Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout

Ultimate Comics: Fallout #1-6

by Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman (Contributor), Nick Spencer (Contributor)

Collects Ultimate Comics Fallout #1-6.

Spider-Man is dead. Long live Spider-Man. Peter Parker has been struck down, felled by a bullet and by his archnemesis the Green Goblin. But though the teenage web-slinger is gone, his memory lives on. Check in with Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Nick Fury and more as they mourn the loss of one of their world's finest heroes. For better or for worse, the Ultimate Universe must come to grips with its new reality - including new Spider-Man Miles Morales!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Spider Man, Comic Book, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics

129 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Alejandro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sadly a too brief mourning


I got this in its single comic book issues, but I chose this edtion to be able to make a better overall review.


This TPB edition contains “Ultimate Fallout: Spider-Man No More” #1-6.


Creative Team:

Writers: Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman & Nick Spencer

Illustrators: Mark Bagley, Bryan Hitch, Salvador Larroca, Gabriel Hardman, Lee Garbett, Steve Kuth, Eric Nguyen, Carlo Pagulayan, Sara Pichelli, Clayton Crain, Luke Ross, Billy Tan & Mitch Breitweiser


LITERALLY, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN NO MORE

I can understand that Ultimate Spider-Man (aka Peter Parker) was dead and he won’t be technically in the story, BUT I expected something quite different than this, since when Superman died, the following event Funeral for a Friend was about the impact of the absence of him, so I thought that this event will be something like it.

The first issue was the best of the event, due it indeed focused about what it was supposed to be this story, to show how the characters were affected by the death of Ultimate Peter Parker. There is a powerful scene of a little girl who Spider-Man saved some years before.

Too bad that they use the rest of the issues to any other stuff, but Ultimate Spider-Man. While the title is “Ultimate Fallout”, also it’s part of the title “Spider-Man No More”, even you can appreciate the cover art and therefore, you should to expect to be about him and his related characters and his themes. But, sadly it wasn’t the case.


OTHER STUFF BUT ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN

The second issue still covers some important moments of the Ultimate Peter Parker's funeral, however too soon, they started to cover other stuff not related and some clumsy stuff like the Heroes' Heaven of Asgard, that honestly I think that it wasn’t quite not necessary at all.
On the third issue they totally lose the purpose of the event (at least taking in account the title of it) and they invested the pages on characters totally unrelated to Ultimate Spider-Man and his inner universe.

On the fourth issue, you can see a first appearance of the next Ultimate Spider-Man, that I think they should wait to show this a little more, I can understand the concept of “The King is dead, long live to the King”, but they should wait at least to the last issue in the event or even better in a totally apart event and keep paying a little of respect to the Ultimate Peter Parker. But taking in account that the event was a scam to show a bunch of stuff totally unrelated to Ultimate Spider-Man, I supposed that it was expecting too much.

On the fifth issue is even worse than before, since they keep showing totally unrelated characters of the title. If I am reading something titled “Spider-Man No More”, I expected to be reading about Ultimate Aunt May, Ultimate Mary Jane or even Ultimate J. Jonah Jameson, but nope, they show Ultimate Quicksilver, Ultimate Iron Man, the Ultimate X-Men. Geez!

Finally, the sixth issue, of course it wasn’t about Ultimate Spider-Man at all, it was about Ultimate Captain America and his Ultimates’ team and the outcome of his battle against Ultimate Nick Fury and his own team. Also appearing the Ultimate X-Men.

Again, it was a shame and quite a fraud to title this event “Spider-Man No More”, yes he wasn’t no more, literally, but it wasn’t supposed to be like this, it’s supposed to be the mourning time for a hero, for Ultimate Peter Parker, and not filling the event with a lot of stuff unrelated to the title of Ultimate Spider-Man.

[Terence · Rating 2 out of 5]

Death of Spider-Man fallout did not go as I expected. Sure it had some things like the funeral along with grieving Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane Watson...

...outside of that it just went to random stories (including some creepy Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch moments), bad artwork, and the first time Miles Morales tries to be Spider-Man.

Spider-Man's death had a volume worthy of it, but the fallout volume was less than stellar. They couldn't even give the readers one entire volume to grieve with the characters over Peter Parker.

