Ultimate Marvel Team-Up [Paperback]

Brian Michael Bendis (Author), Mike Allred (Author), Matt Wagner (Author), Phil Hester (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up | Publication Date: November 1, 2001

It doesn't take long for Spider-Man to encounter the other heroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe along with the devious villains eager to destroy them.

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Brian Michael Bendis has gone from independent crime comic writer to Marvel's hottest super-hero scribe. He writes Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, the latter allowing him to work with some of the biggest names in the comics business. Artists in this volume include Matt Wagner (Mage), Phil Hester (Green Arrow), and Michael Allred (X-Force, Madman).

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Marvel Comics (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785108076
• ISBN-13: 978-0785108078
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots Of Fun!, September 30, 2002

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Daniel V. Reilly (Upstate New York, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (Paperback)

I always loved the old Marvel Team-Up book from the '70s; It was my favorite book when I was a kid. When I heard that Marvel was going to dust off the concept and make it an "Ultimate" book, I had two reactions: Yay! and Hmmm...The Ultimate universe is so new that this might just clutter up things with tons of new heroes and villains. The truth is a little of both.

I still feel that they moved too fast to populate the Ultimate universe, but at least they delivered a hum-dinger of a book in the meantime. Writer Brian Michael Bendis does a great job of making each story accessible, and the artists really do a great job with their chapters. The trade-paperback reprints issues 1-5, and include appearances by Wolverine and Sabretooth (with art by Matt Wagner), The Hulk (By the Green Arrow team of Phil Hester and Ande Parks), and Iron Man (By Madman creator Mike Allred). The stories are quick and to the point, with the two-part Hulk story just a big chase scene, albeit a VERY well-done one. Bendis, Hester, and Parks deliver some stunning action, and manage to drop a few cryptic clues as to the TRUE reason all of these people are suddenly gaining super-powers. (I hope the Ultimate books pick this ball up and run with it!) Fans looking for a good (FUN!) read will love this book!

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not good either., March 24, 2002

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This review is from: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (Paperback)

Okay, in true Marvel form, Spider-Man goes around teaming up or fighting any super-powered person that stumbles through the city. Great concept, not so great product. The Wolverine story is good, and the way they show Spidey sort of looking up to Wolvie is cool. Hulk and Spidey fighting, well what's not to like? Spidey is ridiculously outclassed, as always, but manages to survive a good thrashing. Spidey and Iron Man, well it makes for alot of "huh?" and "what?" All in all, the first two stories are good, the last is a little lame. My main complaint with the work is the art. Offhand I forget who drew this, but with the quality of the other two Ultimate series, you yould expect more. I give it 1-2 stars for art, but it gets 4 for the first two stories.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to par, December 3, 2003

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Ron (Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (Paperback)

I don't know how fans of Ultimate Spider-man or X-Men can rave about these stories. If you like Bagley or Kubert's art from the mentioned titles, you will surely be turned off by the weak artwork in these stories. The stories are ok, though incredibly simple. Ok for someone just getting into the Ultimate universe because the stories are easy enough to understand, but it really offers nothing for long time fans.