Marvel's Ultimate Line

*Cowabunga Carl* · 02-21-2012, 12:09 PM

So I made a thread about watching all the "canon" Marvel movies and the Ultimate line of comics came up. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a line of comics launched by Marvel in 2000. It was a new line of comics that started with no background needed to jump on. It started with Spider-man and the X-men, later introducing the Avengers called The Ultimates in this universe and the Fantastic Four. It was great when it started. As this was the start of everything it was easy to get in on the ground floor. They built a solid foundation for things to come.

It has been steadily going on since then. Now my question is for those of you who have read it, what do you guys like and not like? It seems this line of Marvel comics has strong opinions on it.

I'll admit I read it steadily up tell Ultimatum. When Joseph Loeb took over some of the titles he just made it one big mess. He took some of the great set up and crapped all over it I felt. So I stopped reading. I was done. My comic shop guy convinced me to start reading again, give it another go. So I picked it up again and have to say it's actually great. These writers have taken the mess and made it into something great again.

So like I said I'd like to hear what you guys think of the Ultimate line of comics. What you think of the characters and the changes they've made to them. I'd like to have a conversation about these comics.

02-21-2012, 12:09 PM	#1
Cowabunga Carl Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 2,384	Marvel's Ultimate Line So I made a thread about watching all the "canon" Marvel movies and the Ultimate line of comics came up. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a line of comics launched by Marvel in 2000. It was a new line of comics that started with no background needed to jump on. It started with Spider-man and the X-men, later introducing the Avengers called The Ultimates in this universe and the Fantastic Four. It was great when it started. As this was the start of everything it was easy to get in on the ground floor. They built a solid foundation for things to come. It has been steadily going on since then. Now my question is for those of you who have read it, what do you guys like and not like? It seems this line of Marvel comics has strong opinions on it. I'll admit I read it steadily up tell Ultimatum. When Joseph Loeb took over some of the titles he just made it one big mess. He took some of the great set up and crapped all over it I felt. So I stopped reading. I was done. My comic shop guy convinced me to start reading again, give it another go. So I picked it up again and have to say it's actually great. These writers have taken the mess and made it into something great again. So like I said I'd like to hear what you guys think of the Ultimate line of comics. What you think of the characters and the changes they've made to them. I'd like to have a conversation about these comics.