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Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (Collected Editions) #1
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Vol. 1
It doesn't take long for Spider-Man to encounter the other heroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe along with the devious villains eager to destroy them.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Brian Michael Bendis
4,420 books2,572 followersA 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.
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.
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December 30, 2017
Can I give this 0 stars!?
This is absolutely terrible, I don't even want to write a full review, here is the reasons why:
1) The art is terrible especially the Iron Man team-up just ugly ugly 70s art
2) The writing is absolutely atrocious, the pacing and dialog the story itself is choppy and nearly unreadable.
3) There should have been some value here in terms of world building and origins but they are handled so poorly that I can imagine Marvel going back later and redoing it so this entire team-up book ends up being a complete waste of time
DO NOT BUY THIS ABSOLUTELY GARBAGE.
Onward to the next book!
This is absolutely terrible, I don't even want to write a full review, here is the reasons why:
1) The art is terrible especially the Iron Man team-up just ugly ugly 70s art
2) The writing is absolutely atrocious, the pacing and dialog the story itself is choppy and nearly unreadable.
3) There should have been some value here in terms of world building and origins but they are handled so poorly that I can imagine Marvel going back later and redoing it so this entire team-up book ends up being a complete waste of time
DO NOT BUY THIS ABSOLUTELY GARBAGE.
Onward to the next book!
June 9, 2017
Terrible with no sense of continuity to the rest of the Ultimate Universe at large.
Respectfully to the series this did come first but all of it's still well. Terrible. Very good choices from the other writers to ignore most of it.
Respectfully to the series this did come first but all of it's still well. Terrible. Very good choices from the other writers to ignore most of it.
July 12, 2022
Ultimate team up #1-5
My ultimate Year #1: ultimate origins!
Fun little stories, certainly not essential reading. If picking up single copies, I’d probably skip Wolverine; hulk for hard core spidey fans who read their early battles in amazing Spider-Man, iron man for everyone.
My ultimate Year #1: ultimate origins!
Fun little stories, certainly not essential reading. If picking up single copies, I’d probably skip Wolverine; hulk for hard core spidey fans who read their early battles in amazing Spider-Man, iron man for everyone.
July 16, 2020
Why didn’t Phil Hester get more art jobs on Spidey? His style fits the character perfectly.
Scripts are simple punch ‘em ups. Quick reads that are instantly forgettable. Which isn’t a complaint, but a compliment.
Scripts are simple punch ‘em ups. Quick reads that are instantly forgettable. Which isn’t a complaint, but a compliment.
April 2, 2019
Collects the first 5 issues of Ultimate Marvel Team Up. Features Wolverine, Hulk and Iron Man. The Iron Man story in issues 4 and 5 was the best. The other two weren't as good.
January 20, 2023
i like matt wagner, i like mike allred, i like phil hester... so why is the art on this so bad?
the story is no better either. i don't particularly like bendis, but he's on his D-game here. the book is filler for ultimate spider-man that tries (and fails) to introduce characters to this fancy new universe and its readers. but with that, you get shit like a novel length exposition explaining who iron man is with some of mike allreds worst art page after page. i dont even get why 2 of these stories were even 2 parters, the pacing is so piss poor, so much could have been trimmed to make the issues at LEAST flow better. though i dont think that would have redeemed the comics much
the story is no better either. i don't particularly like bendis, but he's on his D-game here. the book is filler for ultimate spider-man that tries (and fails) to introduce characters to this fancy new universe and its readers. but with that, you get shit like a novel length exposition explaining who iron man is with some of mike allreds worst art page after page. i dont even get why 2 of these stories were even 2 parters, the pacing is so piss poor, so much could have been trimmed to make the issues at LEAST flow better. though i dont think that would have redeemed the comics much
December 28, 2021
A low-stakes, shortcut to fleshing out the Ultimate Universe. This scatter-shot approach to introducing more heroes and villains did what it set out to do. It covered a lot of ground without getting in the weeds, but that is exactly what kept me from enjoying it fully.
October 7, 2017
No really a fan of the art at all and the stories were meh.
April 16, 2021
Wow... this was absolutely horrid, I can't believe the authors actually put their names on this and I'm baffled that Marvel went ahead and published this. Not even worthy of my toilet time.
