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Tweak says, "[exit persued by a bear]"

Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-05 15:54:00

Entry tags:

char: angel/archangel/warren worthington, char: dormammu, char: dr. strange/stephen strange, char: hawkeye/ronin/clint barton, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: sabretooth/victor creed, char: valkyrie, creator: david finch, creator: jeph loeb, event: ultimatum, group: ultimates, publisher: marvel comics, title: ultimatum

Ultimatum #4

Strange gets the special Ed McGuinness variant for this issue, so like Dazzler, Professor X, and Hank Pym, he's a goner. This doesn't bode well for Wolverine, who's the McGuinness variant for #5.

Sabretooth kills Angel.

And Valkyrie cuts off Magneto's arm, ~~before he apparently kills her.~~

EDIT: Oops, turns out I was wrong. I guess he does doesn't actually kill her; she appears alive on the next page when Cap comes, but she was only in a small part of the page so I missed her. It makes sense he wouldn't kill off his pet character like that.

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sandoz_iscariot
2009-06-05 03:48 pm UTC (link)

You know that one creepy kid in middle school who was always doodling violent comics of Spawn or Boba Fett killing people in the margins of his notebook? ("And Valkyrie CUTS HIS ARM OFF!!!! And then Magneto DECAPITATES HER!!!!! YEAH!!!") That's what this reminds me off. So juvenile and gross.

I dropped the Ultimate books a while ago so I haven't been following this closely, but I'm guessing there's some kind of Mighty Max-ish "everyone dies but then he goes back in time and then everyone's alive again" reboot coming soon? I don't know how else they can justify such a gigantic bodycount.

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	statham1986 2009-06-05 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Based on what we know about Millar's upcoming Ultimate Avengers book, I think the changes are going to stick, and thus we're given a much more unpredictable and unique set of Ultimate books again, like they were when they first started out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-06-05 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	Which I will have no interest in engaging with, as I can expect another one of these hideous crossover monstrosities to eventually show up and pointlessly murder characters left and right. That Captain America on that top page bears a frightening resemblance to Liefeld's grotesquerie. -twig (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-06-05 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Unpredictable is one thing, but I'm not sure why I'm supposed to be interested when my favorite characters have all been gratuitously maimed and killed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	statham1986 2009-06-05 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, ditto that, certainly. I lost interest when Dazzler and Wasp got the bitch-slap of death from Loeb whilst his little pet characters like Valkyrie (still not explained why she's different than the Ultimates 2 version!!!) get to struggle on through this bullshit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xdoop 2009-06-05 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	still not explained why she's different than the Ultimates 2 version!!! I'm pretty sure it's the same girl, but Thor gave her powers somehow. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unknownscribler 2009-06-05 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'm still trying to process how a goddamn teleporter could have been snuffed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

halloweenjack
2009-06-05 05:29 pm UTC (link)

You know that one creepy kid in middle school who was always doodling violent comics of Spawn or Boba Fett killing people in the margins of his notebook? ("And Valkyrie CUTS HIS ARM OFF!!!! And then Magneto DECAPITATES HER!!!!! YEAH!!!") That's what this reminds me off. So juvenile and gross.

Most of those kids will grow out of that phase, though.

Most.

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