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All-New Ultimates, Volume 1: Power for Power by Amilcar Pinna, Michel Fiffe

jessicaz's review

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2.0

I managed to finish this, but I could barely make heads or tails of what was even going on...

renatasnacks's review

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1.0

uhh I wanted to like this? I like almost all of these characters individually but as a team-up this is super convoluted and, uhhh dumb and bad. These characters deserve better!

luana420's review

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4.0

Takes a while to get used to some weird art (those frogfaces straight out of Elder Scrolls, especially in the first few issues), but I was ultimately won over by its colorful vim and vigor. Post-Galactus New York has become a neon WARRIORS style wasteland, and it's up to the All-New Ultimates to keep the streets of Hell's Kitchen clean from the Serpent Skulls, a gang that is named so awkwardly because it is literally all snake themed guys + Crossbones.

Honestly a good recommendation as a solid pick-up point if you just want some Teen Crime Fightin' action without worrying too much about continuity. City's messed up cuz Galactus came, buncha heroes died, these ones pickin' up the slack.

Oh and Spider-Woman CONFIRMED FOR GAY

lukeisthename34's review

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3.0

Interesting characters but the pacing is a little strange.

hannahvanamber's review

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1.0

Yikes. Bad dialogue. Bad story. Worse art.

chantaal's review

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2.0

I had high hopes. High hopes! The teenagers in the Ultimate universe are the only thing good going for it right now and I continue to love Miles Morales, so naturally the Ultimate answer to the Young Avengers should be promising right?

Yeah, okay.

This started off nicely enough with getting the team together, but then you throw in some nonsensical plot about a gang and...some cops, and...I honestly don't remember what the actual plot was. Gang warfare! Ultimates fighting them! Cops getting in the way! Lots of explosions in issue six because apparently going Michael Bay is the only way to create excitement! (It didn't.)

Pinna's art was not the best for this series, especially after getting used to David Marquez's fantastic work on Ultimate Spider-Man (where these teens were born) and Miles Morales: USM. It's not hard to tell characters apart when they're in costume, but Pinna has this complete inability to draw any of the girls in different ways. If there were no color in this book, you wouldn't be able to tell Jess apart from Lana or Kitty or Tandy.

And then there's this:



(Shudder.)

Unfortunately I'll be dropping this book, unless there's a change in creative teams. At least I still have Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man.

chrisvigilante's review

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3.0

This felt really all over the place for me. The cops and the gang warfare plot was kind of messy. Dialogue wasn't that great either. If they were going to focus it in on Bombshell that much I think they should have taken some of the other bits out. Too disjunct.

Wished I got to see more Miles Morales . Will be looking at more with his character when I can. Spider Woman and Kitty Pryde parts were cool too. Shadowcat has always been a fave of mine. There is potential. If I can find some issues of this comic at a library I'll read more of it, but likely will be looking elsewhere for more on these characters.

booknooknoggin's review

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2.0

Like everyone else I too was let down by what potentially should have been a great rebranding, but this is so full of so much techno colored suck.
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