November 12, 2022
As lightweight as it gets.
June 27, 2023
just garbage DNF
October 30, 2024
2.5/5 ⭐️⭐️✨
Very mediocre. Characterizations feel off and many of these stories are just kinda boring. Very disappointed.
Very mediocre. Characterizations feel off and many of these stories are just kinda boring. Very disappointed.
September 20, 2025
Tony Stark is sassy as ever. We love to see it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 29, 2023
2.75⭐️
December 7, 2012
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Volume 1, 2, 3.
Я не знаю для кого это серия. В самом деле, она может понравится либо невероятно упоротым фанатам Человека-Паука, которые готовы читать что угодно про любимого героя, вне зависимости от качества произведения, либо людям, которым меньше десяти лет и которым, опять же, все равно что читать, главное про кого. Серьезно, это один из слабейших комиксов Marvel, который я только читал и о котором даже вспоминать теперь не хочется.
В этой серии одиннадцать историй, в каждой из которых фигурирует Человек-Паук и какие-то герои, с которыми Паучок в первый раз встречается. За семнадцать комиксов, из которых сделали три тома, нам покажут первую встречу Человека-Паука с Росомахой, Халком, Железным Человеком, Карателем, Даредевилом, Фантастической Четверкой, Ящером, Людьми-Икс, Доктором Стрэнджем, Черной Вдовой и Железным Кулаком. Из этих одиннадцати историй реально стоит прочитать только две (история про Человек-Паука, Карателя и Даредевила, в которой действительно неплохая история(особенно в сравнении с остальными историями этой серии), нормальные диалоги, отсутствие глупостей, несерьезностей и в которой рисунок, может и нельзя назвать красивым, но точно можно назвать стильным и история про Человека-Паука и Ящера, которая включает в себя все плюсы прошлой истории, да в которой еще и прекрасный рисунок). А вот все остальные девять историй – это жутко банальные, несерьезные, глупые и почти всегда отвратительно нарисованные истории, на которые неприятно смотреть и которые хочется забыть как ужасный сон. Отдельно хочется упомянуть тот выпуск, в котором Паук встречается с Фантастической Четверкой. Это просто верх кретинизма, в котором происходит черт знает что, в котором нет вообще ничего хорошего, да еще и рисунок настолько отвратителен, что хочется вырвать себе глаза, лишь бы не смотреть на него.
В целом, всю эту серию хочется забыть как страшный сон, ведь из одиннадцати историй удовольствие можно получить только от прочтения двух, а это даже меньше 25% всей серии. Но вообще удивительно, ведь сценаристом всех одиннадцати историй выступил один единственный человек. Как можно было придумать одновременно две хорошие истории, восемь плохих и одну настолько отвратительную? С рисунком та же беда. Была довольно неплохая идея, что бы на каждый сюжет был свой художник, но опять же, из одиннадцати историй, только двумя можно любоваться, а остальные либо абсолютно невзрачно нарисованы, либо откровенно бездарно. Если бы не те две истории, которые просто хороши, то оценка была бы ЕЩЕ ниже.
Я не знаю для кого это серия. В самом деле, она может понравится либо невероятно упоротым фанатам Человека-Паука, которые готовы читать что угодно про любимого героя, вне зависимости от качества произведения, либо людям, которым меньше десяти лет и которым, опять же, все равно что читать, главное про кого. Серьезно, это один из слабейших комиксов Marvel, который я только читал и о котором даже вспоминать теперь не хочется.
В этой серии одиннадцать историй, в каждой из которых фигурирует Человек-Паук и какие-то герои, с которыми Паучок в первый раз встречается. За семнадцать комиксов, из которых сделали три тома, нам покажут первую встречу Человека-Паука с Росомахой, Халком, Железным Человеком, Карателем, Даредевилом, Фантастической Четверкой, Ящером, Людьми-Икс, Доктором Стрэнджем, Черной Вдовой и Железным Кулаком. Из этих одиннадцати историй реально стоит прочитать только две (история про Человек-Паука, Карателя и Даредевила, в которой действительно неплохая история(особенно в сравнении с остальными историями этой серии), нормальные диалоги, отсутствие глупостей, несерьезностей и в которой рисунок, может и нельзя назвать красивым, но точно можно назвать стильным и история про Человека-Паука и Ящера, которая включает в себя все плюсы прошлой истории, да в которой еще и прекрасный рисунок). А вот все остальные девять историй – это жутко банальные, несерьезные, глупые и почти всегда отвратительно нарисованные истории, на которые неприятно смотреть и которые хочется забыть как ужасный сон. Отдельно хочется упомянуть тот выпуск, в котором Паук встречается с Фантастической Четверкой. Это просто верх кретинизма, в котором происходит черт знает что, в котором нет вообще ничего хорошего, да еще и рисунок настолько отвратителен, что хочется вырвать себе глаза, лишь бы не смотреть на него.