[Kemper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peter Parker is dead and the Ultimate universe is grieving.

A devastated Aunt May struggles to get through it with the help of Gwen Stacy and Tony Stark. Mary Jane tries to lessen her pain by pinning the blame publicly on Nick Fury. J. Jonah Jameson can’t find the words to express himself in his newspaper. Spidey’s younger super powered friends like Kitty Pryde, Johnny Storm and Bobby Drake react with a mix of anger and anguish. Captain America, who was a real dick to Peter shortly before his death, is wracked with guilt. As for Nick Fury…. Well, who knows what Nick Fury is really thinking?

And there’s a new young man wearing a Spider-Man outfit.

This collection goes in two different directions. The far superior parts give us realistic and painful stories about grief. While the world belatedly recognizes that Spider-Man was a hero and honors his memory, the ones who actually knew Peter Parker and what a special person he was are mourning deeply.

The other stories focus more on new larger plot developments like Tony Stark being invited to join a secret club of ultra-wealthy people who want to make the world better, and Quicksilver pitching a pretty horrible plan to a powerful CEO. While we get a glimpse of the new Spider-Man, we don’t really learn anything about him other than he’s named Miles Morales.

I wish the entire collection would have stuck with the reaction to Peter’s death. That’s the truly powerful stuff here. For example, there’s a part where Aunt May is at the funeral and meets a little girl in the crowd of thousands that has gathered, and she tells May how Spider-Man saved her from a fire. If you read that and it doesn’t hit you hard, then I’d advise you to get psychologically tested immediately because you’re probably a sociopath.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

Oh my God.
The scene with the little girl!?
I literally did that chokey thing you do when you get that big lump in your throat. Wow. I was embarrassed for myself, to be quite honest.
I feel a little better after reading some of the other reviews on this one, 'cause evidently I'm not the only one.



Fallout is a pretty darn good love letter to Peter Parker.
Although, I don't agree that it would be better if he didn't come back. Sorry, guys. I stopped reading this after they killed him off. I suppose I should've given Morales a shot, but I never really cared enough to try. Everyone has their favorites, and Parker was mine.

Anyhoo, this wasn't quite a five star read for me, because some of the stuff with Pietro and Richards felt ramdom. Although, that's probably because I'm not invested in the Ultimate universe enough to understand what they had to do with anything.
P.S.
Wanda and Pietro?
Gah.
Still fucking creepy!
I'm not sure what was going on With Mr. Fantastic, but I vaguely remember reading something about him going over to the dark side. I guess I should try to find some of these back issues, and try to catch up...?

Most of the volume focused on the people closest to Peter, though.
And that's where this volume really shines.
Read it.

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so good omg and yeah I am emotional after reading it.

We see the fallout of Pete's death and how its impacting everyone around him from Gwen to MJ and Aunt may and especially her and then at the funeral with her and Cap and omg its wild. Yep it hits hard. And then in 1610 overall especially with Steve and how he is reacting to it considering Pete gave his life to save Cap and that one was hard to read and what he does next. The stuff with the maker was interesting and what the new status quo of the X-Men is and how Kitty is dealing with the loss of her ex and best friend and yep Bendis writes that one so well.

And that ending with MJ and especially Fury omg! :(

Yeah its one of those volumes which really makes you miss the character and gives you an insight on their legacy and what they meant to the world around them and it will make you love Peter even more so yeah one heck of a volume with big moments and emotional scenes with amazing art and makes for a great read!!

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally published as a six issue miniseries titled Ultimate Comics Fallout (note the lack of Spider-Man in the title), this was apparently intended to act as closure and foreshadowing for a lot of major developments in the Ultimate universe. Unfortunately, I really don't care about anything that happens in the Ultimate universe outside the pages of Spider-Man. It's a good thing that at least half of what's here is related to Spider-Man, and is written very well.

There is a lot going on, though. Several writers worked on this trade, each apparently writing what they knew best. Bendis on the most directly Spider-Man pages, and so forth. Several different artists, too, I suppose to keep the look consistent for the different books represented here. Marvel could (and probably has) reprint the Rogue scene in an Ultimate X-Men book without it looking out of place. I'm pleased to say that not one section was badly written or illustrated. I might not have cared about what was going on, but it wasn't painful to read, in any way. Does this change my mind about avoiding the rest of the Ultimate books? Not exactly, but I won't rule it out in the future.

