I read a couple of the comics and was a fan of the cartoon as a kid. They were the premier Avengers/Justice League type team in Malibu's Ultraverse line.
Marvel bought Malibu but they aren't using any of the properties because Malibu was all creator-owned, so they would have to pay amenities to the creators if the used the characters, which sucks because there was some neat stuff.
why should how powerful they are make a difference in whether or not it's an interesting title?
anyways. here's what noted comics blogger and bon vivant Dave Campbell thought of Ultraforce:
Here’s my main gripe: The problem with making a complete superhero universe out of whole cloth is that you come up with all this backstory and create a complex, cohesive universe – and then you populate them with characters that nobody gives two shits about. The Marvel and DC comic book worlds have evolved into their present state over the course of decades, through trial and error. These fictional universes are staffed with characters who have risen to the top and stood the test of time. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman weren’t created in one long joint-smoking weekend, they have become icons over the course of years. Lesser heroes have fallen by the proverbial wayside, victim of the Darwinist ethic of pulp publishing. If it doesn’t sell, it goes.
I would argue that a book like Ultraforce should only be published after you’ve got some miles under your tires, when you know for sure that, OK, kids really like Prime but aren’t so crazy about Prototype. The problem with the just-add water approach to the Ultraverse and Ultraforce is that there wasn’t a huge fan base for certain characters and readers weren’t absolutely dying to see Prime and Prototype team up. The publisher doesn’t determine what characters are popular, the reading public does. Ultraforce felt premature to me.
heh, sorry. I just get fed up with how people on this forum are so obsessed with powers, power levels, and fights rather than things like goo characterization and storylines, so it was my immediate reaction with the "how powerful they are" thing.
the whole of Dave's Long Box is a pretty brilliant blog too. every post makes me laugh my ass off.
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