Like the previous Ultimate Spider-man book, this issue picks up immediately after the New York City disaster. The a couple of interesting things that come out of this issue are . . Allison and Kurt are dead. Jean confirms it when shes berating Rogue. We knew that they were in town with Hank and Warren, but with everything that happened in Ultimatum #1 their survival was kind of up in the air. Jean is berating Rogue because she doesn't want her involved in their plan to attack Magneto. With her recent Banshee use, they just don't feel like they can trust her. Of course Toad doesn't help when he picks at her afterwards. So she decides to travel to Canada and get her old teammates to help her. Well, at least Vindicator. Whom we find out is actually Wraith. But he does have a plan to take out Magneto, so he and Rogue are going to give it a shot. First they take out Sabretooth and Juggy, but I'm not sure if that is an offensive or defensive move. They take them out pretty fast . . they literally catch them with their pants down . . but they do need a team. So their approach may have been to recruit them. Also, this issue, we watch William Stryker go from a bird watcher to a vengeful activist after his family is killed in the wave. Although I think without the goading of the rednecks, and their sentinel armor that they found, he may have been content with preaching and praying. But at the end of this issue their little rag-tag team makes a direct assault on the mansion. I thought this was a fantastic issue. I know that Aron E Coleite's story has to follow Jeph Loeb's Ultimatum schedule, but I thought he did a fantastic job with the characters in this book. I'm also really enjoying Mark Brooks pencils. He's been on board for a few issues now, but in that short period of time he's really brought some life back into this book. I'm not sure what's going to happen to the Ultimate Universe afte the Ultimatum storyline, but for the first time in a long time I'm really getting excited about this book. So, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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