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Ultimate X-Men (2001) (Collected Editions)
Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 7: Blockbuster
It's the movie you will never see in theatres as the X-Men, Spider- Man and Daredevil all team up to help Wolverine fight against a secret from his mysterious past. The Ultimate Universe comes to life like never before in this action-packed storyline.
Collecting: Ultimate X-Men 34-39
Collecting: Ultimate X-Men 34-39
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 14, 2004
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About the author
Brian Michael Bendis
4,408 books2,574 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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April 22, 2020
Bendis takes over Ultimate X-Men and right away you can tell the "fuck you" everyone originally had and was acting is nearly gone.
The main theme of this volume is Logan. From someone shooting him up at a restruant, to going to Spider-man for help, to teaming up with Daredevil, and eventually learning who is hunting him. It's all based on Logan and his idea of how to atone for his sins. On top of that you have some cool reveals and plot progression for characters like Jean and Xavier.
I mostly enjoyed this a lot. Smaller in scale, but that's why it worked so well. It helped this was Bendis in his prime and he added both Spider-man and Daredevil, both characters even Bendis haters agree he got right. I also enjoyed a lot of the jokes here unlike Millar's run. My only downside was it felt a bit forced on the crossover.
Overall though very enjoyable. Hoping to see more good from this run! A 4 out of 5.
The main theme of this volume is Logan. From someone shooting him up at a restruant, to going to Spider-man for help, to teaming up with Daredevil, and eventually learning who is hunting him. It's all based on Logan and his idea of how to atone for his sins. On top of that you have some cool reveals and plot progression for characters like Jean and Xavier.
I mostly enjoyed this a lot. Smaller in scale, but that's why it worked so well. It helped this was Bendis in his prime and he added both Spider-man and Daredevil, both characters even Bendis haters agree he got right. I also enjoyed a lot of the jokes here unlike Millar's run. My only downside was it felt a bit forced on the crossover.
Overall though very enjoyable. Hoping to see more good from this run! A 4 out of 5.
November 14, 2017
Spider-Man. Daredevil. Wolverine. And, yeah, the X-Men. Great story. Great art. I’m enjoying this series more and more.
July 3, 2016
This was a lot of fun to read. It's basically a Wolverine story, mostly teamed up with Spider-Man. I've seen a few of those team-ups, in Ultimate Spider-Man, and I always loved them. This is a particularly good one. It's the first time in this series that Wolverine's past has really been dealt with in any way. And the set up does indeed make sense. When you think about the highly trained foot soldiers in Weapon X whose only jobs were to make Wolverine's (and, later, other mutants') lives miserable... why should we assume that they'd stop? Best of all, in my opinion, is giving Dum Dum Dugan the takedown at the end, criticizing the X-Men's MO. Sure, they got the bad guy of the moment. But they didn't get the bad guy behind the bad guy, and because of how they approached things, they won't. It's nice to sometimes get the reminder that literally blowing the front door open is probably not always going to be the optimal way to handle things. The biggest downfall of the book as a whole is that the visible bad guy is bland at best. Sure, she's a legitimate threat, but she isn't very interesting, either, and she's a literal nobody.
August 3, 2020
Fun story but... Man... Bendis' dialogue is so incredibly annoying.
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January 17, 2019The Book X-Men Blockbuster mainly follows Wolverine in the first half. Wolverine is being hunted down and trying to be killed be a group of S.H.I.E.L.D agents. As the book progresses, Spider-Man and Dare Devil come into the scene and try to help out Wolverine. Then Spider-Man calls in the X-Men to try to help out Wolverine even though Wolverine doesn't want the X-Men get involved, he wants to solve everything by himself.
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January 21, 2024
This 144 page volume (UXM 34-39) was absolutely incredible storytelling! This is what comic books should be! It’s definitely a Wolverine-centric storyline that brings in Spider-Man, Daredevil, Black Widow, and more! I’m not going to spoil it because you really should read this for yourself! Highly recommended!
May 30, 2023
My Ultimate Year #9
Really glad to get away from Millar on the ultimate X-Men run.
Read for x-people and friends, lots of Bendis word bubbles, great art and layouts
Really glad to get away from Millar on the ultimate X-Men run.
Read for x-people and friends, lots of Bendis word bubbles, great art and layouts
October 21, 2016
In this comic X-Men, Spider Man, and Daredevil team up. They need to help Wolverine defeat and mysterious villain that they haven't seen before. The art style is all action, it's the same as every other super hero comic. I liked the plot/setting in this comics just because it was in the city. All super hero comics are set in different places but this one went original with the city. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes the super hero series just because it's three different heroes from completely separate comic series in one book.
