it's kind of strange on how Ultimate Wolverine has been my favorite series to come out the bunch. It's not mind blowing, but it is entertaining and the one I remember the most.

This was a much hyped issue and it delivers on the horror angle snd the reveal of this monstrous figure.

Snyder shows off his storytelling chops here, but keeps things simple. Hes playing on concepts that he's had for the Joker for some time, but he gives it a more modern, more timely take that reflects a lot of modern urban legends of corrupt, untouchable evil billionaires.

He takes the framework of Bruce Wayne that we know more traditionally as a billionaire with a strong sense of moral justice and empathy, and flips it up its head. Mixing it with a laughing clown, with the joke being all of those who incur his wrath in his lust for power.

This Joker is a guy who does seemingly good things all so he can use the world as his plaything. Its an introducing that manages to be intriguing, enticing, but also memorable. To a skeptic it may read as a second attempt at the Batman who Laughs. But the presentation here? Aided by the brilliant lineart of Jock, sells this as a fresh take on a very old villain, whilst sticking to Snyders tried and true strengths.

Jocks art is the perfect fit for this issue. I've heard critiques of his work saying that he is simply copying what worked from predecessors, but on a weaker level. I dont agree. I think he's some himself as a pretty great storyteller while crafting a visual trademark entirely his own. Simply no other books look like his do.

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Supergirl has been the most surprising comic book series I read this year, and for good reason as well. DCU Supergirl film has a lot to live up to when comparing that movie to this series

Reading this comic and series overall, I can't bring myself to be even angry anymore. I am just so heavily disappointed by this series. What a waste.

Nothing here feels earned. Once again, we are told everything and we see nothing. Peter says he is not the same when facing Kingpin as he was in #6. I have zero clue how that is the case, I haven't seen anything that would implicate otherwise. One training session in #7 isn't enough to convince me.

We are being told how Fisk is this big bad Kingpin who does bad things. I have zero clues what he has actually done. And how has it impacted anyones life. I guess he is evil?

Everything here feels forced. None of the stuff currently going on is something this series has build enough. And with one issue left, I can't imagine it will be a good or even passable conclusion.

Nothing here is bad. It's just not earned. In any way.

And you know what is worse? I still love #1. It still is one of my favorite issues of Spider-Man ever, but this? This is just a waste. I can't see anyone actually recommending this series as a Spider-Man comic. If you do, please read anything else besides ASM by Zeb Wells.

I hoped this series would explore learning responsibility from adult and how normal people and street-level heroes are being impacted by Maker's world. And seeing a good marriage between MJ and Peter, seeing how they got together despite having wildly different backstory than in 616. But we got none of that. We didn't get really anything. I still don't know what motivates Peter. Was it the death of May? Who knows. He hasn't talked about that or anything. more

While this issue was certainly a lot better, I think this issue just feels..... hollow. This whole series just feels so rushed. I don't know if the Ultimate Universe from Marvel will continue after ultimate Endgame, but what hurt this series was how it was dead set on 24 issues. Hickman introduced so many plot points that I don't feel any connection to this Uncle ben, J Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane, Peter's daughter, Gwen and Hary Osborn. ESPECIALLY Peter Parker. The only reason why people like this Ultimate Peter Parker is because he was created alongside Zeb wells run on Peter Parker, so people tend to be defensive.

hickman was facing an uphill battle when he only had 24 issues to write Spider-Man, and as a result we don't really get to see Peter's progress as a fighter. It happens off-screen, so when he says that he's more skilled at fighting Kingpin, I don't believe it because it's not shown. We are shown how Peter can swing better, but it's crazy how so many important moments happen off-screen, and we just have to infer.

like with Mister Negative persuading Peter to not fight. I legitimately did not know why until I re-read Issue 21, and Mister Negative killed this Ultimate Purple Man/Kilgrave, and it's not said at all. I literally had to guess, and I know Hickman knows his readers aren't dumb. But he should still have better execution and a great writer would leave some bed crumbs or slight hints, not just have the audience guess in teh dark. I didn't know that Mister Negative caused 5 individuals to fuse into one Mysterio until I read the recap summary. I also didn't know that Mister Negative somehow knows Peter's background because he killed Mr. Wesley.... but like I said in the previous issues it didn't really hint at it very well.

Overall, I know I said i was going to drop it. But it's the second to last issue, and I wanted to see if I would be proven wrong. Adn while the issue at LEAST finally didn't have a time skip and skip this moment, I was still feeling meh with this issue.

Which again is a shame. Because while Hickman's the best Modern Marvel writer, there's a reason why I haven't been a huge fan of him compared to other writers like Geoff Johns or Alan Moore, or even Scott Snyder for crying out loud. Hickman has cool concepts, but barely any character. the character moments happen between the issues, and for a min I thought we were going to get a family Spidey story. But turns out it's a conspiracy theory with the man in high castle.... that just so happens to feature Spider-Man
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I thought Jason Aaron would continue TMNT, but I was wrong. But to my surprise, Gene Luen Yang picks up Jason Aaron's pace and I am shocked on how intrigued and interesting this is. I like Gene Luen Yang's writing for the Turtles, and the art gives me flashback to Batman/TMNT crossover since it's the same writer. Overall, I'm happy to say I'm still very excited and interested to see how this will all unfold. more

Jock's art hits a lot harder thanks to the coloring, and while I can kind of piece together the origin of Joker using corpses of orphans to become this Dark Souls demon, it still works even with Scott Snyder's exposition. But I feel that it's more digestible than his cosmic exposition because it's not using any complex scientific words

This is like someone trying to recapture the magic of Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars, except Christos Gage does not have the sauce

Time spiders. Linear Men. Branches of the timeline. chrononaut slaughter. slouches a rough beast. these are actual English words, yet Simon spurrier's dialogue makes me roll my eyes. the art is okay, the pacing is wack with somehow Shade is tied in. Overall, there's a reason why Simon spurrier is a HUGE hit or miss in the Flash fandom

Somehow, I like this series more than the main series. And that's because of Joshua Williamson writing and Dan Mora's amazing art