I thought this was an interesting story, but . . it's to big to finish in this issue. In 2 weeks the Ultimate Fantastic Four / Ultimate X-Men Annual #1 will come out, and that will be the wrap-up for this story. It's been done before, so it wasn't completely unexpected. This issue is written by Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski. The artwork was split in half. Dan Panosian did the middle of the book, and Mark Brooks did the beginning and the end. Or I guess you could say that Dan did the current scenes and Mark did the future part of the story. The art was ok. Nothing to get excited about . . just ok. The gist of the story is that there's this team of X-Men, from 20 years in the future, that come back in time to stop Reed who somehow has a hand in thier persecution. Their team consists of Wolverine, Rogue, Kitty . . who now seems to have a whole plethora of powers . . Captain America . . who's actually Scott Summers, and Phoenix . . who is now Franklin Richards. But, when they come back to capture Reed, Franklin and Reed have a moment . . Franklin didn't know that Reed was his father. Anyways, they're in such a hurry because they're being hounded by Sentinels which now are made in the form of Wolverine. They take Reed to the future where he comes into contact with a new Fantastic Four. As I said, I thought the story was pretty good. As is usual for the Ultimate Universe, there was a slew of new and fresh ideas in this book. Which, really, is why I like this concept so much. Basically . . anything goes . . and often has. I think it'll be interesting to see how this all squares off next issue. Plus, I'm intrigued as to just what Reed's involvement was in this whole dystopian future. Chalk up another 'win' for the Ultimate Universe.
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