Very much so. We need variation in Spiderman. Also, in previous videos I've heard you mention your favorite Batgirl is Cassandra Cain but can't find a video on it on your channel. Have you done one yet?
@thunderbolt8266 honestly I wish dick grayson was still batman and bruce was still missing or dead. That's not to say that I don't like bruce wayne, but dick as batman was the last time the series felt fresh and intriguing. Court of owls had its moments but even then its another story about bruce wayne fighting a secret society.
I like that there’s more to this than another “spider-man is married” story. It’s more of a subversion of the original Ultimate Spider-man. Instead of him being a young spider-man he gets his powers way later in life. I am honestly more excited to see an uncle Ben be a supporting character in Spider-man and how Hick Ms reimagines Peter’s rogues gallery One thing that has me worried is that it seems to be part of a larger story instead of being more self contained like the original run.
Same, I like what I'm seeing so far, but the fact it's so inherently connected to some larger cosmic plot doesn't vibe with me. Although, maybe this Spider-man will take up a more central role in shaping "Avengers" of this world, maybe even lead them alongside Captain America? That would be interesting.
Even as a teenager reading Spidey, I always liked the more grown-up version where he had college student and then adult life problems. So it's cool of them to give it another shot, and not make him miserable. I also really like Miles Morales but that's more like a tangent compared to this new Ultimate Spider-Man.
I remember Spider-Man best from the '90s he was 28 years old a photographer at The daily bugle and married to Mary Jane . after the clone saga in the 90s it went downhill .
I feel like in this universe, the lesson peter needs to learn isn't that great power comes with great responsibility but rather, great responsibilities require greater power to meet and exceed. I'm expecting a story about peter learning to struggle with using the powers he needs to meet his own expectations or the struggles that are involved in the gaining the power to meet his great responsibilites.
As a cynical old veteran fan, my advice is, "Enjoy it while it lasts". Even if Hickman is 100% sincere about writing a mature, settled, family man Spidey, Marvel editorial will never let it stand. Sooner or later (probably sooner), something awful will happen to this Peter Parker and his family, just to "prove" that the mainstream, perpetually young and unmarried Peter is the "correct" version.
Ultimate Spider-Man has an entirely different creative team on it to those working on Amazing Spider-Man. None of those staffers are on the book, so they have absolutely no say in what happens in the story. Meaning if Ultimate keeps doing well, we could have easily have it well into whenever ASM starts its (hopefully, much less worse) next run.
Honestly I’m expecting some Drama coming from Peter’s potential issues of trying to balance his marriage, job, kids and Spider-Man but like as long as it’s naturally put together I’m fine with that
The great things about this comic are Peter being married to MJ with kids, Uncle being alive and becoming editor of the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson giving Peter his tie and viewing him like a son, and Tony giving Peter a radioactive spider so that Peter would become Spider-Man since it’s his missing piece. Let’s hope that this series improve itself and hope that it will be great.
Salt flowing abundantly about writing a hero in a happy marriage. I’m here for it. Also: Love that you always mention the creative team not just the writer like some do like they are not using all the art in a visual medium.
It'll be interesting to see Hickman do a grounded, street level book. I hope all the secret Illuminati worldbuilding stuff he did doesn't directly impact Ult Spidey's book, but im sure Hickman won't be able to help himself. And honestly, i don't expect a Bendis-style long run for Hickman. I give him two years, tops.
Peter choosing the responsibility and therefore the power is interesting. I was ready to not care about this, but now I want to check it out. No spiderkids either (or MJ... radiation poisoning). Btw, Harry and Norman's waves are a holdover from, not even the period that they were introduced, but from hairstyles that would have been more common when Ditko was younger. And then been reinterpreted in all weird configurations by different artists, kinda like Jughead's beanie. Honestly, you could do a video about that alone (the hairstyle, not the beanie).
As someone who alway wanted to get into Spiderman comic but was intimidated by the vast amount of them and hearing how bad the past runs of spider man were this was a fantastic start. It takes its time to set up the characters and the emotions and dosent rush to get into action that holds no weight. It's a perfect start.
Honestly, this is one of the best Spider-Man comics to come out in a long time. A lot of the stories coming from the main universe have been god awful in recent runs, especially the really bad Peter/MJ stuff and the introduction of Paul, so this is really refreshing to see. It's so nice to see Peter just be happy for once and have his life together, rather than just being a constant punching bag that is perpetually suffering and not being allowed to grow or change. I haven't really liked the majority of new Spider-Man comics, but between the new Ultimate Spider-Man series and The Spectacular Spider-Men team-up series on Earth-616, I'm getting excited for more Spider-Man comics again and am actually really interested in seeing more. Here's hoping that this series turns out good, and that it has a long run!
I just saw the artwork for issue 2 and oh my God the art keeps on getting better I really want this new series to go on for so long because of how amazing Jonathan Hickman. Is
I haven't managed to read it yet, but I really hope it sells well enough to warrant a long run. Jonathan Hickman is such a good writer and he deserves to outsell the horrible creative dumpster fire that is the 616 Spider-Man book.
Seriously, the Zeb Wells run is ok. Like yes the MJ stuff is really stupid and convoluted, but I've had fun with everything else so far. Even Rek-Rap, bizarre Animaniacs-like weirdo that he is. I think people are just frustrated that editorial threw all the new Peter/MJ roadblocks after the Spencer run just breached OMD more blatantly this time.
Zeb Wells run is somehow being worse than One More Day which is one hell of a thing to do, and the less said about Paul and the imaginary kids or the Ms Marvel stunt the better....
@@djpegao But take that stuff out and you're left with a relatively fine Spider-Man run. And no one wants to talk about that because the MJ stuff angers them to no end.
I wouldn't worry about that, the first issue went to second printing like the day it came out, and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes to third soon too, hopefully it can keep that though
@@benwasserman8223 yeah, but that point goes both ways. you CAN'T take all of that out and just sweep it under the rug, because it's literally an important part of the run which is exactly the problem.
