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capincus's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as the previous installations. This first plot line seems retconned in and only receives two issues for what seems like an integral fantastic four villain, it also has a very unsatisfactory conclusion. The second plot line also comes out of nowhere and has little conclusion.
shutupitybi's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Jae Lee's art is spectacular. The story is not that great.
colinreedmoon's review
3.0
Jae Lee is always a welcome addition to any project, and the look and feel of the Inhumans is incredible because of it, though the annual which introduces them seems, again, paced poorly; it's as if the series is, at this point, being made to move too quickly so that we get as much of the FF universe as possible in the littlest amount of time. The Thinker is pretty ingenious, changing the gender and history of the character and only alluding to the Awesome Android, so that we're left wondering how this universe works wholly. The more I read and recognize the more I start falling in love with the Ultimate universe; I'm hoping the same feelings are carried throughout the other titles (as I have yet to seriously begin X-Men or Spider-Man).
crookedtreehouse's review
1.0
Mark Millar, Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, and Mike Carey are some of the top writers in Marvel's 21st century pantheon. Between them, they've made Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, and The Ultimates really interesting modern takes on the classic Marvel stories, condensing their history, while still expanding character mythos and tweaking important Marvel historical moments. More recently, [a:Ed Piskor|468319|Ed Piskor|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1412564323p2/468319.jpg] has started The Grand Design series, where he condenses a decade worth of story into one collection by giving you only the very essential bits of story and character development, drawn in a very retro style.
Ultimate Fantastic Four seems to ask the question: what if you took The Most Important Moments in Fantastic Four's mythos, drained all of the interesting parts out of them, and gave them to entirely the wrong artists.
While Kubert's art saved the otherwise dreadful Volume 3, [a:Jae Lee|12738|Jae Lee|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1383510120p2/12738.jpg]'s art, here, doesn't make any sense. He's a very atmospheric artist who doesn't do backgrounds well, and therefore, often doesn't do backgrounds at all. Putting him on this book is a disservice to both the title, and his art.
I don't recommend this book, except as a cautionary tale.
Ultimate Fantastic Four seems to ask the question: what if you took The Most Important Moments in Fantastic Four's mythos, drained all of the interesting parts out of them, and gave them to entirely the wrong artists.
While Kubert's art saved the otherwise dreadful Volume 3, [a:Jae Lee|12738|Jae Lee|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1383510120p2/12738.jpg]'s art, here, doesn't make any sense. He's a very atmospheric artist who doesn't do backgrounds well, and therefore, often doesn't do backgrounds at all. Putting him on this book is a disservice to both the title, and his art.
I don't recommend this book, except as a cautionary tale.
dozmuttz's review
3.0
This volume was interesting to say the least. We got issues 19-20 and Annual #1. So it’s a bit shorter. Issues 19-20 were an introduction to the Ultimate version of the Thinker. Which I’m actually surprised they went with such and old villain that I feel like is forgotten by most people. They take a dark twist with this one as the team gets led into a trap and tortured. It was an ok little arc but nothing my too crazy. Annual 1 gives us our first Ultimate Inhumans. That was only okay. It felt like maybe it should’ve been a couple of issues opposed to one oversized annual. It felt too quick for what I think are some important characters. Issues 19-20 are written by Mike Carey and like I mentioned they were cool but nothing to go on about. Annual 1 was Mark Millar and I definitely prefer his writing. All artwork is done by Jae Lee, who I’m generally not a big fan of but I actually really enjoyed it in these 3 issues. Decent volume that does a good job to keep the story going.
bloodravenlib's review
5.0
See my short note on it here:
[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/08/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-5.html]
[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/08/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-5.html]
theartolater's review
2.0
Putting aside the fact that this is effectively three issues of the comic (a two-issue arc and a double-sized annual), I can't say for certain anything of importance happens. We meet a new villain who is more frustrating than anything else, the annual doesn't really do much, and the artwork left a bit to be desired.
The pro of the Ultimate version of Fantastic Four is the sense of fun. There wasn't any of that in this volume, unfortunately, but it was mercifully short, so...
The pro of the Ultimate version of Fantastic Four is the sense of fun. There wasn't any of that in this volume, unfortunately, but it was mercifully short, so...
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