Ultimatum: March on Ultimatum [Paperback]

Aron Coleite (Author), Jeph Loeb (Author), Brian Michael Bendis (Author), Joe Pokaski (Author), Eric Basaldua (Illustrator), Brandon Peterson (Illustrator), John Romita (Illustrator), Marko Djurdjevic (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Ultimatum | Publication Date: December 23, 2009

A group of X-Men from the future come back in time to try and assassinate the Fantastic Four-attempting to prevent the events of Ultimatum from ever happening. Who are these warriors from the future and what role will they play in the shocking scenario to follow? Also, Who can stop the future X-Men from killing today's Fantastic Four? Who else... the future Fantastic Four! If you think you know who the Black Panther is, you haven't spent enough time in the Ultimate U! What secrets from his past cross into Captain America's origin? What deal did they make that will throw Cap's loyalty to the Ultimates into question? Plus, it's the Ultimate Road Trip of the Year! The HULK and Zarda - a.k.a. Power Princess from the Squadron Supreme - team-up for the most wild cross-country smash-and-grab you can imagine! Then, the relationship between Peter Parker and Mary Jane is one of the most iconic and popular romances in all of comics - and in this very special story that relationship delves into an area never before seen in any Spider-Man comic! Collects Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men Annual, Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual, Ultimate Captain America Annual, Ultimate Hulk Annual, and Ultimate Spider-Man Annual.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (December 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785135642
• ISBN-13: 978-0785135647
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #916,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Annuals 3, April 21, 2010

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This review is from: Ultimatum: March on Ultimatum (Paperback)

With a title like March on Ultimatum, I was kind of expecting a cohesive story that set the stage for the Ultimate Marvel Universe's first big crossover event. Instead, this is essentially Ultimate Annuals Volume 3. Yes, it vaguely leads into Ultimatum TPB, but if they had just called it what it is I probably wouldn't be so bothered.

Anyway, the Ultimatum tie-in comes in the form of the Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four annuals, which feature a complex, time and dimension hopping storyline with future X-Men, a tyrant Sue Storm and...I don't know. I kind of lost interest halfway through, which is a first for me as a major fan of the Ultimate Universe. Aside from a cryptic warning about the upcoming Ultimatum, the story didn't seem to have much to do with the crossover.

The rest of the book wasn't much better. The Ultimate Captain America Annual gave us a very well illustrated origin of the Black Panther, but the story was a bit dull. Then again, it tied into Ultimates 3 so how good could it have possibly been. The Ultimate Spider-Man story was fun and full of teen angst, though it read more like an issue of Invincible. What (barely) saves this book from a 2-star rating is the Ultimate Hulk Annual, which featured a massive (and hysterical) encounter between Hulk and that psycho Zarda from the Squadron Supreme. It had an ending I was definitely not expecting.

Ultimate Annuals Volume 3 - sorry, March on Ultimatum - is worth picking up if you're a fan of the Ultimate Universe, but if you're expecting it to be important to the Ultimatum crossover, you're going to be disappointed.