You are *far* from the only person who thinks that Reed Richards is one bad decision away from being an honest-to-goodness villain. Not even one bad day, he just may someday come up with the wrong idea, follow it to its completion, and become as much a threat as Doom...
That's honestly kind of the point of The Maker. It has been said by tons of characters that the only thing keeping Reed grounded is his family. The Maker comes from the original Ultimate Universe, a universe where the F4 disbanded. Without his family, nothing held him back.
I mean, I'm a fan of Reed and personally I just treat Stan Lee written comics as having an unreliable narrator, because otherwise every man is essentially just as misogynistic as 60s Reed. Yeah, Reed is one bad decision away from becoming a villain -- and I think Doom is perhaps prescient in sensing that. But he's equally close to becoming not exactly a villain but a tragedy nonetheless. The classic WHAT IF THE INVISIBLE GIRL HAD DIED...? issue did this to great effect, had a funeral that was among the best sequences I've ever read in a comic, and resurrected a classic Jack Kirby trope: Reed plus stubble equals scary. Any time a Reed Richards works on a problem long enough to get five o'clock shadow, things are about to get intense.
@@runbaa9285that nots the only thing. Reed 1610 had a completely different life. I think 1610 Reed’s personality defects can be traced back to his fathers abuse that 616 Reed didn’t have to deal with
Im really digging a lot of the differences with this new universe and the classic. JJJ's bromance with (Spoiler Character) is something i never knew i needed until we got it
I’m looking forward to more. 616 Peter has felt directionless and without agency for so long I’m very eager to read a different take that isn’t afraid of Spidey showing some maturity.
They made a lot of questionable choices with the ultimate universe, but I admired that they actually did something different from the mainstream storylines (Peter dying, Reed being evil, Sue and Ben getting together), as opposed to just saying it and then backpedaling. I am so into this new Spider-Man though, really looking forward for more.
My head canon is that The Maker is really a mind-switched Victor Von Damme inside Reed Richards’ body. A Superior Mr. Fantastic, so to speak. The mindswap trope with Doom and Reed was set up in the FF’s Lee/Kirby run. So much so that I wonder if the option to make it a permanent aspect of the Ultimate FF was introduced as a way to further make the Ultimate Universe separate from the 616 Universe. The storyline that convinced me that maybe Ultimate Reed wasn’t Ultimate Reed was in one of the crossovers where Reed turns against the FF and has servant minions that look awfully demonic to me. 616 Doom had recently gone crazier with his magic use during Mark Waid’s run on the FF, so maybe I was reading into events a bit more than may have been intended. But I still think of The Maker as Superior Ultimate Reed Richards.
The Maker setting things up that change the timeline is so much like Doomsday Clock and Dr. Manhattan. I love Hickman and the Maker is such an interesting character.
I said the same on someone's Twitter post on this new Ultimate Spider-Man. It's almost exactly what Dr. Manhattan did to create the New 52 universe by removing the JSA's existence, which led to a domino effect: Clark never becomes Superboy to save his parents from a car accident, which in turn prevents the formation of the Legion of Superheroes in the 31st Century. The general public never has a prior experience with Superheroes before Superman in the modern day, so people are more afraid of them.
What I liked about this story is Peter being happy about family life and having a stable relationship with MJ. Who knew that a Spider-Man in his mid thirties would actually be so refreshing? It feels like Peter is actually growing up. So far I am intrigued by this new Ultimate universe and hopefully the sells of Ultimate Spider-Man comics will continue to be good.
I think it’s interesting getting to see a Peter Parker becoming spider-man. Who already has the understanding of with great power comes great responsibility. Is not just about the power for him, it’s about doing something great and helping others. He isn’t stumbling in to these powers and this life, he’s choosing to have it. I feel like the biggest selling point of this Spider-Man, is that he’s actually happy. I just hope no one try’s to take that away from him, 616 has been continuously ruined since the end of the beyond arc.
I read issue one and absolutely loved it! The fact that peter was married is what made me want to buy the comic but this new take on the character and the fact that uncle ben will be alive is so interesting. I want to see how a living uncle ben affects who peter is as a hero, for better and for worse. I truly don't know what to expect from this spider-man story and that makes me legitimately excited in a way I haven't been in a long time. Also, even though I dont have a wife and kids I really relate to this peter parker. Maybe its the fact that we both have brown hair and beards.
This should be the storyline mirrored with Tobey Macquire in movies for that setting. Take this exact concept and put him as Peter. Give him a family, let him work out the issues with MJ, and make them awesome. Just imagine....
My problem is that they're doing exactly what they did with the original Ultimate universe. They make a universe with variants of the same characters that new readers won't have to read to get into it. But...We all know how these end up. Eventually the company stops pushing it and the writers go over the top and it ends in flames. I know everyone is "le gasp" because HIckman is working on it. But we saw how X-Men ended up. Bendis started as a cosmic savior and we see where he is now. Or actually we don't. "If you live long enough, you become the villain." I like Hickman's writing. But I am REALLY tired of his damned data walls that eat up half of a book.
1. There are no data pages in ultimate spider-man #1. So far hickman is taking a more grounded/slice of life approach here which is refreshing. The data pages were reserved for the ultimate invasion miniseries and there they were arguably useful and important for helping to set up what exactly the new universe was because the miniseries was only 4 issues long. 2. Yes the original Ultimate universe flared out and crashed and burned because the writers went over the top but that doesn't mean this one will. There isn't a focus on being "edgy" with this universe and mark Millar and jeph Loeb aren't involved in any way. If you want evidence that an alternate universe line can work just look at the MC2 comics. Spider-girl lasted for over 100 issues and had some spin offs. The line didn't last forever and obviously Spider-girl was the most successful title, but the MC2 as a whole had a pretty good run with some fun and entertaining stories. Did it last forever? No but I don't expect this series to last forever any more than I expect my favorite TV shows to last forever. Hickman is smart enough not to do another event like ultimatum. We are only a few issues in this new universe. Let's see what ideas the writers have before we start working about all the ways it could go wrong.
