Ultimate Comics Spider-man #003

A bit late for UCSM review, but late is always better than never!

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UCSM #003

Cover by: David Lafuente
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: David Lafuente
Inks: David Lafuente Garcia
Colored by: Justin Ponsor
Lettered by: VC – Cory Petit

Story:
The world of Spider-Man is turned upside down! Friends are enemies and enemies are friends! Mysterio is on the loose and gunning for Spidey big time. Plus-and this is a biggie-you’ll never believe what iconic super hero is moving into Aunt May’s house!

Review:

Sigh, I miss Bagley...

We’ll start with the thing that turns me off the most, the art. Remember how I liked the art in my last review? Well, despite being good at drawing dynamic battle, LaFuente fails at details. Notice how the background is really simple, and Peter’s fingers are pretty simple too in that particular panel. I mean, I am okay with some cartoon-y looks, but I always liked details, I think it’s one of many things that really shows how good the artist is. Other than these panels, they are kinda okay-ish, though felt a bit more static than the last issue.

...yet LaFuente seems to draw Susan Storm pretty well

Anyway, that conflict with MJ reveals a bit on how the last 6 months been played out. It turns out Peter is as clueless as us in why he actually broke up with MJ, though it seems like his new relationship with Gwen just come naturally. Well, other than this conflict, Bendis follows the old formula of half drama then the latter half is action. The drama part is kinda boring, since Johny’s story isn’t exciting at all, and most of the reader has guessed it from Ultimate FF: Requiem.

FYI, that is Mysterio, not another minor villain

Well, it’s finally Mysterio time. Like in Marvel 616, he uses illusion for his scheme, successfully manipulating people. Unlike his 616 counterpart though, this time he has the power to actually fight Spider-man. It appears that he isn’t a human, but merely some kind of gas in a human suit, though he is capable of doing physical things while staying in gas form. This power of his somehow reminds me of Will o’ Wisp power, one of 616 Spider-Man’s old villain, an interesting power I might add, I wonder how Spidey will fight him. Anyway, after successfully preventing Mysterio’s scheme, Spider-man was found by the police with a bunch of gold bars, which leads to…

I bet you never expect to see this kind of news

Yeah, this panel is a bit unexpected, I mean, you know how Peter’s luck usually is, so this thing is an interesting new take on the situation. Then comes the epilogue, though it feels kinda bland, after the first issue, I think people would have guessed that Johny would move into Aunt May’s house, there’s no need to hype it or anything. I just hope the e xact reason of why Johny is moving in will be revealed in the next issue.

Summary:

• Worsening art (less balooney Spider-man’s head though)
• Too much hype
• Interesting Ultimate Mysterio’s power
• Spidey is loved by people!
• A bit of info about Peter-MJ

Final Rating: 7/10
If only LaFuente’s art could get better…

Long Time No See!

Whew, mid tests are finally done, (there’s still one though, but it wouldn’t really matter) so I can get back to my projects and working on this blog.

So, since it’s been around 2 weeks with almost no update, I’ll work hard this week, first is a review of Heroes latest 2 episodes, it’s under work now, should be up real soon. Next should be another review for Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #003, I haven’t got the time to finish the draft, should be finished soon too. Oh, and since I just get my hands on one of Th series, The Sorceress, I’ll write a review about it once I’m done.

Well, other then that, I think I’ll start some reviews about game, since I’ve just finished 2 shooters, Crysis and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas, and both of them are good games! Oh, and currently I’m being addicted ANNO 1404: Dawn of Discovery as well as Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. Sigh, both of them takes some times to complete, not to mention ANNO 1404 sandbox mode @.@

And not just that, I’ve got some plans regarding my projects. I’ll try to finish up my Platformer Engine by the end of November (and I’ve just got a new idea for Collision Detection engine, which of course I’ll share with you guys) then I’ll move on to 3D, probably using Direct3D instead of XNA. Feel a bit rushed, but I’ve just come to a realisation, that by the end of this term, my skill will almost be the same with my classmates(I mean, they tackled Dynamic Array in a single lesson, while it takes me some months before I get into that), so I figure I need another approach to stay above them. Oh, and I also got to learn some PHP, since I’ve just got another project using it.

Well, see you in my next review, then!

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #002

Yay! It’s september! And september means new issues of Ultimate Comics will soon be released! Yeah, and this month we’ll start with Ultimate Comics Spider-Man second issue!

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UCSM #002

Cover by: David Lafuente
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: David Lafuente
Inks: David Lafuente Garcia
Colored by: Justin Ponsor
Lettered by: VC – Cory Petit

Story:
All the shocking revelations from the first issue come to bloom in this pulse-pounding second chapter!! Who is the Shroud!!?? Who is Spider-Man?? And who the hell is Mysterio and what did he go and do to the Kingpin?!

Review:
Second issue of the new Ultimate Comics Spider-Man. Well, to be honest, I was expecting more explanation of Spider-man new universe, like how did he ended up with Gwen, where has Johny gone to, who the hell is the red-hooded man and other things. Well, this issue indeed gives us some answer, like who is Mysterio and where is Mary Jane and Kitty Pryde, but there still are a lot more important things to be answered. But, what makes me really into this issue is the art.

Lafuente's art provides us a nice action

"Stupid head!"

So far, we haven’t seen how Lafuente draws Spider-Man battle (well, unless you count Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3) but this issue shows his battle-drawing style, and I like it, a lot. Before this, both Bagley and Immonen draws a big, static battle, showing Spider-Man hopping around dodging things. But with Lafuente, we see it much more close and personal, depicting each movement panel by panel. Too bad he hasn’t fixed the head.

Anyway, let’s get onto other thing like…

The all new mysterious mysterio

Mysterio. Yeah, this comic opens up with an introduction of mysterio. And again, I like it, this mysterio is really creepy and his villainous monologue is kinda cool. Now, other than his beam power, we also know that his goal is just another world domination or something in that line, and he kills kingpin to eliminate any competion for that goal. I’m just wondering if we will ever know how he get his power and does he, like his 616 counterpart, have any illusion power?

Wait... MJ?

Next we get another introduction of what happens with Kitty and MJ. Seems like Kitty isn’t captured like other mutants, she was just banned from using her power (and gets a detention if she uses it <_<). And there’s another girl… wait, that’s Mary Jane Watson? Okay, from issue #001 we all knew she get a new haircut (which I think is ugly), what I didn’t expect is her change of personality. She seems to lost all her confidence now and become so timid, like, the exact opposite of Ultimate Gwen. Does her breakup with Peter have anything to do with it? Oh, and Kong also made an appearance, seems he has gone all punk now, I don’t like it.

 
Anyway, other than those two introductions, nothing really going on in this issue, a minor villain duo did show up though, and got their ass kicked quickly. Another thing is Johny finally woke up and made us wait a month before he started to tell his stories.

Summary:

• New, interesting battle depiction
• Mysterio is creepy and cool
• What’s with MJ new personality? (and haircut?)
• Nothing is really going on in this issue

Final Rating: 7/10

(BTW, I’d give a 8.5/10 rating to issue #001, 0.5 for Peter-Gwen relationship)

Lettered by: VC – Cory Petit