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ULTIMATUM #1 (OF 5)


Price: $3.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 38.8%

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  1. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 3, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Great art!

    (sees Loeb)

    Damnit!!!! -_-;

  2. Avatar photo cyberauron says:
    November 3, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    Question. where is the ultimatium? According to Loeb this is a revenge story

  3. Avatar photo MisterBlank says:
    November 3, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    I really want this to be good, honestly. Unfortunately, i have a bad feeling it won’t be.

  4. Avatar photo zakcaldwell says:
    November 3, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    This is Loeb’s last chance.

  5. Avatar photo Ruo21 says:
    November 3, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    So glad I don’t have to pick up another event book; thanks Loeb.

  6. Avatar photo TacticalChaos15 says:
    November 3, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    I wanted this sooo bad but I fear it will be a lot like the Ultimates 3.

  7. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 3, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    And just think……Loeb still is writing Ultimates 4 and Captain America: White!

    So its obviously not the end for Loeb….but those should be his last chances to wow Marvel.

  8. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    November 3, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    the preview pages were not too bad, makes me want to pick it up.  but I most likely won’t.  At least not until after Wednesday when I can get some feedback and see if its worth the buy.  I usually don’t like doing that, but been burned too much by Loeb’s books.  At least the art is always pretty

  9. Avatar photo Andrew says:
    November 3, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Hey, hey, hey, let’s not bash Captain America: White. For one, Loeb’s previous color themed stuff has been pretty good. Second, his stuff with Sale ranges from pretty good to pretty great. Third, issue 0 was pretty sweeeet!

    Ultimates 4, though? Go nuts.

  10. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 3, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    …Loeb kind of killed any interest I had in the Ultimate Universe. Now I hear he’s killing the Ultimate Universe. *wonk wonk woooonk*

    Not really — I’m interested to see Millar’s big Ultimate stories, the 1st one with Leinil Francis Yu I’ll pick up but man…esp with the cbr.cc preview images for this, couldn’t be less interested.  Just let me know how this changes the status quo and I’ll jump back in when I’m more interested in the talent.

  11. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 3, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    Oh My God how bad was that preview!?

    In 11 pages I just saw Loeb did everything he is doing wrong now. Bad characterisations, clunky diaologue, some sex jokes, and just everywas was awful to read.

    Oh and I hope you guys like being spoiled cause in one panel he ruins the entire Symbiote arc in USM in one fell swoop…..DAMN YOU LOEB!!!!

  12. southbymidwest says:
    November 4, 2008 at 12:20 am

    Magneto Strikes Back?

  13. Avatar photo goat77 says:
    November 4, 2008 at 2:20 am

    I stopped giving Loeb chances after his last two disasters. The preview pages of this support my decision.

  14. Avatar photo SamMorgan says:
    November 4, 2008 at 4:39 am

    I would be so excited for this if it wasn’t for bloody Loeb!!!

  15. Avatar photo SamMorgan says:
    November 4, 2008 at 5:13 am

    Bugger! There is a spoiler for Ultimate Spider-Man in the on-line preview for this

  16. Avatar photo Cooper says:
    November 4, 2008 at 5:42 am

    The preview can be found here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18668

    Warning though: as said, spoilers for USM ahoy!

    Warning the 2nd: These preview pages may have some of the worst dialogue I’ve ever read.

  17. Avatar photo DemonBoy says:
    November 4, 2008 at 9:26 am

    I’m not much of a Marvel fan but this looks interesting to me.

  18. Avatar photo doddzilla says:
    November 4, 2008 at 10:21 am

    If Millar was writing this I would be so excited.  But Loeb screw that!

  19. Avatar photo doddzilla says:
    November 4, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Is there a way to unpull this book on the site?

  20. Avatar photo WadebeforeSlade says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    well they wanted to end the ultimate universe apparently, change the "status quo", they couldn’t have picked a better writer to do it.  Maybe Magneto will attack them in different weather themes, and then you will later discover it was someone else! Oh, the mystery!

  21. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 4, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    @ WadebeforeSlade — If they do that, they should set Ultimatum up like a Megaman videogame w/ different themed ‘level’s’ for our heroes to navigate through. Just when they think they killed Magneto, his head can levitate off his shoulders and they have to go to space (!!) to stop his evil from reaching to the stars.

  22. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 4, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    @Champion – gosh, that preview was just…awful. Exemplified everything that I don’t like about Loeb’s work.

  23. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 4, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    I just….seriously, I’m being serious here. Does Marvel even care about the quality of their writers? I’m sorry I dont wanna go on a rant about Loeb but….for like 5 years now none of his stories have had any redeeming qualities. I mean for the last 2 years even, with Hulk and his Ultimates run so far….it’s had some of the most negative reviews I’ve ever seen.

    When will Joey Q or someone just step in and say: Hey Loeb, can you like take it easy for a bit?

  24. Avatar photo OttoBott says:
    November 4, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Joey Q will stop Loeb from writing when Loeb’s books stop selling. Note that this is the fourth (w/ 263 pulls against #1’s 351) most pulled book on iFanboy. We vote with our dollars. 🙁

  25. Avatar photo UncleBob says:
    November 4, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    Thank you Loeb for saving me money, making it easy to ignore this ultimate title.

     

  26. Avatar photo UncleBob says:
    November 4, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    BTW, I felt that Hush was the beginning of the ending.

  27. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    November 5, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    Wow! Loeb’s name on a book used to mean "please buy this" to the average fanboy, but reading this thread — times have changed!

  28. Avatar photo zakcaldwell says:
    November 5, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    I hate to say it, but so far i am diggin it.  I havnt read Ultimate 3 cuz i read all Ultimate Line in Trades, but this seems pretty good to me. 

