New Ultimates #1

              I have admired Loeb for a while now (see 1, 2, 3, 4?) I thought he was the Geoff Johns of the Marvel universe, until now. Mind you I have never read the Ultimates before, and I don't mind that, my main issue with this comic is one panel long, and that is, a hellish type woman forcing herself on Thor. I can tell that the reason Jeph Loeb made that happen is just to be edgy, and I hate that kind of thing. All this comic is, is just Hawk Eye and Iron Man fighting, Tony Stark talking about drinking and that scene I discribed with Thor, plus a little with Loki at the end.
            Actually I have another bone to pick with this comic, when DC came out with there hero the Shield, I was disappointed with them for completely copying Captain America, now I see Hell Cat and Night Hawk, who were both characters before, but now they have been edited to look exactly like Cheetah, and Batman, I understand that isn't as bad as the Shield, Captain America thing but it is pretty bad.
                   Normally a comic could make up for these mistakes in quality of writing, especially when you have Jeph Loeb, but the writing simply wasn't good enough. This is a horrendous start to the New Ultimates series.


Grade: C
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1,2,3, 4?

In my opinion, and experience with comics I have discovered that now in the Modern Age of comics there are three major writers. Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller. (these are not the only good ones). Recently I have decided to add another to this list. Jeph Loeb, he has written things like Dare Devil Yellow, and Hulk Gray. But he is still writing, like Hulk fall of the Hulks. Im not saying he has written anything like Watchmen, or Sandman, but he should be considered among the greats. Right below him, could be Mike Mignola and Geoff Johns, but thy will never make it into the top category.