But what's really important, and why I imagine most people are reading this trade in the first place, are the reactions to Peter's death. No surprise, these are largely realistic, wrenching, and, surprisingly underplayed. I'm talking about J. Jonah Jameson unable to finish even the first sentence of a tribute to Peter. Or Tony Stark, expressing his grief through what he can offer to Aunt May, his money. Or Thor's satisfied certainty that Peter is now in Valhalla. It's easy, and cheap, to rely on emotional manipulation, but this volume almost entirely avoids that. I'll give them the scene with the little girl, because she's effectively standing in for all the strangers Peter saved who never had a chance to thank him. But the scenes with the established characters are emotional in a way that's real, authentic, and exactly as I'd expect those characters to mourn.

The new Spider-Man, Miles Morales, shows up about halfway through. It's a very short scene, just a tease of the character. Enough to get me interested, at least, and that's all I ask. Obviously, I'll be going on to read Miles's adventures. I've learned to trust Bendis at least that far.

As a farewell to Peter Parker, this volume is very effective. Not just with providing a venue to mourn him, but also with driving in the fact that this is real. Peter is dead now, and he's not coming back in this universe. For me, that's a relief. Bringing Peter back from the dead would rob his death of any meaning. Bendis put in the hard work to make it meaningful, to make us accept that it's real, and it would be a terrible thing for Marvel to betray that later.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stuff that deals with the characters dealing with the death of Spider-man/Peter in this is great. The rest, which is setting up for the relaunch that would come after, not so much, because a lot of it heavily on what happened outside of the Spider-man book. But the good stuff makes up for it

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Peter Parker eulogy is well-done but short - though the scenes with May Parker were brilliant. This though is pretty much a sideline to the "reboot" of the UltimateU that this book is setting up.

Don't get me wrong - the events, tensions and new intrigues that are introduced here sound like some awesome plot threads. Nearly everyone is given a new emotional dimension on which future storylines will have extra levels of satisfying reading.

If I didn't know better I'd have accused this of being Disney/Marvel's latest "event", but with these three writers crafting the web, I can't help but be excited at the idea of enjoying they mysteries to come. Spencer is the real surprise here - I've never heard of him before, but based on his writing in this book he's the next Hickman in terms of writing chops. Spencer's contributions stand up to the two powerhouses.

Let's just hope that Marvel keeps Jeph Loeb's greasy ham fists off the UltimateU for the foreseeable future.

As to the art, what can I say? Some of Marvel's best talents are working here, and while I usually bitch about an ensemble book like this where the art team changes every few pages, it works here. I'm especially impressed with the female talent - good on Marvel for bringing on interesting new looks that have just as much right to wow me visually as all the regular dudes.

[Roxana Chirilă · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading through the Marvel universe is like reading through a bag of strings, thoroughly agitated until they're a tangled mess. You pick up a thread here and you end up reading through all sorts of attached strings, or you miss bits and pieces.

That's how I ended up reading "Fallout", which is about what happens after Peter Parker's death, when everyone from other superheroes to X-Men mourn his passing. This is all probably much more touching if you've read things such as the X-Men series, but if not... well.

It's somewhat superficial and feels rushed, despite being a whole volume, because there are a great number of characters involved and while there's a general feel of mourning, there's little space in which to breathe and take it all in. Characters don't get left alone with their thoughts much and it feels like we're watching the most intense moments, but they don't have a background against which that impact would be better felt.

