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Product Description
The sinister Shadow King is desperate to escape from the mental prison he was placed in centuries ago – and he’ll destroy Storm to do it! But will his freedom also unleash the horrifying swarm of the alien Brood? And will even the X-Men be enough to battle a being who has plotted our death and destruction for ages? Collects Ultimate X-Men #89-93…. More >>
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 18: Apocalypse
First of all let me say this. I think Robert Kirkman has saved the Ultimate X-men!!
This story arc is awesome. There is action on every page! And cop-out? The man (Kirkman) left both stories open ended for a possibility for these great historic villains to maybe and hopefully come back in the future.
This story follows right after the Cable/ Sentinel sagas (which is another great X-men story) and gets right to it. The X-men are disbanded Bishop is leading the new field team. And we all know who’s coming! Apocalypse! Probably one of the greatest villains in the Marvel U! But that’s not all, The Shadow King play Storm has been writing threw the whole Ultimate X-men history turns out to be real! He’s real! That’s right not just Apocalypse but The Shadow King too, and he’s bringing the Brood!
Action! Action! Action!
The remake of old characters is great as well. Strife makes and appearance but he’s not the long lost future son of Scott and Jean, Onslaut shows up looking much cooler than the original. And then they all have to get together to battle Apocalypse! (Also sporting a great new look) This fight scene also includes The Ultimate Fantastic Four, The Ultimate Morlocks and S.H.I.E.L.D. how do you not love this story all ready.
I would suggest this story to anyone wh Rating: 5 / 5
The Ultimate run on the X-men has been consistently exciting – until now. This uneven collection of issues is arguably the weakest X-men title I’ve read for some time and unworthy of the high standards the book has set. Apocalypse is a cliche, and there’s really nothing interesting about reading a story that you can figure out, or where the outcome doesn’t matter. The colours and style of this issue aren’t quite as gripping either. Marvel needs to rest the X-men or find better storytellers. Or as they’ve done time and time again, resurrect Magneto – the Marvel universe is desperately short of new villains and this shows why. The Civil War was the best thing to happen to the Marvel universe by showing them that the worst enemy lay within themselves. The X-men need new stories and ideas badly…having Phoenix and Prof X come to the rescue doesn’t cut it anymore. Rating: 2 / 5
Kirkman manages to tell a fun story that shakes everything up, and then wraps it up in a very “What the hell?” style. It’s a bit of a dissapointment, but without being able to spoil it I will simply state that whatever you read, read it with an open mind and just go along for the ride. It’s quick, violent, and doesn’t really end anywhere important. Rating: 4 / 5
I can’t believe what a cop out this story arc had to resort to in order to conclude. Sorry, cop outs — plural. I won’t spoil it for you but be prepared for your jaw to fall at the pure idiocy. Oh, and take a few antacids before you check out the horrific artwork that rounds out the collection. Nasty. This is my last Ultimate X-Men that I’ll be buying. Rating: 1 / 5
“Ultimate X-Men, v.18″
(Marvel Comics)
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Yawn. This is lame, lowest-common-denominator superhero tripe… a parade of characters and scenarios that no one could possibly care about, so poorly presented that it’s practically laughable… if it didn’t hurt so much to read it. This is the Ultimate-universe played out to its dismal depths — utterly boring and empty. Robert Kirkman tries to compensate for the complete lack of inspiration by upping the mayhem quotient: several main characters die, limbs are hacked off, blood flows. This approach does not help: indeed, it’s a big part of the problem. Given the shallowness of Volume 18, I think I can safely pass on 19, 20, 21, and beyond. “Ultimate X-Men” was never a particularly strong title, but clearly, what little vitality it once had has long since passed. (Axton) Rating: 1 / 5