My favorite thing from this is how good it feels to have Peter with a family, both Ben and Jamison included. Spiderman is the kind of hero who is at his peak with a loving family and community helping to remind him what exactly he is fighting for. Constantly putting him through the wringer with nothing good coming and staying makes him less relatable and seem like he's overcoming great odds to being a pitiful basket case partaking in a futile task
I highly encourage Sasha and everyone else to check out the Elseworld Exchange episode where they discuss this. I also highly encourage Sal to have Sasha as a guest
I think the decision to become spier-man a fascinating direction, that says a lot about Peter as a person, not just in this universe. Regardless of if you believe in destiny or anything like that, the choice to become spider-man, the choice to do more, regardless of the potential sacrifice I think does echo Peters character well. Its just a nice upside that us spidey fans also get to see Peter happy for once, especially given recent mainline spidey comics.
I think I discovered your channel while looking up reviews for Spider-Man Bloodline! It's nice to see this kind of story being explored again (hopefully more successfully this time)
This Peter actually may be slightly older than 616-Peter, IIRC, when NuUlt-Peter gets his powers, it is said he should have been bitten 20 years ago. If Peter was still supposed to be bitten at 15, that would make him 35, older than 616-Peter, who is a perpetual 29. Also, LUL. Shoutout to the joke "That's the Silver Age Lies Cover". Never forgetting the physical clickbait from the Silver Age.
Man, that J. Scott Campbell cover goes so hard Something that Sal from Comicpop pointed out is that Peter is basically a stand in for this comic's main audience: the disillusioned, tired millennial, going back and reading it, it feels like a very cathartic issue. It's Peter choosing to be Spider-Man, choosing something that could be a HUGE risk to himself, his wife, his kids, his co-workers, but he chooses it none the less; because he was given the choice, it wasn't thrust upon him like everything else seems to be in his life.
I just read this to avoid spoilers from your video. And then I read the Ultimate Universe oneshot. And then I read the Ultimate Invasion story. I'm _hooked_ for real. This is the best Marvel has put out in generations. This feels like 2099, Ultimate Universe, and Doomsday Clock had a baby.
It's interesting that this Ultimate Universe kind of starts with baggage, but kind of doesn't. I don't think the goal is necessarily to attract new readers so much as it is to bring back old ones. But it does still allow for new beginnings, because the heroes are still coming into their powers. It is their start. Anyhow, I thought this issue was great and yeah, Pete and MJ belong together. If main universe won't ever restore that, I hope this one keeps it. There can be growth even with some things staying consistent.
12:30 I don't see anyone discussing _which_ costume Tony gave him. Bio-organic. Black. Liquid. The Maker had to prevent two different beings here, and he stored them together. This is Peter + The Symbiote. This is a world where Peter Parker is a mature adult who can take care of the Symbiote and guide him like the child he is.
Just wanted to say your creativity reaches new heights with each video. Every word is said with elegance. U inspire me to be a better comic tuber with each upload!!!!! Salute!
I didn't care about the new ultimate universe at first, but I do like an older spiderman and this art style suits me I'm actually into this and may pick up some issues, I just hope him and MJ stay okay (can have issues, but relationships can stay together too COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY)
I am just happy to see Peter with not only M.J. but a family. It just makes me worried about how much of a life he can have taken away. I hope he gets to keep some of this growth and stability for some time before Peter is made to suffer as always.
Sounds a bit slow to me as a first issue, but having an older Peter Parker with a family and an alive Ben, does present interesting possibilities going forward. Be interesting to see how long it lasts.
This comic has done what many a good first issue has done - reel in the readers. But - and I need to emphasize this - DO NOT expect everything to play out in a smooth manner. Fans really want a book about a married Peter being Spiderman, which this book provides, but this is a different Peter, who has faced different circumstances in his life, married to a different MJ. What I'm saying is - keep an open mind to everything about to happen.
What you said. For better or worse, this is a Peter Parker unencumbered by decades of continuity. He's not the 616 Peter, nor should we expect him to be.
I just need to take a moment to express my gratitude how much I love these videos... I put them on to fall asleep because it relaxes me to think about comics. You are a real treasure.
Honestly, super excited for this. I get so tired with some comics making great gains in character development only to reset everything when the next writer takes over. Stories like this and the murphyverse establish stakes and a sense of time that is refreshing and meaningful.
That idea of a Marvel universe where there a basically no super heroes since their core events didn't happen reminds me a bit of the mini series Ruins.
I’ll join you in that fantasy of a long-running comic. No renumberings, no disruptions, no gimmicks. Remember when even someone like Captain Atom could get 50+ issues?
I love this story it gave me everything i ever wanted and plus finally giving us the one true peter parker who's actually a adult and shocker and seeing Peter parker and Mary jane being married and they have there daughter mayday parker the future spider-girl and her brother Richard parker all being family is really awesome and badass in my opinion. Also another thing I loved about this story is seeing Peter parker becoming Spider-Man because he was inspired by his wife Mary jane and uncle ben which is actually something unique and very cool in my opinion, and I am also curious if we are going to see mayday parker his daughter reaction to her father being a superhero which is going to be adorable in my opinion.
I enjoyed this issue more than I really expected to. Marco Chichetto's art lends a grounded, real life feel that the story needed in order to hit home the fact that this is a Peter Parker who has never been Spider-Man.
I stopped actively reading comics a long time ago BUT I subscribed to and am reading all the comics related to this new ultimate universe, it’s great so far and has me so excited for more
I got my hands on the design variant of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and I have not enjoyed a Marvel book in years like I did this one. As I read the book I was pleasantly surprised how much I was enjoying the read. It was great in the art department but the story was the highlight for me. Wow, Marvel giving us what we've been wanting for decades, who would have thunk it.
I'm looking forward to seeing where things go with Ultimate Black Panther and Ultimate X-men, though I'm pleasantly intrigued with where Ultimate Spiderman appears to be going.
What I immediately thought about this issue was that it hits at the heartstrings of someone older, and I'd like to think that it's an awareness of the readerbase for this. People who grew up following the original Ultimates run will be older by now, and I think the story that's being told here hits pretty good for folks in their mid 20's-40's who might feel that their life is starting to stagnate.