August 29, 2014
How annoying and pointless. Not a fan of this "Ultimate" line. The art is really good but the stories suck, and I'm really tired of Bobby being as annoying as Spiderman, Logan being a flesh-eating creep and Prof X being an unrelatable jerk... Miss the Uncannies I loved as a teenager.
February 24, 2025
This was a good album. We have two of my favs, Spiderman and Daredevil making cameos and a whole lot of action sequences.
The Plot:
After the capture of Magneto, we the X-men back in good terms with the US government and under direct surveillance of Shield and Nick Fury.
But soon, things get bad, when Wolverine, who has moved away from the X-men (having trying to kill Cyclops) is now hunted down by a group of mercenaries with very high-tech weapons - including adamantium bullets. With a resolve to not goto X-men he ends up at the doorsteps of Spiderman who joins with him trying to escape the mercenaries. Soon, Daredevil joins them and together they manage to drive the mercenaries away, while also informing the X-men of what Wolverine is going through.
Back at the institute, when the mercenaries track Wolverine again, Jean ends up killing a couple of them and the X-men traces them back to their base and the whole group of mercenaries die by suicide with no clue of who had hired them for the job!
The Plot:
After the capture of Magneto, we the X-men back in good terms with the US government and under direct surveillance of Shield and Nick Fury.
But soon, things get bad, when Wolverine, who has moved away from the X-men (having trying to kill Cyclops) is now hunted down by a group of mercenaries with very high-tech weapons - including adamantium bullets. With a resolve to not goto X-men he ends up at the doorsteps of Spiderman who joins with him trying to escape the mercenaries. Soon, Daredevil joins them and together they manage to drive the mercenaries away, while also informing the X-men of what Wolverine is going through.
Back at the institute, when the mercenaries track Wolverine again, Jean ends up killing a couple of them and the X-men traces them back to their base and the whole group of mercenaries die by suicide with no clue of who had hired them for the job!
June 25, 2017
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A failed assignation attempt at a diner leads Wolverine to teaming with Spider-Man whether the Web-head wants to or not.
Wolverine turns to the Black Widow for the lowdown on the hit squad. She has no info for Logan or for Spidey, who she calls “his intern.”
Another failed hit this time occurring in Hell’s Kitchen brings Daredevil into the mix and eventually pushes Wolverine back to Charles Xavier.
Charles probes Wolverine’s and uncovers the identity of the hit squads leader, Tara, a person affiliated with the Weapon X program.
Cut to big confrontation between the X-Men and the hit squad, which results in an appearance by Dum Dum Dugan and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fun book. Best moments are the Wolverine and Spidey interaction.
A failed assignation attempt at a diner leads Wolverine to teaming with Spider-Man whether the Web-head wants to or not.
Wolverine turns to the Black Widow for the lowdown on the hit squad. She has no info for Logan or for Spidey, who she calls “his intern.”
Another failed hit this time occurring in Hell’s Kitchen brings Daredevil into the mix and eventually pushes Wolverine back to Charles Xavier.
Charles probes Wolverine’s and uncovers the identity of the hit squads leader, Tara, a person affiliated with the Weapon X program.
Cut to big confrontation between the X-Men and the hit squad, which results in an appearance by Dum Dum Dugan and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fun book. Best moments are the Wolverine and Spidey interaction.
August 5, 2023
Alguien está intentando matar a Wolverine y él no sabe quién es, así que va a pedirle ayuda a Spider-Man.
La primera parte estuvo muy centrada en Logan, lo que me gustó bastante porque al fin ahondan un poco más en su pasado.
Me gustó también que aparecieran Spidey y Daredevil. Los tres son súper diferentes y crean un buen contraste. Además, cualquier aparición de Matt hace todo 100% mejor.
Con todo el tiempo que tomaron ellos 3, siento que el resto del equipo quedó bastante relegado, y espero que se tomen su tiempo para cerrar la trama porque me está gustando mucho. Toda la parte política es súper interesante, tengo mucha curiosidad sobre cómo van a tratar todo en el siguiente volumen.
La primera parte estuvo muy centrada en Logan, lo que me gustó bastante porque al fin ahondan un poco más en su pasado.
Me gustó también que aparecieran Spidey y Daredevil. Los tres son súper diferentes y crean un buen contraste. Además, cualquier aparición de Matt hace todo 100% mejor.
