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Review of Ultimatum #5

Synopsis

The end of the Ultimate universe. Magneto vs the remaining heroes. Many more deaths. Some survive, but most die.

Good/Bad?

Art= David Finch is a good artist but this is nothing particularly special for him. Average to good IMO.

Writing= Well now it's over, I can officially say this is the worst comic series I have ever read and I've read some bad series. This series really does deserve an award for finding new levels of crappiness and then reaching them. Every death feels meaningless by now. The shock of killing off a big name wore off in the first issue, so by the time they'd destroyed half of the characters I loved, I couldn't care. If the goal was to kill of so many characters that I wouldn't care, they succeeded. The plot could have been a one shot. This has less substance than the Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe one shot but much more asinine dialogue.

Characters behave out of character. Their dialogue is out of character. The reboot can't come soon enough, I just hope this is all forgotten. This series is why retcons were invented.

The last page reveal made no sense, came out of literally nowhere and had no impact on me. Just because two dead characters were resurrected (to assassinate the person who was campaigning for their benefit???? What the???) was senseless. Fury had the answer to preventing Magneto's threat, which was a reveal that occurred in the first issue of Ultimate Origins (so all you need to read for this entire crapfest was Ultimate Origins #1).

Ultimately it's redundant of me to complain about the pointlessness and atrocities committed in the name of comic writing here, because this is the end of the series. It opened terribly and immaturely so it should be no surprise that it's conclusion made no sense and was worse than a 5 year old fan fiction.

As a customer, I'm offended and disappointed. Marvel will use sales to justify this with the phrase "Fans vote with their dollars." Well I think customers should demand a refund.

S.S.S

1 point = Worst comic/trade/story arc in human history, burn it or feed it to your pet dinosaur.

Originally posted by willRules
Review of Ultimatum #5

Synopsis

The end of the Ultimate universe. Magneto vs the remaining heroes. Many more deaths. Some survive, but most die.

Good/Bad?

Art= David Finch is a good artist but this is nothing particularly special for him. Average to good IMO.

Writing= Well now it's over, I can officially say this is the worst comic series I have ever read and I've read some bad series. This series really does deserve an award for finding new levels of crappiness and then reaching them. Every death feels meaningless by now. The shock of killing off a big name wore off in the first issue, so by the time they'd destroyed half of the characters I loved, I couldn't care. If the goal was to kill of so many characters that I wouldn't care, they succeeded. The plot could have been a one shot. This has less substance than the Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe one shot but much more asinine dialogue.

Characters behave out of character. Their dialogue is out of character. The reboot can't come soon enough, I just hope this is all forgotten. This series is why retcons were invented.

The last page reveal made no sense, came out of literally nowhere and had no impact on me. Just because two dead characters were resurrected (to assassinate the person who was campaigning for their benefit???? What the???) was senseless. Fury had the answer to preventing Magneto's threat, which was a reveal that occurred in the first issue of Ultimate Origins (so all you need to read for this entire crapfest was Ultimate Origins #1).

Ultimately it's redundant of me to complain about the pointlessness and atrocities committed in the name of comic writing here, because this is the end of the series. It opened terribly and immaturely so it should be no surprise that it's conclusion made no sense and was worse than a 5 year old fan fiction.

As a customer, I'm offended and disappointed. Marvel will use sales to justify this with the phrase "Fans vote with their dollars." Well I think customers should demand a refund.

S.S.S

1 point = Worst comic/trade/story arc in human history, burn it or feed it to your pet dinosaur.

i kind of enjoyed "ultimatum." kinda

however, i went into it not expecting anything spectacular, nor did i expect it to get any better as time went on. meh.

Originally posted by Badabing
I agree. All the hype and delays for that asstastic comic. Marvel should be ashamed...

Agreed.

Originally posted by Galan007
i kind of enjoyed "ultimatum." kinda

however, i went into it not expecting anything spectacular, nor did i expect it to get any better as time went on. meh.

If it had a place it should have been outside of any regular continuity.

Review of Blackest Night (HC)

Synopsis

Death descends upon the DC universe. As the war of light erupts across the universe with the Green Lanterns caught up in a battle of the R.O.Y.G.B.I.V colour spectrum, any deceased character with an emotional tie to a living being begins to rise in order to kill and convert all life into Black Lanterns. Blackest Night follows Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Ray Palmer and Mera (Aquaman's wife) as they struggle to deal with the return of deceased friends and foes who would love nothing more than to eat their hearts!

Good/Bad?

Art= This is quite possibly one of the greatest pieces I have ever seen in a comic. Ivan Reiss will be remembered as one of, if not THE greatest artist of this generation of comic book writers. He is the George Perez of today. He can have epic Star Wars two page spreads featuring a cast of thousands locked in pitch battle or he can brilliantly craft a close up of Barry Allen's eye and show incredible levels of detail. The art is a 10/10.

Story = IMO this was brilliant. This event should be the template for future events in the DCU (and Marvel, pay attention.) It raised the stakes and presented the reader with a believable threat. The first issue was the best (and most shocking, with the possible exception of Dark Reign the list: Punisher) comic of 2009. There were both big and small deaths. Some of the dialogue was a bit cheesy but that was more than forgivable considering the OTT zombie, action, thriller nature of the story and the fact it's supposed to be a hyped up event.

There were some fantastic character moments that drew us back in from the epic cosmic events and action was neatly spread across the story so that pacing never really became an issue. Geoff Johns manages to provide interest in characters I didn't care about before. Remember the good parts of Infinite Crisis? Well they're back in this and to a greater degree. All in all, the event spanned the DCU whilst remaining Green Lantern centric and became the culmination of decade’s worth of GL plotlines. At the same time, it managed to remain both heartbreaking and enjoyable. This is just great fun. There are one or two flaws but there are sooooooo many strong elements to this that are executed so well, it doesn't matter.

S.S.S

10 = If this comic/trade/story arc were a woman, I'd probably sleep with it.