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Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) (Collected Editions) #21-22
Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 11
Venom returns When Spidey's most fearsome foe strikes, it looks bad for the outmatched web-slinger - but Silver Sable and her Wild Pack may turn the tide Have they come to save Spider-Man, or is their motive something more sinister? Then, get ready for Ultimatum It begins with a blessedly normal day for Peter Parker. It ends with a final moment that will leave you without words. Magneto has issued his Ultimatum to the world - and unleashed a tidal wave upon Manhattan that triggers a new epoch in the history of civilization. In the center of the maelstrom are New York City's most gallant defender and the family and friends that live - and die - beside him. This is the story of Aunt May, Mary Jane, Kitty Pryde, J. Jonah Jameson, and the hero that looms over all their lives as they bear witness to the end times of the Ultimate Universe.
Collecting: Ultimate Spider-Man #123-133, Annual #3, and Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1-2.
Collecting: Ultimate Spider-Man #123-133, Annual #3, and Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1-2.
384 pages, Hardcover
First published June 23, 2010
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About the author
Brian Michael Bendis
4,411 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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October 27, 2022
Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 21: War of the Symbiotes sees some formerly ongoing plot holes being filled as we catch up with both Venom and Carnage! Interesting paths taking with these stories, worth keeping an eye on. 6.5 out of 12.
Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 22: Ultimatum, at the top of the Ultimatum tree, it's a no-brainer, of course it's Brian Michael Bendis and David Lafuente's Ultimate Spider-Man, take some medication before reading this one, this is the shocking ride a superpowered teenager has to take when trying to help, and survive an apocalyptic event with sterling performances Aunt May, Jameson, Spider Woman, Hulk, Dr Strange and the creative team themselves. LOVE! 9 out of 12.
2022 read; 2017 read; 2011 read
Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 22: Ultimatum, at the top of the Ultimatum tree, it's a no-brainer, of course it's Brian Michael Bendis and David Lafuente's Ultimate Spider-Man, take some medication before reading this one, this is the shocking ride a superpowered teenager has to take when trying to help, and survive an apocalyptic event with sterling performances Aunt May, Jameson, Spider Woman, Hulk, Dr Strange and the creative team themselves. LOVE! 9 out of 12.
2022 read; 2017 read; 2011 read
October 8, 2012
We finally come to the end of the Ultimate Spider-man run. Well, kind of.
This is the first time I've read The War of the Symbiotes storyline as I had given up on the singles at that point - it feels cobbled together. I played and really enjoyed the Ultimate Spider-man game it's loosely based on but it doesn't quite translate here, throwing in too many elements. I quite liked the portrayal of Ultimate Beetle, and the scenes with Eddie talking to random people has a nice punchline. But then we get the Gwen clone / Carnage monster thing that recently reappeared (and why take on the image of Gwen rather than any of the others it killed?) forcing Gwen back onto the series. I liked her previously but it just feels unnecessary. Speaking of back from the dead (and I really don't know why I'm surprised) but how did Norman return after being presumably shot in the head a few stories ago? I think my biggest problem with this arc is it doesn't feel like it has a resolution or purpose, rather a vehicle to reintroduce Gwen while having a brief fight between the symbiotes (and it really is brief).
The annual has a nice story, built up at the time as tackling the taboo of sex. Ultimately it's quite subtle and underplayed, while introducing the new big-bad. I really dislike Lafuente's art here and it worries me that he takes over regular duties after this.
And then we come to Ultimatum as told through the eyes of Spidey. I've read this before and despite that truly terrible story inflicted on us by Loeb, it isn't so bad from this perspective. I quite like how Spidey is just involved peripherally, happening to be there and having no idea what the hell is going on. Some of the scenes with Hulk are pretty good and the artwork throughout is epic. Stuart Immonen really has grown on me only for him to depart. There are a fair few inconsistencies throughout, almost certainly as a consequence of fitting into the bigger picture. What happens to Johnny? Why does Nick Fury appear one minute the become 'missing' a few pages later again?
The final two Requiem issues provide a nice coda and a touching JJJ story while we get a couple of Spidey 'flashbacks'. I think the biggest issue I have here is Bendis has been forced to write around the bigger Ultimatum event when he didn't really want to. It didn't fit with current events within the book and these flashbacks just show he has other stories he would rather be telling. And the death? Given we all know what would happen a short while later 'for real', this just seems to cheapen things for dramatic impact.
Cynical perhaps but given that the 'end' of Ultimate Spider-man isn't really the end and things shortly continue on as normal then really, most of this is a big blow up over nothing. The complete destruction of New York City aside. Effectively necessary reading by this point, just a slight blip in an otherwise consistently strong series. It's not really as bad as I've made out. On to the new Ultimate Comics Spider-man! Brand new stories for me.
