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Post by Shiryu on Feb 20, 2009 17:29:48 GMT -5
As Dlw's and others have suggested, to decrease the workload on the servers and avoid burying old topics too quickly, we should compress all the web reviews (IGN, Newsarama etc) in a single topic in each section. So from now on, we should post all the ones about Ultimates here only, ok?
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Post by goldenfist on Mar 17, 2009 11:46:40 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on May 20, 2009 11:30:25 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO Villain Variant by OLIVIER COIPEL Special Variant by TBA Guess who’s back!! That’s right, kids, MARK MILLAR (THE ULTIMATES, WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN) and superstar artist CARLOS PACHECO (AVENGERS FOREVER, X-MEN) blast into the Ultimate Universe for a mind-blowing, heart-pounding and gut-wrenching event of epic proportions! When a highly-classified secret threatens Captain America, only the newly-returned Nick Fury has the tools to bring ‘em in! As the first of a series of blockbuster arcs begins: PROJECT AVENGERS is a go! i.newsarama.com/preview_images/marvelnew/aug09/115_ultimate_comics_avengers_1.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Jun 17, 2009 9:10:04 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #2 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO ENTER THE RED SKULL! Reeling over his near-fatal encounter with the Skull, Captain America takes matters into his own hands in pursuit of his terrifying new adversary and his terrorist employers! Meanwhile, Nick Fury reveals the horrifying truth behind the Red Skull and kick-starts Project Avengers in earnest with the arrival of Gregory Stark, Tony’s older, richer and smarter brother! Join MARK MILLAR (ULTIMATES) and CARLOS PACHECO (X-MEN) for the next pulse-pounding issue of the biggest, baddest book of the summer! i.newsarama.com/preview_images/marvelnew/sept09/112_ultimate_comics_avengers_2.jpg
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Post by starfoxxx on Jun 17, 2009 16:02:38 GMT -5
Okay, I'm pretty sure I'll pick up Ultimate Avengers. But I'll also say I'm pretty skeptical.
I loved Ultimates 1 and 2. I loved the 1st cartoon/movie. The second movie was pretty good---okay--enjoyable but not as good as the first.
I HATED Ultimates 3, quitting after #2. I'm hoping Millar's return can bring me back, but for some reason, I don't know if I'm still excited, or even that interested, at all. Ultimate Fatigue??? And the $4 or $5 cover price won't help, for sure. From what I saw in a preview in Wizard, it doesn't look very intriguing. I'm hoping Millar can do what Busiek and Perez did for me with the 616-Avengers.
oh yeah, I'm not a big Pacheco fan either, so there's that. Guess I'll just have to wait and see, and tell y'all what I think when it comes out.
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Post by goldenfist on Jul 15, 2009 14:32:34 GMT -5
Marvel's Ultimate Teaser: The End Marvel Comics just released a teaser image that promises disaster for the Ultimate Universe. The image shows Cyclops, Jean Grey, Hawkeye, Iron Man, and Storm in their Ultimate duds standing over a nearly vaporized skeleton, under "The End" in bold red letters. Readers don't have to wait long for the payoff, as the date 07.29.09 also accompanies the image. Take a look at it on the right, and start your guesses. Out of the heroes left so far, who isn't going to make it out of Ultimatum alive? The original Solicitation text for Ultimatum #5, currently due in stores that date reads: ULTIMATUM #5 (of 5) Written by JEPH LOEB Pencils & Cover by DAVID FINCH Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS Sketch Variant by ED MCGUINNESS Gatefold Variant by DAVID FINCH Fallen Heroes Variant by OLIVIER COIPEL Is this what the end of the world looks like? You better believe it!! As only Emmy & Eisner award-winning writer Jeph Loeb and superstar artist David Finch can deliver, it’s an apocalyptic conclusion where every, and we mean EVERY, score is settled! The Ultimate heroes have faced their final judgment...and when the dust settles will they be found wanting? If you can handle the growing body count, stick around as ALL is answered in this explosive series finale that will shock fans for years to come! 32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99 i.livescience.com/images/theendtease-02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Jul 22, 2009 9:33:25 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #3 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO THE SEARCH FOR STEVE ROGERS CONTINUES! From the mad minds of MARK MILLAR (ULTIMATES 1 & 2) and CARLOS PACHECO (X-MEN), Nick Fury assembles a new team of deadly operatives to track down the renegade Captain America! But what will the Avenger’s resident marksman HAWKEYE have to say about Fury’s tactics and will these new faces make the cut when the %^&( hits the fan? i.newsarama.com/preview_images/marvelnew/oct09/105_ultimate_comics_avengers_3.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Aug 9, 2009 22:47:51 GMT -5
