We don't actually see Jimmy until the final page of this issue. But that's ok. This one fills us in on what's happened to a couple other of the mutants in the Ultimate Universe. On the cover we see Karen Grant. She's a girl who's trying to blend in and stay below the radar. The problem is, during the course of this, someone develops a crush on her . . one of her fellow Mall-workers. And, being ignorant of her desire for anonymity, he puts her picture on his face-book page. As it turns out . . this is actually Jean Grey. And the people that come looking for her are Mystique and Sabretooth. Although Mystique is posing as Rogue, and Sabretooth . . although having been 'cleaned up', looks more menacing than usual. Especially when he's standing in the middle of all the kids playing at the Mall. Kind of creepy actually. Anyways, they appear to be working for someone else, but we don't know who that is yet. Jean ends up holding her own against both of them. Which is actually pretty impressive. And she mind-wipes everybody on the scene to forget about her. It's after that, when she goes home to pack up her life and move on that Jimmy confronts her. 'I'm Jimmy Hudson. You knew my dad. He was Wolverine.' I really like the way that Jeph Loeb wrote this issue. It's a narrative being told from the guy's point of view who is crushing on her. Almost like a diary, or blog entry, kind of thing. Even to the point that after he dies he still wishes that she'll find the life and safety that she's looking for. Even with all the action going on, that part was kind of touching. And Art Adams' pencils? They were frickin' fantastic. Art is one of those guys that I really, really like his stuff. But I don't realize how much I miss it until some new stuff pops up. His stuff is so good that there's a lot of imitators out there. So you see influences of his stuff in a lot of places. But then when he pops back up, like he did with this book . . you realize just how good the guy really is. The beginning pages, with Jean at home cleaning up for work, were simply incredible. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this title, but . . this one may pull ahead as my favorite Ultimate Universe book. Sorry Spider-man.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Ultimate X #2 - Marvel
We don't actually see Jimmy until the final page of this issue. But that's ok. This one fills us in on what's happened to a couple other of the mutants in the Ultimate Universe. On the cover we see Karen Grant. She's a girl who's trying to blend in and stay below the radar. The problem is, during the course of this, someone develops a crush on her . . one of her fellow Mall-workers. And, being ignorant of her desire for anonymity, he puts her picture on his face-book page. As it turns out . . this is actually Jean Grey. And the people that come looking for her are Mystique and Sabretooth. Although Mystique is posing as Rogue, and Sabretooth . . although having been 'cleaned up', looks more menacing than usual. Especially when he's standing in the middle of all the kids playing at the Mall. Kind of creepy actually. Anyways, they appear to be working for someone else, but we don't know who that is yet. Jean ends up holding her own against both of them. Which is actually pretty impressive. And she mind-wipes everybody on the scene to forget about her. It's after that, when she goes home to pack up her life and move on that Jimmy confronts her. 'I'm Jimmy Hudson. You knew my dad. He was Wolverine.' I really like the way that Jeph Loeb wrote this issue. It's a narrative being told from the guy's point of view who is crushing on her. Almost like a diary, or blog entry, kind of thing. Even to the point that after he dies he still wishes that she'll find the life and safety that she's looking for. Even with all the action going on, that part was kind of touching. And Art Adams' pencils? They were frickin' fantastic. Art is one of those guys that I really, really like his stuff. But I don't realize how much I miss it until some new stuff pops up. His stuff is so good that there's a lot of imitators out there. So you see influences of his stuff in a lot of places. But then when he pops back up, like he did with this book . . you realize just how good the guy really is. The beginning pages, with Jean at home cleaning up for work, were simply incredible. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this title, but . . this one may pull ahead as my favorite Ultimate Universe book. Sorry Spider-man.
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