9:02 To be fair, Ultimate Jameson had a similar relationship to his Peter by the end as well, and *died* protecting Miles Morales from the Green Goblin. Raimi-Verse Jameson owed a lot to the 1610 version.
This issue was wonderful, it really reminded me a lot of the film Unbreakable, with Peter feeling like he’s meant for more. I’m so happy Peter is being written with care again and actually going through development. I’m not even a huge Hickman fan but I can’t wait for the next issue.
I’m not telling others what to think. I’m just saying purely my own reaction to the discarding of the original history of the MU. To me, that continuity was the great strength of the MU. The MU (like DCU) is fiction. You have to buy into it . How can you buy into something that denies its own existence? It is like acting as if history is some hassle that must be overcome instead of built on. I don’t know if I can communicate well what I mean. But I personally lament all this multiverse stuff. To me it is silly. I can’t take it seriously. Sorry. 🤷♂️ I want a spider-man (or Batman) that IS the same character (albeit they may have changed just as real people change over time) as the spider-man in Amazing Fantasy whatever issue it is. The world he lives in changes just as our world changes. But I’m not interested in nonsense (in my humble opinion) like Gwen Stacy is spider-man , or alive for that matter. I know it is “just a comic book”. But you don’t have to continually throw that in my face . Hercule Poirot isn’t a real person. But he doesn’t suddenly get bitten by a radioactive mustache in one of Christie’s novels. Why not? Because that would be stupid.
I wonder if this will bring the wrath of Mephisto down upon Ironlad? I ask because surely Tony would realize that, at minimum, May is supposed to also inherit Peter's powers and, at maximum, both Richard and May are supposed to inherit them. Mephisto would likely notice that Spidergirl is being created and immediately do whatever he can to preserve himself by joining forces with The Maker and attacking Ironlad.
I am worried about the loss of Peter's iconic tragic origin, especially the "lesson" of indirectly dooming someone close to him by deliberately choosing not to use his great power. I am intrigued to see what if anything this version does with that. It's not just about the powers, Tony!
On the note of Marvel editorial's "Adult Spider-Man/Peter Parker is relatable" I may note that I was in middle school when I first watch Into The Spider-Verse and played Spider-Man PS4 and I (and my roommate) loved Peter Parker in both of those and now I'm a college student and I loved this issue, almost as if it's painfully obvious to everyone (including Marvel editorial) that saying that Spider-Man/Peter Parker isn't relatable when he's an adult is just a bad excuse for them to continue down their series of garbage mandates and hiring crappy writers like Zeb Wells... oh wait is obviously is that.
Sasha, I have a request. I know you already covered the lead story from Jimmy Olsen #115, but could you please revisit that issue and give us your thoughts on the back up tale, "The Kid Who Unmasked Superman!"? That story has lived in my brain rent free for decades, and I need to know what you think of it. Thanks.
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Are You Ready For The Return Of Bearded Peter?
Bearded, happy Pete sounds like such an obvious step.. I'm just glad we don't have Rek-Rap in the Ultimate Universe*
*yet, anyways lmao
Better facial hair then Johnny's dumb mustache
Very much so. We need variation in Spiderman.
Also, in previous videos I've heard you mention your favorite Batgirl is Cassandra Cain but can't find a video on it on your channel.
Have you done one yet?
It's Seymour Roas!
@@matman329you mean Johnny Storm, right? God, that thing is so fucking ugly lol
How to save a broken superhero? First you make an entirely seperate universe.
Save Shazam by just making stories set on Earth 5.
Only then, are they allow to grow and developed beyond their most marketable status quo.
_We would need an entire solar system to save most of them then....._
@thunderbolt8266 honestly I wish dick grayson was still batman and bruce was still missing or dead. That's not to say that I don't like bruce wayne, but dick as batman was the last time the series felt fresh and intriguing. Court of owls had its moments but even then its another story about bruce wayne fighting a secret society.
Me show a different still marketable status quo
I like that there’s more to this than another “spider-man is married” story. It’s more of a subversion of the original Ultimate Spider-man. Instead of him being a young spider-man he gets his powers way later in life.
I am honestly more excited to see an uncle Ben be a supporting character in Spider-man and how Hick Ms reimagines Peter’s rogues gallery
One thing that has me worried is that it seems to be part of a larger story instead of being more self contained like the original run.
Same, I like what I'm seeing so far, but the fact it's so inherently connected to some larger cosmic plot doesn't vibe with me. Although, maybe this Spider-man will take up a more central role in shaping "Avengers" of this world, maybe even lead them alongside Captain America? That would be interesting.
It should be mentioned that the original Earth-1610 is still around. Bendis brought it back in “Spider-Men II” some years back.
That's being ignored by Hickman following the start of Ultimate Invasion and in favor of the new "Ultimate Universe" being created.
@@windghost2 Oh, for sure. And I doubt we’ll ever see 1610 again. But it still exists.
Even as a teenager reading Spidey, I always liked the more grown-up version where he had college student and then adult life problems. So it's cool of them to give it another shot, and not make him miserable. I also really like Miles Morales but that's more like a tangent compared to this new Ultimate Spider-Man.
I remember Spider-Man best from the '90s he was 28 years old a photographer at The daily bugle and married to Mary Jane . after the clone saga in the 90s it went downhill .
I feel like in this universe, the lesson peter needs to learn isn't that great power comes with great responsibility but rather, great responsibilities require greater power to meet and exceed. I'm expecting a story about peter learning to struggle with using the powers he needs to meet his own expectations or the struggles that are involved in the gaining the power to meet his great responsibilites.
That's sounds like a great twist on a well-tread idea - let's see if the Marvel are clever enough to go that route!
As a cynical old veteran fan, my advice is, "Enjoy it while it lasts". Even if Hickman is 100% sincere about writing a mature, settled, family man Spidey, Marvel editorial will never let it stand. Sooner or later (probably sooner), something awful will happen to this Peter Parker and his family, just to "prove" that the mainstream, perpetually young and unmarried Peter is the "correct" version.