Chicago 09 - Marvel's ULTIMATE MARVEL Panel Regular Marvel readers know that the first iteration of the Ultimate Universe roared to a close with the release of Ultimatum #5. With the pending release of the new “Ultimate Comics” titles starting this week, reader curiosity is high as to who’s dead for good, who’s sticking around, and whether or not Mark Millar swears openly in front of his editor’s child. The answers, it turns out, were in ready supply. Marvel’s Jim McCann asks “Did the bar close?” as Mark Millar arrives. McCann gets things going officially with an enthusiastic crowd by way of introductions. It’s the first panel for Marvel Friday at the 2009 Chicago Comic Con, and with us are Editor Mark Paniccia, Assistant Editor Lauren Sankovitch, and Mark Millar. Ultimatum #5 has come out, and this is the first panel where Marvel is finally able to discuss the relaunched line. Sankovich notes that with Ultimatum, a lot of things have been changed. “A lot of people have been killed, a lot of people have been irrevocably changed . . [these guys] have really raised the bar . . . with Ultimate Spider-Man, you’re going to get a lot of surprises even in the first issue.” The first issue of every new series launching will have a “Villain Variant”. Mysterio will be on Spider-Man. Warren Ellis will be doing Ultimate Armor Wars with art by Steve Kurth. This four issue series is “total Warren Ellis craziness” and “introduces a new surprise villain”. Ultimates was the best five years and 26 issues of my life, Millar says to laughter. Ultimate Avengers will have a Red Skull villain variant cover. This Red Skull will be the illegitimate son of Cap from the ‘40s. You’ll see the “Cap sex scene” in issue #2; Cap’s girlfriend has to give the baby up to SHIELD, and this is the result. “I love Ultimate Hawkeye and Ultimate Cap; I love that he hates the French, you can do stuff with Ultimate Cap that you just can’t do.” Millar also threatens a five page insult to the French in issue #5. He’s probably kidding. “We’re also changing up teams quite a lot.” Red Skull story is by Carlos Pacheco; the #7-12 issues are Leinil Francis Yu. Millar promises a huge artist coming later for the fourth arc; he calls him the “best –selling artist this decade, I think.” Millar says, “We’re creating a whole new bunch of characters; we’re creating a new Wasp, a new War Machine. There’s a character called The Spider, that’s a cannibal Spider-Man. There’s an African-American Hulk that’ll have been Bruce Banner’s mentor.” McCann opens the floor to Q&A. A fan who hated Ultimates 3 asked about Loeb’s “shredding” of the characters. Millar said, “I actually loved Loeb’s (U3) because it had such a mad energy.” The same fan asks a follow-up about why there would be two Ultimate Avengers books; Millar explains that one will be the super-hero book, and the other will be the “Black Ops” book. It would be the Dark Underside of the Ultimate universe with Ultimate Blade, Ghost Rider, etc. A woman dressed as Dazzler asks about how Millar is going to treat Spider-Man, and Millar jokes that he wants to treat him badly, like Bendis. He notes that Spidey is really like a “skinny little Bendis with hair”, but then gets serious and explains that Spidey is only in for a limited time. There will not be any exclusive digital comics from the Ultimate line for the time being. The core line-up for Ultimate Avengers in the first story is Cap, Iron Man, War Machine, Wasp, Hulk, Nick Fury, and Hawkeye. A fan asks, “After Ultimatum, who is going to be left?” The response is, of course, “You’ve gotta read!” In terms of Ultimatum, they reiterate that they really wanted people to see that anything COULD happen in the Universe. The question: does the Universe work best when it tells story that absolutely can’t be told in the regular Marvel Universe? Millar sees the fundamental behind the line as that, plus accessibility. McCann emphasizes that Bendis is really excited about creating NEW characters for the Ultimate Universe. Lauren makes the inevitable “Geldof” joke. The question is asked about some of those new characters, including Tony Stark’s brother and Nick Fury’s ex-wife. Millar loved the idea of Stark’s teetotaler brother who wears white suits and hated Tony. Asked about pricing, Millar cracks, “If children can afford drugs, they can afford $3.99.” McCann notes that the $3.99 prices on some books help support books like