[J.M. Giovine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Created as a sort of “epilogue” to the ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ final arc, the Death of Spider-man, ‘Ultimate Fallout’ is a collection of several micro-stories compiled in 6 issues, with the collaboration of several writers and artists that’ll provide a certain angle, or perspective, to how different characters are dealing with either mourning, or the consequences of Peter’s death on issue 160 of his own series.
For starters, I’ll be reviewing not only ‘Fallout’, but also, those 5 issues from ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’, consisting of issue 156-160, since those are included in my compiled edition as well. So, this is a little extensive, but in the end, I believe it’ll be fair to give it a shot at all its content, even though the description on ‘Goodreads’ states this is only ‘Fallout’.
Now, what is this final arc about? As plenty might suspect, it’s the whole final chapter in the ‘Spider-Man’ series from the ‘Ultimate Universe’, a couple of years after the events of ‘Ultimatum’, and just before the introduction of the newest alter-ego of the spider, Miles Morales. This is the final part in the life of Peter Parker, and yes, as the title suggests, he dies in the end. Joe Quesada’s cover should be the definitive proof. So, it all goes down to Norman Osborn being alive, and under custody of S.H.I.E.L.D., but things go sideways since he reveals himself to still have his ‘Green Goblin’ powers intact, which he uses to escape from Carol Danvers, and Nick Fury’s custody, at the Triskelion. Afterwards, Osborne not only escapes, but he also releases the rest of the Spidey rogue’s gallery: Doc Ock, Electro, Kraven, Vulture, and the Sandman, in a kind of “Sinister Six’s reunion”, to go against ‘Spider-Man’ once and for all. Meanwhile, Peter is being forced to receive a “military training” from ‘Captain America’ himself, since his secret identity has been finally revealed to the public after the ‘Ultimatum’ event, but it is immediately interrupted after Cap receives an emergency call from Fury and ‘The Ultimates’, so things blow up for the superheroes, and Peter will find himself dealing with a struggling choice: either he goes out to help Cap, or he tries to find where Norman Osborne and the ‘Sinister Six’ are hiding to try stop them.
These are five intense issues to go through. I always had my reservations towards Bendis as a writer; either he delivers great stuff, such as his works on titles like ‘Disassembled’, ‘The New Avengers’, Marvel Knight’s ‘Daredevil’, ‘House of M’, or he could simply be serviceable with things that aren’t that relevant, or strong enough to endure the test of time, like his run in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Superman’, or ‘the X-men’. However, no one can deny his most successful mainstream title it’s ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’, which co-created alongside his most recurrent artist, Mark Bagley, who drew most of this series’ issues.
Not only that, but it was the cornerstone on which the ‘Ultimate Universe’ was created.
Bagley is an artist that I might’ve underestimated; the more I see his work, and influence- especially on a character such as Spidey- he grows on me as a quality artist, but I do remember being a huge fan of his work in the regular ‘Ultimate’ series, to the point of being disappointed when, in a Spidey issue, he wasn’t the interiors’ penciller. Here, he goes with a bang. Bagley understands the physicality, complexion, and movements Spidey should evoke, and he captures them with great precision. His work is smooth, and easy to follow. When he does a splash-page its not often that messy that the details can be missed, although, he sins on making characters too similar from one another, with the hairstyle being the only distinguishable quality, but when it comes to elder and younger people, the distinction often is loose. Other than that, his work on these five issues is the ideal for a Spider-man sendoff. The final confrontation between Spidey and the Sinister Six is great, but the one that gave me the chills was against the Goblin. Bagley wasn’t afraid of depicting the brutality of the combat, so when the final moments of Peter arrive, they feel heartbreaking, and emotionally effective. As for Bendis, he nails the drama in the right doses; he understands when to make a joke, when to be funny, when to have his younger characters expressing as such, and when to locate the narrative weight of the climatic moments. These are some of the best issues I’ve read in the ‘Ultimate Universe’, and its no wonder why people doesn’t stop praising Bendis, and Bagley’s work on Spider-Man.
As for ‘Fallout’, these 6 issues are fine, some better than others. In here, writers such as Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, and Nick Spencer gather forces to depict some of the heroes’ reactions to Spidey’s death, and sure, different artists contribute to this anthology, as well. Strangely, the further these issues go, the farther they leave Spidey behind as the main theme, and the first ones started promising with the POV’s of Aunt May and Gwen, facing the funeral reception at the New York Cathedral, and in all considerations, the moment Captain America pays his respects to Aunt May is quite powerful and impactful at an emotional level. Then we got to see that Thor, essentially, suggests that Peter is at ‘Valhalla’ alongside the fallen heroes of ‘Ultimatum’. Strangely enough, we now see how Rogue is running away, without a clear reveal of her current location, but she’s simply on the loose, hiding her mutant abilities. The same goes for Kitty, Bobby Drake, and Johnny Storm, the three of them leaving the life they used to share with Peter to hide from society, since now mutants are revealed to be an invention of the American government.
The oddest of these micro-stories are the ones delivered by Spencer, and Jonathan Hickman, the latter uses issue 4 to reveal Reed Richards, still floating alone at the ‘Negative Zone’, finding a way to travel to another dimension, and basically introducing his new alter ego, ‘The Maker’, with the creation of the dome that’ll entrap him, and his disciples, until his next appearance. Spencer, then, re-introduced Pietro Lensherr trying to negotiate with an influential person the acquisition of the mutant people in the country now that they are pursuit once again. If there’s one story in this compendium that is completely devoid of Spidey’s presence, is this one, and Reed’s.
The closure in ‘Fallout’ takes us back to Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, and Mary Jane; the three of them are dealing with their loss simultaneously, and in different ways. Aunt May and Gwen take the offer Tony Stark gave them to leave anywhere in the world they want, as a clean slate. MJ, on the contrary, remains in New York, working on an article about Peter’s life as Spider-Man, and how Nick Fury and, basically, everyone around him were responsible for his death. It is a heartbreaking moment at the very end of issue six, and connects to Peter’s past in ‘Ultimate Origins’, when it’s revealed that ‘The Hulk’ killed Peter’s parents, both working at the time for Nick Fury’s secret super soldier program. Connecting Fury to Peter on such personal level could’ve been a gun of two barrels, but it does work afterwards on a tragic level that was cleverly built previously.
In the end, ‘Death of Spidey’ arc works in a strongly gratifying level, considering is the death of an important character, but it worked as a proper and epic send-off to one of the most beloved elements in the ‘Ultimate Universe’. As for ‘Fallout’, at first delivers its “epilogue” purpose, but it loses itself on random, and foreign stories from the funeral of Peter Parker, starting to feel more like a build-up for the next stage in the ‘Ultimate Comics’ event (which is, essentially, Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Wars), so I cannot really complain about it, but yeah, eventually starts to feel weird how detached this goes from Spidey as the center of the plot. I’ll recommend ‘Fallout’ only to those reading through all the material prior to the ‘Secret Wars’ for context-purposes. Regarding Spidey, those five issues from the regular series are all you need, and they are worth the read. I don’t know if this is true, but ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ seems to be one of the most consistent and serviceable regular series in the entire ‘Marvel Comics’ library, perhaps even talking about 2000s comic books in general. Bendis and Bagley truly delivered the good stuff in these final chapters in Spidey’s life, and it is strange when a hero manages to endure its own ending with the proper respect and affection a character of that magnitude deserved. As a personal note, I don’t really think you’d need to be up to date to enjoy and understand these final 5 issues, but it won’t hurt to check on the entire run of ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’. It is long, yeah, however, it is totally worth it, specially for anyone looking for a modern and faithful approach to ‘Spider-Man’.

