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Reread it last night, so here's some additional comments...

More Black Widow and Hawkeye, please! These guys need more screentime!

And poor Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver have had even LESS screentime than Natasha and Clint.

I like the intro of Ant Man, and it sounds like Utron and the Vision are on their way. I wonder what those other super-hero ideas Hank had were.

Volstagg's warning to Thor was super-ominous. I'm a little worried for him.

And nice to see that Bruce Banner continues to look exactly like our very own Allen/Beagle Boy (Beagz as he posts here).

I really liked how the ongoing joke in volume 1 was that Quicksilver and Wanda were never around during big battles and Pietro would say "I was moving so fast that you just couldn't see me...", leaving us to wonder if that was true.

Agreed on more Natasha and Clint too! Natasha is getting lots of screen time in "Ultimate Nightmare" with Cap and the freshly introduced Ultimate Falcon, which is a pretty good read.

I'd *love* to see an Ultimate Vision!! I hadn't thought of it before, but it could be awesome!

The most intriguing part for me so far is the handling of Thor - you really have no idea if they plan on making him a real Norse god or just a nutjob with superpowers. I'm a bit apprehensive that the solits say that the team will be fighting Thor. This team needs to do more than just fight amongst themselves.

And Fury as Sam Jackson continues to be distracting to me...

Leapin' Jeepers! Read U2 # 2 & 3 and I don't have a clue what is going on. Apparently Pietro and Wanda are dating, and Bruce Banner may or may not be dead? I liked the way Thor blew off surly ol' Captain America, though. Ultimate Thor rawks!

Pietro and Wanda are *not* dating - they just like spending time together (although I wouldn't put it past them to give us incestuous heroes).

I really liked the last issue and how they handled the countdown to Banner's execution - from the legalities, the publicity and the personal ramifications (esp Tony's line: "and they wonder why I drink"). They really made you feel for Bruce and what he was going though. The ending was great though -- I could almost hear the theme from the Hulk tv series at the end there...

I think we will see Vision and Ultron down the line.

Ultimate Thor does ROCK! I read #2 online somewhere and it was good. I did hear the music as Bruce walked away.

Best Avengers title in years!

So Bruce lived? That was Bruce at the end?

ultimates 2 #6

the ultimate defenders appear. it lists all the names except for the black guy. unless hes the new hellstorm but i assume the punked out kid is hellstorm. who is he? any guesses?

Black Knight

You really didn't get that part?

I assume from posts here it was an homage to the TV show. So how did he escape death and get there if it was him? None of it was very clear to me.

Didn't he wake up shortly before the explosion, freak out at where he was, have the change to Hulk triggered as a result, and escape at the lasr second?

That's what I figured happened, but I only skimmed through it in my shop.

I think that's what they want us to assume happened. It just seems like someone would have spotted the Hulk leaving the area at some point.

I dunno-- those last couple of pages of U2 # 3 could have been clearer, I think.

I agree, but I think the idea was to leave you wondering until the last panels, and clarity in that sequence takes power away from those.

I'm guessing we're meant to assume the effects of the explosion prevented easy detection of the escaping Hulk.

I think, in the panel that shows Banner's eyes opening, they should have added a gray-ish "Hulk" tint to his skin, to suggest he was transforming.

Oh well, no big deal really.

But I'll miss seeing ol' Beagz every month in U2!

[turns off Comic Book Logic mode]

Plus... wouldn't it have been easier to simply shoot Banner with their high-powered guns while he was doped up instead of setting up that elaborate, time-consuming bomb drop thing in the middle of the ocean?

[turns Comic Book Logic mode back on]


Looking forward to # 4!

That was my assumption. He had the glowing green eyes. There have been rumors about an Ultimate Hulk mini for a long time now. I think he's doing just fine.

Wasn't Ultimate Hulk originally green when he appeared in the pages of Ultimate Team-Up? Since his eyes had the green tinge to them at the end of the issue, I had the feeling he was turning green again. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Issue # 4 was a goodie. Spoilers of said issue follow.


So Hawkeye is married with kids and he & Natasha were having an affair? And now Natasha is all up with Tony Stark? It's just like the real world!

Not crazy about the "Black Widow" armour. For one thing, it's ugly. I'd rather see Ulti-Natasha more like Marvel Universe-proper Black Widow. Oh, well.

Gawd, how I love Ultimate Thor. *I'M* almost covinced he's a nutcase now. Good, suspenseful writing. I *lOOOOved* the scene with the Ultimates stepping out of the woods. Creepy, Kewl.

I think with this issue, the book reached the levels of the first series again.

i'm rooting for thor against everyone.

Ultimate Thor will probably get commited to a nuthouse or something, drugged and drooling in a rubber room. Then we'll see his brother reveal himself as Loki, having won his final victory...

Diaster, I'm with you. I can't wait to see Thor hand them their collective asses. He's a freakin' god! (I agree with Thor that Loki is behind it all.)

ferro, gunnar looked a bit too much like loki to be coincidence. i think only cap britain stands a chance against thor. ultimate iron man isn't up to par with thor like regular iron man is somewhat comparable to regular thor. unless they all have some secret anti-thor technology on the tip of hawkeye's arrow.

maybe we will see the scarlet witch in action.

Gunnar is absolutely Loki. The hair, the eyes... there's no doubt in my mind.

Don't dismiss Captain America's trademarked super-kick to the testicles!

not thor's godly genitals!