Ultimate Spider-Man’s last issue.
To end the terrific series, Bendis crafts a “silent issue.” No lines of dialogue, to maybe convey the heft of what Ultimatum has brought about. (Wait, but didn’t we like USM because of the Bendis “back-and-forth” dialogues?)
In the last few issues of USM, we see Spider-Man doing his best to help save the survivors of flooded New York — and that’s it. He tries and tries and tries to save all he can, never thinking that he might not make it back alive, you see — and I guess that’s what Bendis was going for in this issue. We know that when tragedies strike, there will always be heroes. The fireman who saved the baby from the burning building? I guess that’s what Pete thought he was doing — his job. Only this time, he doesn’t make it back. He saves the baby at the cost of his own life.
We spend the last issue with Kitty and Spider-Woman (the Peter Parker clone) trying to locate Pete, while doing what they can to save lives.
Know how the Ultimate line of comicbooks sorta (but not explicitly-stated, methinks) positioned itself to be a modern/realistic take on the Marvel U? In the real world, people die. (And this is no spoiler) Spider-Man? Peter Parker? He dies. Spider-Man no more.
It’s been stated before that the crossover event Ultimatum would end all Ultimate titles save for Spider-Man, which sorta begs the question — who will be Spidey in USM: Volume 2? Will the title go through something like Battle for the Cowl? There’s still USM: Requiem to look forward to, but from what I’ve heard, it will be about J. Jonah Jameson depicting (finally) Spidey as the hero he really was.
Pretty heavy stuff — a tragic end to such a great title. USM will be missed.
3.5/5
Related posts:
- The Death of (Ultimate) Spider-Man
- spider-man 3.
- Planetary #27 Review
- Batman AND Robin #1 Review
- iron man.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.