Peter B. Parker has made it this long. Peter Ultimate Parker has a chance
Ultimate Spider-Man has an entirely different creative team on it to those working on Amazing Spider-Man. None of those staffers are on the book, so they have absolutely no say in what happens in the story.
Meaning if Ultimate keeps doing well, we could have easily have it well into whenever ASM starts its (hopefully, much less worse) next run.
Ultimate Spider-Man has a different editorial team.
Honestly I’m expecting some Drama coming from Peter’s potential issues of trying to balance his marriage, job, kids and Spider-Man but like as long as it’s naturally put together I’m fine with that
What needs to happen is for the "Mainstream" Peter to retire for at least 5 years and then Miles takes over from there.
The great things about this comic are Peter being married to MJ with kids, Uncle being alive and becoming editor of the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson giving Peter his tie and viewing him like a son, and Tony giving Peter a radioactive spider so that Peter would become Spider-Man since it’s his missing piece. Let’s hope that this series improve itself and hope that it will be great.
Careful, this is Spiderman we're talking about. He can't have a life that's too happy...
Oh this is just, really aiming to have it all crashing down
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Honestly, I trust Hickman so much... if Marvel lets him cook
Yea, when they give him room to work, Hickman is a freaking craftsman!
He made the X-Men Badass! Also on top of that, he gave them a Home Nation!
@@X-Warrior.1119 And Marvel is taking that away 😥😥😥
i dont know if i do, i really really disliked the krakoa era of xmen.
@@X-Warrior.1119 bro he turned the xmen into a creepy cult lol
Salt flowing abundantly about writing a hero in a happy marriage. I’m here for it.
Also: Love that you always mention the creative team not just the writer like some do like they are not using all the art in a visual medium.
"Give me a more morally grey Reed any day"
Oh, so Claremont Reed? Vaguely body horror Reed, absentmindedly vivisectioning a villain Reed?
Or JMS' Reed from Civil War either way hard pass.
Ultimate Spider-Man saving marvel comics for a second time! History repeats itself
It'll be interesting to see Hickman do a grounded, street level book. I hope all the secret Illuminati worldbuilding stuff he did doesn't directly impact Ult Spidey's book, but im sure Hickman won't be able to help himself.
And honestly, i don't expect a Bendis-style long run for Hickman. I give him two years, tops.
Peter choosing the responsibility and therefore the power is interesting. I was ready to not care about this, but now I want to check it out. No spiderkids either (or MJ... radiation poisoning).
Btw, Harry and Norman's waves are a holdover from, not even the period that they were introduced, but from hairstyles that would have been more common when Ditko was younger. And then been reinterpreted in all weird configurations by different artists, kinda like Jughead's beanie. Honestly, you could do a video about that alone (the hairstyle, not the beanie).
As someone who alway wanted to get into Spiderman comic but was intimidated by the vast amount of them and hearing how bad the past runs of spider man were this was a fantastic start. It takes its time to set up the characters and the emotions and dosent rush to get into action that holds no weight. It's a perfect start.
Honestly, this is one of the best Spider-Man comics to come out in a long time. A lot of the stories coming from the main universe have been god awful in recent runs, especially the really bad Peter/MJ stuff and the introduction of Paul, so this is really refreshing to see. It's so nice to see Peter just be happy for once and have his life together, rather than just being a constant punching bag that is perpetually suffering and not being allowed to grow or change. I haven't really liked the majority of new Spider-Man comics, but between the new Ultimate Spider-Man series and The Spectacular Spider-Men team-up series on Earth-616, I'm getting excited for more Spider-Man comics again and am actually really interested in seeing more. Here's hoping that this series turns out good, and that it has a long run!
I just saw the artwork for issue 2 and oh my God the art keeps on getting better I really want this new series to go on for so long because of how amazing Jonathan Hickman. Is
I haven't managed to read it yet, but I really hope it sells well enough to warrant a long run. Jonathan Hickman is such a good writer and he deserves to outsell the horrible creative dumpster fire that is the 616 Spider-Man book.
Seriously, the Zeb Wells run is ok. Like yes the MJ stuff is really stupid and convoluted, but I've had fun with everything else so far. Even Rek-Rap, bizarre Animaniacs-like weirdo that he is. I think people are just frustrated that editorial threw all the new Peter/MJ roadblocks after the Spencer run just breached OMD more blatantly this time.
Zeb Wells run is somehow being worse than One More Day which is one hell of a thing to do, and the less said about Paul and the imaginary kids or the Ms Marvel stunt the better....
@@djpegao But take that stuff out and you're left with a relatively fine Spider-Man run. And no one wants to talk about that because the MJ stuff angers them to no end.
I wouldn't worry about that, the first issue went to second printing like the day it came out, and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes to third soon too, hopefully it can keep that though
@@benwasserman8223 yeah, but that point goes both ways. you CAN'T take all of that out and just sweep it under the rug, because it's literally an important part of the run which is exactly the problem.
Hickman stated this Peter was inspired by Peter B from the Spider-Verse movies. Peter B just casually proving why hes the goat.
You are *far* from the only person who thinks that Reed Richards is one bad decision away from being an honest-to-goodness villain. Not even one bad day, he just may someday come up with the wrong idea, follow it to its completion, and become as much a threat as Doom...
That's honestly kind of the point of The Maker. It has been said by tons of characters that the only thing keeping Reed grounded is his family. The Maker comes from the original Ultimate Universe, a universe where the F4 disbanded. Without his family, nothing held him back.
I mean, I'm a fan of Reed and personally I just treat Stan Lee written comics as having an unreliable narrator, because otherwise every man is essentially just as misogynistic as 60s Reed.
Yeah, Reed is one bad decision away from becoming a villain -- and I think Doom is perhaps prescient in sensing that.