[Peter Derk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a nice ending to the series, although the parts that strayed a little were off the mark.

I had to write a review for this because of one simple thing:

I am 100% convinced that the run of Ultimate Spider-Man that spans about a decade is the best singular run in comic book history.

The writing is great. This series is one of the most consistent as far as making me laugh, and at the same time the softer moments are handled just right. The writing does so much to help even a hardened nerdo like myself understand why it sometimes sucks to be Spider-Man. For the first time ever, I'm sold on the idea that being Spider-Man isn't always totally awesome. The movies make it seem totally awesome, right? Okay, maybe he's always late for class. Who gives a shit!? I was always late for class, and that was simply because I was dumb. Or maybe I was dumb because I was late for class...no, it was definitely the first one. Believe me, the extra 5 minutes in Senior World Studies spent drawing the rivers on the African continent wouldn't have made me into a winner.

The art? Mark Bagley kills it. His Spider-Man is fantastic. And he can also actually draw people too, ones that have different faces and can be told apart. The trick to drawing Spider-Man is to express the action and to convey the idea that Spider-Man is almost creepy in the way that he moves around, which is part of why people just hate him. Bagley does a perfect job, and it's no small surprise that the writer/artist team beat the record for the longest continuous collaboration on a mainstream Marvel book, which was previously set by none other than Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, two legends.

