In this issue we meet the new Ultimates team . . I'm sorry, I guess they're called the Avengers now . . Finally! Anyways . . we meet the new team, and see each of them in action . . a little bit. First up is War Machine. As in our world, it's Rhodey, but . . this one seems to bask in the power that the War Machine brings him. When he goes to retrieve a couple of captured soldiers, he wipes out an entire Afghanistan village. The soldiers question the extreme measure of his actions, and he replies . . 'Gimme a break! Five minutes ago they were prepping you for YouTube! Now button it, Michael Moore! I got a call coming in from base command . .' Next up is Gregory Stark . . Tony's older brother. Huh?? That came out of left field. Anyways, Nick describes him as . . 'The man's a damn nightmare. But he's ten times smarter than Tony and completely amoral . . in other words, just the kinda' guy I like doing business with.' We don't really see him do anything. Other than strut around. But he seems to have a huge chip on his shoulder about Tony. Next up is Red Wasp. She used to be called the Insect Queen. She's a former terrorist, but now she's the Secretary of State's body-guard. Apparently she had some reconstructive surgery done by Stark Industries, and they put an 'obedience chip' in her. Next up is the Hulk. Well . . not 'the' Hulk. But rather one of Gregory Stark's design . . 'This isn't the real Hulk. It's a new design grown from Banner's stem cells retaining his hyper-intellect and the monster's brute strength. Code name 'Nerd Hulk'. He should be fully operational and ready for action first thing in the morning.' Also, Stark has Spider-man in a cage. Again, not 'the' Spider-man. Actually . . we're not really sure what he is. Stark warns, 'Don't engage with it. It can drive a man to suicide in 3 or 4 exchanges. One of the technicians slit his wrists only last week.' Nick knows Peter, so he asks, 'Who the hell is this?' Spider-man replies, 'Trust me Nicky-boy . . you do not want to know.' Finally we have the new Black-Widow. Apparently she's Nick's ex, Monica. I guess she's had some 'up-grades' which give he strength, speed and hyper-agility. But the relationship between her and Nick . . her boss . . is tense, at best. Anyways, at the end of the issue the team attempts to intercept Captain America, who's traversing the globe in search of his terrorist son . . the Red Skull. He's in Paris and before the team can make a move, Steve strikes out at them. He seems to take them out, individually, rather quickly. That is until on the final page when he's confronted by a rather large War Machine . . prepped and ready to blow him away. 'Prepare to meet Bob Hope, grandpa!' Mark Millar is writing this book, and it's apparent by the sheer amount of unique ideas contained within it's pages. It really seems like he's cutting loose on this one. I'd hate to be his editor on this book, because I don't know how you'd hold the guy back. Anyways, Carlos Pacheco does the art. It looks great. I know it's called the Avengers, but . . to me . . it'll always be the Ultimates. But that's ok. You say 'tomato', I say 'tomato'. I'm sorry. That didn't sound as good in text. But you know what I mean. Anyways, so far I think it's a good book. I can't wait to see where this one goes.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Ultimate Comics Avengers #003 - Marvel
In this issue we meet the new Ultimates team . . I'm sorry, I guess they're called the Avengers now . . Finally! Anyways . . we meet the new team, and see each of them in action . . a little bit. First up is War Machine. As in our world, it's Rhodey, but . . this one seems to bask in the power that the War Machine brings him. When he goes to retrieve a couple of captured soldiers, he wipes out an entire Afghanistan village. The soldiers question the extreme measure of his actions, and he replies . . 'Gimme a break! Five minutes ago they were prepping you for YouTube! Now button it, Michael Moore! I got a call coming in from base command . .' Next up is Gregory Stark . . Tony's older brother. Huh?? That came out of left field. Anyways, Nick describes him as . . 'The man's a damn nightmare. But he's ten times smarter than Tony and completely amoral . . in other words, just the kinda' guy I like doing business with.' We don't really see him do anything. Other than strut around. But he seems to have a huge chip on his shoulder about Tony. Next up is Red Wasp. She used to be called the Insect Queen. She's a former terrorist, but now she's the Secretary of State's body-guard. Apparently she had some reconstructive surgery done by Stark Industries, and they put an 'obedience chip' in her. Next up is the Hulk. Well . . not 'the' Hulk. But rather one of Gregory Stark's design . . 'This isn't the real Hulk. It's a new design grown from Banner's stem cells retaining his hyper-intellect and the monster's brute strength. Code name 'Nerd Hulk'. He should be fully operational and ready for action first thing in the morning.' Also, Stark has Spider-man in a cage. Again, not 'the' Spider-man. Actually . . we're not really sure what he is. Stark warns, 'Don't engage with it. It can drive a man to suicide in 3 or 4 exchanges. One of the technicians slit his wrists only last week.' Nick knows Peter, so he asks, 'Who the hell is this?' Spider-man replies, 'Trust me Nicky-boy . . you do not want to know.' Finally we have the new Black-Widow. Apparently she's Nick's ex, Monica. I guess she's had some 'up-grades' which give he strength, speed and hyper-agility. But the relationship between her and Nick . . her boss . . is tense, at best. Anyways, at the end of the issue the team attempts to intercept Captain America, who's traversing the globe in search of his terrorist son . . the Red Skull. He's in Paris and before the team can make a move, Steve strikes out at them. He seems to take them out, individually, rather quickly. That is until on the final page when he's confronted by a rather large War Machine . . prepped and ready to blow him away. 'Prepare to meet Bob Hope, grandpa!' Mark Millar is writing this book, and it's apparent by the sheer amount of unique ideas contained within it's pages. It really seems like he's cutting loose on this one. I'd hate to be his editor on this book, because I don't know how you'd hold the guy back. Anyways, Carlos Pacheco does the art. It looks great. I know it's called the Avengers, but . . to me . . it'll always be the Ultimates. But that's ok. You say 'tomato', I say 'tomato'. I'm sorry. That didn't sound as good in text. But you know what I mean. Anyways, so far I think it's a good book. I can't wait to see where this one goes.
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