Con todo el tiempo que tomaron ellos 3, siento que el resto del equipo quedó bastante relegado, y espero que se tomen su tiempo para cerrar la trama porque me está gustando mucho. Toda la parte política es súper interesante, tengo mucha curiosidad sobre cómo van a tratar todo en el siguiente volumen.
May 5, 2024
Bendis’s first arc in Ultimate X-Men is a strong start. He keeps things simple with a focused arc on Wolverine, and he sets to work on trying to dull some of the edges that Millar gave Logan. He doesn’t retcon anything; he acknowledges what came before while trying to create room for nuance and character development. While I enjoyed Millar’s run much more than expected on reread, Bendis’s dialogue is a big improvement. There’s far fewer strange remarks and cringy jokes. The art by David Finch and Dave Stewart is stellar, and Bendis plays to the their strengths. This arc is also a neat tryout/preview of New Avengers, which came out a year or two after this was first published.
February 27, 2020
Blockbuster se puede dividir, y se debe, en dos partes. El protagonismo absoluto es para Lobezno, ya que en este volumen se explora su pasado en Arma X.
La primera parte es un team-up con Spiderman y Daredevil (al final se une), y una fugaz aparición de Viuda Negra. Ya la segunda parte transcurre con la Patrulla X. La química con Spiderman muy bien, hay que tener en cuenta que lo escribe Bendis, el padre del universo Ultimate y escritor de este Spiderman.
Lo que me da miedo es que Bendis sea el que continue la serie.
La primera parte es un team-up con Spiderman y Daredevil (al final se une), y una fugaz aparición de Viuda Negra. Ya la segunda parte transcurre con la Patrulla X. La química con Spiderman muy bien, hay que tener en cuenta que lo escribe Bendis, el padre del universo Ultimate y escritor de este Spiderman.
Lo que me da miedo es que Bendis sea el que continue la serie.
June 9, 2020
One of my favourites. Wolverine and Spider hyphen man team up.
Ultimate X-men didn’t get the best reception but I’m enjoying it. Obviously this one benefits from Bendis’ writing. A real shot in the arm that kicks it up a couple of notches.
One of the issues I’ve had up until this point is the mass of dialogue. Bendis allows Finch to tell the story through his brilliant illustration and story boarding. When reading a graphic novel there’s nothing more irritating than getting stuck on two pages of solid text.
Ultimate X-men didn’t get the best reception but I’m enjoying it. Obviously this one benefits from Bendis’ writing. A real shot in the arm that kicks it up a couple of notches.
One of the issues I’ve had up until this point is the mass of dialogue. Bendis allows Finch to tell the story through his brilliant illustration and story boarding. When reading a graphic novel there’s nothing more irritating than getting stuck on two pages of solid text.
April 17, 2023
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The one that starts digging into Logan’s issues. And oh does he have issues.
A good part of the story is Spider-Man and Wolverine teaming up. That’s just wonderful. I really enjoy the contrast.
And Daredevil! Even if not much. Good times.
I like the longer stories that, while having some self contained parts, are really part of a larger story. In this case: who was Logan and where (when?) did he come from?
Onward!
The one that starts digging into Logan’s issues. And oh does he have issues.
A good part of the story is Spider-Man and Wolverine teaming up. That’s just wonderful. I really enjoy the contrast.
And Daredevil! Even if not much. Good times.
I like the longer stories that, while having some self contained parts, are really part of a larger story. In this case: who was Logan and where (when?) did he come from?
Onward!
July 31, 2023
On the one hand, I do think I've been too hard on Millar. On the other hand, this book got 3 times better the moment he left it.
Bendis begins his tenure on Ultimate X-men with Spidey, of course. Wolverine is being hunted by some kind of military commandos, and Black Widow, Daredevil, and Spider-man help him. He says he doesn't want to burden the x-men, but in actuality, he just still feels guilt for the whole trying to kill Scott thing.
This is really fun and sets up a lot of exciting plot threads. I'm so ready for the post-Millar period.
Bendis begins his tenure on Ultimate X-men with Spidey, of course. Wolverine is being hunted by some kind of military commandos, and Black Widow, Daredevil, and Spider-man help him. He says he doesn't want to burden the x-men, but in actuality, he just still feels guilt for the whole trying to kill Scott thing.
This is really fun and sets up a lot of exciting plot threads. I'm so ready for the post-Millar period.
September 30, 2017
Man is this fun, especially after the slog that so much of Ultimate X-Men has been up until this point it is a huge breath of fresh air to have a lower stakes, kinetic story. The art is good but more importantly without being dragged down Magneto's apocalyptic rabbit hole these characters are allowed to really breath for the first time in far too long. At its heart this is just a good X-Men story and up until now, in Ultimate X-Men those have been in short supply.
