11-05-2023, 01:31 PM
I gave Ultimate Invasion a go, because I quite liked the Ultimate Universe, and it was kind of a shame to see Marvel Editorial fuck it all up because it was doing better than the 'real' universe was, and its pretty, pretty, good.
I also generally like Hickman, even if I do have the sneaking suspicion he often has Big Ideas but then isn't sure what to do with them, and / or scares the shit out of Editorial with the repercussions so end up kind of fizzling out at the end.
The setup is pretty interesting; The Maker (Ultimate Reed Richards) is basically Tao from WildCats now, so he steals a bunch of shit from the 616 to go make his own version of the MCU with hookers, and blackjack, and fucking with various cape origin stories so things like Peter Parker being bit by a spider never even happen so there's no spider-man to worry about.
He then carves up the planet amongst various factions (like in Millars Wanted) to secretly run the show and take turns acting as the bad guy rogue nation to keep the idiot masses occupied.
Things go wrong, some people are wise to what hes up to and plan to stop him, he's trapped in his base due to another faction getting involved, and some 616 heroes are noticable by their absence in his origin-fuckery and presumably on the table for the upcoming Ultimate Universe reboot.
It was pretty good, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Hopefully further than Ellis Wildstorm reboot went.
I also generally like Hickman, even if I do have the sneaking suspicion he often has Big Ideas but then isn't sure what to do with them, and / or scares the shit out of Editorial with the repercussions so end up kind of fizzling out at the end.
The setup is pretty interesting; The Maker (Ultimate Reed Richards) is basically Tao from WildCats now, so he steals a bunch of shit from the 616 to go make his own version of the MCU with hookers, and blackjack, and fucking with various cape origin stories so things like Peter Parker being bit by a spider never even happen so there's no spider-man to worry about.
He then carves up the planet amongst various factions (like in Millars Wanted) to secretly run the show and take turns acting as the bad guy rogue nation to keep the idiot masses occupied.
Things go wrong, some people are wise to what hes up to and plan to stop him, he's trapped in his base due to another faction getting involved, and some 616 heroes are noticable by their absence in his origin-fuckery and presumably on the table for the upcoming Ultimate Universe reboot.
It was pretty good, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Hopefully further than Ellis Wildstorm reboot went.