Incredible Hercules by keeping them at $2.99. Millar ponders price for quality for a moment, wondering if a film like Spider-Man should be worth more than “a crap movie like Wolverine.” The repercussions of things like the death of Scott Summers will be seen in Ultimate Spider-Man. Lauren emphasizes, “Everything actually happened.” Millar interrupts to ask Lauren, who is suffering from allergy-induced vocal huskiness, to recite Margot Kidder dialogue from Superman The Movie. He goes on to explain that he also owns the stuffed dead cat that Superman rescued from the tree in that film. Yes, I wrote that. Discussion turns back to dead is dead, meriting a Wizard of Oz reference from McCann. Millar pokes fun at the dead characters, asking if the audience really misses the Wasp anyway. Millar says, “I love Blade.” He explains that in Scotland they have unlicensed pictures on the sides of ice cream vans. His friend’s dad would paint those characters, and he asked Mark who was big at the time. Millar said Blade, so the man painted a Blade on the side of a truck, holding an ice cream cone instead of a stake. Any plans for Ultimate cosmic characters? McCann says they’ll be picking up the pieces of Ultimatum for a while. Back on Blade, McCann asks if he sparkles in the sun and then goes to play softball. The crowd loves this. “Ultimate Defenders inspired me to do Kick-Ass,” Millar confesses. He goes on to say ideas he had for those characters will inform later volumes of Kick-Ass. here's a link to see the full cover of Ultimate Avengers #1 i.newsarama.com/images/chicago09/cc-ult-2/ultavg001_cov_full.jpgUltimate Avengers #2 Cover i.newsarama.com/images/chicago09/cc-ult-2/ultavnginkscvr002_col.jpgUltimate Avengers #3 Cover i.newsarama.com/images/chicago09/cc-ult-2/ultavg003_cov_col.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Aug 18, 2009 12:36:31 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #5 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO It’s an all out super hero throw-down! Captain America and The Avengers face-off as the dreaded Red Skull plots universal mayhem! How will Fury’s death squad cope with the legend and his son? The world as we know it is on the line! Join superstars MARK MILLAR and CARLOS PACHECO for the next mind-blowing chapter! i.newsarama.com/marvelnew/Nov09/117_ultimate_comics_avengers_4.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Aug 30, 2009 22:09:55 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO Villain Variant by OLIVIER COIPEL Special Variant by TBA Guess who’s back!! That’s right, kids, MARK MILLAR (THE ULTIMATES, WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN) and superstar artist CARLOS PACHECO (AVENGERS FOREVER, X-MEN) blast into the Ultimate Universe for a mind-blowing, heart-pounding and gut-wrenching event of epic proportions! When a highly-classified secret threatens Captain America, only the newly-returned Nick Fury has the tools to bring ‘em in! As the first of a series of blockbuster arcs begins: PROJECT AVENGERS is a go! Click on the Link to see the previews(There's also a preview of the New Ultimate Spider-Man Comics) www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=1215
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Post by goldenfist on Sept 22, 2009 13:32:15 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #5 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO It’s an all out super hero throw-down! Captain America and The Avengers face-off as the dreaded Red Skull plots universal mayhem! How will Fury’s death squad cope with the legend and his son? The world as we know it is on the line! Join superstars MARK MILLAR and CARLOS PACHECO for the next mind-blowing chapter! i.newsarama.com/marvelnew/dec09/121_ultimate_comics_avengers_5.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Oct 22, 2009 23:11:31 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Nov 17, 2009 13:58:12 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #6 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO Special Variant by TBA Like father like long-lost psychotic son? Not quite! Looks like this anticipated Father-Son reunion will result in bullets instead of tears! Will the Avengers get there in time to keep Captain America and Red Skull from blowing themselves away and the world in the process? Hold on to your masks! The wildly entertaining team-up of MARK MILLAR (ULTIMATES) and CARLOS PACHECO (AVENGERS FOREVER) bring you the exhilarating conclusion of ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS: THE NEXT GENERATION! i.newsarama.com/marvelnew/feb2010/112_ultimate_comics_avengers_6.