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Title: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (Ultimate Marvel Team-Up) by Brian Michael Bendis, Jim Mahfood, Jon Totleben ISBN: 0-7851-1299-5 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not up to par
Comment: I don't know how fans of Ultimate Spider-man or X-Men can rave about these stories. If you like Bagley or Kubert's art from the mentioned titles, you will surely be turned off by the weak artwork in these stories. The stories are ok, though incredibly simple. Ok for someone just getting into the Ultimate universe because the stories are easy enough to understand, but it really offers nothing for long time fans.
Rating: 2
Summary: Bad.
Comment: I was very disappointed with this TPB. The art and writing are both sub par. Especially the Ironman story which looks like it was written by a twelve year old and penciled by his kid brother. Really bad.
I think the Ultimate spider-man series is one of the best comics I've seen in years but this doesn't belong on the same shelf. The by-line says Bendis, but I don't believe it for a minute. I've read Bendis, I really like and respect Bendis. This is no Bendis (lol).
Seriously, do yourself a favor. Skip this one.
Rating: 4
Summary: A must for any comic fan!
Comment: This hardcover edition of "Ultimate Marvel Team-up" encases the entire run of the series along with the "Ultimate Spider-man Super Special". If you want to see the artwork of a bevy of today's top comic talent, you have to buy this book. Ultimate Marvel Team-up was an anthology series, the artist changed with each story-arc, while the ever-dependable Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-man, Powers, Daredevil, Jinx) wrote each issue. Here's a quick outline of what to expect and why this book only get 4 stars from me:
THE GOOD: Everything after the 5th issue/chapter. Specifically issues 6-8, which contain the amazing Daredevil/Punisher story drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz. One of the best stories of the year and the real reason a comic fan has to own this book. Another huge highlight is the Jim Mahfood drawn Fantastic Four issue, it is hysterical, some of the funniest dialogue Bendis has ever written. The roster of artists for the "Ultimate Spider-man Super Special" is a who's who list of top artist's in the field today, and touches on nearly all the Marvel heroes not involved in the 16 issues of Team-Up.
THE BAD: Issues 2-5 are far from remarkable. When these issues originally came out, Bendis kept talking about a bigger picture, about these stories all going somewhere. Well, issues 2-5 were a setup for The Ultimates. 2 and 3 deal with the Hulk. 4 and 5 deal with Iron Man. The Hulk story isn't terrible, the art from Phil Hester(Green Arrow) is pretty good, but it doesn't live up to the stories following it. My biggest complaint with the Iron Man arc is that the art from Mike Allred(Madman, X-Force/X-Statix) was digitally colored, and Allred's retro style does not work with digital coloring. Why Laura Allred didn't do the coloring here is beyond me. The story's alright, but the coloring is beyond distracting.
THE UGLY: The first issue is awful, terrible, and every other negative word you can come up with. The story stinks and the art is wretched. Just skip it. Don't even read it. It's the one true eyesore in this beautiful book.
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Title: Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom (Ultimate Spider-Man) by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley ISBN: 0785110941 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Ultimate X-Men: Return of the King (Ultimate X-Men) by Mark Millar, David Finch, Adam Kubert ISBN: 0785110917 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Ultimate Spider-Man: Irresponsible (Ultimate Spider-Man) by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley ISBN: 0785110925 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The Ultimates by Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie ISBN: 0785109609 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Ultimate Spider-Man: Public Scrutiny by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley ISBN: 0785110879 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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