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capincus's review
4.0
Interesting story, fun to see the ultimate version of the x-men take on the ultimates.
jagussow's review
5.0
I'm a huge fan of the X-men but have had mixed reactions while revisiting this series. Here begins Millar's final year on this title and his penultimate volume and it actually is a lot of fun. Magneto is back, the Ultimates (this Universe's version of the Avengers) think Xavier and the X-men are behind his return and that they're all in cahoots. This sets up several moving parts and creates an exciting, propulsive plot. The art is magnificent and this was a fun book.
crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
One of the better Avengers vs X-Men comic runs of all-time, but that's a pretty low bar.
Unlike most of their entanglements in the Marvel proper Universe, the inciting incident for the two teams doing battle is completely palusible. Inciting incident, stateent of purpose, action, and plot development are paced perfectly for a summer blockbuster film, which is what this series is supposed to be analagous to. Unfortunately, the characters are all far too quippy in a very early 21st century way so the dialogue feels dated, even without the very specific Bush-era references.
I'm nearly always a fan of [a:Chris Bachalo|12726|Chris Bachalo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473385167p2/12726.jpg]'s art, but I hate the way he draws Magneto in this volume. The helmet is shaped so that you'd swear his head was hourglass shaped. The coloring is also a little dark for my taste, but that seems to be an Ultimate-line edict from editorial.
This is a perfectly fun little book to pick up whether you're following The Ultimates, The Ultimate X-Men, both, or if you're just a fan of the first three X-movies. It doesn't fit the tone of the Marvel Cinematic Avengers.
Unlike most of their entanglements in the Marvel proper Universe, the inciting incident for the two teams doing battle is completely palusible. Inciting incident, stateent of purpose, action, and plot development are paced perfectly for a summer blockbuster film, which is what this series is supposed to be analagous to. Unfortunately, the characters are all far too quippy in a very early 21st century way so the dialogue feels dated, even without the very specific Bush-era references.
I'm nearly always a fan of [a:Chris Bachalo|12726|Chris Bachalo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473385167p2/12726.jpg]'s art, but I hate the way he draws Magneto in this volume. The helmet is shaped so that you'd swear his head was hourglass shaped. The coloring is also a little dark for my taste, but that seems to be an Ultimate-line edict from editorial.
This is a perfectly fun little book to pick up whether you're following The Ultimates, The Ultimate X-Men, both, or if you're just a fan of the first three X-movies. It doesn't fit the tone of the Marvel Cinematic Avengers.
desarroi's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bloodravenlib's review
4.0
See my note on it in my blog:
http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/02/booknote-ultimate-x-men-vol-5-ultimate.html
http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/02/booknote-ultimate-x-men-vol-5-ultimate.html
theartolater's review
4.0
I’m enjoying the Ultimate-verse brand of X-Men, but the ages are really skewing me and since I’m actually somewhat familiar with the X-Men (unlike Spidey), a lot of stuff is still throwing me. But yeah, still a good time.
i_dream_of_books's review
5.0
Still loving it! But now I'm sad because I'm out of comics. I just ordered 6-9 though, so more reviews to come.
indeedithappens's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Cannibalism
ekansthepokemon's review
5.0
i feel like a lot of earth 616 events miss this kind of intensity and drama, but this crossover was extremely good
captwinghead's review
3.0
As far as Ults books go, this wasn't all that bad?
Granted, I hadn't read any of the Ultimate X-Men books so I was a bit lost as to how all of that worked. How old is Jean Grey here since Wolverine's apparently in love with her? I'm... uncomfortable. Storm's dialogue was god awful.
Other than that, the plot was okay. Avengers v X-Men because Magento is terrorizing America and threatening to kill all homo sapiens. As per ushe... This time the Ultimates are tasked with taking them down and Charles Xavier's X-Men at the same time for lying about Magneto being dead. I'm well aware that I'm rating this higher than most Ults books because it wasn't aggressively bad, women weren't being abused and the Hulk only ate people off screen.
So... yay?
Granted, I hadn't read any of the Ultimate X-Men books so I was a bit lost as to how all of that worked. How old is Jean Grey here since Wolverine's apparently in love with her? I'm... uncomfortable. Storm's dialogue was god awful.
Other than that, the plot was okay. Avengers v X-Men because Magento is terrorizing America and threatening to kill all homo sapiens. As per ushe... This time the Ultimates are tasked with taking them down and Charles Xavier's X-Men at the same time for lying about Magneto being dead. I'm well aware that I'm rating this higher than most Ults books because it wasn't aggressively bad, women weren't being abused and the Hulk only ate people off screen.
So... yay?