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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]

Ultimate Spider-Man #13 Uses Art and Dialogue to Add Depth to Its Characters

Logan Dalton — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:00:02 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #13 Uses Art and Dialogue to Add Depth to Its Characters" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #13 Uses Art and Dialogue to Add Depth to Its Characters" style="float:left;" />There are no masks, tights, or supervillains in Ultimate Spider-Man #13. There isn’t a fight scene. No one gets hurt. The whole comic is about a teenager having a conversation with his girlfriend and aunt.… [more]

Ultimate Spider-Man #10-12 is a Coming of Age Story with Tights, Crime Lords, and High School Girls

Logan Dalton — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #10-12 is a Coming of Age Story with Tights, Crime Lords, and High School Girls" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #10-12 is a Coming of Age Story with Tights, Crime Lords, and High School Girls" style="float:left;" />The coming of age story is one of the most enduring story types in Western literature. From Telemachus in the Odyssey to Huckleberry Finn and more recently the boy wizard Harry Potter, readers young and… [more]

Ultimate Spider-Man #8-9 Uses a Variety of Character Perspectives to Show Spider-Man’s Development As a Hero

Logan Dalton — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:00:43 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #8-9 Uses a Variety of Character Perspectives to Show Spider-Man’s Development As a Hero" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #8-9 Uses a Variety of Character Perspectives to Show Spider-Man’s Development As a Hero" style="float:left;" />After the editorial mandated origin story, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley get to cut loose and tell their first official Ultimate Spider-Man story. The name of the story arc is “Learning Curve”, which signifies… [more]

Ultimate Spider-Man #5-7 Has an Abrupt Ending, but Transforms Peter Parker into Spider-Man

Logan Dalton — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:00:16 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #5-7 Has an Abrupt Ending, but Transforms Peter Parker into Spider-Man" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #5-7 Has an Abrupt Ending, but Transforms Peter Parker into Spider-Man" style="float:left;" />Unlike the previous four issues which have played extremely fast and loose with Spider-Man’s origin in Amazing Fantasy #15, Ultimate Spider-Man is surprisingly faithful to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s story. The plot is virtually… [more]

Ultimate Spider-Man #4 Uses Language to Explore Peter Parker and Spider-Man

Logan Dalton — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:00:08 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #4 Uses Language to Explore Peter Parker and Spider-Man" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #4 Uses Language to Explore Peter Parker and Spider-Man" style="float:left;" />Ultimate Spider-Man #4 primarily consists of conversations, inner monologues, and characters running away from each other. No one throws a single punch. Some of the events, like Peter’s foray into wrestling and arguments with Uncle… [more]

Ultimate Spider-Man #2-3 Reveals the Perils of Power without Responsibility

Logan Dalton — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:00:47 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #2-3 Reveals the Perils of Power without Responsibility" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #2-3 Reveals the Perils of Power without Responsibility" style="float:left;" />Unlike the first double-sized issue of Ultimate Spider-Man, the second and third issues move at a much slower clip. At the end of Ultimate Spider-Man #2, Norman Osborn tells his scientists that he is testing… [more]

Ultimate Spider-Man #1 Introduces Peter Parker, his “Fathers,” and Hints at a Rich Supporting Cast

Logan Dalton — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:00:54 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man #1 Introduces Peter Parker, his “Fathers,” and Hints at a Rich Supporting Cast" title="Ultimate Spider-Man #1 Introduces Peter Parker, his “Fathers,” and Hints at a Rich Supporting Cast" style="float:left;" />Ultimate Spider-Man #1 is one of the most important comics issues of the 21st century. The series was the brainchild of Marvel publisher Bill Jemas, who wanted to create a Marvel universe that was accessible… [more]

Warren Ellis at Marvel, 2004-2010

Julian Darius — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:00:16 +0000

We’ve previously looked at Warren Ellis’s overall realistic worldview and how this is reflected in the revisionism of his much-celebrated 1999-2003 period. We now turn to his work at Marvel from 2004-2010. Warren Ellis at… [more]

Warren Ellis and the Fantastic Four

Julian Darius — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:00:21 +0000

Warren Ellis hates super-heroes. At least, that’s what people say. He certainly has played his part, through a few off-the-cuff remarks, in this misconception. But it would be more accurate to say that Ellis hates… [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]

Ultimate Thor: Continuity Offender

Cody Walker — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:47 +0000

Ultimate Thor: Continuity Offender" title="Ultimate Thor: Continuity Offender" style="float:left;" />Many mini-series set in the Ultimate Universe are known for being odd ducks indeed. Ultimate Adventures was created to be a parody of the Batman and Robin motif and was part of the very strange… [more]

Continuity Conundrum

Cody Walker — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:00:44 +0000

Continuity can be a good thing. When stories build upon one another, they create a sense of importance and ground stories in a sense of reality. When references are made to past events, fans smile… [more]

Ultimate Captain America: A Meditation on American Identity

Cody Walker — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:12 +0000

Ultimate Captain America: A Meditation on American Identity" title="Ultimate Captain America: A Meditation on American Identity" style="float:left;" />While Mark Millar was experimenting with narrative during his return to the Ultimates, Jason Aaron was exploring the inner-workings of Captain America in his mini-series Ultimate Captain America.Initially, the series travels down familiar territory as… [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]

Eight Thoughts on Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1-2

Julian Darius — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:00:14 +0000

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1-2" title="Eight Thoughts on Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1-2" style="float:left;" />The right-wing media went apeshit over Peter Parker being replaced by Miles Morales, based on a single seven-page sequence (really its own short story) in Ultimate Fallout #4. Lots of people were perfectly prepared to… [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 4: More Betrayal

Cody Walker — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:00:53 +0000

The Ultimates, Part 4: More Betrayal" title="Mark Millar’s The Ultimates, Part 4: More Betrayal" style="float:left;" />After numerous issues of in-fighting and build up, all of the pieces are in place for Millar’s endgame and he takes the series to its only logical conclusion — America’s arms race backfires. It’s the… [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]

Getting Mauled by Tigers

Bryan Miller — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:53:53 +0000

The lights are off at O’Malley’s. I’m full of Sam Adams and smoke, so it must be a Wednesday, time again for another edition of New Comics Day. I Swear, This Is About Comics. Really.… [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]

Summer Comics

Bryan Miller — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:01:09 +0000

FEATURED BOOK Enemy Ace: War In Heaven (TPB) Nobody writes war comics today like Garth Ennis. For that matter, nobody today really writes war comics other than Garth Ennis, but it’s hard to imagine many… [more]