August 1, 2019
Even though this is starring Spider-Man, Daredevil and Wolverine this very much felt like a pure Wolverine story with guest characters. Since I started disliking Wolverine in the previous book I had trouble getting into this at first, but somehow they turned me around slightly, even though I still think he went overboard. It was weird to see that Spidey just... disappeared at one point in the story, but seeing him interacting with the X-Men is always enjoyable for me.
January 31, 2020
I really enjoyed this one. I wasn't able to read it all through in a short time (like I would usually appreciate), but even breaking it up, it was still great. The art was very good. Taking a look at Wolverine's motivations and insecurities was great. Seeing the bit of crossover with a couple other superheroes was also great. Overall, a fun read with consistently good artwork and an interesting setting and plenty of action!
April 28, 2021
Ini salah satu episode favorit saya dalam serial Ultimate X-Men. Tokoh utama dalam episode ini adalah Wolverine alias Logan alias James Howlett. Dikisahkan, masa lalu Logan kembali menghantuinya dalam bentuk prajurit-prajurit pemburu yang jelas-jelas memiliki keterkaitan dengan program Weapon X. Logan, yang kehilangan ingatannya, jelas merasa marah tapi juga kebingungan. Sebenarnya ini bisa menjadi titik terang menuju ke pengetahuan mengenai siapakah dirinya sebenarnya, seandainya saja ...
March 8, 2024
Bendis takes over and offers a really weird, unbalanced story. It reads like the first issues were written for either USM or UMT, and then suddenly it becomes a UXM comic. Maybe it was intended as a crossover? I dunno, but the results don't fit together well.
As for the story itself? Not a bad story about Weapon X coming back after Wolverine. Again. And then suddenly it's about coups and the presidency? I guess we'll see where this goes.
As for the story itself? Not a bad story about Weapon X coming back after Wolverine. Again. And then suddenly it's about coups and the presidency? I guess we'll see where this goes.
September 19, 2021
La llegada de Bendis que no desentona con estos X-Men en una historia en principio en solitario de Wolverine haciendo equipo con Spider-Man y Daredevil. Conspiraciones, restos de Arma X, bueno diálogos y un David Finch que se hacia cargo plenamente de los lápices demostrando que tenía todo para ser una estrella.
June 21, 2023
BEST Volume yet!
Millar is out and Bendis is in, thank god! I couldn't take Millar's writing anymore, especially his obnoxious dialogue. And don't get me wrong, I've read many of Bendis' comics, it's not that his dialogue is perfect, but it's a much needed improvement. Even the art is leagues better!
Millar is out and Bendis is in, thank god! I couldn't take Millar's writing anymore, especially his obnoxious dialogue. And don't get me wrong, I've read many of Bendis' comics, it's not that his dialogue is perfect, but it's a much needed improvement. Even the art is leagues better!
November 18, 2024
Sarei quasi tentato di dare 5 stelle. Il fatto è che vedere i miei tre preferiti Marvel insieme mi ha emozionato tantissimo. La storia in realtà è molto incentrata su Logan, ma scorre velocissima e sa combinare bene i personaggi.
Peccato il finale un po' in calando, ma il resto è fantastico. Bendis per me rimane un fuoriclasse. Il suo Ultimate è per me qualcosa di incredibile.
Peccato il finale un po' in calando, ma il resto è fantastico. Bendis per me rimane un fuoriclasse. Il suo Ultimate è per me qualcosa di incredibile.
December 20, 2022
One of the better Ultimate X-Men storylines due to dropping Wolverine in hostile territory with an inexperienced Spidey and a slightly hostile Daredevil as his back-up. And they do a good job showing how screwed up Logan's backstory in this universe (or any Marvel universe is).
October 27, 2023
Trash. Ultimate Spider-Man guest-starring Wolverine. Features some of—Bendis’s, most? Irritating—dialogue. Dialogue?! Stop. And start.
If you like Ultimate Spider-Man, and lots of fine people bafflingly do, you’ll like this because it’s the same exact book.
If you like Ultimate Spider-Man, and lots of fine people bafflingly do, you’ll like this because it’s the same exact book.
March 3, 2018
This one has an internesting storyline. I also liked seeing all the other characters like Spider-Man and Daredevil involved.
November 5, 2018
I love Bendis's brief run. Great action mixed in with smaller character moments and small shades of foreshadowing and easter eggs.
July 17, 2019
There's not much that I have to say about this volume. It was a decent continuation of the X-Men story which brought some interesting characters into the fold.
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