В целом, всю эту серию хочется забыть как страшный сон, ведь из одиннадцати историй удовольствие можно получить только от прочтения двух, а это даже меньше 25% всей серии. Но вообще удивительно, ведь сценаристом всех одиннадцати историй выступил один единственный человек. Как можно было придумать одновременно две хорошие истории, восемь плохих и одну настолько отвратительную? С рисунком та же беда. Была довольно неплохая идея, что бы на каждый сюжет был свой художник, но опять же, из одиннадцати историй, только двумя можно любоваться, а остальные либо абсолютно невзрачно нарисованы, либо откровенно бездарно. Если бы не те две истории, которые просто хороши, то оценка была бы ЕЩЕ ниже.
April 16, 2008
I'm pretty sure I actually read the issues collected herein before, back when I had a disposable income and bought comics books (a.k.a. high school). Spider-Man encounters the Hulk, Iron Man, and what appears to be teenage mutant (ninja?) Wolverine. The Wolverine issue is the best, if only for the gag at the end. In general, though: it's fluff, silly good-natured fluff, but sadly not terribly interesting fluff. I feel like I've seen it all before. Which, okay, may be because I HAVE, but still. Perhaps I am less easily entertained than when I was 17? This makes me sad.
September 6, 2015
My first disappointment from the Ultimate universe. The idea is decent, with Ultimate lead character spider-man crossing paths with, and thus introducing, other marvel heroes to the ultimate setting. Unfortunately the executing is for the most part very poor, each character only gets an issue or two which just doesn't feel like enough time to establish their background, personality and place in the new universe.
April 22, 2014
Un tremendo Crossover entre dos de mis personajes favoritos (Wolverine y Spiderman) que creí que sería de otra manera, pero igualmente me encantó en todos su aspectos. Me hubiera gustado que fuera un poco más largo el de Wolverine y un poco mas corto de el Hulk, osea, invertir las páginas, pero igualmente es un comic super recomendado que me encantó en todos sus aspectos.
July 24, 2013
I would have given this release 2 stars only, because the first two story arcs are not that good, but the Punisher arc is well written and introduces the Punisher and Daredevil to the Ultimate Universe in a nice way.
I really like this version of the Punisher.
I really like this version of the Punisher.
February 9, 2014
Basically common knowledge origin stories of Marvel heroes (Wolverine, Hulk, Iron Man) made moderned and mixed in with team ups with Spider-Man.
It's well written, some good action art/design, but it's a little lame. Like this is what I got invested in.
It's well written, some good action art/design, but it's a little lame. Like this is what I got invested in.
August 22, 2016
Best thing about this title is how all the stories are entirely episodic and so are full of gags and cool character moments. Tone shifts wildly as Spider-Man goes on a tour of Marvel Origin Stories so there are good and bad issues but it's a better approach than giving everyone an Ultimate Book.
April 20, 2010
Well that was all kinds of crap, and seemingly completely unrelated to other Ultimate books.
November 4, 2010
Pretty mediocre. Even with first looks at the "Ultimate" Wolverine, Hulk, and Iron Man, I was kind of underwhelmed.
December 3, 2011
It should be called Spiderman meets... Wolverine, the Hulk and Iron man. Some very inconsequential but slightly fun stories.
May 20, 2015
Does everyone in the Ultimate Marvel universe have a goatee? http://registradus.tumblr.com/post/11...
March 27, 2016
It's great to see these artist's work, but it's very much a Bendis comic, with both the god and bad that brings. Ultimately, it doesn't get better than ok.
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