And for being as long as it is, spanning 10 years, there really aren't the kinds of duds we expect and allow in comics. What's the longest run of Incredible Hulk? MAYBE a year? Batman? A few months? Superman? 13/22 pages? Keeping up this level of goodness for a decade is absolutely incredible.

Finally, because the storyline is contained within these volumes, ALL available in trade paperback, a person could pick up Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 1 and read the entire series without screwing around with a bunch of crossover nonsense, getting confused by unexplained outside characters, having multiple timelines and events confusing everything, and all the general craziness that comes with comics. This is a full series, beginning to end, and this is the superhero comic I would recommend to anyone that just never enjoyed a superhero comic.

You can get issues 1-39 in this one volume http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider...

Which I recommend that you all do.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book that I like even less on a reread. Bendis’ chapters do a great job of bookending Spider-Man, while Hickman’s Nick Fury finale nails it. The rest of the book is much more transparently a setup for v3 of Ultimate Comics, and as a result, it just doesn't fit with the rest of the narrative. Unless you're specifically returning to those series, you'll find yourself skipping over that content to get to the "good" stuff.

[DB · Rating 2 out of 5]

The bookends are okay. The front end better than the last, though. The rest of it is just meh. Meh to eh, even. Felt the characters should have been allowed to come to grips with what they'd just lived through and with such heavy issues mentioned, there should have been some page time dedicated to working though those thoughts. Instead, all we get is a really long promo for the other Ultimate line titles. Zero depth. Peter deserved a better send off than this.

[Jaime T · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first and last issues were solid as we get to see those closest to Peter mourning and adjusting to life without him. But then there's a bunch of other issues about SHIELD, Quicksilver, and government stuff that are relevant to the greater Ultimates universe, but not really that central to the Spider-Man plot - especially post death which was supposed to show the "fallout" (as the title suggests). It's unfortunate. I really liked the first 2 volumes of this series, but it just was too messy and all over the place in my opinion, and now the ending was kind of mid.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This comic reminds me of the one with the fallout from Captain America's death.

We see various characters,super and not, and their reactions to Spiderman's heroic death and the revelation of his identity.

The tragic figure is of course,his aunt May,who has to weather that storm while grieving for her fallen nephew.

It was a compact story and I would be interested to see where it leads,as Miles Morales takes on the Spiderman name and suit.

[Jacob A. Mirallegro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe closer to 3.5 stars. I thought this was pretty good and it had plenty of emotions dealing with the aftermath of Spider-Man's death. However it wasn't a very consistent series, which to be fair is natural when it's essentially an anthology by three different writers. But still I just personally wished it was more focused directly on Spider-Man characters. The first and last issues were easily the best.

[DeQuan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The funeral actually had me in tears. This story is so well written.

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know how to rate this. I barely know how to read this.

It starts as being about how everyone is reacting to spider-man's death, and then it branches out to being a fallout of everything happening in Ultimate. And them zooms back into Spidey. The problem is that I have deliberately narrowed this read to Spider-man so as not to overwhelm myself. Maybe I'll go back and read the others. But as it is, I sometimes had no clue what was going on in this book.

But...

But it also made me cry three different times.

So I guess we'll call it even and give it 3 stars.

UPDATE: I did it. I went back and read almost every ultimate comic published before this and it then reread those parts and the experience was about the same. A lot of this feels like setup for later arcs. I guess I'll find out if any of them are followed up on.

[Gerry Sacco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very much uneven. I liked the Spider-Man stories a lot, but the others not as much.

[Fizzgig76 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reprints Ultimate Fallout #1-6 (July 2011-August 2011). Spider-Man is dead and the world is mourning his passing. Aunt May, Mary Jane, Kitty, Gwen, and all of Peter’s friends are mourning his passing as the world learns that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. With the unrest, there is opportunity for some while others begin to play the blame game in Spider-Man’s death. A new Spider-Man surfaces with Peter’s powers, but who is he?

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, and Nick Spencer and illustrated by a number of artists, Ultimate Fallout deals with the events following the Death of Spider-Man storyline in the Ultimate Universe. Ultimate Fallout #4 also served as an introduction to Miles Morales the new Spider-Man and star of the current Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man.

