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"With great power comes great responsibility." In 1963, these prophetic words launched one of the most successful and recognizable characters of the 20th century... Spider-Man! The powers granted bookish Peter Parker by radioactive spider have fueled the imaginations of fans worldwide for nearly 40 years. With the dawning of a new age, however, comes a hero for a new millennium... Ultimate Spider-Man! Updating Spider-Man for the 21st centiry was no easy task, and it took the brilliant minds of Bill Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis to do just that. With the artistic talents of Mark Bagley and Art Thhibert breathing new life into this legendary mythos, Spider-Man has reasserted himself as one of the most popular characters in the world!
Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #1-7.
Anonymous
Posted Sun Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2011
As opposed to the frequently ridicuous What If? and Elseworlds titles, the Ultimate universe is modern retelling of several classic marvel stories. USM is the first of these titles and provides a fresh take on the somewhat stale origin of Spider-Man.
6 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Sat Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2012
A modern retelling of spiderman. Perfect for die hard spidey fans like myself. If you are new to comics this is a great jumping on point.
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2012
Great to read while i read the new ultimate spiderman comics
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Tue Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2012
GREAT GREAT series best spiderman comic books you could read.
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Tue Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2012
Ya!
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Posted Tue Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Love it
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Posted Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Brian Michael Bendis and veteran Mark Bagely have truely outdone themselves as they reintroduce one of the most well known characters in comics. This version not only creates an entirely different universe in Marvel's Multiverse, but reimagines Peter Parker and friends into a slightly hipper and more modern versions of their counterparts. I highly recommend this book.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I really liked this story. Yes, it is a retelling of Amazing Fantasy 15, but it is told in a different format, but told from a different POV. The villian isn't really well esablished, though. It felt like BMS was focusing too much on Spidey's origin than the villian. In some pannels, it felt like the writer was trying to shove in as much as he could. The art is fantastinc (Mark Bagley is fantastic.) and the face experssions tell everything. The real reason why I love Ultimate so much, is that, unlike Amazing, you can collect all the issues. It's great. PS To it's nothing like the TV series. Luckily.
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Posted Tue Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I loved this book, it inspired me to learn to draw!
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Posted Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2012
There needs to be a better viewer to read this comic on the Nook. Something like Comixology or Graphicly offers.
1 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Tue Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013
artwork was vibrant, story was good... though I am getting a little tired of everyone making new origins for the same heroes over and over. Was incredible to read it on the Nook HD+ and I definitely plan on getting more of the "Ultimate" titles.
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Posted Sun Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2012
This is by far the worst comic I've ever read in my entire life.
The book claims to be trying to attract new readers to the Marvel universe. The problem with that statement is that, first of all, this stoey basically takes everything that might attract a kid to Spider-Man and throw it out the window. Plus, it seems like all Marvel does these days is try to attract new reader's ( kids, probally ) by launching new titles. I wouldn't have any problem with this if they didn't do it so frequently and so unsuccessfully. I mean, look at DC. They had the balls to completely reeboot the entire company and it worked really well. The writer manages to turn Peter Parker, normally a very likeable character and turn him into an annoying, unlikeable pubescent teen who, when he discovers his powers, actually declares, "WHOA. Cool." First of all, no one talks like that and, even if they did, no writer in his right mind would write it. The whole supporting cast is awfull too, especially Mary Jane who is no longer even remotely interesting like she was in the original comics. The art is pretty bad too, it looks like cartoonish people with stretched out faces. All in all, this entire series should not be read by anyone who considers themselves a Spider-Man fan.
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Overview
"With great power comes great responsibility." In 1963, these prophetic words launched one of the most successful and recognizable characters of the 20th century... Spider-Man! The powers granted bookish Peter Parker by radioactive spider have fueled the imaginations of fans worldwide for nearly 40 years. With the dawning of a new age, however, comes a hero for a new millennium... Ultimate Spider-Man! Updating Spider-Man for the 21st centiry was no easy task, and it took the brilliant minds of Bill Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis to do just that.