’s Pub on Lincoln where the beer is cheap but the comics reviewers are cheaper. This week,… [more]

Comics Published on 12 March 2003

Matt Martin — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:34:10 +0000

Batman: Child of Dreams DC Comics – Kia Asamiya (w/a); Max Allan Collins (trans.) The key to a good Batman story, in my opinion, lies in the use of imagery. The notion that criminals are… [more]

Comics Published on 15 January 2003

Matt Martin — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:37:20 +0000

Optic Verve makes its triumphant (or generally unnoticed, depending on your point of view) return to the Internet, having taken the holidays off due to lack of Internet connectivity and a general plague of viruses… [more]