Ultimate Fallout is pretty much a collection of short stories. Some of them are a direct result of Death of Spider-Man with events occurring at the funeral and with people watching the funeral, but many of them also are seemingly unrelated for the casual Ultimate reader. The stories involving Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man, and Quicksilver don’t really connect with me and I would have rather had more funeral stories and reactions from friends and family of Peter Parker.

The introduction of the new Spider-Man Miles Morales is brief, but the character has proven entertaining. This section of the comic was also reused in Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #4, and the rest of the stories from Ultimate Fallout #4 were reprinted in Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man Volume 1.

One problem the series is has is that it can be a bit overly dramatic. The first few Bendis stories tried way too hard to be sentimental and he tries to let the pictures tell the tale with lots of non-dialogue boxes…too many. I know that the Ultimate line has lasted on slower paced stories with a flashier look, but I want more story.

The other problem I have is with the last panel of the story. I don’t see Fury breaking down in front of anybody. He might have the moment in private, but it wouldn’t happen in front of Mary Jane or anyone else. It reminded me of the post-9-11 Amazing Spider-Man issue that had the super-villains like the Kingpin and Dr. Doom crying at Ground Zero…yes, it might have provided a good image, but it is unrealistic, and it instantly zaps you out of the story.

Ultimate Fallout is so-so. It should have been better since it is a send-off to a great character. Readers will probably never see the “real” Spider-Man die, so this series is almost a What If? for readers. I always wanted to know how these people would react learning the identity and the death of someone who has always protected them. I wanted this feeling really conveyed and it didn’t happen.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marvel's decision to end the existence of Ultimate Peter Parker is felt through this compendium volume. Following the family, friends, and people inspired by his legacy, we get a look at the ramifications that Peter's death brings to the Ultimate Universe. Aunt May and Gwen Stacy must deal with a public memorial, ultimately choosing to accept Tony Stark's offer to move to Europe. The former X-Men find themselves at various crossroads - Kitty groups up with Iceman and Human Torch to move inot the abandoned Morlock tunnels, while Jean (Karen Grant) Grey makes an ally out of the Hulk. Miles Morales makes his debut taking out the Kangaroo, as Reed Richards makes plans for his return. Nick Fury, Captain America, J. Jonah Jameson, and Mary Jane Watson all chime in with their grief at the loss of Peter. Taken as a whole, this sets up a great dynamic for the Ultimate Marvel Universe to realy distance itself from the mainstream version. Even though we had to lose Peter to get something new, I am excited to see this spinoff Universe truly evole unto its own.

[Rosa · Rating 2 out of 5]

In this volume we get to see everyone dealing with their feelings regarding Peter's death. We also get to see a hint of the new Spider-Man in town. On the one hand everyone's sadness starts to feel palpable and it's kind of a tough book. On the other hand we spend such a short amount of time with everyone that I felt like I wanted more info on everyone.

I am definitely very curious about the new Spider-Man (who is like a year old at this point). I'm waiting for the book on ILL at the library. Hopefully it will come soon.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good good bye to Peter Parker in the Ultimate universe of Marvel Comics. I have to admit the scene with May Parker and the little girl got me choked up.
Spiderman/Peter Parker was the key stone of the Marvel Ultimate universe. His passing does not go unnoticed or unobserved. And I can't help to but feel the reference of the people of New York as they say their good byes.
I do wonder how long this universe will remain without Peter. Hope Miles is up to the role.

[B · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a fine preview comic, I guess. If you wanted a preview of all the Ultimate Comics.

But preview comics are bad by definition. I mean, I don't remember the last time I read a good preview comic. They have to be so short as to make the tease work. But then no one would ever package them.

[Dayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Came for Miles Morales, I won't lie. I'm glad I read this though, so I won't be completely lost while reading Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Spidey parts were really good.

[José Ignacio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Largely unrelated to Death of Spider-Man, but still fun

So if you’re looking for the major fallout from Death of Spider-Man you’ll mostly find it in the first and last Issues with a bit of it sprinkled throughout the other ones; most of the book is unrelated setup for the next phase of the Ultimate Universe itself.

But the parts that do relate to Peter's death are mostly pretty good, they have enough emotional weight to truly sell the tragedy behind Peter's passing, there’s even some light character development for Gwen and MJ (though in her case it’s a little wonky imo) but Aunt May is the star of the show in regards to the emotional beats, Bendis manages to sell her anguish and pain really well.