But he's equally close to becoming not exactly a villain but a tragedy nonetheless. The classic WHAT IF THE INVISIBLE GIRL HAD DIED...? issue did this to great effect, had a funeral that was among the best sequences I've ever read in a comic, and resurrected a classic Jack Kirby trope: Reed plus stubble equals scary.
Any time a Reed Richards works on a problem long enough to get five o'clock shadow, things are about to get intense.
@@runbaa9285that nots the only thing. Reed 1610 had a completely different life. I think 1610 Reed’s personality defects can be traced back to his fathers abuse that 616 Reed didn’t have to deal with
12:25. “That’s all it is Peter, a leap of faith”
Im really digging a lot of the differences with this new universe and the classic. JJJ's bromance with (Spoiler Character) is something i never knew i needed until we got it
I’m looking forward to more. 616 Peter has felt directionless and without agency for so long I’m very eager to read a different take that isn’t afraid of Spidey showing some maturity.
Anything Created By Master Jonathan Hickman... Anything that he Touches, is just Pure GOLD🥇!
They made a lot of questionable choices with the ultimate universe, but I admired that they actually did something different from the mainstream storylines (Peter dying, Reed being evil, Sue and Ben getting together), as opposed to just saying it and then backpedaling.
I am so into this new Spider-Man though, really looking forward for more.
My head canon is that The Maker is really a mind-switched Victor Von Damme inside Reed Richards’ body. A Superior Mr. Fantastic, so to speak. The mindswap trope with Doom and Reed was set up in the FF’s Lee/Kirby run. So much so that I wonder if the option to make it a permanent aspect of the Ultimate FF was introduced as a way to further make the Ultimate Universe separate from the 616 Universe. The storyline that convinced me that maybe Ultimate Reed wasn’t Ultimate Reed was in one of the crossovers where Reed turns against the FF and has servant minions that look awfully demonic to me. 616 Doom had recently gone crazier with his magic use during Mark Waid’s run on the FF, so maybe I was reading into events a bit more than may have been intended. But I still think of The Maker as Superior Ultimate Reed Richards.
The Maker setting things up that change the timeline is so much like Doomsday Clock and Dr. Manhattan. I love Hickman and the Maker is such an interesting character.
I said the same on someone's Twitter post on this new Ultimate Spider-Man. It's almost exactly what Dr. Manhattan did to create the New 52 universe by removing the JSA's existence, which led to a domino effect: Clark never becomes Superboy to save his parents from a car accident, which in turn prevents the formation of the Legion of Superheroes in the 31st Century. The general public never has a prior experience with Superheroes before Superman in the modern day, so people are more afraid of them.
@@foldabotZ Exactly my thoughts! It's interesting how similar they are.
Honestly Ben and JJ's friendship and their jobs was my favourite part. If either one of them dies or turns evil I will be sad for rest of my life.
What I liked about this story is Peter being happy about family life and having a stable relationship with MJ. Who knew that a Spider-Man in his mid thirties would actually be so refreshing? It feels like Peter is actually growing up. So far I am intrigued by this new Ultimate universe and hopefully the sells of Ultimate Spider-Man comics will continue to be good.
I think it’s interesting getting to see a Peter Parker becoming spider-man. Who already has the understanding of with great power comes great responsibility. Is not just about the power for him, it’s about doing something great and helping others. He isn’t stumbling in to these powers and this life, he’s choosing to have it. I feel like the biggest selling point of this Spider-Man, is that he’s actually happy. I just hope no one try’s to take that away from him, 616 has been continuously ruined since the end of the beyond arc.
This series made me fall in love with Spider-Man again!
This is what we ever wanted since before the One More Day. Peter having a happy life, married with MJ and have 2 kids ❤🕷
I read issue one and absolutely loved it! The fact that peter was married is what made me want to buy the comic but this new take on the character and the fact that uncle ben will be alive is so interesting. I want to see how a living uncle ben affects who peter is as a hero, for better and for worse. I truly don't know what to expect from this spider-man story and that makes me legitimately excited in a way I haven't been in a long time. Also, even though I dont have a wife and kids I really relate to this peter parker. Maybe its the fact that we both have brown hair and beards.
Loved this video. Made me pick up the floppy instead of waiting for the trade which I haven't done in years. Thanks for the review!
This should be the storyline mirrored with Tobey Macquire in movies for that setting. Take this exact concept and put him as Peter. Give him a family, let him work out the issues with MJ, and make them awesome.
Just imagine....
My problem is that they're doing exactly what they did with the original Ultimate universe. They make a universe with variants of the same characters that new readers won't have to read to get into it. But...We all know how these end up. Eventually the company stops pushing it and the writers go over the top and it ends in flames. I know everyone is "le gasp" because HIckman is working on it. But we saw how X-Men ended up. Bendis started as a cosmic savior and we see where he is now. Or actually we don't. "If you live long enough, you become the villain." I like Hickman's writing. But I am REALLY tired of his damned data walls that eat up half of a book.
1. There are no data pages in ultimate spider-man #1. So far hickman is taking a more grounded/slice of life approach here which is refreshing. The data pages were reserved for the ultimate invasion miniseries and there they were arguably useful and important for helping to set up what exactly the new universe was because the miniseries was only 4 issues long.
2. Yes the original Ultimate universe flared out and crashed and burned because the writers went over the top but that doesn't mean this one will. There isn't a focus on being "edgy" with this universe and mark Millar and jeph Loeb aren't involved in any way. If you want evidence that an alternate universe line can work just look at the MC2 comics. Spider-girl lasted for over 100 issues and had some spin offs. The line didn't last forever and obviously Spider-girl was the most successful title, but the MC2 as a whole had a pretty good run with some fun and entertaining stories. Did it last forever? No but I don't expect this series to last forever any more than I expect my favorite TV shows to last forever.
Hickman is smart enough not to do another event like ultimatum. We are only a few issues in this new universe. Let's see what ideas the writers have before we start working about all the ways it could go wrong.
