Thursday, June 18, 2009

Ultimatum (reading order)

This appears to be the best way to read through this series... if you decide to read them that is!

Ultimatum #1
Ultimate Spider-Man #130
Ultimate X-Men #98
Ultimate Fantastic Four #58
Ultimatum #2
Ultimate Spider-Man #131
Ultimate Fantastic Four #59
Ultimate X-Men #99
Ultimatum #3
Ultimate Fantastic Four #60
Ultimate X-Men #100
Ultimate Spider-Man #132
Ultimatum #4
Ultimate Spider-Man #133
Ultimatum #5
Ultimatum Requiem - Spider-Man #1-2, X-men, and Fantastic Four (can be read in any order)

After reading all these issues I have to say that while there are a few interesting points for the new Ultimate Comics to start from, largely this was a pretty poor event/story. It seems as though Marvel gave the creative talent the directive to kill off a bunch of characters and make it graphic and disturbing. I understand the need to re-vamp or re-start the Ultimate Universe as it has been going down-hill for a while, but this event is overly graphic and was handled with little care for these characters.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Marvel Zombies (reading order)

The Ultimate Universe began in 2000 with the start of Ultimate Spider-Man. The title proved to be wildly popular and spawned an entire universe. One thing that Marvel said they would never do is crossover the Ultimate Universe with the mainstream, or 616, Marvel Universe. Marvel dropped plenty of hints about a story-arc in the Ultimate Fantastic Four series. Turns out it was not quite what people thought. This was the birth of the Marvel Zombies Universe, Earth-2149.

Reading order for the Marvel Zombies universe, in chronological order:

Marvel Zombies Dead Days (events concurrent with the MZvAOD 0-2)
Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #0-5
Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 - 23
Marvel Zombies vol 1 #1-5
Ultimate Fantastic Four #30 - 32
Black Panther vol 3 #28-30
Marvel Zombies vol 2 #1-5
Marvel Zombies vol 3 #1-4
Marvel Zombies vol 4 #1-4

Other, related comics:
Marvel Zombies Book of Angels, Demons, and Monstrosities
Marvel Spotlight Marvel Zombies
Exiles #85-86
Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham


Publication Order:

Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 - 23 (Sep/2005 to Nov/2005)
Marvel Zombies vol 1 #1-5 (Feb/2006 to Jun/2006)
Ultimate Fantastic Four #30 - 32 (Jul/2006 to Oct/2006)
Exiles #85-86 (Oct/2006 to Nov/2006)
Ultimate Civil War Spider-Ham (Mar/2007)
Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #0-5 (May/2007 to Aug/2007)
Marvel Zombies Dead Days (Jul/2007)
Black Panther vol 3 #28-30 (JUL/2007 to Oct/2007)
Marvel Zombies Book of Angels, Demons, and Monstrosities (Sep/2007)
Marvel Spotlight Marvel Zombies (Oct/2007)
Marvel Zombies vol 2 #1-5 (Dec/2007 to Apr/2008)
Marvel Zombies vol 3 #1-4 (Dec/2008 to Mar/2009)
Marvel Zombies vol 4 #1-4 (Jun/2009 to [current])

As always - if you have any corrections, additions, or subtractions - let me know!