The other stories are largely fine. I do like the short Thor one where he shows not only Peter but a lot of the characters killed off in Ultimatum in Valhalla; it’s sweet and cool.

Of course, the big one here is Miles Morales' first ever appearance in Issue #4 and it’s honestly a fun introduction, giving you a taste for what Miles' character could be all about and he is fun enough to see. But the big one no one seems to mention from that Issue is Ultimatel Reed Richards' first appearance as The Maker proper; sure, it’s very short and he only shows up with the helmet at the end of that section, but it’s still nice to see Hickman taking the reins of what will eventually become Secret Wars 2015.

The other stories are fine. Nothing spectacular, nothing truly awful outside of the Quicksilver one in Issue #5, which just continues the weird, icky stuff from Ultimates 3 involving the Scarlet Witch (also I'm pretty sure it’s a massive continuity error with the ending of Ultimate Comics: X)

The artists are all great and solid, it’s nice to see so many art styles represented, but of course, Bagley still reigns supreme as the absolute best.

Overall a good to even great farewell to the character that started the Ultimate Universe to begin with and it’s just meh to ok setup for everything else that is unrelated to it.

[Angel Guerrero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una mezcla entre un epilogo para lo que es la magnífica serie de Ultimate Spider-Man y un preámbulo que asienta las bases de Miles Morales y su futuro en el mundo del comic y el entretenimiento.

Creo que cuenta con magníficos personajes y un genial dibujo, es un grandioso trabajo que conmueve profundamente por las situaciones en que se presenta a los que sobreviven a la muerte de Peter Parker, el funeral de Spidey en la iglesia me dolerá toda la vida, ver todas las muestras de cariño de NY para el personaje te hace estremecerte profundamente.

Hay confrontamientos y sorpresivamente la aparición de un nuevo personaje que parece continuará con el legado del cabeza de telaraña. Creo que igualmente el no tener una historia concreta a seguir en cada uno de sus episodios y sin embargo, relacionarse con el mismo tema la vuelve un tanto dispersa y te hace perder el hilo de pronto. La representación de cada héroe imaginando a Spidey en el más allá en base a sus creencias resulta un muy lindo toque igualmente.

Una carta de amor a la vida de esta versión del personaje, el universo Ultimate de Marvel Comics destaca por su severidad y esta historia es otra prueba de ello.

[Kirilov Katsura · Rating 4 out of 5]

And so it ends...

Después de años (muchos años) de Bendis escribiendo Spider-Man (Peter Parker, más bien), todo llega a su final.
El mejor cómic fue, lejos, el Ultimate Spider-Man del 2000. Con esos más de 100 issues junto a Mark Bagley convierten esa run en algo absolutamente imprescindible.
El cómic que le siguió, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man del 2009 se sintió algo menos orgánico y se resintió, sensiblemente en mi opinión, de un 'in media res' innecesario y un estilo de dibujo demasiado cartoon y amerimanga.
Luego llegamos al arco final, ese donde Bendis presiona el maldito botón Deus Ex Machina para traer de vuelta a villanos que creíamos desaparecidos.
Así, con todo, el final de Peter Parker no puede ser sino algo emocionante y conmovedor.
Este volumen en particular trata sobre las consecuencias (aftermath) de aquello (aunque algunas historias se sienten demasiado random). Lejos los personajes que más me dolieron fueron Kitty Pride y Mary Jane.
Y cuando logras sentir los personajes en carne viva, es que el escritor lo hizo bien.
¡Adiós, Peter! (y... ¿Hola Miles?)

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Over time, I found myself less than enchanted with the Ultimate Universe, but kept reading the Ultimate Spider-Man. It included some powerful stories, including the one which led up to this odd volume. In the Ultimate Universe, the original Spider-Man dies, but rather than just have things move on smoothly to the Miles Morales version, this book is a collection of stories about what happens. It's not just that a version of Peter Parker has died, but that there are repercussions, as his friends and family have to deal with that, as well as the world as a whole realizing that Spider-Man was just a teenaged kid, trying to do good.
The story is moving and powerful. If you never read the Ultimate Spider-Man series, think of it as a very interesting "what if" story, and you will still find a lot worth reading in this tale.