Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Tom
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #1 (of 5) - MARVEL COMICS
The mighty Brian Michael Bendis, the man who is currently the writer for Marvel's block buster Secret Invasion is continuing the block busting wave with Marvel's Ultimate Origins, a five part mini-series.
No one knows the Ultimate Universe better than Bendis, who has had stints on; Ultimate Team-up, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-men, Ultimate Power, Ultimate Six and continuley writes Ultimate Spider-man. You could say Bendis is the head architect of the Ultimate Universe.
Teaming-up with Bendis are; Butch Guice and Justin Ponsor, with covers by Michael Turner and Simon Bianchi.
The Universe, mankind, mutants. Everything and everyone has a beginning, a starting point, an origin. How is all of it all connected to each other and how will the pieces fall into place?
The story that finally reveals the conspiracies behind the entire Ultimate Universe! When they first met, Bruce Banner mysteriously warned Spider-Man that "Everything is connected." Now it's time to discover the jaw-dropping secrets that men have fought and died to protect. From the dark days of World War II to the frightening present, journey through history to learn what's really behind the Super Soldier and Weapon X programs–and how heroes such as Captain America, Nick Fury and Wolverine have more in common than codenames and costumes. The dream team of Brian Michael Bendis and Butch Guice (CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN) unite for the first time for the Ultimate series of the year that is a must-read lead-in to ULTIMATUM!
DC's third weekly series; Trinity will focus on the 'Big Three', Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. A mysterious dream links them together, discover their unusual bond and importance of being DC's heavy hitters. Written by Kurt Busiek (Superman); Art by Mark Bagley (Ultimate Spider-man); Covers by Carlos Pacheco; Back up stories will feature writers Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza and art by various artists, such as Scott McDaniel and Jerry Ordway.
The Second Stage Turbine Blade: Part VI saga comes to light. The lead singer from New York band Coheed and Cambria; Claudio Sanchez follows up his second Image series of Armory Wars; Armory Wars II. This time they are trapped in space. Covers by Tony Moore.
Out of the pages from Robin and Gotham Underground comes; Robin/Spoiler Special. Robin and Spoiler team-up to take down a kidnapping ring and hit up an illegal warehouse party. Also, find out the secret of Spoilers true identity, could it be the real Stephanie?
Story Robert Kirkman; Art and cover Ryan Ottley and Bill Crabtree - Collects INVINCIBLE #42-47.
Allen the Alien returns to Earth as directed by the Coalition of Planets – he’s come to gather information from Mark about his father – the Viltrumite Traitor. Meanwhile, the Viltrumites have come to Earth to check up on Mark’s progress as the reluctant Viltrumite Agent of Earth. Alse: There are fights.
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