My favorite thing from this is how good it feels to have Peter with a family, both Ben and Jamison included. Spiderman is the kind of hero who is at his peak with a loving family and community helping to remind him what exactly he is fighting for. Constantly putting him through the wringer with nothing good coming and staying makes him less relatable and seem like he's overcoming great odds to being a pitiful basket case partaking in a futile task
I highly encourage Sasha and everyone else to check out the Elseworld Exchange episode where they discuss this.
I also highly encourage Sal to have Sasha as a guest
Oh shit the MJ wig is coming out, this is going to be a real one.
I think the decision to become spier-man a fascinating direction, that says a lot about Peter as a person, not just in this universe. Regardless of if you believe in destiny or anything like that, the choice to become spider-man, the choice to do more, regardless of the potential sacrifice I think does echo Peters character well. Its just a nice upside that us spidey fans also get to see Peter happy for once, especially given recent mainline spidey comics.
I think I discovered your channel while looking up reviews for Spider-Man Bloodline! It's nice to see this kind of story being explored again (hopefully more successfully this time)
look i didnt know i need an JJJ and uncle bean team up book
until i got this
This Peter actually may be slightly older than 616-Peter, IIRC, when NuUlt-Peter gets his powers, it is said he should have been bitten 20 years ago. If Peter was still supposed to be bitten at 15, that would make him 35, older than 616-Peter, who is a perpetual 29.
Also, LUL. Shoutout to the joke "That's the Silver Age Lies Cover". Never forgetting the physical clickbait from the Silver Age.
Man, that J. Scott Campbell cover goes so hard
Something that Sal from Comicpop pointed out is that Peter is basically a stand in for this comic's main audience: the disillusioned, tired millennial, going back and reading it, it feels like a very cathartic issue. It's Peter choosing to be Spider-Man, choosing something that could be a HUGE risk to himself, his wife, his kids, his co-workers, but he chooses it none the less; because he was given the choice, it wasn't thrust upon him like everything else seems to be in his life.
I just read this to avoid spoilers from your video. And then I read the Ultimate Universe oneshot. And then I read the Ultimate Invasion story. I'm _hooked_ for real. This is the best Marvel has put out in generations. This feels like 2099, Ultimate Universe, and Doomsday Clock had a baby.
It's interesting that this Ultimate Universe kind of starts with baggage, but kind of doesn't. I don't think the goal is necessarily to attract new readers so much as it is to bring back old ones. But it does still allow for new beginnings, because the heroes are still coming into their powers. It is their start. Anyhow, I thought this issue was great and yeah, Pete and MJ belong together. If main universe won't ever restore that, I hope this one keeps it. There can be growth even with some things staying consistent.
10:30 I think this works fairly well here because The Maker didn't allow that to happen the same.
12:30 I don't see anyone discussing _which_ costume Tony gave him. Bio-organic. Black. Liquid. The Maker had to prevent two different beings here, and he stored them together. This is Peter + The Symbiote. This is a world where Peter Parker is a mature adult who can take care of the Symbiote and guide him like the child he is.
Just wanted to say your creativity reaches new heights with each video. Every word is said with elegance. U inspire me to be a better comic tuber with each upload!!!!! Salute!
Super excited to see where this comic goes. Seeing issue 2 preview has me even more excited.
Another of plenty of reasons why I adore Sasha: the way she thinks and how she goes deep into the stories and search for potential in them.
I didn't care about the new ultimate universe at first, but I do like an older spiderman and this art style suits me
I'm actually into this and may pick up some issues, I just hope him and MJ stay okay (can have issues, but relationships can stay together too COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY)
13:52 Admittedly the same can be said about the first couple of issues of the original Ultimate Spider-Man run.
I am just happy to see Peter with not only M.J. but a family. It just makes me worried about how much of a life he can have taken away. I hope he gets to keep some of this growth and stability for some time before Peter is made to suffer as always.
I like this take on Spier-Man. Ben being alive, Jameson being friends with Ben, Peter and MJ being together with kids. I am kinda hyped for this one.
Sounds a bit slow to me as a first issue, but having an older Peter Parker with a family and an alive Ben, does present interesting possibilities going forward. Be interesting to see how long it lasts.
This comic has done what many a good first issue has done - reel in the readers. But - and I need to emphasize this - DO NOT expect everything to play out in a smooth manner. Fans really want a book about a married Peter being Spiderman, which this book provides, but this is a different Peter, who has faced different circumstances in his life, married to a different MJ. What I'm saying is - keep an open mind to everything about to happen.
What you said. For better or worse, this is a Peter Parker unencumbered by decades of continuity. He's not the 616 Peter, nor should we expect him to be.
I like the Black Widow hairdo. I may not come for the hair but it is just one aspect of your channel that keeps me coming back.
I just need to take a moment to express my gratitude how much I love these videos... I put them on to fall asleep because it relaxes me to think about comics. You are a real treasure.
Honestly, super excited for this. I get so tired with some comics making great gains in character development only to reset everything when the next writer takes over. Stories like this and the murphyverse establish stakes and a sense of time that is refreshing and meaningful.
That idea of a Marvel universe where there a basically no super heroes since their core events didn't happen reminds me a bit of the mini series Ruins.
Why is it that Marvel (nearly) always revives uncle Ben in alternative Spider-Man stories, but Peter's actual parents remain dead?
Because no one cares about Peter's parents. By all practical measures, his aunt and uncle might as well be his parents.
I’ll join you in that fantasy of a long-running comic. No renumberings, no disruptions, no gimmicks. Remember when even someone like Captain Atom could get 50+ issues?
I think those Editor notes should be mandatory adds to comics. The same way citing your sources is mandatory in collage papers.
Honestly this was my favorite spiderman issue in years
So this IS the ULTIMATE universe..... but only by name.
I'll tell you this, this is the first comicbook floppy series I've purchased on release since Spider-Men. So it worked.
I’m a huge fan of both Ultimate Comics and Spider-Girl, so this sounds fantastic! Thanks for covering it, and you are rocking the Mary Jane look! 😁😁😁
Jonathan Hickman is the real super hero. He's single handedly saving comics.
