Ultimate Origins #4 (**1/2)
Well, it pulled out of that downward spiral. In fact, this issue was even better than last. Unfortunately, it’s still not enough for me to recommend. This issue’s “reveal” was particularly lackluster. Ultimatum is coming, I get it. Stop talking about something big happening and actually show it please. Butch Guice’s art has been mediocre at times, but after looking at this issue, you can see that the man has talent. His renderings are probably the most impressive ingredient in Ultimate Origins. Sadly, this series has turned out to be a moderate retelling of well-known origins with an ultimate twist. Is that really worth your money?
Ultimate X-Men/Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual#1 (****)
Ah, another “people from a warped future come to the present” story. Isn’t that kind of boring now? Yes, but it can still be fun when done well. This comes from two Heroes writers, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite. They’re both fairly new to comics, but they’ve already become quite proficient. As I mentioned, this is one of those future yarns. We get to have some fun discovering what’s happened to all our favorite characters. Don’t worry. We still get to see plenty of the current ultimate heroes. They’re drawn wonderfully by Mark Brooks and Dan Panosian. Panosian is a name I’m not familiar with. I found his art to be quite pleasing though. He has a cartoonish style that I’m very fond of. Some more good news is that this issue may actually contain a clue as to what will occur in Ultimatum. Whether it does or not, this was an extremely entertaining read.
as i’ve said before, Ultimate Origins would have been received better if the ####ing thing had come out two years ago! before the abysmal Mike Carey and Robert Kirkman runs! when everyone still cared! AAAHHHHHH!!!!!
See, I still don’t think this would have been that great of a story. I might have liked it better, but it still would have been unimpressive.
Kirkman’s run was not abysmal! Really?! You put Mike Carey’s run and Kirkman’s run on the same level?! You sir, are full of lies!