This is the first time I've read The War of the Symbiotes storyline as I had given up on the singles at that point - it feels cobbled together. I played and really enjoyed the Ultimate Spider-man game it's loosely based on but it doesn't quite translate here, throwing in too many elements. I quite liked the portrayal of Ultimate Beetle, and the scenes with Eddie talking to random people has a nice punchline. But then we get the Gwen clone / Carnage monster thing that recently reappeared (and why take on the image of Gwen rather than any of the others it killed?) forcing Gwen back onto the series. I liked her previously but it just feels unnecessary. Speaking of back from the dead (and I really don't know why I'm surprised) but how did Norman return after being presumably shot in the head a few stories ago? I think my biggest problem with this arc is it doesn't feel like it has a resolution or purpose, rather a vehicle to reintroduce Gwen while having a brief fight between the symbiotes (and it really is brief).
The annual has a nice story, built up at the time as tackling the taboo of sex. Ultimately it's quite subtle and underplayed, while introducing the new big-bad. I really dislike Lafuente's art here and it worries me that he takes over regular duties after this.
And then we come to Ultimatum as told through the eyes of Spidey. I've read this before and despite that truly terrible story inflicted on us by Loeb, it isn't so bad from this perspective. I quite like how Spidey is just involved peripherally, happening to be there and having no idea what the hell is going on. Some of the scenes with Hulk are pretty good and the artwork throughout is epic. Stuart Immonen really has grown on me only for him to depart. There are a fair few inconsistencies throughout, almost certainly as a consequence of fitting into the bigger picture. What happens to Johnny? Why does Nick Fury appear one minute the become 'missing' a few pages later again?
The final two Requiem issues provide a nice coda and a touching JJJ story while we get a couple of Spidey 'flashbacks'. I think the biggest issue I have here is Bendis has been forced to write around the bigger Ultimatum event when he didn't really want to. It didn't fit with current events within the book and these flashbacks just show he has other stories he would rather be telling. And the death? Given we all know what would happen a short while later 'for real', this just seems to cheapen things for dramatic impact.
Cynical perhaps but given that the 'end' of Ultimate Spider-man isn't really the end and things shortly continue on as normal then really, most of this is a big blow up over nothing. The complete destruction of New York City aside. Effectively necessary reading by this point, just a slight blip in an otherwise consistently strong series. It's not really as bad as I've made out. On to the new Ultimate Comics Spider-man! Brand new stories for me.
August 31, 2010
Loved it! Thank God for the final frame, though!
February 2, 2023
Ostatnie zeszyty z masywnej serii, którą od początku do końca prowadziła legenda branży, czyli Bendis w okresie, kiedy mu się naprawdę chciało coś robić, a nie odcinać kupony (tak, paczę na Ciebie Supermanie!) od znanej marki. Jest coś w tej postaci, że zakorzeniła się bardzo głęboko w naszej kulturze i mimo masy historii, jakie na przełomie lat opowiadały o losie Pajączka, nadal hipnotyzuje.
Musiało do tego dojść. Przeszłość lubi o sobie przypominać i wszystko zmierzało do konfrontacji. Wraca Eddie Brock, a wraz z nim pasożyt zwany Venomem, który rozpaczliwie chce uzyskać dostęp do ciała Petera... Jednocześnie wraca osoba zza grobu i okazuje się być katalizatorem kolejnych wypadków. Niestety nie to jest jednak najgorsze. Do Nowego Jorku zmierza fala Ultimatum wywołana w skutek działań Magneto. Zginą miliony, w tym też bohaterowie...
Jak zwykle oprócz bitki mamy sporo relacji pomiędzy bohaterami, które tylko służą wzmocnieniu naszej więzi emocjonalnej z Pajączkiem i trzeba przyznać, że wychodzi to naprawdę dobrze. Jest tu kilka chwil, które sprawiają, że trzymamy kciuki, aby to co prezentuje nam Bendis, nie okazało się prawdą. Zaskakująco ciepły jest tutaj też wątek J. Jonah Jamesona, który przeżywa tu swoiste katharsis i wspomina kilka spraw Pajączka, a które nieco ubarwiał. Tu zobaczymy jak wyglądały rzeczywiście, bez ubarwienia.
Jest tutaj wiele występów gościnnych, które kończą się czasami w zaskakujący sposób. Co się stało z Dr. Strange'm? Ten minus, że część wydarzeń tu ukazanych ma miejsce w innym evencie i nasz Pajączek tylko liźnie je z wierzchu, co czuć, bo w pewnych momentach miałem luki fabularne i znaczące przeskoki. Zaskakująco sporo miejsca ma tu też... Hulk.
