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(08-26-2011 01:09 AM)winnr Wrote:  The first three issues of Ultimate Thor were fantastic, the Loki/Baron Zemo bit was incredible! But the last issue had way too much tying up loose ends for me to really love it, even though it was still great.

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The dude at the start and dude's at the end are Reed Richards and his crew, who were shown planning stuff in Fallout. I thought it was pretty great, I loved that heaps happened but the whole issue was just Nick Fury sitting in his command room, that was great storytelling.

All in all it was a great issue. Didn't blow my mind but I'm ready to love the Ultimate Universe again, instead of just USM.

Well I wish they had just clued me in on who that guy was with a simple "HEY I AM THIS DUDE". While It really aggravated me that I didn't know what the hell was going on, I still had this feeling of "if I understood what was going on this would be a really good comic". I just think it's hurt itself by being WAY too reliant on demanding that I've been keeping up with a universe that (figuratively) nobody has been reading.

I can understand that I have to play catch up in the middle of a series, but on a #1? Come on, man. That is nonsense. You need to allow some leeway for new readers, not punish them. Marvel has been really nice lately about "Here's what's been going on" on page 1, but not in this one. Thanks bros!

I think the art was fantastic, and I am definitely excited about picking up the other new Ultimate Series. Pretty great that there's only 5. Also I am way happier having Hickman as a world builder than Bendis. Whatever you think of Bendis, it was past time to have the man step down.