Ultimate Human (2008)
Our Rating:

July 7, 2008

Normally I would never buy an Iron Man vs. Hulk book, and that is pretty much what Ultimate Human is. I really don’t like either of those characters, but after seeing trailers for the recent Iron Man and Incredible Hulk movies  I just had to order this book. The fact that it was written by Warren Ellis, one of my favorite writers, probably had something to do with it as well. Ellis’ books are usually hit or miss and, unfortunately, I would have to say this one is a miss.

The book starts out with a disheveled-looking Bruce Banner going to Tony Stark asking for help with getting the Hulk under control. Of course Tony agrees to help, and of course, things go wrong. Cue Iron Man/Hulk fighting. Then we are introduced to a villain that, for reasons I will not reveal here, wants to kill both Iron Man and the Hulk. Because of this, they have to team up to take him down. I am probably making it sound a lot more entertaining than it really is, by the way. The book lacks any real substance, and it is paced very strangely; it felt like some plot points went by very quickly without any thought, while too much time was spent on other ones. Cary Nord’s art does look  good most of the time, but it is not nearly enough to save the book.

I think Marvel used the hype of the Iron Man and Hulk movies to sell this book, and I think I fell for it.

Posted in Comics, Mike by Mike

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