  29. Avatar photo JesusSlanda says:
    November 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    This is the best art that Finch has ever done.

  30. Avatar photo s1lentslayer says:
    November 5, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I really liked this a lot. I didn’t like Ultimates 3 but I felt this was pretty cool, assuming those deaths are real.

  31. Avatar photo biftec says:
    November 5, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Finch is a bit too Jim Lee/Andy Kubert here for my tastes, but the real problem with this book is the writing, and by that i mean not just the scripting, dialogue, characterization, and pace, but the premise itself.  I have never been that crazy about Loeb’s stuff.  The best of his stuff with Sale is decent, but nowhere near the level of what Bendis and Millar have done with the Ultimate Universe.  I am dreading what this book will mean for USM, given that it already spoiled, for no good reason, a major plot point from the current arc.

  32. Avatar photo TacticalChaos15 says:
    November 5, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    How does this have a 3.5/5, the preview pages were TERRIBLE. The issue couldn’t have gotten good enough to warrent a 3.5 could it?

  33. Balefuego says:
    November 5, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    It gets much better after the preview pages, although I only gave it a 3. 

  34. Avatar photo astyak says:
    November 5, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Wow, it didn’t suck. Not the highest praise I know but after Ultimates III I was dreading this. I came close to not pulling it. I actually enjoyed it. I know all it is doing is setting up a story that is almost certian to drag on for far too long but I liked it. I hope Loeb doesn’t screw it up.

     PS the art is so much better in the book then the online preview. Don’t judge it from the preview.

  35. Avatar photo Garrett says:
    November 6, 2008 at 9:28 am

    Um, any reason why this is $3.99? I looked at it in the store, but it felt like the same thickness of my other monthlies.

  36. Avatar photo Kimbo says:
    November 6, 2008 at 9:51 am

    @WadeWilson- It’s changed on these message boards but the sales figures still show his books are selling just fine.  

  37. Avatar photo MisterBlank says:
    November 6, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    I’ve officially lost all faith in Loeb. This was dreadful. I read through it in about 5 minutes and wanted my 3.99 back. I believe the whole book can be summed up by this line, which works as a tagline, but not as actual dialogue: "For what they’ve done… THEY MUST PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE!!!"

    WHO TALKS LIKE THAT?!

  38. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    November 6, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Comic book super villains do, usually.

  39. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 6, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    I’m confused though about that final page. If Magneto has Thor’s hammer then what the hell happen to Thor? There was no indication what so ever that he was swept up from the waves nor did it look like he got kidnapped. Why does it feel like Loeb wrote that final page and then wrote the rest of the story in that order?

    I do wanna admit that Loeb had balls and took out some big names already. Who did die though cause I got confused as well?

  40. Balefuego says:
    November 7, 2008 at 12:02 am

    Magneto stole Thor’s hammer at the end of Ultimates 3

     

    As for who died, Xavier seemed to confirm that Beast, Nightcrawler, and Dazzler were dead.

     and it LOOKED like Wasp, Human Torch, and Dr. Storm also died 

  41. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 7, 2008 at 12:11 am

    @Balefuego: But Thor was sparring with Val in this issue. Let’s just ignore on how bad Loeb’s take on Ultimate Thor is and I wonder if he is using his hammer. Cause it wouldnt make much sense why he would be so happy or be Thor in general if he doesnt have his hammer.

    But if those are the people who died….Meh….not a big lost. Okay losing two members of FF is big (but then again Reed said Sue was still breathing) but losing those X-Men and Wasp is nothing big.

  42. Balefuego says:
    November 7, 2008 at 10:23 am

    Well, the Thor in Ultimates 3 also had a bunch of different hammers.

     (yes I know that dosen’t make it any less stupid)

  43. Avatar photo SteveM says:
    November 7, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    I hated Ult. 3 but this was good.  It may not deliver in the next few months, but this was a solid opening and fantastic art.  Kind of ruins the current USM arc though as Gwen is back and seen fully functional…

  44. Avatar photo rwpos says:
    November 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    Overall I enjoyed the comic, mainly because of the art.  The story overall was fine but a few of the transitions were rough. First, when the tidal wave hits, it just happens so quickly that it lost me.  How could the Baxter building be filled with water to the top floors (Johnny and Dr Storm drowning) while from the outside the water seemed maybe half way up?  And how did the whole city fill with water between two pages (timed at a few seconds) without levelling every building (although I enjoyed the destruction left behind when Sue pushes the water back)?  Also, Reed running into Namor immediately was simply absurd – the ocean, even right off the coat of NYC, is still a huge place for such a quick meeting.  The dialogue in general was fine for me, although I agree that the gratuitous sex joke was off-putting.  With all of that said, this first issue sets up the series as a major battle royal, and if it delivers on the promise of an extended, exciting fight then I’ll be a fan for sure.

  45. Avatar photo zattaric says:
    November 8, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    I think that I’m done with this series.  Except for Ult. Spidey & the recent upswing in Ult. X-Men, I don’t really care about the Ultimate Universe anymore.  That’s sad.  But I’m not buying Ultimatum anymore

  46. Avatar photo kevrum says:
    November 8, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    i gave this a shot and once again i’m glad i work at a comic shop because i would have felt robbed if i paid for this. 

     what was up with finch when he drew doom’s eyes? 

  47. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    November 8, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    @UncleBob: I agree completely. After such great Batman stories like Hunted Knights, The Long Halloween and Dark Victory i thought Hush would have been near perfect. but what I got instead was mediocrity.

    The only thing thats keeping me from saying "he cant write a good comic unless Tim Sale draws it" is his run on Superman, which had its strong moments.

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