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Nov 20, 2009 14:50:35 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Dec 22, 2009 13:59:47 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #1 Written by JEPH LOEB Pencils & Gatefold Cover by FRANK CHO Villain Variant by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Foilogram Variant by FRANK CHO If only a few super heroes survived the Ultimatum -- who is left to become the next super powered team to be reckoned with? The NEW Ultimates! With Thor gone, Loki takes his revenge unleashing the worst of Asgard on Earth. Iron Man must gather the heroes for their biggest Ultimates adventure yet. But who has made the final cut? And who can’t be trusted? The Ultimates face evil once again and you’ll never guess the new enemies they’ll find...or should we say old friends? Superstar creators, JEPH LOEB and FRANK CHO (in his Ultimate Comics debut!) bring you the new face of the Ultimate line in NEW ULTIMATES: THOR REBORN! i.newsarama.com/images/124_ultimate_comics_new_ultimates_1a_02.jpgVariant Cover i.newsarama.com/images/123_ultimate_comics_new_ultimates_1_villain_variant__02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Jan 19, 2010 13:44:22 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 2 #1 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Villain Variant by MARC SILVESTRI Foilogram Variant by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Some jobs are just too dirty for the Ultimates. For these, Nick Fury must gather the Avengers, a black ops team willing to do the missions that others won’t. What role will an infamous mass killer play in Fury’s plans? Find out here, as the Punisher returns to the Ultimate Universe! The blockbuster team of MARK MILLAR (ULTIMATES) and LEINIL FRANCIS YU (SECRET INVASION) presents the explosive beginning to ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. i.newsarama.com/images/113_ultimate_comics_avengers_2_1_02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Feb 16, 2010 13:25:04 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #2 Written by JEPH LOEB Pencils & Cover by FRANK CHO The New Utimates finally take their place as the country’s protectors, but they’ll be tested like never before. Loki is back and unleashing his vengeance, Thor is forming dangerous liaisons with Hela, trolls and dragons are running amok through New York City, and the Defenders have some new and dangerous skills. Are the New Ultimates up to the challenge, even when a shocking betrayal rocks the team to its core?! It’s a face-off with unimaginable stakes brought to you by the dream team of JEPH LOEB and FRANK CHO! i.newsarama.com/images/125_ultimate_comics_new_ultimates_2_02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Feb 26, 2010 14:09:40 GMT -5
Ultimate Comics New Ultimates #1 Written by JEPH LOEB Pencils & Gatefold Cover by FRANK CHO Villain Variant by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Foilogram Variant by FRANK CHO If only a few super heroes survived the Ultimatum -- who is left to become the next super powered team to be reckoned with? The NEW Ultimates! With Thor gone, Loki takes his revenge unleashing the worst of Asgard on Earth. Iron Man must gather the heroes for their biggest Ultimates adventure yet. But who has made the final cut? And who can’t be trusted? Click on the link to see the previews www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=1750&page=7
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Post by goldenfist on Mar 23, 2010 13:39:51 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 2 #3 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Nick Fury’s Avengers have assembled: Black Widow, The Punisher, a new Hulk, War Machine and Hawkeye are souped-up and ready to face Hell...literally. Evil’s emissary comes in the form of The Ghostrider, a mysterious new villain sent to collect Satan’s debts: human lives. But how do you fight the devil and his men? With big guns and even bigger cojones. Who lives, who survives? Who knows? But it’ll be one hellish ride!! Join superstars MARK MILLAR and LEINIL FRANCIS YU in another heart-pumping adventure! i.newsarama.com/images/130_ultimate_comics_avengers_2_4_02.jpgi.newsarama.com/images/129_ultimate_comics_avengers_2_3_02.jpgULTIMATES ULTIMATE COLLECTION TPB Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by BRYAN HITCH Cover by BRYAN HITCH Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. The X-Men and Magneto. Strange beings with incredible powers have risen up to challenge the old order, and ordinary citizens are scared witless. The government’s solution: a small but lethal army known as the Ultimates, created to protect us all from the newly rising threats to mankind! Millar and Hitch’s widescreen super hero epic helped define Marvel’s then-new Ultimate line of comics, now you can own all the action across two titanic trade paperbacks! Collecting ULTIMATES #1-13. i.newsarama.com/images/ultimates_ultcoll_02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Apr 20, 2010 13:13:27 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 2 #5 (of 6) Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU The Avengers have Hell to pay as Nick Fury's new squad faces off with the demonic Ghost Rider! Hell's emissary is collecting souls, and Vice-President Blackthorne is next on his list. Hawkeye, The Punisher, War Machine, and Black Widow are cranked up and ready to face Satan's soldier, but are they prepared to fight two of him!? Good thing they have the brand-new Hulk on their side! Don't miss this devilishly exciting issue from best-selling creators MARK MILLAR (CIVIL WAR, KICK-ASS) and LEINIL FRANCIS YU(SECRET INVASION)! i.newsarama.com/images/114_ultimate_comics_avengers_2_5_02.jpgULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #3 (of 5) Written by JEPH LOEB Art & Cover by FRANK CHO THOR REBORN! If Thor returns, an Ultimate must die to take his place in Valhalla! With Cap, Iron Man and Hawkeye betrayed -- will one of them perish? Has Loki triumphed? All this and the Defenders' secret revealed! Ultimate X's JEPH LOEB and superstar illustrator FRANK CHO bring you a showdown of incredible proportions as Gods and Heroes fight to the end! i.newsarama.com/images/115_ultimate_comics_new_ultimates_3_02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Apr 29, 2010 23:25:51 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on May 19, 2010 10:22:54 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Jun 4, 2010 9:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Jun 15, 2010 11:16:25 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 3 #2 (of 6) Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by ED MCGUINNESS Now that the mysterious Vampire X has unleashed his vampire goons, they’re out for the Avengers’ blood. But with the new Daredevil sporting fangs, it looks like even heroes are susceptible to the vampire bite. With this type of enemy the Avengers need some serious back-up—and back-up with some specialized training in vampire annihilation. Did somebody say BLADE? Fan-favorites Mark Millar (KICK-ASS) and Steve Dillon (PUNISHERMAX) shock and awe in the next thrilling chapter of Ultimate Avengers! i.newsarama.com/images/127_ultimate_comics_avengers_3_2_02.jpgULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #4 (of 5) Written by Jeph Loeb Pencils & Cover by Frank Cho Thor’s reborn and on a rampage! Finally freed from Hela’s clutches, Thor reunites with his teammates only to discover Loki’s wicked betrayal. How will the Ultimates be able to stop an Asgardian gone wild? Join superstars JEPH LOEB and FRANK CHO as Thor makes a thunderous return to the Ultimate Universe! i.newsarama.com/images/130_ultimate_comics_new_ultimates_4_02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Jun 18, 2010 11:00:30 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Jul 17, 2010 16:54:26 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Sept 4, 2010 12:33:13 GMT -5
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Post by goldenfist on Sept 21, 2010 22:14:54 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 3 #5 (of 6) Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by GREG LAND The battle for blood gets thicker as the vampire frenzy comes to a head. With Cap fanged out, Fury brings out the big guns and some new recruits—newish, that is: Perun aka, Russian Thor and the Giant Men. While Blade’s ordered to stand down, the new vampire Nerd Hulk has powered up—and it looks like it’s going to take a lot more than a few Avengers to avenge these bloodsuckers. Mark Millar and Steve Dillon throw down a vampire tale like none other! i.newsarama.com/images/127_ultimate_comics_avengers_3_5_02.jpgUltimate Comics New Ultimates #4 www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2491
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Post by goldenfist on Jan 19, 2011 13:34:50 GMT -5
ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 (of 4) Written by JASON AARON Pencils & Cover by RON GARNEY It’s super-soldier versus super-soldier as Cap and Nuke throw down. With Captain America being pushed to his limits, there’s no telling which soldier will come out standing. Superstar dream team of Jason Aaron and Ron Garney tell an explosive tale you won’t be able to put down! i.newsarama.com/images/ultcapa004_covv2_02.jpgULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #3 Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Variant Cover BY FRANK CHO Death of Spider-Man Chapter Three i.newsarama.com/images/ultavenv4003_cov_col_02.jpg
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Post by goldenfist on Feb 4, 2011 22:20:06 GMT -5
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