Marvel Comics: Ultimate Line

Not long ago I did a review on Kick-Ass, I stated it got me in the mood to get back into comics, but I wanted something that has been going on for years and did not have to much history to it like the X-men, Batman etc.

So after hunting down a comic book store, (Comic book stores are few and far between in the UK unlike the US and Canada.) I found one in Central London just round the corner from where I worked, I poped in to see what they had

I remembered just before I stop buying comics almost 10 years ago. Marvel Comics had rebooted two of their most popular lines. (Spider-man and the X-men) This meant, they where starting form fresh with no history and able to go in any direction they wanted.

I have the first few issues of both new lines called Ultimate Spider-Man & Ultimate X-men, I knew that 10 years would not have a lot of history to them, so it would be easy to catch back up with them. However as I stood in the comic book store I found that both lines where no where to be seen in the last month collection of new issue the store had.

After talking to one of the girls that worked in the store I learnt that Marvel had brought the Ultimate lines to a close in 2009. However not all was lost as Marvel set up a sub-publisher call Ultimate Comics, The Ultimate lines would be carried in these books.

So I picked up a copy of Ultimate Comics: Ultimate Spider-man, in this I learnt that the world has changed Spider-Man is now recognised as a Hero and most of the X-men are dead, including everyone favourite X-men Wolverine!!

So this leads me to find all the back issues of Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-men. Of course I could not buy them all as I don’t have the cash for it. So I did read up what had happened on WIKI and found some issue floating around on the web to get me back up to speed.

Both titles did some very interesting things during their run and the big conclusion in Ultimatum. Ultimate Comic’s picks up six months after the events in Ultimatum.
As I said before Spider-man is now a hero instead of everyone trying to kill him or arrest him, Mutants have to had themselves over to the authorities or be shot on sight.

I read all the issue of Ultimate Comics: Ultimate Spider-Man, Johnny Strom from the Fantastic Four and Bobby Drake (Iceman) from the X-men are now living with Peter Parker and Aunt May, Aunt May know all about Peter alter ego.
I have also picked up the first three issues of the bi-monthly Ultimate Comics: Ultimate X, which is following Jen Gray, and Wolverines son, so it will be interesting to see where that story lines goes.

One things for sure Marvel know how to “Make mine MARVEL!!”

half a post!

Work been keeping me busy, so I am just shatterend at the end of the day. So I am not really in the mood to do anything.
But to keep with the weekly post, I though I show what I have done so far with the Aries Fighter Data sheet, Still a bit to do, But I will get it done soon.

Heading Out

Nearly missed this weeks post!! Opps
Been busy at work working late so not much time for the old surfing, or do anything else.
Anyway to make up for it here is a pic a did not to long ago of the Aries fighter, Odin Fighter and the D.S.S.P (Deep Space Sensor Platform)

Work was done in Blender and Photoshop.

I am hoping to get moment this weekend to finished the datasheet I promised to the Aries Fighter.

More Aries Fighter Pic.

When I had finished building the Aries Fighter, Meph form Scifi-meshes & 3dscifi.com asked if he could use it.

At the time I had not done any texture work with her, so he created his own and made a couple of pictuers with her, with his Olympic Curise ship and Heracles Battle ship.

To see more of Both Meph ship check it out here. http://www.scifi-meshes.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2599





I am currently working on a data sheet for the Aires Fighter so expect that soon.