Ultimate Human #2 - Marvel

This book has offered us an interesting twist on the Hulk mythos. The powers and abilities of the Hulk, and the motivations for Bruce Banner to create his serum, the Hulk stack, based on the super-soldier serum, are a lot more thought out and creative. Last issue Tony brought Bruce in, on his own request, to try to run some test and figure out the scope of his changes. Obviously he breaks out of those chambers, and run amok through the facility, but . . eventually . . Tony brings him down. First he sends an electro-shock directly through his eye in to his neural cortex. Then, while passed out, they inject Nanodes directly in to his bloodstream. "Microscopic builder machines, in a mineral suspension. They construct an intelligent nanoscale net out of metal atoms to corral your Hulk cells. And, unlike your antidote, stress surges won't flush the nanode-net out." So it looks like Tony's thought of everything. But, with the way the Hulk stack is working, and the way the Hulk's cells are adapting to various conditions, I'm thinking it's only a matter of time until even this solution isn't going to work. The rest of the issue, Bruce and Tony have a kind of meeting of the minds. They're both, I think, kind of probing each other for information. But things are about to get out of their hands pretty soon. The thinker wants a sample of Bruce's blood. He's tired of being the world's greatest mind, trapped in a body that can't even support his head. So on the final page of the book, his forces attack Stark Ironworks, and more specifically, Tony and Bruce when they're vulnerable. Warren Ellis writes this in his usual brilliant style. This guy can really bring some fantastic ideas to a story. Simply genius! Also, Cary Nord's art on this issue is just as incredible. All in all, I think, it's an incredible issue, and a fantastic addition to the Ultimate Universe. Outstanding!