Now I own a lot of the marvel comics and the ultimate Marvel comics. However I think I prefer Marvel because Ultimate Marvel really turns everything on its head.
Fantastic Four made by a teleportation accident. The Ultimates being nothing but a celebrity gimic. Spiderman telling anyone who'll listen that he is Spidey (especially villians). It bugs me that they have completely tossed the orignal origin stories instead of give them a updated spin.
I love original marvel because, to me, it makes more sense.
Anyway, what are everyones views on this?
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2006-09-28 22:32:11 · 16 answers · asked by Knight-wing 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
I like the original marvel way better...cause for me, ultimate marvel is just confusing with all this weird plots and story lines.. The original marvel makes more sense and has a lot more creativity until today. I don't like ultimate marvel cause most super heroes there are weaker than in the original marvel for example, thor(original marvel)= real god, thor(ultimate marvel)= not real god
2006-09-29 14:30:46 · answer #1 · answered by Tony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the Ultimate side, a few are great and others a waste of time. The Ultimates/Avengers was fantastic (first series) and the Ultimate Six story was excellent, too. But the Ultimate X-Men was just o.k. and the Ultimate FF- yeeeeesh
For the most part, original Marvel is far superior. The problem is, they've run out of ideas after 40 years and the quality of writing & artwork isn't what it used to be. I find Silver & Bronze age books are infinitely more readable than most titles today. Grab any old issue from the 1960s-1970s. I don't care which- Spidey, Cap, Shellhead, X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Thor. Those were all good stuff- now it's hit or miss. For every run like Claremont's X-Men or Simonson's Thor, there's a metric TON of crap that should be buried...
I agree that the primary point of the Ultimates was to have a platform to develop new storylines without the constraints of previous continuity. DC has already done the crisis thing to death (1602 notwithstanding) so what is Marvel to do? Ultimates!
It's a living...
2006-09-29 01:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ultimate Marvel.
2006-09-29 00:16:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marvel or Ultimate Marvel? that is the question.
firstly your comments regarding Spidey telling anyone his identity in ultimate, have you not been reading civil war in regular continuity? Spidermans origin was spot on, it was an updated spin as far as i can see, and if you read this months ultimate #12 i'd hardly call them a 'celebrity gimic' that issue kicks *** big time.
I collect both continuities and love most ultimate lines except x-men, it does'nt have the same feel to it as the original series, so my preference on the whole would be....................
The Ultimate universe, which by the way is just about to cross-over with the supreme universe.
2006-09-29 06:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by Dr Doom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Major plus of Ultimate Marvel universe is not having to deal with over 30 years of continuity for most characters.
2006-09-29 00:21:55 · answer #5 · answered by bruce666 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marvel, definitely Marvel. I don't know what it is but I just can't seem to care about the ultimate versions. The characters all seem a bit well... flat and occasionally whiny. Totally agree about the change of origins, they're trying to modernise the stories but they just come out as stupid. (Still read them though)
2006-09-28 23:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by Ellie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like them both, but Marvel is better than Ultimate Marvel.
2006-09-29 02:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Chris F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marvel the original.
2006-09-29 09:04:56 · answer #8 · answered by love me like me hate me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stopped collecting at around issue 75 of Ultimate Spiderman, but almost all of the Ultimates line were in my pull-list. I enjoyed them as "alternate universe" storylines, sort of like the What Ifs of a couple of decades back. Looking back on them, though, they seem kind of like the Image comics were... flashy but without substance. I'll excuse Ultimates from that comparison... that was genuinely a good series (and I'm still wondering about Thor's backstory from that). But all comics in general just became... stupid... to me a few years ago. If not for the completist in me I would've stopped much sooner. I blame the writers for being almost all leftists and finding subtle or not-so-subtle ways of bashing Republicans, and I blame the companies for feeling the need to generate huge "event" storylines that do nothing but create hype, and I blame the revolving door of death that seen my copy of Uncanny 137 drop radically in value.
2006-09-29 03:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
marvel nemesis was a flop but marvel ultimate alliance was a decent game, with good comic based, action packed, buttkicking gameplay.
2016-03-26 22:25:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