Seria o Pajączku ze świata Ultimate uważam za jedną z najlepszych, jaka jest dostępna na polskim rynku. To też dobry tytuł, aby zacząć swoją przygodę z komiksem w ogóle, bo jest pisana bardzo przyswajalnym style i wygląda bajecznie nawet po przeszło dwudziestu latach od premiery pierwszego zeszytu z serii. Dla mnie miód, cud i orzeszki. A to nie koniec, bo przed nami jeszcze dwa zbiorcze tomy.
Musiało do tego dojść. Przeszłość lubi o sobie przypominać i wszystko zmierzało do konfrontacji. Wraca Eddie Brock, a wraz z nim pasożyt zwany Venomem, który rozpaczliwie chce uzyskać dostęp do ciała Petera... Jednocześnie wraca osoba zza grobu i okazuje się być katalizatorem kolejnych wypadków. Niestety nie to jest jednak najgorsze. Do Nowego Jorku zmierza fala Ultimatum wywołana w skutek działań Magneto. Zginą miliony, w tym też bohaterowie...
Jak zwykle oprócz bitki mamy sporo relacji pomiędzy bohaterami, które tylko służą wzmocnieniu naszej więzi emocjonalnej z Pajączkiem i trzeba przyznać, że wychodzi to naprawdę dobrze. Jest tu kilka chwil, które sprawiają, że trzymamy kciuki, aby to co prezentuje nam Bendis, nie okazało się prawdą. Zaskakująco ciepły jest tutaj też wątek J. Jonah Jamesona, który przeżywa tu swoiste katharsis i wspomina kilka spraw Pajączka, a które nieco ubarwiał. Tu zobaczymy jak wyglądały rzeczywiście, bez ubarwienia.
Jest tutaj wiele występów gościnnych, które kończą się czasami w zaskakujący sposób. Co się stało z Dr. Strange'm? Ten minus, że część wydarzeń tu ukazanych ma miejsce w innym evencie i nasz Pajączek tylko liźnie je z wierzchu, co czuć, bo w pewnych momentach miałem luki fabularne i znaczące przeskoki. Zaskakująco sporo miejsca ma tu też... Hulk.
Seria o Pajączku ze świata Ultimate uważam za jedną z najlepszych, jaka jest dostępna na polskim rynku. To też dobry tytuł, aby zacząć swoją przygodę z komiksem w ogóle, bo jest pisana bardzo przyswajalnym style i wygląda bajecznie nawet po przeszło dwudziestu latach od premiery pierwszego zeszytu z serii. Dla mnie miód, cud i orzeszki. A to nie koniec, bo przed nami jeszcze dwa zbiorcze tomy.
May 10, 2021
WHAT THE FUCK
March 15, 2022
i straight up thought thus was going to be all wrapped up nice and cute and now im in shambles and have to read vol 2 bc im going feral over this
November 27, 2024
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Oj zadziało się tu zadziało
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October 1, 2025
Requiem is a love letter to the New York spirit and the impact Spider-Man had.
June 23, 2023
J.Jonah Jamesons best character development starts here!
December 8, 2011
This was by far the least coherent of the ultimate spidey hardcovers (and the last I believe). The stories were kind of all over the place, as was the art. The whole thing with venom and carnage was meh, and I felt weird the way they just threw Gwen back in.
What I did like was the Ultimatum stuff. I still don't like Ultimatum and don't understand why they decided to basically kill off half this universes heroes, but it happened. With in the context of an event I didn't like that had pretty over all shitty delivery the Ultimate Spider-man stuff was by far the best.
What I did like was the Ultimatum stuff. I still don't like Ultimatum and don't understand why they decided to basically kill off half this universes heroes, but it happened. With in the context of an event I didn't like that had pretty over all shitty delivery the Ultimate Spider-man stuff was by far the best.
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June 24, 2013First of all, the numbering of these volumes if a pain, since there are the Ultimate Spider-man volumes that reprint 6-8 issues each, and then behemoths like this one that has about 400 pages.
As for entertainment value, this is slow story telling so it's great to have it all in one big bite. Plus Stuart Immonen is an awesome artist. That said, while the first half of this book has self-contained stories that are amusing, the second half is just tying in to a larger event so we find out who the villain is, but he's dispatched off-screen by other heroes in another book. Lame.
As for entertainment value, this is slow story telling so it's great to have it all in one big bite. Plus Stuart Immonen is an awesome artist. That said, while the first half of this book has self-contained stories that are amusing, the second half is just tying in to a larger event so we find out who the villain is, but he's dispatched off-screen by other heroes in another book. Lame.
August 11, 2014
i love it
April 3, 2015
It felt much too abrupt to be a good ending. Of course, there is the continuation to find...
June 18, 2016
4.8
i cried??? i never expected comics to make me do that. but yeah. peter parker and his little crew of nerds. made me emotional.
i cried??? i never expected comics to make me do that. but yeah. peter parker and his little crew of nerds. made me emotional.
December 31, 2015
These just get better and better. I need volume 12!
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