Absolute DC Versus Ultimate Marvel. Spider-Man Vs Batman. Wonder Woman Vs X-Men.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- Hi everybody, I’m Colin, and I produce shoot and edit these comics etc episodes with James and Remy. You might recognise me if you visited the store twenty years ago when I used to work behind the counter.
I just wanted to put my own 2 cents in, because we shot this episode before all the previews for the three launch titles were released.
After reading these Absolute versions I think they share a similar theme.
These writers have re-written Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman’s origin stories, and stripped away some of the core myths.
Batman’s wealth, privilege and upbringing are gone.
As James and Remy mention: Wonder Woman’s island home and the amazons have been taken away and she has been raised by Circe, instead of Hippolyta.
Superman’s an interesting one, it seems like he doesn’t have a home country anymore, and Jonathan and Martha Kent’s farm is abandoned. There’s also something about the way he interacts with other characters in the story that makes him seem more like an outsider, or immigrant.
So even without wealth, a different mother and an upbringing that’s in question. Does changing the origin change the core concept of who these superheroes are?
That’s what I think this series is exploring. How far can the concept of Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman be pushed, and it’s that difference where you can see the essence of the characters are still fundamentally the same.
The original ultimate universe by comparison, was something more like Batman the Animated series. Where the creators could pick and choose the most interesting parts of a characters history and re-tell it in a modern setting, remixing parts that have aged most of the time for the better, but sometimes for the worse.
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Absolute Batman is currently SOLD OUT. New Printing out soon
I can usually wait for my direct order but I had to read Absolute Batman online. I loved it, keen to read it again when the direct order comes in
Same! Well, sorta. We NEVER read previews cause we like physical but we had to read all 3 #1s!
Well, I HAVE to stop watching this because I'm behind the Power Ball and my reading. But I'll come back to you guys.
Don't watch! Many Spoilers!
I haven't read any Marvel Ultimate stuff in years.
I did enjoy Absolute Power and the All-In one shot quite a bit.
even the stuff that all in set up for the regular universe looks great!
The 2000's Ultimate X-Men run was great! Really enjoyed reading it back in the day 👍
It started amazing!.... but got kinda bad towards the end which is shocking cause it was Kirkman (walking dead) and Vaughn (saga)
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@@comicsetc5788 yeah agreed. Definitely tailed off towards the end. Still ultimately (pun intended) a good X-book read though.
I enjoyed the storyline of Absolute Batman, but it didn't need to be a Batman title if you change the back story that much just make it a new character, change all the names, call him something like "the Brute", and start a whole new line of comics, I feel like they are scared to actual create something that isn't Batman, Superman or Wonder-woman and they would just prefer to keep slapping adjectives in front of the name to show it something cool and new(like Marvel does). and one day we are going to be getting titles like - The Amazing Surprisingly Truly Awesomeness Adventures of the Most Outrageous Bombastic Unstoppable Supreme Batman. The way Absolute is at the moment I'm just going to be reading every issue and waiting for his friends to turn bad. Where if it was a brand new comic with new character names, if they turn bad - I'd be like Wow, I didn't see that coming.
Very Very very good points. The last time they did a fresh character launch with stuff like Silencer etc it lasted like 6 issues so I see why they did have to go this way.
Ultimate Spider-Man i've really enjoyed but a lot of the intrigue and mystery i feel comes from a base understanding and love of the OG Amazing Spider-man series. You have to have a base understanding of the source material in order to appreciate the twist. i like the Ult BP i've read so far too, though yes it is similar to mainstream BP comics. early Ult X-Men by Momoko i don't mind, but don't love, and i'm unsure how i feel about them replacing Storm with Maystorm - it feels like blatant race-swapping in a way i'm not sure i'm comfortable with. Post-Giant-Size X-Men #1 by Len Wein & Dave Cockrum & the subsequent Claremont era made a massive point of having a racially diverse x-men line-up. reducing that line-up to a single race, even a non-white one feels like a step-back. Storm with her Kenyan heritage was probably one of the most consistent examples of that diversity too.
We have thoughts on spider-man too which go past the first issue…… we shall share them on book club in a few weeks
I think it's too early to compare the universes. The new ultimate universe has around three dozen issues out while the absolute universe only has one? I preferred Ultimate Spider-Man #1 to Absolute Batman #1 but Ultimate Spider-Man hasn't kept up the quality. At this point, I'm very interested in the overall story of the new ultimate universe. I am still interested in Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Green Lantern tho.
Yeah, we agree it was early and that’s why we made sure to only read the first issues. We should do it again after 12 issues and see how it all panned out!
Absolute Batman was very good. I think the main villain is none other than Archie in a helmet. Mic DROP! Didn't like Ultimate X-men. Great work on the videos Colin.
You got me! I didn’t think we’re going there and now here we are!
@@comicsetc5788 your weekly dose is complete. Just wait till they discover that jug head is the new poison ivy. Shark jump!