Ultimate Spider-Man # 105
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; Pencils: Mark Bagley; Inks: Drew Hennessy; Colors: Joe Ponsor; Lettering: VC’s Cory Petit;
USM gets the push of the reset button, just like Daredevil. Except that it doesn’t seem like USM needed it. Bendis wrote a pretty straightforward superhero story. Nothing like the fun yet messy Daredevil. Too bad that the craptacular Spiderman clone nonsense was written into the story.
The Clone Saga brings this around to a phrase I discovered just this week: continuity porn. That’s the phrase I’ve been searching for to describe the Ultimate universe. The rehashing of old plot lines, just because fanwankers want it so bad, is pretty much what the various Ultimate incarnations provide. Write some actual new material. I want to get me some good-story wood, and continuity wood doesn’t come close.
But all the CP aside, USM is still a halfway decent book. Not great, but still pretty fun. And I hope I’m not the only one expecting a catfight showdown after seeing Kitty Pryde’s silhouette with clenched fists. Expecting it as Marvel knows little else than hot-chicks-in-a-catfight mentality.
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1 Chickity China » Ultimate Spider-Man # 106 - Review // Mar 20, 2007 at 10:28 pm
[...] my catfight prediction is inching ever closer to reality with Kitty Pryde’s appearance as the new student at Peter [...]