Like it's predecessor's (the Ultimates, Ultimate Spider-man, and Ultimate X-Men) this is a very cool book. Mike Carey and Pasqual Ferry, seem to have a very interesting story going on here. They've created this whole world, and cast of characters, to introduce us to the Ultimate Thanos. How cool is that? It started with the Seed Nineteen Unit, Acheron's defenders. Trying to escape from Gallowglass, one of Thanos' high lords, they jumped into earth space. This is where they met the FF. Although the FF didn't believe they were benevolent in nature, at first, so they scuffled. After examining Seed Nineteen, and their sentient Cycle, Reed and Sue came to have a better understanding of them. Then, Gallowglass arrived. It was soon evident, that this menace, was what this unit of defenders was racing from. Gallowglass took two of the unit's members, Tesseract and Vykni, and headed back towards Acheron. But this time, Seed Unit Nineteen pursued them, along with the FF, whom were very close behind. Once on board Gallowglass' ship, the Unit and the FF engaged Gallowglass and his minions, raven and drakelighters. They didn't seem to be making much headway, until Dreamcatcher told Sue that her forcefield would interact with Gallowglass', who was formed from nuetron-degenerate matter. When his force field was removed, and his form came into contact with positive matter, the result would be explosive. Sue does so, and on the final page we see Gallowglass' ship exploding across Acheron space. Oh, and during the course of all this, Thanos has been ressurected. What kind of imagination and intelligence does it take to think this stuff up? I know that a lot of this is a variation of our own stories of Thanos, but the way they twist is around and give it a fresh spin, is just breathtaking. This book is truly living up to it's Ultimate lineage.
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