I love this story it gave me everything i ever wanted and plus finally giving us the one true peter parker who's actually a adult and shocker and seeing Peter parker and Mary jane being married and they have there daughter mayday parker the future spider-girl and her brother Richard parker all being family is really awesome and badass in my opinion. Also another thing I loved about this story is seeing Peter parker becoming Spider-Man because he was inspired by his wife Mary jane and uncle ben which is actually something unique and very cool in my opinion, and I am also curious if we are going to see mayday parker his daughter reaction to her father being a superhero which is going to be adorable in my opinion.
the setup for this series has me super intrigued. curious to see where it goes next!
Wow, I can't remember the last time you covered anything about Marvel! Thank you!
It’s the first time I’ve been excited reading new Spider-Man in a long long time. I hope Hickman stays with this.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself reading the first issue. We got together at our comic book store and had a nice discussion.
I enjoyed this issue more than I really expected to. Marco Chichetto's art lends a grounded, real life feel that the story needed in order to hit home the fact that this is a Peter Parker who has never been Spider-Man.
I don't buy that a person as smart and passionate about science as Peter ends up as a journalist without the spider powers.
I stopped actively reading comics a long time ago BUT I subscribed to and am reading all the comics related to this new ultimate universe, it’s great so far and has me so excited for more
An adult Peter and MJ! I should pick this up, even though I don't buy comics these days. And I totally agree with you re: Editors' notes.
I’m interested in reading the first volume of this when this hits trade paperback.
Not gonna lie when I seen Peter it just had me like look I don't swing that way but if bro told me you wanna go on date I wouldn't decline 🤣
I admit, I'm cautiously optimistic with this one. I'm just glad to see Peter and Mary Jane together. .
This is actually awesome, I hope they keep it around. Really talking to the now mature audience that should have grown up with Spider-Man
I got my hands on the design variant of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and I have not enjoyed a Marvel book in years like I did this one. As I read the book I was pleasantly surprised how much I was enjoying the read. It was great in the art department but the story was the highlight for me. Wow, Marvel giving us what we've been wanting for decades, who would have thunk it.
I'm looking forward to seeing where things go with Ultimate Black Panther and Ultimate X-men, though I'm pleasantly intrigued with where Ultimate Spiderman appears to be going.
Wait, Aunt May is dead? Is that the new Marvel rule? You can have Aunt May or Mary Jane but you can't have both? Why, lol!?
I love the decision to have this be Spiderman but with a completely different course in life rather than "just the essentials of Spiderman".
What I immediately thought about this issue was that it hits at the heartstrings of someone older, and I'd like to think that it's an awareness of the readerbase for this. People who grew up following the original Ultimates run will be older by now, and I think the story that's being told here hits pretty good for folks in their mid 20's-40's who might feel that their life is starting to stagnate.
9:02
To be fair, Ultimate Jameson had a similar relationship to his Peter by the end as well, and *died* protecting Miles Morales from the Green Goblin. Raimi-Verse Jameson owed a lot to the 1610 version.
This sounds right up my alley!
This issue was wonderful, it really reminded me a lot of the film Unbreakable, with Peter feeling like he’s meant for more. I’m so happy Peter is being written with care again and actually going through development. I’m not even a huge Hickman fan but I can’t wait for the next issue.
I’m not telling others what to think.
I’m just saying purely my own reaction to the discarding of the original history of the MU.
To me, that continuity was the great strength of the MU.
The MU (like DCU) is fiction.
You have to buy into it .
How can you buy into something that denies its own existence?
It is like acting as if history is some hassle that must be overcome instead of built on.
I don’t know if I can communicate well what I mean.
But I personally lament all this multiverse stuff.
To me it is silly.
I can’t take it seriously.
Sorry. 🤷♂️
I want a spider-man (or Batman) that IS the same character (albeit they may have changed just as real people change over time)
as the spider-man in Amazing Fantasy whatever issue it is.
The world he lives in changes just as our world changes.
But I’m not interested in nonsense (in my humble opinion) like Gwen Stacy is spider-man , or alive for that matter.
I know it is “just a comic book”.
But you don’t have to continually throw that in my face .
Hercule Poirot isn’t a real person.
But he doesn’t suddenly get bitten by a radioactive mustache in one of Christie’s novels.
Why not?
Because that would be stupid.
Been waiting for HIckman to write Spider-Man since his issue of FF where Peter and Johnny Storm were roommates. I loved this first issue!
I wonder if this will bring the wrath of Mephisto down upon Ironlad? I ask because surely Tony would realize that, at minimum, May is supposed to also inherit Peter's powers and, at maximum, both Richard and May are supposed to inherit them. Mephisto would likely notice that Spidergirl is being created and immediately do whatever he can to preserve himself by joining forces with The Maker and attacking Ironlad.
I am worried about the loss of Peter's iconic tragic origin, especially the "lesson" of indirectly dooming someone close to him by deliberately choosing not to use his great power. I am intrigued to see what if anything this version does with that. It's not just about the powers, Tony!
Jonahan Hickmann should replace Zeb Wells on ASM comics
On the note of Marvel editorial's "Adult Spider-Man/Peter Parker is relatable" I may note that I was in middle school when I first watch Into The Spider-Verse and played Spider-Man PS4 and I (and my roommate) loved Peter Parker in both of those and now I'm a college student and I loved this issue, almost as if it's painfully obvious to everyone (including Marvel editorial) that saying that Spider-Man/Peter Parker isn't relatable when he's an adult is just a bad excuse for them to continue down their series of garbage mandates and hiring crappy writers like Zeb Wells... oh wait is obviously is that.
Made me love Spider-Man comics again!
Sasha, I have a request. I know you already covered the lead story from Jimmy Olsen #115, but could you please revisit that issue and give us your thoughts on the back up tale, "The Kid Who Unmasked Superman!"? That story has lived in my brain rent free for decades, and I need to know what you think of it. Thanks.
"What's the difference?" 😂
I might pick this up when its done in a collection. And for now watch the videos for it. Or not. I dont know.
I said it once I'll say it again: Finally I can enjoy reading, and eagerly await reading a new Spider-Man comic.