Ultimate Fallout #4
This issue came out 2 weeks ago and I missed it. The comic store had one back in stock today, so I nabbed it. In this issue of Ultimate Fallout, we see snippets of 3 different stories. The first includes the appearance of the new Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales. We get to see Miles stop a potential robbery by a lame Australian villain called, The Kangaroo. Miles seems to have the standard spider-powers and eventually defeats the lame villain, and says several funny 1-lines along the way, just like Peter used to. We don't find out anything about him in this issue though. Guess they're saving that for Ultimate Spider-man #1, due out next month. I'll be picking that up, for sure. The other 2 stories in this issue were confusing and boring, centering on Ultimate Mr. Fantastic (who is now a villain apparently?!?) and government agent, Val Cooper. Booooring....
I have not been a fan of this series, but I did actually enjoy the new Spidey story. The art was fun as well. I like what I'm seeing so far and am looking forward to learning more about Miles. Ultimate Spider-man was my favorite book over the past year or so, and the same creative team will be working on it, so there's no reason to think that the fun won't continue with this new character. That being said, I will NOT be buying the remaining 2 issues of Ultimate Fallout. Aside from this short Spider-story, it has been Ultimately Boring.
for Spidey!
Captain America #2
The first issue of this new Cap series blew me away last month. This issue was a little bit wackier, but still a very fun read with superb artwork.
In issue 2 we learn more about the mission that went wrong during WW2 that has come back to haunt Cap & friends. They had a kid, Jimmy Janckowitz, with the ability to walk into a crazy imaginary world that he could control, and then back out into reality. While Cap & Co. attacked a Nazi base, Jimmy made a portal into his world for Cap's ally, Codename Bravo, and a few other soldiers. Jimmy had linked into the dreams of a few nazi soliders inside the base, which would allow them to pop right into that base and help take it over. While the soldiers were in the dream world, a nazi spy hits Jimmy in the head with a typewriter, knocking him into a coma, and the portal in and out of the dream world closed with Bravo's team stuck inside. Fast-forward to today and Codename Bravo had gotten out of the dream world, is aiding Hydra with advanced technology he must have gotten from the dreamworld, and he has kidnapped the geriatric, still-catatonic Jimmy and is planning the downfall of Cap along with Hydra and Baron Zemo. Wow! Crazy story!!!
It's a wild ride, but one worth taking, if not for the story, then for Steve McNiven's artwork. He draws Cap like it's nobody's business! If you're a comic buyer and you're not buying this one...shame on you.
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