Eli Eli, lama sabachthani?
Ultimates 3 #1 disappointed me more than any comic ever has. This is intended a statement of fact more so than an attempt at hyperbole. I didn’t like the characterizations, and the writing style wasn’t working for me. The art was serviceable but not to my tastes. I knew that I shouldn’t expect Millar and Hitch, but I was left with a terrible feeling of disappointment when I finished reading it.
Ultimates 3.2 showed up in my DCBS shipment on Monday, and I finally got around to reading it yesterday. I feel like this comic is personally kicking me in the balls over and over again. All of the things I loved about the old series is just gone. Thor speaking like a reasonable human being? Nope. Political tension and drama? Nope. Lots of downtime to let the story build? Nope.
Things that took the shizzle out of my nizzle:
- Captain America getting onto Sabretooth about saying “Suck it!”
- “I thinketh it cuteth.” Tee hee, indeed.
- Why was Spider-Man even in this issue?
I’ve already ordered up through #4, so I’ll almost certainly go ahead and order #5 for $1.79. I’ll stop publicly complaining about the book from this point, but I have to say that I’m going to either skip or trade wait Jeph Loeb and future Ultimates titles unless something drastically changes my mind. This comic is just plain not written for a reader like me.
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