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Title: AVENGERS: ULTRON UNLIMITED by Kurt Busiek, George Perez ISBN: 0-7851-0774-6 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Damn, how can anyone not like this?!
Comment: I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that this is the best Avengers story ever written! What is wrong with Busiek's writing? Nothing! His plot and script are not simplistic at all. Some other writers have handled Thor, Cap, Iron Man, et. al. in a simplistic way, but this shows them at their most complex: With an ever-changing force of evil in the world, they must find an unconventional way to tackle it. Add Justice's hero-worship problems, the Scarlet Witch leaving the Vision for Wonder Man, and, of course, Dr. Pym. This is the best he's ever been written! This trade paperback could easily be all you need to read about this character, the man who was and was not Ultron.
I haven't even gotten to Ultron yet! He is at his most evil and most powerful here, doing something that many readers thought him incapable of doing: wiping out a country. No, it was not "rushed and glossed over". You could clearly see the shock, horror, and anguish on everyone's face, thanks to Mr. Perez, the glue that holds this together. I have always been a fan of George's artwork, which tells a story unto itself, and he is sorely missed on the book now. I hope he is doing better. Busiek and Perez never failed during their run on Avengers, and if you want the best example, this is it.
Rating: 2
Summary: well, at least the last 4 pages were good
Comment: I noticed that the reviews that bashed Ultron Unlimited were rated low in terms of helpfulness. It may be from people who never read this yawn-machine.
Kurt Busiek's down to earth dialogue worked in AstroCity because those were characters of his own creation. But it just doesn't work w/ icons like Thor & Cap. I don't think Busiek really learned to get their dialogue down. It just gets really wordy.
So here goes: Ultron destroys a small Eastern European nation and kills everybody w/ no survivors. We see it as it's televised on CNN. I don't know if that's the problem, but Busiek never quite conveys what an attrocious act that is. Even the Avengers just react sort of moodily, and not w/ rage or sorrow or another more appropriate emotion.
Busiek attempts to deal w/ Hank Pym's guilt over the creation of Ultron and Pym's mistreatment of the Wasp. However, it's hard to feel sympathy for either of them because they're so whiny.
The love triangle between Scarlet Witch, the Vision, and Wonder Man is both quite awkward and boring. This subplot just feels like a throw-in.
The development w/ Justice (this is this character's third name - he's Vance Law in Guardians of the Galaxy, and I forgot what his name was in the New Warriors - it's like he's in the witness protection program) is pretty derivative.
And of course the action. There are hundreds of Ultrons and the Avengers are huddled together throwing punches for 20 pages. It gets pretty repetetive.
I won't give away the ending. It's actually pretty good, but the reading up to the point was so painful that u can't really appreciate it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perez is better than ever
Comment: Over the years Perez's art has grown much better than when he started back on the Fantastic Four in 1976. Even if Perez's work remained the way it was back then I still feel that he is one of the best artists in the comic industry. This one has everything. Battles with the ultimate villian, Ultron are one of the best I have seen. I am what you call an older comics fan. I still have a sense of wonder that I once had. Spectacular battle scenes only done justice by George Perez. I rememer once how John Byrne once ridiculed Perez's art as simplistic...he can eat his words now. Perez's style has grown to surpass Byrne's by light years. While Byrne's art remains stagnant Perez is always evolving and growing into a much better artist than a lot of the current crop at Marvel.
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Title: Avengers: Clear & Present Dangers by Kurt Busiek, George Perez, Al Vey ISBN: 0785107983 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Avengers Legends Vol. 1: Avengers Forever by Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern, Carlos Pacheco ISBN: 0785107568 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes : Supreme Justice by Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid, George Perez ISBN: 0785107738 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Avengers: Under Siege ("Marvel's Finest" Series) by Roger Stern, John Buscema, Tom Palmer ISBN: 0785107029 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War by Neal Adams, Roy Thomas ISBN: 0785107452 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 30 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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