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A review by luana420
Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand by Brian Michael Bendis
3.0
An enjoyably daffy and grand collection of stories, all centering around the Earth-destroying event "Cataclysm" which sees original Marvel character Galactus come to the Ultimate Universe intent on eating Earth(-1610).
My favorite was the precursor to "Cataclysm", "Hunger", the good-natured origin story of Rick Jones as the Ultimate Captain Marvel and his team-up with floaty dolt Silver Surfer. The Ultimates' tie-in arc was quite a rollercoaster ride through a Miraclemanesque destroyed Belarus as Fury's Howling Commandos fought mad high priest MODOK and his plans to become the new herald. The constant unrelenting action on such a grand scale made it almost dizzying to read -- but in a good way.
I will say, however, that the main event series is SO busy that I was actually unaware that Captain America had fucking DIED by the end, with Tony Stark delivering a tearful eulogy. So too with the Punisher, though at least Fury mentions "Frank didn't make it" during the action itself.
Oh, and hey, here is a blight on "Hunger", my favorite of the arcs. A fed up Rick Jones returns to Queens from deeep spaaace, unwilling to take the Watcher's orders anymore, and just after a good ole cheeseburger. But lo! He sees the memorial of his old neighbor over the way Peter Parker. Whoa what happened? A hot redheaded girl in glasses* whose tank top says PUNK says "he died a hero... what have you been up to, Rick Jones?" and perhaps Rick he is... he is INSPIRED by this punk mermaid... milady... to DO THE RIGHT THING
A foul instance of insidious misogyny in an otherwise crackin' and poppin' miniseries!
*lol MJ and Gwen are both punk or goth depending on what gets the artist going at any given point
My favorite was the precursor to "Cataclysm", "Hunger", the good-natured origin story of Rick Jones as the Ultimate Captain Marvel and his team-up with floaty dolt Silver Surfer. The Ultimates' tie-in arc was quite a rollercoaster ride through a Miraclemanesque destroyed Belarus as Fury's Howling Commandos fought mad high priest MODOK and his plans to become the new herald. The constant unrelenting action on such a grand scale made it almost dizzying to read -- but in a good way.
I will say, however, that the main event series is SO busy that I was actually unaware that Captain America had fucking DIED by the end, with Tony Stark delivering a tearful eulogy. So too with the Punisher, though at least Fury mentions "Frank didn't make it" during the action itself.
Oh, and hey, here is a blight on "Hunger", my favorite of the arcs. A fed up Rick Jones returns to Queens from deeep spaaace, unwilling to take the Watcher's orders anymore, and just after a good ole cheeseburger. But lo! He sees the memorial of his old neighbor over the way Peter Parker. Whoa what happened? A hot redheaded girl in glasses* whose tank top says PUNK says "he died a hero... what have you been up to, Rick Jones?" and perhaps Rick he is... he is INSPIRED by this punk mermaid... milady... to DO THE RIGHT THING
A foul instance of insidious misogyny in an otherwise crackin' and poppin' miniseries!
*lol MJ and Gwen are both punk or goth depending on what gets the artist going at any given point